Thunder roster is massively upgraded -- and here's how you know

The Thunder won 48 games a year ago and has its sights set on winning more this season. Seems reasonable. OKC is on pace to win 55.8 games this season. The schedule will toughen, injuries will return, all kinds of things could impede that pace.

But the Thunder is better this season than last season, when it was the fourth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. And you don’t need a lot of data to know that. You don’t even need to apply the eye test.

Just one quick comparison of the roster change will tell you the Thunder is better.

Every roster comparison from one year to the next is composed of three sections. Players who departed, players who remained, players who arrived.