The Oklahoma City Thunder has started their 2023 NBA Training Camp! What did Mark Daigneault say about Chet Holmgren? How did Isaiah Joe add more excitement to the OKC Thunder season? Can the Thunder improve this season at a clip that the fanbase expects? Chet Holmgren is full recovered. Can Oklahoma City see Cason Wallace play a huge role right away? Stock watch on the entire Thunder roster! Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey are trending up! Others are trending down. Should you buy into Ousmane Dieng? What about Aleksej Pokusevski? Rylan Stiles goes through the entire roster to give his thoughts.
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19 Comments
I know that our players that played last year have gotten better but I think that our ceiling relies on Chet and micic!!!!
Chet has 🐐 potential because he’s 7’2 and fluid at doing everything.
Chet can literally do every single thing that you can think of on the basketball court including catching lobs .
Tre is gonna ball out this season for sure. Effenciency is gonna be way higher
Tridary is tertiary! Nice pod, thanks for your work
I've never seen a team with so many different young players with so much proven potential (Dubb, JWill, Josh, Tre, Chet, Joe, etc) and also already possessing a long contract top 8 player in SGA and a top 10 defender in Dort.
I really hope they embrace the year 2 players more to start the season to see how they all progressed. I hope JWill averages 25 minutes a game at least somehow.
keyonte johnson gonna get minutes and be a solid player too.
When is the first regular season Thunder game?
Man! We are days away from the season starting. Let the good times roll.
People selling on Lu didn’t buy any his rookie or sophomore years and I almost appreciate their frustration after buying.
I still got some Waiters island bonds in the vault. My faith/analysis runs deep 😂
Also guys the stock metaphor also means you gotta buy when they’re doing poorly but the fundamentals are sound 🙃
Cason has that dawg, confident attitude that will immediately be like a magnet to Thunder fans. It’s fantastic that OKC has so many kids to follow game-to-game. I felt this draft my hope was Cason. Next year Donovan Clingan from UConn. Take in UConn games whenever they are on.
Thanks. Terrific analysis on the roster. When one considers the squad methodically as you did you can envision packaging to attempt to climb in the next three year drafts. It is going to be very difficult to be the tenth man down at OKC but he will have value.
The stock term you are looking for in Isiah Joe is hold
With Poku, sometimes a player is just unlucky with injuries. We can give him time this season to build a resume to succeed in the league after this season.
After Dieng ABSOLUTELY BALLED OUT in summer league, AND GREW AN INCH AND PUT ON A GOOD AMOUNT OF MUSCLE it's absolutely insane not to say he's trending up more than absolutely anyone on the team… it's sooooo crazy how underrated he is… lol any other player who just turned 20 and is 6-11/220 and balling out the last we seen of him in the regular season and dominated the summer league I mean he needs to get his roses cause he's right there about to absolutely burst on the seen and then crush anyone who gets in his way…. I truly think dieng this year for us will battle for the starting lineup and I think he will almost be as good as Chet is for us this year.
I still say Jack White makes the team. I think he can help us. He gives us some bulk, grit & small ball 3. Hes a little stronger & a bit better shooter than Kenny. Its certainly easier to picture Sam cutting Jack instead of JRE & Tre' Mann. But I can't understand why Presti signed him to a 2yr deal w/ no 2way option unless he has a plan for him? In reality I dont buy that 2 guys will be cut. I'm sure some trade will occur w/ 2nd rd picks involved.
Just a quick take on older Aussie B'Ballers coming into the NBA historically. Aaron Baynes was 31 when he joined the NBA in 2017-18. Joe Ingles was 27 before he played his first game for the Jazz. Chris Anstey was 24, Andrew Gaze was 29, Ryan Broekhoff was 29, Shane Heal was 26. I guess what I'm saying is that Aussie B'ballers do have a strong track record of coming into the NBA later than some other countries especially before the current globalized version of the current NBA.. They didn't all stick but it has been a bit of a trend with this current crop of Aussie B'ballers being mostly high'ish draft picks. Aussies are starting to become way more in demand. Probably mostly because of their team first and work, work attitudes. They love to do the dirty work! Great locker room guys and team first ballers (generally!).That's what we preach to the youngsters these days. From the Australian center of excellence, through to the NBA global academy program through to the state level juniors systems and especially the NBL next star program. The later providing OKC with both Josh and Ousmane Dieng, Mavs Josh Green, Horns Lamelo Ball and the Pels Dyson Daniels. . I am also positive that Alex Sarr ( we know that name!), Tyrese Proctor new captain of Duke (NBL Global Acadamy and the Center for Excellence), will be top 1-6 picks in this years draft and some really top talent that may surprise? So all this long winded diatribe is just saying "don't sleep on Jack White Super Vegimite and former captain of Duke"! Tough as nails!!! And a Thunder guy personified!