OKC 2025-2026 Games Thread; "The Title Defense"

[Kizz Fastfists]

Hate the "championship or bust" mentality and we may never win another title but gotta be honest that we should win if we are healthy. That being said the Nuggets are scary good too and match up pretty well against us.

If the Spurs get and stay healthy they will be a dangerous playoff team this year and perennial contender going forward. Wemby, Fox, Castle and Harper are all very good.

[Dadouv47]

Hate the "championship or bust" mentality and we may never win another title but gotta be honest that we should win if we are healthy. That being said the Nuggets are scary good too and match up pretty well against us.

If the Spurs get and stay healthy they will be a dangerous playoff team this year and perennial contender going forward. Wemby, Fox, Castle and Harper are all very good.

they are a big threat but not for this year. Rockets can still be a threat if they add another piece.

[Kizz Fastfists]

Getting CP3, two FRPs and two swaps for Westbrook was way more impressive.

That is true. CP3 was a better player than Russ at that point and Presti got picks on top of it. I think spending a season with CP3 is a very underrated aspect of SGA's development. I believe CP3 is going to be a great coach if he wants to be. I believe the Spurs having CP3 on their roster last year was a great move by them as it let him teach Castle how to be a NBA PG. Castle reminds me of a young SGA and if Castle develops a 3pt shot he is going to be a all-NBA player.

[slick_watts]

no team in the league should be a threat to a healthy thunder in the playoffs if they played to their potential. even shai himself acknowledged how lackluster the playoff run was. okc just has so much more talent than any other west team. houston is the only team that i think could be a problem, we'll see how that defense holds up and where their 3pt shooting settles (if they keep shooting 40%+ on threes they will be extremely tough). denver, even with all hands on deck, needs a jamal murray bubble hoax series to beat a healthy thunder team. spurs and everyone else are too far to even be notable imo.

getting taken to seven by denver and indiana last year hopefully is a wake up call for this year's thunder.