NBA investigates Oklahoma City Thunder for resting players during Spurs game
The NBA is investigating the Oklahoma City Thunder for resting players during a nationally televised game against the San Antonio Spurs.
The NBA is investigating the Oklahoma City Thunder for what the NBA is saying, player absences in *** game last week against the San Antonio Spurs, and essentially what the NBA is saying is the Thunder sat and rested guys when they could have been healthy and could have played in *** nationally televised game against the San Antonio Spurs. Um, so, look, um, I think the Thunder would tell you that they’ve had *** lot of injuries all season. They played *** lot of games here coming up. They’ve had *** lot of guys banged up. The NBA is arguing or at least investigating the fact that they only had 8 guys for the game, 5 regulars, and then 3 of the guys that go from G-League to the NBA. And so we’ll see how this shakes out. There are rules against sitting guys when they’re healthy. Thunder will certainly argue that their guys weren’t that, but It did strike *** nerve with the NBA the way that the Thunder played those guys or didn’t play and sat those guys. So the investigation will begin, uh, as far as the Oklahoma City Thunder goes, and we’ll see how that shakes out.
NBA investigates Oklahoma City Thunder for resting players during Spurs game
The NBA is investigating the Oklahoma City Thunder for resting players during a nationally televised game against the San Antonio Spurs.
Updated: 9:34 PM CST Feb 9, 2026
The NBA is investigating the Oklahoma City Thunder for what the NBA is calling “player absences” in a game last week against the San Antonio Spurs. Essentially, what the NBA is saying is that the Thunder sat and rested players when they could have been healthy and could have played in a nationally televised game against the Spurs. The Thunder have had numerous injuries all season and have played many games recently, which they might argue contributed to their decision to rest players. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning NewsletterThe NBA is examining the fact that the Thunder fielded only eight players for the game, including five regulars and three who typically move between the G League and the NBA.The league has rules against sitting healthy players, and the Thunder will likely contend that their players were not fit to play. The investigation is underway, and the outcome remains to be seen.Top Headlines 2 people found dead inside Logan County home, deputies say Oklahoma City-based Expand Energy moving headquarters to Houston Oklahoma tribes react to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s call for “One Oklahoma” Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 60 halftime show highlights Latino representation, draws new viewers Driver flees scene after car almost flips into northwest Oklahoma City home
The NBA is investigating the Oklahoma City Thunder for what the NBA is calling “player absences” in a game last week against the San Antonio Spurs.
Essentially, what the NBA is saying is that the Thunder sat and rested players when they could have been healthy and could have played in a nationally televised game against the Spurs.
The Thunder have had numerous injuries all season and have played many games recently, which they might argue contributed to their decision to rest players.
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The NBA is examining the fact that the Thunder fielded only eight players for the game, including five regulars and three who typically move between the G League and the NBA.
The league has rules against sitting healthy players, and the Thunder will likely contend that their players were not fit to play.
The investigation is underway, and the outcome remains to be seen.
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