The Oklahoma City Thunder are LEGIT NBA Championship Contenders!!

The Oklahoma City Thunder are LEGIT NBA Championship Contenders!!

The Oklahoma City Thunder just put themselves in position to go out and win an NBA championship they have an elite young core led by Shay gers Alexander and they go out and add Gordon Hayward at the trade deadline their starting lineup has an average age of 22.6 years

Old and they are still the number two team in the western conference with a 39 and 17 record they are fourth in points per game fourth in offensive rating sixth in defensive rating which I think is the most impressive part was such a young team and they had the 19th best

Preseason odds to win a championship now they’re at like fifth best this was a huge breakout year for this thunder Squad and now you know they’re getting serious about going out and competing going out bringing in Gordon Hayward what does he bring to the squad uh we’ll

Talk about that here in a second but we could potentially see Josh giddy being moved out of the starting lineup as I think that you know once they get Gordon acclimated and everything this is the lineup they tend to go towards um now yes he has been very you know you know

Untrustworthy in that starting lineup he’s not very durable but he’s averaging 14 and a half points 4.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists this year for the Hornets and let’s be real what does he really have to come back and try and get healthy and try and stay healthy to play

For the 10- win Charlotte Hornet now he’s in a good situation he’s in a situation where you know he can try and go out and win games win a championship I think he will you know be able to play through a little bit more pain um given

That his team is you know kind of flipped record-wise with the Hornets now he has missed 25 games which you know could like I said that’s the big issue with him but his career 38% three-point three-point shooter so he will be able to stretch the floor around Shay and I

Think he’s going to give them a great veteran presence now yes I mean he’s not won any NBA championships but he’s been there in the playoffs before um and it helps sha Shay who’s having a phenomenal season 32 points per game is absolutely crazy he does it on the defensive end

Two 55% shooting from the field 37 % from three 3.3 attempts in 35 minutes a game Jay is the best young player in the game I feel like right now um you look at the MVP rankings he’s number two only behind Nico joic um dude is crazy I mean

Shay they they probably lost the Clippers probably lost the Paul George trade honestly giving up a guy like shade Gil Alexander and then doc tried to pull out the LeBron James quote saying hey I I asked him you know do you want to trade yeah right doc but I mean even the threo

Percentage is improving everything’s improving for Shay and as is his Supporting Cast Shay’s goons are some dogs ched hongren Jaylen Williams Jaylen Williams might be the most efficient second-year player I’ve ever seen in my life um he’s averaging 19.2 points 4.6 rebounds 4.1 assist and one steal this

Year for the Thunder um Elite mid-range great finisher crafty finisher honestly cuz he’s not the most explosive uh and he’s shooting at 54% from the on the field and 45% from three on 3.3 attempts in 32 minutes a game like I said the most efficient second gear player I’ve

Ever seen and this is probably the most efficient 25 and under Duo that I’ve ever seen either in the NBA both of them shooting at like 54% from the field um you take a look at the Improvement for Jaylen Williams this year he’s up five points per game um he’s up about an

Assist and a half per game and he’s up 9% on his three-pointers which is the most impressive part to me um jayen Williams is a dude and then you got Chad HR who you add into the equation a guy that averages about 16 and a half points per game for the

Thunder this year 7.6 rebounds 2.6 assist in 30 minutes he he’s part of that next generation of long you know not necessarily athletic but just 7 foot2 unicorns that can dribble pass and shoot he’s shooting 54% from the field and 40% from the three rookies that are over 7

Foot tall are not supposed to be shooting at 40 % from the three-point line they shouldn’t be rookie shouldn’t be that efficient in general I mean Chad is doing stuff he’s flipping the NBA on its head right now what Shay Chad and Jaylen Williams are doing because this

Is the most efficient 25 and under Trio in probably in league history there’s a reason they have such a high offensive rating at such a young age um now if you have made it this far of the video make sure to the like button leave me a comment down below and hit that

Subscribe button it really out in the YouTube algorithm trying to hit about 100 likes on today’s video that’ll be great and with that being said let’s go and continue here looking at a couple of guys for the Thunder that are having pro at years and that is Lou Dort and Josh

Giddy this is a term you usually see more in baseball but they’re both having pro at years both coming towards the end of their rookie deals Lou Dort has already signed the extension but he needs to prove that he’s worth the extension 10.8 points per game 3.8

Rebounds 1.3 assist and one steal for lud dor because the good thing about the thunder they have so many picks if somebody’s not working out they can just trade him and then replace him with a draft pick down the line but he is shooting at 40% from three on five

Attempts this year which is something we needed to see was the three-point Improvement he’s also very efficient from the field overall lud Dort I think he has proved that he can be a long-term piece to this Thunder team especially given his perimeter defense looking at the three-point Improvement his previous

Best season was like three years ago where he shot at 34% from three this year it’s up to 40% and he’s no longer a liability on the offensive end now Josh gidy the same cannot be said he has not improved his three-point jump shot and

The question is how does he fit in long term um I know he had all that stuff going on with the media or in the media but still he’s averaging 11 and a half points per game 6.1 rebounds 4.6 assist he’s only playing 25 minutes a game and

He’s not efficient at all he’s only shooting at 44% from the field and 33% from three on 3.3 attempts he’s still 21 so it’s too young to give up on him but I don’t know man Josh kid is not having the best prove it year in the world for

This thunder Squad now I think we do need to talk about the depth on this thunder Squad they got Aaron Wiggins kasan Wallace Isaiah Joe and even usan gang is having a decent year I mean he’s putting up about four points per game more on him later Isaiah Joe is

Averaging about nine points per game this year for the Thunder 2.3 rebounds in 19 minutes per game and he’s really been one of the glue guys on the defensive end of the ball um and offensively he’s been one of those connector guys that can really shoot the

Three ball 43% from the three on four and a half attempts per game 47% from the field overall Cas Wallace has been a very very impactful rookie you know somebody we projected out to be uh such in that role I didn’t think the Thunder were going to take him but he has turned

Out to be very effective for them seven points 2.3 rebounds in 21 minutes 52% from the field 42% from three in three attempts um that’s just what the Thunder have started to do is take these winning players and they just contribute immediately to the squad you also got

Aaron Wiggins here who is starting to get more and more stable minutes 6.3 points per game for him in 14 minutes 2.3 rebounds so he’s being very productive even though he’s not getting the most minutes to make the most of it he is shooting at 60% from the field on

Four attempts and 52% from three on 1.6 attempts from Beyond The Arc and then like I said Usman Jang is averaging about four points per game in close to 13 minutes um was thinking he was going to have a bigger role this year but they started winning so they haven’t played

The younger guys as much they have two lottery picks in this year’s draft a luxury of having you know however many first round picks over the next few years looking at the Outlook though for this thunder Squad they got Houston in a couple of days um and then they play

Houston again and then they play San Antonio so a quick trip to Texas and they should win those games um at Phoenix will be tough at the Lakers will be tough but really I mean this team could very easily go six and0 over their next six games riding in you know as a

Number two seat with that being said going to be it for today’s video thank you so much for watching make sure the like button and hit that subscribe button if you did enjoy at any point and with all that being said thanks so much for watching today’s video

This video looks at the Oklahoma City Thunder and how they are legit nba championship contenders after trading for Gordon Hayward to go with Shai Gilgeous Alexander