The Oklahoma City Thunder have been eliminated from the NBA Postseason by the Minnesota Timberwolves. What went wrong for the OKC Thunder in this game? Did the youth show up in a negative way for OKC? What to expect after this game from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey. Jalen Williams responded in a big way after an off-game on Wednesday. Jaylin Williams once again shows he can stay on the floor in this environment. It is a make or miss league.
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Remember. there are people living in europe that see the game hours later. no need to watch the game anymore if the first thing on my feed is that they lost.
Floor spacing, Shai can’t shoot, Giddey can’t shoot, Dort can’t shoot, Jdub can’t shoot, and even worse we don’t often incorporate off ball screen action to help get people open on the perimeter. Having the best big man defender in the league wouldn’t alleviate this problem we need to fucking shoot in order to win in the modern NBA it’s no longer an exception it is an absolute requirement. I am so sick of this years as a Thunder fan in terms of constantly watching our star players develop horrible shooting forms and have them never be corrected I really really hope chip engelland can get these guys into shooting form but he can’t help everyone we need to develop a culture that can support good shooting otherwise we are doomed and there is no amount of star power that will cushion bad shooting.
Guys will be keeping receipts for next season. Good fuel to the fire. Keeps us humble and hungry. Congrats guys🎉
I’ve listen too all 87 podcast
Great yr we are finally back I think with Chet in the middle next yr to help solidify the inside but would like to get him help cause that's our biggest weakness right now really other than that the sky's the limit again for the Thunder ⛈️⚡
Rylan the only thing that stinged last night was goberts elbow..jokes aside we had an amazing season. Congrats to all our boys for this incredible run. Lets have a good offseason and get back at it next year. And to the fellow fans dont forget to #ThunderUp
Also nobody thought including myself once chet went down to get to 40 wins I thought after last season with chet this yr if we got to 36 wins we would be showing growth hell we got to 40 without chet if we had him we would of one 45 at least cause I know his d alone is worth 5 games but we need a shooters definitely think we need to package some picks n try to get another star that can shoot n bring them into the fold our playoff window is here now Sam needs to understand that the timeline is accelerated now
Tough game 😔. But cant wait for next season
any chance you guys would go after Nickeil Alexander Walker in free agency, to keep SGA happy and seeing how good NAW is defensively. Thunders roster is so interesting with all the young talent, Holmgren coming next year and all the draft picks. Online of course saying you need a center, what about a package to maybe get someone like Myles Turner, would you give up Lu Dort who lots of Thunder fans were frustrated with during the year offensively. Bright future ahead, fun team to follow.
The reason the Pelicans & Mavs are not in the Playoffs is because we ended their seasons. Both teams were talked about as potential West Conf Champs at different points of this season. Thats quite the accomplishment.
What went wrong was we couldn’t make shots and we had no big man. No worries, though. This season was still a huge success.
I’m really happy with how we ended. Did I want us to be in the playoffs? Yes, but to even be in this position was amazing in the first place. I know that the Paycom center is going to be ROCKING day one!
Just praying Victor doesn’t go to Houston
I mean, there’s gotta be some credit to MN making it tougher than we expected too
The crazy part is the wolves actually played a bad game.
But as a wolves fan, I have to give my respect. You guys will be a problem in a couple years
We need to bring in the best defensive coach their is like we did with Engelland. Get Giddey to learn defense and he’ll be insane
For real, they definitely need to invest in a traditional center this offseason. Can’t just be Chet. Doesn’t have to be anything crazy. Just go sign someone to be a backup or draft someone. Get someone who’s got size, can defend and rebound, and can score a little inside. Would need him for games like this.
Jwill played good just got overwhelmed by the 2 bigs. If Chet is on kat, Jwill won't have to double off of rudy. Still would like a big who is more of a banger. Love this team. #Thunderup
Disappointing, but a few thoughts on the conclusion of a fantastic season. 1) An away game against a team with Towns back. 2) The Thunder play late in the season was exaggerated as many of their opponents had key players injured. 3) A very tall Wolves team while at times our biggest was Josh. 4) Joe has had three bad shooting games in a row. 4) Almost the entire kiddie roster has not played a full season and the wear has shown over the last few weeks 5) Nitpicking, but I would have liked to see Tre playing. 6) Poku and Kenny out has hurt more than is perceived. 7) I can’t see Dario on the squad next year.
I’m certain Sam must mull whether to look for some physicality up front or just stay the course assuming Poku, Chet and Ousmane will be stronger next season. If you asked Sam and Mark two years ago if they would be satisfied with a play-in, especially if Chet was OFS, they would undoubtedly say “yes.” But a fantastic jump, and as the bigs fill out next year we will have another one. Thanks Rylan
I love the no script format. Especially after big games/news/draft reactions. Keep it up Rylan!
The whole game from the start the Thunder were awkward and a foot away from being in the right spot constantly on both ends then they began playing frantic that got even more frantic which was something ive never seen them do before. Almost inexplicable but not directly their fault.
Giddey looked weird before the game started i thought. Looked like someone who has something else distracting them
Giddy needs a tighter dribble. JDub needs to play small forward as dort becomes the teams six man. Chet at the 4 with a stonger JWiil at the 5 will do for starters.
Nice interviews with the team today by you and the other Thunder columnists. I love Chet’s swagger and his comments on his shot. 40, 45, 85 or more within a year.
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Giddey. Hero to zero!
I bleed blue!! Great season ⚡️