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OKC Thunder waives guard Josh Gray

Joe Mussatto
by Joe Mussatto
Published: Tue, December 1, 2020 5:46 PM Updated: Tue, December 1, 2020 6:07 PM

The Thunder trimmed its roster Tuesday by waiving point guard Josh Gray. 

General manager Sam Presti announced the move on the first day of training camp. Teams can have a maximum of 20 players at training camp, and the Thunder's roster is hovering right around that number. 

Unlike some teams, the Thunder has not released a training camp roster as it waits for deals to be finalized. 

For example, the reported trade sending Danny Green and Terrance Ferguson to Philadelphia in exchange for Al Horford and a pick that became Theo Maledon has not been processed. Horford and Maledon can't report to Thunder training camp until Dec. 8 at the earliest. 

The Thunder acquired Gray in the trade that sent Steven Adams to the Pelicans. 

The 27-year-old guard appeared in two games for the Pelicans last season. He had a brief, five-game stint with the Suns in 2017-18. 

Gray signed a multi-year contract with New Orleans prior to the trade for the money in the deal to work. He was under contract for $1.6 million this season with non-guaranteed salaries the next two seasons. 

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Joe Mussatto

Joe Mussatto joined The Oklahoman in August 2018 to cover OU football, men’s basketball and softball. He previously covered University of Kentucky football and basketball for SEC Country. Mussatto is from Oklahoma City and lives in Norman. Read more ›

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