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With the Oklahoma City Thunder transitioning this season to primarily Russell Westbrook's franchise, they can't really afford a ton of missteps with their health. The team still has solid depth, but losing a player like Kevin Durant puts even more pressure on everybody else to perform and be there every night. Before they even get to the preseason, the Thunder are dealing with a knock to their depth after a team scrimmage for the fans.

Backup point guard Cameron Payne fractured the fifth metatarsal to his foot Tuesday night and will see a specialist before they determine whether or not he'll need surgery and just how long the team can expect to be without him. From the Thunder:

The Oklahoma City Thunder announced today that guard Cameron Payne suffered an acute fracture to his fifth metatarsal in Tuesday night's Blue-White Scrimmage.

Payne will see his attending physician and additional specialists this week to determine the next course of action.

Cameron Payne is going to be out for some time. USATSI

The Thunder still have Ronnie Price as a backup point guard option and this could leave open Semaj Christon to finally make the Thunder roster to keep depth at a position that will rely a lot on Westbrook to carry the team. The bad news for Payne is this injury is likely to keep him out for quite a while. It's not as serious as when a big 7-footer ends up with the injury, but this is still something you have to be very careful with so it doesn't become a recurring injury.

Payne played 12.2 minutes per game in 57 games as a rookie last season. His averages over 36 minutes gave him solid projections of 14.6 points, 5.6 assists, and 4.4 rebounds, which you'd absolutely take for a backup point guard. However, his shooting splits of 41/32.4/79.2 need some improvement. But with a lot of fractures in that part of the foot, you can expect it to take months to heal before you can return to the court, rather than weeks should surgery be necessary.