OKC Thunder: A look at what the other top NBA rosters would look like with the Thunder's current injury situation

Injuries are random. They have no pattern. Sometimes they won’t come for months. Occasionally they’ll arrive in bunches.

No NBA team is immune. But not many, in the history of the game, have seen a flood of bad injury luck this thick this early in a season. It’s been an avalanche of epic proportions for the Thunder. Five games in, nine guys have been hurt and eight guys are currently out.

That’s more than half the roster. And to make matters worse, from a basketball perspective, it’s generally been the wrong guys. The irreplaceable types. Six of the eight are rotation players, three are starters and two are franchise cornerstones — the reigning MVP and, arguably, the best point guard in the game.

So the Thunder’s 1-4 record is understandable. The recent blowout losses are easily explainable and the upcoming defeats are widely expected.