2012–13 Oklahoma City Thunder season

[2] The Thunder ended 2012 NBA draft night with Baylor forward Perry Jones.

[4] Harden was set to hit restricted free agency following the 2012-13 season and was unable to work out an extension.

We were unable to reach a mutual agreement, and therefore executed a trade that capitalized on the opportunity to bring in a player of Kevin's caliber, a young talent like Jeremy and draft picks, which will be important to our organizational goal of a sustainable team.

[8] I felt like I already made a sacrifice coming off the bench and doing whatever it takes to help the team, and they weren’t willing to help me,[9]In exchange for Harden, the Thunder received Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb.

Lamb was originally selected 12th overall in the 2012 NBA draft coming off two seasons with the Huskies with career averages of 14.1 points.

Derek Fisher, Royal Ivey and Nazr Mohammed were set to hit unrestricted free agency.

Liggins was originally selected 53rd overall in the 2011 NBA draft spending only one season with the Orlando Magic last year.

Orton, who also spent last season with the Orlando Magic, was originally selected 29th overall in the 2010 NBA draft.

[13] On August 18, Serge Ibaka agreed to a four-year, $48 million contract extension to stay with the Thunder.