2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread

Post #561 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:13 pm

I’ve watched enough basketball that if Memphis came out and won game two I would be disappointed but not totally surprised.

Post #562 » by **Dadouv47** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:33 pm

ThunderBolt wrote:I’ve watched enough basketball that if Memphis came out and won game two I would be disappointed but not totally surprised.

pretty unlikely but I still think we will lose one on the road (which isn't a bad thing tbh)

Devilanche · Post #563 » by **Devilanche** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 10:05 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:does that count for a playoff game or we are still "only a good regular season team" ?

Memphis not a real opponent I guess ?

Post #564 » by **Dadouv47** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 11:36 pm

Devilanche wrote:
Dadouv47 wrote:does that count for a playoff game or we are still "only a good regular season team" ?

Memphis not a real opponent I guess ?

I was just kidding because I'm sick and tired about the "Thunder is only a good regular team" stuff.

That being said I still want to see us hitting those 3's and JDub stepping up against a better opponent in the next round. Lack of experience was a factor in the Dallas series but I think we learned a lot from last year.

The Servant · Post #565 » by **The Servant** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 1:39 am

Dadouv47 wrote:
Devilanche wrote:
Dadouv47 wrote:does that count for a playoff game or we are still "only a good regular season team" ?

Memphis not a real opponent I guess ?

I was just kidding because I'm sick and tired about the "Thunder is only a good regular team" stuff.

That being said I still want to see us hitting those 3's and JDub stepping up against a better opponent in the next round. Lack of experience was a factor in the Dallas series but I think we learned a lot from last year.

They made the play in when no one expected it at the start of the season, then they made the 2nd round with a rookie center and got some playoff exp. Idk why people thought they'd make a wcf their first playoff push with a flawed roster in a development season.

I get from this season onward. Anytime you get hype though you see haters and its part of the process. Usually means your team is on the right track.

68-14 and a 50 point win in the 1st yoff game. Waiting to hear Kizz's take on the year so far!

Kizz Fastfists · Post #566 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:24 am

The Servant wrote:68-14 and a 50 point win in the 1st yoff game. Waiting to hear Kizz's take on the year so far!

They haven't done anything they weren't expected to do at this point. They were expected to win the West going into the season, right? I said a week or two ago that anything less than making the Finals is a disappointment and if you want to look at it from a historical perspective if they don't win it all they will be a failure.

As for your revisionist history, the Thunder were expected to make the playoffs last year. They made the playoffs as the #1 seed. Do you expect a #1 seed to lose in the 2nd round or make the WCF? They had been in the play-in the year before and were adding a #2 pick, Chet, and a top 10 pick, Cason, to the team. Yes, they had flaws, but there were absolutely supposed to make the playoffs last season. Just like Houston showed enough last year they were supposed to make the playoffs this year with their young and improving team.

bbms · Post #567 » by **bbms** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:36 pm

gsw yesterday didn't impress me at all, specially defensively, i'm almost rooting for them to beat the rockets

Post #568 » by **Dadouv47** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 3:42 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:
The Servant wrote:68-14 and a 50 point win in the 1st yoff game. Waiting to hear Kizz's take on the year so far!

They haven't done anything they weren't expected to do at this point. They were expected to win the West going into the season, right? I said a week or two ago that anything less than making the Finals is a disappointment and if you want to look at it from a historical perspective if they don't win it all they will be a failure.

As for your revisionist history, the Thunder were expected to make the playoffs last year. They made the playoffs as the #1 seed. Do you expect a #1 seed to lose in the 2nd round or make the WCF? They had been in the play-in the year before and were adding a #2 pick, Chet, and a top 10 pick, Cason, to the team. Yes, they had flaws, but there were absolutely supposed to make the playoffs last season. Just like Houston showed enough last year they were supposed to make the playoffs this year with their young and improving team.

you are the king at it so it was fun to read it :lol:

btw nobody thought OKC was gonna end up with the 1st seed last season but yeah we should have gone to the WCF. Lack of experience was the real issue in the Dallas series (nobody not named SGA showed up on offense).

Devilanche · Post #569 » by **Devilanche** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:10 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:
Kizz Fastfists wrote:
The Servant wrote:68-14 and a 50 point win in the 1st yoff game. Waiting to hear Kizz's take on the year so far!

They haven't done anything they weren't expected to do at this point. They were expected to win the West going into the season, right? I said a week or two ago that anything less than making the Finals is a disappointment and if you want to look at it from a historical perspective if they don't win it all they will be a failure.

As for your revisionist history, the Thunder were expected to make the playoffs last year. They made the playoffs as the #1 seed. Do you expect a #1 seed to lose in the 2nd round or make the WCF? They had been in the play-in the year before and were adding a #2 pick, Chet, and a top 10 pick, Cason, to the team. Yes, they had flaws, but there were absolutely supposed to make the playoffs last season. Just like Houston showed enough last year they were supposed to make the playoffs this year with their young and improving team.

you are the king at it so it was fun to read it

btw nobody thought OKC was gonna end up with the 1st seed last season but yeah we should have gone to the WCF. Lack of experience was the real issue in the Dallas series (nobody not named SGA showed up on offense).

I think it’s fair to have updated expectation along the season as the team start to perform.

Maybe at last season start we were expecting home court ( I think we could have competed or win homecourt) .. but at season end given we ended up first my expectation were then we minimally were a competitive conference semi out ( win 1 series lose 1 series).

bbms · Post #570 » by **bbms** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 12:06 am

first dallas post deadline was playing as well as anybody in the nba and mark was extremely disappointing. also, and "1st seed" is a very generic and misleading evaluation. thunder has been 1st seed two times straight now and difference in level of performance couldn't be greater.

and if we don't want to go revisionist, this board would probably be okay with breaking the bank for someone like markannen or moving a first for olynik naively thinking these kind of movements would secure a ring.

thunder improved and became a better team by going on the extreme opposite direction, by getting more athletic, more disruptive on defense, stacking more defensive playmakers together, getting more multidimensional - while retaining a healthy contract situation and draft picks.

i still would have gone for someone like durant or even butler himself, though, in every opportunity since last season's trade deadline. hopefully we won't miss someone not named sga to create a shot in tight spaces.

Post #571 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 12:36 am

bbms wrote:first dallas post deadline was playing as well as anybody in the nba and mark was extremely disappointing. also, and "1st seed" is a very generic and misleading evaluation. thunder has been 1st seed two times straight now and difference in level of performance couldn't be greater.

and if we don't want to go revisionist, this board would probably be okay with breaking the bank for someone like markannen or moving a first for olynik naively thinking these kind of movements would secure a ring.

thunder improved and became a better team by going on the extreme opposite direction, by getting more athletic, more disruptive on defense, stacking more defensive playmakers together, getting more multidimensional - while retaining a healthy contract situation and draft picks.

i still would have gone for someone like durant or even butler himself, though, in every opportunity since last season's trade deadline. hopefully we won't miss someone not named sga to create a shot in tight spaces.

yeah last season we were tied with Denver/Wolves and the Mavs were playing better than those teams.

This season we finished with 16 more wins than the second in the West and the gap could have been higher if needed. Losing against any team not named Boston would be a dissapointing postseason if we are healthy.

Devilanche · Post #572 » by **Devilanche** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:32 am

bbms wrote:first dallas post deadline was playing as well as anybody in the nba and mark was extremely disappointing. also, and "1st seed" is a very generic and misleading evaluation. thunder has been 1st seed two times straight now and difference in level of performance couldn't be greater.

and if we don't want to go revisionist, this board would probably be okay with breaking the bank for someone like markannen or moving a first for olynik naively thinking these kind of movements would secure a ring.

thunder improved and became a better team by going on the extreme opposite direction, by getting more athletic, more disruptive on defense, stacking more defensive playmakers together, getting more multidimensional - while retaining a healthy contract situation and draft picks.

i still would have gone for someone like durant or even butler himself, though, in every opportunity since last season's trade deadline. hopefully we won't miss someone not named sga to create a shot in tight spaces.

Fans always wish for that 1-2 more trades . More so us who got a lot more trade assets than the norm.

bbms · Post #573 » by **bbms** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:42 am

fun fact is that if presti moved for pj washington like some of you wanted the thunder wouldn't lose to dallas

when you own so much assets, there's value of making those trades just for the sake of blocking a move that would be really good for a rival

bbms · Post #574 » by **bbms** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 1:51 am

fun note: if clippers lose to nuggets, and there are upsets by wolves, warriors and pistons, the lac FRP improves from 24 to 18, making.

entirely possible for the thunder to end the season with 7-9, 15 and 18 and 44 which would probably be inside top 5 in draft power ranking, and a higher value than an average first overall pick.

Post #575 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 9:34 am

I'm worried about facing the Clippers. They look really really good. Gonna need Chet/Hartenstein to perform on offense with our size advantage.

Devilanche · Post #576 » by **Devilanche** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 10:56 am

bbms wrote:fun note: if clippers lose to nuggets, and there are upsets by wolves, warriors and pistons, the lac FRP improves from 24 to 18, making.

entirely possible for the thunder to end the season with 7-9, 15 and 18 and 44 which would probably be inside top 5 in draft power ranking, and a higher value than an average first overall pick.

That’s incorrect . Playoff have no bearing on draft order . Tie breaker has already been done and we are getting pick 24
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bbms · Post #577 » by **bbms** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 4:24 pm

Devilanche wrote:
bbms wrote:fun note: if clippers lose to nuggets, and there are upsets by wolves, warriors and pistons, the lac FRP improves from 24 to 18, making.

entirely possible for the thunder to end the season with 7-9, 15 and 18 and 44 which would probably be inside top 5 in draft power ranking, and a higher value than an average first overall pick.

That’s incorrect . Playoff have no bearing on draft order . Tie breaker has already been done and we are getting pick 24
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thank you

Post #578 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 11:28 pm

Thunder up!

Post #579 » by **Dadouv47** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 11:45 pm

early in the first quarter but Chet is indeed moving better...not pre injury Chet yet but looking good

Post #580 » by **Dadouv47** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 12:40 am

Shai looks awful...even wonder if he isn't a bit injured or something.

Rest of the team is elite on defense and just fine on offense so far. JDub playing on another level on both ends of the floor though. I like our title chances a lot more if he can keep up like this on offense.