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Who would've thought a bunch of 20 year olds and a rookie would be this impactful this early on. They don't make many mistakes that your typical younger players make, especially in close games. It's crazy Sam Presti has 37 picks in the next 7 years, and their core already looks close to set.

Should OKC even make a trade at this point, or should they just continue to develop what they have? Their only weakness seems to be rebounding.

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[–] revisioncloud@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Trap game

Why you gotta jinx it for us man

[–] FeminismIsTheBestIsm@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Just realized that this is actually false - Nuggets (9-3) play the same day against the Cavs, and the game ends a few hours earlier.

Mavs (9-4) could also potentially do it, but they're against a harder opponent in the Kings.

[–] Mk_Change@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Imo don't get carried away and stay the course. It's too early to start making big moves. We are ahead of the timeline and will have to make major decisions regarding these youngsters pretty soon. Let's enjoy the good basketball we get to watch and give some time for them to develop.

[–] OKC2023champs@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

We still need solid rebounding before we can consider ourselves real contenders. But everything else has been awesome

[–] Shoddy-Media2337@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Legitimately laughed out loud when I saw the "37 picks"

Man.

[–] Rowdy_Bull@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Nuggets play 3 hours before them, so I doubt it, but still possible.

[–] IEatPandasEveryday@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I think the big part of us being this good so far in the year is that we brought back almost all of our players from last year. The chemistry is there and everyone knows there roles. I think the only thing that we lack on the rooster is another backup big to provide some more rebounding.

[–] rumblegod@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Still not ready but we look decent! Rotations were on point today it seemed. No experiments from make tonight so we shall see. I think 6th seed is fair.

[–] SasquatchDoobie@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah good luck. We have Booyeah and Duop.

[–] yaktoleft13@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Spoiler alert: they will

[–] FeminismIsTheBestIsm@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

37 picks is fucking crazy they could just buy out an entire roster of stars lol

[–] CyborgAlgoInvestor@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I think Presti knows that’d be a stupid idea.

My guess he prioritizes getting the best guys that can fill their roles in the team, and have ridiculously good depth

[–] nonstopenguins@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

They are probably going to use their draft picks to replace role players who they can't afford anymore. As some players get too expensive they will replace them with older 4 year college players or trade a few picks to move up when they see an opportunity.

[–] Elite_Alice@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait what happened to giddey

[–] darkmorpha71@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People are being dumb and overreacting to a few bad shooting games/falling into the same "there's only one basketball, he doesn't fit, trade him" trap they always do when a team has more than two guys who like the ball in their hands. like incredibly skilled and productive 6'9 point guards with good team chemistry just grow on trees

[–] Friendly-Thought-973@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Name me one elite player in the NBA who isn’t a good defender, doesn’t get to the rim/line at will, and can’t shoot

Just one.

[–] n0th1ng10@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the jazz from last year

[–] lethalizer@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, this ain't nothing like that.

[–] n0th1ng10@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

True the jazz were the first seed.

[–] Driew27@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Oh they'll win tomorrow we're ass lol.

[–] LamboJoeRecs@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Is this part of the new Race to 10 in season tourney? What is the prize?

[–] undoxxchicken@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

the vision was always there. i thought they were just farming

[–] StormSaniWater@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

When I said they were gonna win 50 games and were a top 4 seed lock people called me crazy.

These thunder are not coming. They are here

[–] No_Brilliant5888@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wish my favorite team was the OKC thunder

[–] Headlesshorsman02@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Join us my man, I am a Canadian thunder fan, you can make the thunder your west team

[–] C4242@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

They have to make a trade, otherwise they are wasting all those picks.

Tbh, there title window is a couple years away, so you don't want to cshs them in yet.

That being said, if you ignore Denver, the west does look wide open.