The Oklahoma City Thunder have long been developing and shaping Lu Dort's role and in this season he looks to have mastered it.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have already been able to label Lu Dort a success story. An undrafted guard from Arizona State who inked a two-way deal with the team following the 2019 NBA Draft right as the ground in Bricktown shifted beneath the franchise.
While being hindered by the previous set of two-way rules, Dort couldn't even practice with the varsity club until the NBA Bubble where he started playoff games for the franchise fresh out of Tempe. In this contest, Dort produced 19 points, two rebounds, an assist, two steals and a bounty of drawn offensive foul calls while shooting 4-for-8 from beyond the arc and 50 percent from the floor.
His 3-point shot, which doomed him as a rookie bursting his bubble in Disney World, is also at a career-high 45 percent including a jaw-dropping 49 percent on non-corner triples.
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