The Oklahoma City Thunder have built an incredible young core. With Josh Giddey looking stronger and better at the rim, Jalen Williams upping the physicality of his game, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander making a playmaking leap, Chet Holmgren getting his feet wet in the NBA, and Mark Daigneault’s system, the OKC Thunder could be extremely successful on offense, specifically in transition, where the team already thrived a year ago. Olivier Sarr, Keyontae Johnson, and Ousmane Dieng showed flashes in this game as well for the Bricktown boys. There is no tampering expectations with this team.
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17 Comments
Can’t wait for this season. This is the most fun team.
Giddey is poised for a big jump this year!
Aye man I just gotta be giannis, I’m keeping it a buck
So sarr gunna be the back up big?
They looked good last night – and OMG the Jumbo Jumbotron is a thing of beauty.
So much I loved about this episode ❤
I think Ous is going to be so underrated this year for anyone outside of our organisation. I’m getting mega Jock landale vibes from him in the sense that whether he plays 2 minutes or 20 minutes his contribution will be very dependable and his stats will 90% match his minutes…. Also he seems to be making an appearance at the getting to the rim party 🎉
Love how the starters looked against the bucks having kenny hustle and j Williams out is a big blow but.
Why Steven adams catching shots 🤔 not saying adams is embedded but hotbuse somone else lol not saying you said a lie but adams is thunder fam
Good point about the Thunder needing to change their 'Run & Gun' style in the playoffs. But remember the 2001-2003 NJ Nets played the most aggressive, fast break, running & gunning style all regular season. All the experts said there is no way Kidd, Kenyon, KVH, Kittles & RJ would be able to beat the Pistons, Pacers & Celtics in the playoffs when the game slows down to a crawl. The Nets adjusted without a problem & went to back to back NBA Finals.
I wonder how good josh giddey will be if he doesn’t have a mismatch, i still dont like giddeys handle
I certainly am getting excited for this team. Ps hit the like button
There are some turn overs that were suposed to be verge crack assists to easy basketballs, does not hurt too much development.
But lets expect some doubles against C, PF or SF ball handling, develop better contigency wings dance avoid TO, Bucks gave some playoffs minutes pace to Thunder.
And I still believe Poku with his added weight will be a large factor underneath next to Chet. One can stay underneath and the other chase the ball handler. Plus Cason.
J-Gidd
We realistically have 5 All Star type player idgaf what the talking heads have to say it only matters what our team believes. THUNDER UP! Best young team ever imo
I think Thunder will have a great season but I think a move they made thats gonna hurt them is letting Butler walk. Hes a for sure bucket and would help them steal the ball and take away possessions from other teams. Well see how it goes though
No major injuries = 55+ wins, maybe 60+.