The early 2010s Oklahoma City Thunder had some of the best teams of the era. The Thunder pulled off the unbelievable feat of drafting MVPs in three consecutive drafts with their selections of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden. These three young superstars led OKC from the NBA’s cellar all the way to the NBA Finals in only a few seasons. After falling short to Miami in the 2012 Finals, the Thunder made the catastrophic mistake of trading away James Harden. They recovered from this mistake and in 2016 took a 3-1 lead on the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. Despite this lead, the Thunder blew their chance to return to the NBA Finals with three consecutive losses. Today we look back on the 2012… AND 2016 Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Seeing how you guys are WWE fans, how bout a wwe/NBA star comparison vid. Who’s the John Cena of the NBA? Lol
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The craziest thing about the James Harden trade that happened was that they should have kept Kevin Martin, instead of having an inconsistent point guard platoon with Derek Fisher.
I love these videos. All i listen to at work 😂
1998 Jazz are obviously one of these teams
The 90s Magic are also in the discussion
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Hello guys,
What are three NBA documentaries you recommend for news fans?
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Great episode 🔥
Don’t ever call Kendrick Perkins good again
If they were still in Seattle they would have won #bringbackoursonics #noonelikesOKC
James Harden was in the damn strip clubs during the finals and then disappeared. Huh. That’s not ominous.
u guys are goated keep up the amazing job
As a thunder fan this videos great but painful to relive again smh
Who agrees, this team is the REASON teams "tank" and rebuild. I felt like before this, the surefire way to win championships was to trade for established stars. KG+Pierce and Gasol+Kobe in 2008
This was Karma on Oklahoma for stealing Seattle's team.
I got the receipts.
Early gang
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I think 2014 was great too. Crazy point differential and legit had a case for the best team in the league before Russ got hurt by Pat Bev
The Thunder didn't win a championship in the 2010s, but they were a very good team.
I was very sad when I learned that Kevin Durant was leaving the Thunder for the Warriors in 2016.
Don’t forget Stephen Adams was bodying to Spurs on the boards in the WCF
Harden had a good career with OKC but if he stayed? Would he have developed like how he went to Houston?
KD made weakest move in NBA history
Need a podcast ASAP