If Russell Westbrook misses time to start the regular season as a result of the arthroscopic knee surgery that he underwent earlier this week, the Oklahoma City Thunder will have to make some adjustments.

The only currently available information regarding Westbrook’s recovery process is that he will be re-evaluated around four weeks after the surgery. The surgery happened on September 12 and their regular season opener is on October 16 against the Golden State Warriors.

Royce Young of ESPN described Westbrook’s surgery as a pre-emptive ‘maintenance’ procedure to avoid having to deal with knee issues throughout the upcoming season:

“Westbrook experienced some stiffness in the knee over the past week during individual workouts while preparing for training camp. He elected to have a standard scope as a pre-emptive “maintenance” procedure rather than potentially dealing with issues throughout the season.”

While it remains unknown whether Westbrook will be available for Oklahoma City’s regular-season opener, it is certain that he will miss the team’s training camp and four preseason games.

If Westbrook were to miss the Thunder’s season opener, they would be without two of their starters considering how Andre Roberson is still recovering from his season-ending patellar-tendon injury that he suffered back in January. Roberson is expected to be at full strength by Christmas.

Here are five adjustments for the Oklahoma City Thunder if Russell Westbrook were to miss time to start the regular season: