Sene wasn’t expected to begin practicing until Oct. 31 after tearing the lateral meniscus in his right knee in April and underwent microfracture surgery when doctors found cartilage damage. He averaged 2.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and 4.8 minutes in 13 games last season.

Sene said his entire body is experiencing natural soreness.

"I feel real good,” Sene said. "I feel my leg is feeling better. I’m running better. I’m jumping better. "Hopefully, I can keep practicing with them and see how things go.”

"If everybody’s healthy, we’ve got a long plane ride on Sunday to figure that out,” Carlesimo said. "I don’t think we’ll make that decision probably until Sunday on the plane.”

"I remember when we first came here,” said Theus, a member of the inaugural 1985-86 Kings team. "I imagine that (the Thunder) got the red carpet treatment when they got in town, and everything is very positive. Oklahoma is typically a football (state), a great football (state) with great fans. So they have an opportunity to build something quickly.”

When asked what his favorite memories are Jackson said: "Not the weather. The fans, how nice the fans were. The people and the community was just nice. I think that says a lot. It wasn’t a lot to do. I wasn’t trying to find a lot to do. But you didn’t have to worry about bad areas to go to. It was a good overall city. The cost of living was great. The schools were great. So it’s a great city to have an NBA team in.”

BY DARNELL MAYBERRY