“ I just want an opportunity,” Lamb said when asked at his exit interview last month if he would welcome a change of scenery. “I’m focused on getting better. If the opportunity is here or it’s somewhere else, I can’t really focus on that. I’m just going to try to get better, work on my game, focus on my game and whatever happens, happens.”

And after three largely fruitless NBA seasons in Oklahoma City, he doesn’t seem to care where he might have to go to get it.

Somehow, in a matter of three years, Lamb has gone from promising lottery pick, to seldom-used rookie, to solid but streaky in his second season, to a bench fixture this season.

“It was disappointing, but I just got to learn from it,” Lamb said of his season this year. “Get better this summer. Keep working. Don’t let it get me down. Try to take what I learned from it and get better this summer and hopefully I’ll get an opportunity next year.”

Sam Presti is the only person who knows where that opportunity will be. The Thunder general manager has been a big believer in Lamb’s abilities but could now be ready to trade him, perhaps as early as next month’s draft. Roster space is rapidly shrinking, and the Thunder might no longer be in a position to reserve a spot for Lamb and wait on him to find his footing.

The decision is complicated by the fact that the Thunder has never really gotten to see what Lamb can do.