Ample draft capital is an understatement. The Thunder are the surefire answer here because they have 2 excellent young players and the ability to go get 2 more. No team has ever been in this position before. Right now, this team probably tops out at a western final appearance. I don’t think that have the elite elite talent to go beyond that. Usually, a team has to live with that reality and just try try try to get over the hump (hello 76ers, Harden Rockets, Dame Blazers). But the Thunder have a nitro button in the form of an insane cache of draft picks they can hit anytime to juice the team and put them over the top. To me, that, plus the depth and the excellent talent fit of existing players, makes them arguably more dangerous than the KD-Russ team.
House_of_Woodcock
joined 10 months ago
The difference is the draft picks. The wolves team is more or less what it’ll be moving forward. (Maybe a little unfair, they have a couple trades they could make). The thunder may not even have their best player yet. They could trade a dragons hoard of picks for a superstar in the next couple years. So right now? Yeah I’d take they wolves in a 7 game series but the thunder have the potential to boat race the league in the next few years.