<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/123354.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Chris Paul reacts to Andre Roberson’s clutch shots in win vs. Sixers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-26T16:18:55-07:00">July 26th, 4:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-26T16:18:55-07:00">July 26th, 4:18pm</time><address><a>Marty Fenn</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul gushed about Andre Roberson on Sunday after the swingman hit a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-video-andre-roberson-shows-hes-finally-healthy-again-with-pair-clutch-3-pointers/">pair of late threes</a> to cement a comeback win in a scrimmage against the Philadelphia 76ers.</p><p>Paul said Roberson’s treys were “big time” while also commenting on Roberson notching a +29 plus-minus in the contest.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CP3 on Roberson’s game winning 3 point shots: “Those were big time. Big time.”</p><p>— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BrandonRahbar/status/1287457726952611842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Paul: “Dre was plus 29 tonight? That’s tuff! Real tuff.”</p><p>— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BrandonRahbar/status/1287459089337987072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>The Thunder playmaker also reiterated that Roberson has been the consummate professional, calling him “<a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonRahbar/status/1287459297878736898" rel="noopener noreferrer">one of the best teammates</a>” he has ever had in his career.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Paul: “One of the best teammates I’ve ever had is Andre Roberson.”</p><p>— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BrandonRahbar/status/1287459297878736898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Andre Roberson has not played since 2018, but he has looked strong in each of OKC’s exhibition contests.</p><p>It remains to be seen just how much Roberson will play when the seeding games begin. But, if nothing else, he gives the Thunder added length especially on the defensive end of the floor.</p><p>Meanwhile, it is Chris Paul whose presence has really altered the course of OKC’s season.</p><p>It was suggested Paul might seek a trade when the Thunder acquired him from the Houston Rockets in exchange for Russell Westbrook last summer. Instead, CP3 remained in OKC and helped the franchise achieve the fifth-best record in the Western Conference entering the restart.</p><p>Paul has certainly been productive. Prior to the NBA suspension last March, he was averaging 17.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 6.8 assists. He has also been one of the best clutch performers in the league.</p><p>Moreover, Paul has set the tone with his leadership. He has been a mentor for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and some of the Thunder’s other youngsters, helping them develop ahead of schedule and compete on a nightly basis.</p><p>Both Paul and Roberson — with their combination of veteran leadership and youthful energy — are expected to be key factors to help the Thunder compete in Orlando.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Chris Paul reacts to Andre Roberson’s clutch shots in win vs. Sixers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Andre-Roberson-shows-he_s-finally-healthy-again-with-pair-of-clutch-3-pointers.jpg"></figure><h1>Video: Thunder’s Andre Roberson shows he’s finally healthy again with pair of clutch 3-pointers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-26T11:59:10-07:00">July 26th, 11:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-26T11:59:10-07:00">July 26th, 11:59am</time><address><a>Marty Fenn</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> swingman Andre Roberson had not played an NBA game in over two years prior to his return to action at the NBA bubble in Orlando.</p><p>You could say Roberson <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1287456177501208577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1287456177501208577%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D837117action%3Dedit" rel="noopener noreferrer">is already making a splash.</a></p><p>The veteran came up big during OKC’s scrimmage against the Philadelphia 76ers, making a pair of late 3-pointers to ice the win for the Thunder:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Back to back threes from Andre Roberson to win the game.</p><p>Great to see him back on the floor 💪 <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/PEPXCuB8g3">pic.twitter.com/PEPXCuB8g3</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1287456177501208577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Roberson’s shooting woes have been of note for years now. The former first-round pick is a 25.7 percent career shooter from beyond the arc, and he always seemed like a questionable backcourt partner for Russell Westbrook when Brodie was still in OKC.</p><p>Bot Roberson has been praised for his commitment and professionalism. Thunder point guard Chris Paul spoke extremely highly of Roberson as a teammate earlier this month:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Paul on Andre Roberson being back in practice: “It’s the best thing ever. When I talk about a guy being consummate teammate, for a guy to go through all the things he’s been through, I’m so happy for him. He’s had some of the toughest times people wouldn’t even know.”</p><p>— Erik Horne (@ErikkHorne) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ErikkHorne/status/1281738900034256896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Moreover, the Thunder can rely more on Roberson’s skills as a rangy perimeter defender.</p><p>Oklahoma City has more lethal shooters in Danilo Gallinari and Dennis Schroder, with both Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander filling it up from deep every now and then as well. They can hurt opposing teams in a variety of ways.</p><p>But Roberson makes the Thunder that much tougher defensively. Guys like Darius Bazley, Luguentz Dort and Nerlens Noel have all been interesting defensive playmakers. Now, Roberson figures to get some minutes as the Thunder add to their bench.</p><p>Of course, Roberson can open up the floor if he continues to shoot the 3-ball efficiently. Paul and Gilgeous-Alexander are at their best when they can get into the paint, so adding another floor-spacing option would provide even more opportunities for them while allowing Steven Adams to wreak havoc on the offensive glass.</p><p>If Roberson can actually prove he’s a threat from outside, that would make the Thunder that much more dangerous. OKC is 40-24 on the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Video: Thunder’s Andre Roberson shows he’s finally healthy again with pair of clutch 3-pointers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Andre-Roberson-speaks-on-first-NBA-game-in-909-days-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Thunder’s Andre Roberson speaks on first NBA game in 909 days</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-24T18:40:42-07:00">July 24th, 6:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-24T18:42:11-07:00">July 24th, 6:42pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Andre Roberson played on Friday for the first time in 909 days.</p><p>As expected, he was very<a href="https://twitter.com/okcthunder/status/1286820681020329984?s=20"> emotional postgame</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"A lot of emotions" – <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/FlyDre21?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FlyDre21</a> </p><p>Hear from Andre Roberson after the game. <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/kj7sKaUKIC">pic.twitter.com/kj7sKaUKIC</a></p><p>— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/okcthunder/status/1286820681020329984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>At one point, it <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-andre-roberson-will-not-return-this-season/">looked like</a> Roberson’s NBA career was over. He had terrible luck in his recovery from a ruptured left patellar tendon he suffered during the 2017-18 campaign, as the Thunder swingman sustained two setbacks in his left knee last season.</p><p>However, Roberson never gave up and continued to work hard despite all the negative noise the media was spewing.</p><p>In 295 games with the Thunder, Roberson has career averages of 4.6 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 48.2 percent from the field, 25.7 percent from beyond the arc, and 46.7 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>Before he got hurt in 2017-18, Roberson was one of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA. He made the 2017 All-Defensive team and was rewarded by the Thunder with a three-year, $30 million deal prior to the start of the 2017-18 campaign.</p><p>Once the 2020 playoffs start after the conclusion of the eight seeding games, the Thunder will ultimately go as far as Chris Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Danilo Gallinari can lead the team offensively. Roberson, though, can help OKC on the defensive side of the ball with his length and high IQ of the game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder’s Andre Roberson speaks on first NBA game in 909 days

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Chris-Paul-reacts-to-Andre-Roberson_s-long-awaited-return-to-practice.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Chris Paul reacts to Andre Roberson’s long-awaited return to practice</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-10T18:21:10-07:00">July 10th, 6:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-10T19:01:06-07:00">July 10th, 7:01pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Chris Paul was <a href="https://twitter.com/ErikkHorne/status/1281738900034256896?s=20">thrilled</a> to see small forward Andre Roberson practicing with the team on Friday.</p><p>Roberson, who hasn’t played in an NBA game since the 2017-18 season, could make his long-awaited return to the court for the Thunder during the “bubble” games in Orlando, Florida.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Paul on Andre Roberson being back in practice: “It’s the best thing ever. When I talk about a guy being consummate teammate, for a guy to go through all the things he’s been through, I’m so happy for him. He’s had some of the toughest times people wouldn’t even know.”</p><p>— Erik Horne (@ErikkHorne) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ErikkHorne/status/1281738900034256896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Roberson has had terrible luck in his recovery from a ruptured left patellar tendon he suffered during the 2017-18 campaign. The Thunder swingman sustained two setbacks in his left knee, further derailing his comeback last campaign.</p><p>As all OKC fans know, Roberson’s impact on the game is mostly on the defensive end of the floor. Before he got hurt in 2017-18, Roberson was one of the best perimeter defenders in the NBA. He actually made the 2017 All-Defensive team.</p><p>Before the start of the 2017-18 campaign, Roberson signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the Thunder. In 295 games with the franchise, Roberson has career averages of 4.6 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 48.2 percent from the field, 25.7 percent from beyond the arc and 46.7 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>Once the 2020 playoffs start, the Thunder will ultimately go as far as Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Danilo Gallinari can lead the team offensively. OKC won 40 games before the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-nba-season-suspended-after-rudy-gobert-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/"> season was suspended in March</a>. They had the same record as the Houston Rockets, who traded Paul to OKC for Russell Westbrook last summer.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Chris Paul reacts to Andre Roberson’s long-awaited return to practice

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Andre-Roberson-practiced-fully-with-OKC.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Andre Roberson practiced fully with Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-10T16:54:39-07:00">July 10th, 4:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-10T16:55:08-07:00">July 10th, 4:55pm</time><address><a href="https://theknickswall.com">Reid Goldsmith</a>Managing Editor, The Knicks Wall. Cornell University grad, writer and editor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While injured Brooklyn Nets stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will not suit up for their team in the NBA’s Orlando “bubble” in spite of a months-long hiatus to recuperate and heal, other players have used the layover to get healthy, such as Oklahoma City Thunder veteran swingman Andre Roberson.</p><p>According to Thunder head coach Billy Donovan, via <a href="https://twitter.com/joe_mussatto/status/1281725622230884352">The Oklahoman’s Joe Mussatto</a>, Roberson, 28, practiced with the team on Friday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Andre Roberson practiced today and went through everything, Billy Donovan said.</p><p>— Joe Mussatto (@joe_mussatto) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/joe_mussatto/status/1281725622230884352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Roberson’s participation in team practice could be a huge boost for OKC as the defensive perimeter ace has missed the entire 2019-20 season thus far due to multiple knee surgeries. Roberson only appeared in 39 games during the 2017-18 season before his season-ending injury, last donning a Thunder jersey on Jan. 27, 2018.</p><p>In the time since Roberson’s absence, the Thunder have seen a major roster revamping, most notably the departure of star point guard Russell Westbrook in a blockbuster trade last offseason with the Houston Rockets for, primarily, veteran floor general Chris Paul, reuniting Westbrook with ex-OKC teammate James Harden. Roberson, a former first-round selection by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2013 NBA Draft and draft-night acquisition by the Thunder, has turned into an All-Defensive team selection in his tenure with the Northwest Division.</p><p>The Thunder also traded All-Star wing Paul George last summer, acquiring young guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and veteran forward Danilo Gallinari. Despite Roberson’s continued absence due to recovering from knee surgery, OKC has a top-10 defensive rating this season—an area where the Colorado product best impacts the game.</p><p>With all the replacement players joining teams in the Orlando bubble, Andre Roberson could be one more familiar face to see again with the Thunder.</p><p>—</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on </i><a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp"><i>Twitter</i></a><i> &amp; </i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en"><i>Instagram</i></a><i>, and like us on </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/"><i>Facebook</i></a><i>. We can also be found on Flipboard where you can subscribe and follow us. Get more on the Thunder.</i></p><p><i>All of our NBA content can be found on the NBA section of the ClutchPoints home page </i><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba-news"><i>here</i></a><i>. 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