Thunder sign and waive players to finalize 21-man preseason roster

The Oklahoma City Thunder continued a rapid sequence of training camp roster changes this week, signing and waiving multiple players as they finalize a 21-player preseason group ahead of the regular season. Over the past several days the team added wing Payton Sandfort, temporarily removed Russian center Viktor Lakhin from camp, then cycled Sandfort, Buddy Boeheim and Erik Reynolds II through the final open spots on the roster.

Team communications said Sandfort, an undrafted rookie out of Iowa, was added to the camp roster earlier this week and that Lakhin, who had been signed to a camp deal days earlier, was waived. Sandfort started 33 games for Iowa last season and averaged 16.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 31.9 minutes per game across his four-year college career. He is recovering from two labrum surgeries performed in May 2025.

Within roughly 24 hours of signing with the Thunder, Sandfort was waived and the team announced it had added Buddy Boeheim to the training camp roster. Boeheim, a 25-year-old guard who spent last season with the Thunder’s G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue, averaged 12.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 26.3 minutes across 40...