Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti announced during his exit interview on Monday that the G League affiliate Oklahoma City Blue will be in the search for a new home arena this offseason. The Blue spent the 2020-21 regular season playing their home games at Paycom Center, being the only G League team to share an arena with their NBA counterpart. Before that, the Blue played across the street at Cox Convention Center. The NBA and G League told the Thunder that they needed to find a new home arena for the Blue that is a separate gym and can draw in a crowd.
Presti voiced his opinion and said that he did not agree with the decision to make the franchise move the Blue elsewhere. Presti said that the franchise benefitted from having both teams play in the same arena and that it made calling players up and down a seamless transition.
