2021-22 OKC Thunder Regular Season Discussion

[Dadouv47]

lol turned off my tv when the clippers were leading by 10+ I was pissed

No clue how the Pels won but I love it

Same here. Ultimately doesn’t mean likely mean much but it’s nice to have something go our way for once.

yeah agree. A bit of an overreaction for going up "only" 3 spots in the draft and May 17 is the day we need some real luck but felt like we were cursed after our lotto luck last season and then the Clippers winning so many close games/huge comebacks wins this season.

Btw I think the Clippers deserved to make the playoffs...I'm very impressed about the way their are building their team, developing young players, Ty lue coaching etc.
Clippers firing Doc Rivers was the biggest L for our future LAC picks...need Kawhi/PG13 to keep struggling with injuries.

[Dadouv47]

I still rank the 16th pick in the 2021 Draft over #12 in this draft but if Presti decides to trade it again for two future bad FRPs, I will start rooting for the Rockets or the Kings.

[Big nick]

I still rank the 16th pick in the 2021 Draft over #12 in this draft but if Presti decides to trade it again for two future bad FRPs, I will start rooting for the Rockets or the Kings.

I will still root for okc but that would be a hard one to take. I hope to get a big and maybe AJ it's getting hard to watch them lose.

[Devilanche]

I still rank the 16th pick in the 2021 Draft over #12 in this draft but if Presti decides to trade it again for two future bad FRPs, I will start rooting for the Rockets or the Kings.

It will take a lot to root for the kings .

You can root for Cleveland though . Unless LeBron decides to come back .

[Dadouv47]

I still rank the 16th pick in the 2021 Draft over #12 in this draft but if Presti decides to trade it again for two future bad FRPs, I will start rooting for the Rockets or the Kings.

It will take a lot to root for the kings .

You can root for Cleveland though . Unless LeBron decides to come back .

I was kidding but it would be harder for me to root for the Rockets. Cleveland is a nice team to watch indeed

Think we will likely draft 3 players (except if we need to use 3 picks to move up into the top 4)

[Devilanche]

I still rank the 16th pick in the 2021 Draft over #12 in this draft but if Presti decides to trade it again for two future bad FRPs, I will start rooting for the Rockets or the Kings.

It will take a lot to root for the kings .

You can root for Cleveland though . Unless LeBron decides to come back .

I was kidding but it would be harder for me to root for the Rockets. Cleveland is a nice team to watch indeed

Think we will likely draft 3 players (except if we need to use 3 picks to move up into the top 4)

I still remember that 16th trade for 2 future picks . Somewhat annoyed still by it and I totally can get someone being so annoyed that they root for the kings. At least they seems to be on the upswing.

Now is just hope the ping pong balls are kind to us.

[Dadouv47]

It will take a lot to root for the kings .

You can root for Cleveland though . Unless LeBron decides to come back .

I was kidding but it would be harder for me to root for the Rockets. Cleveland is a nice team to watch indeed

Think we will likely draft 3 players (except if we need to use 3 picks to move up into the top 4)

I still remember that 16th trade for 2 future picks . Somewhat annoyed still by it and I totally can get someone being so annoyed that they root for the kings. At least they seems to be on the upswing.

Now is just hope the ping pong balls are kind to us.

Hope and think Presti will be more aggressive this time, whether it's moving up with our own pick, #12 or combining 30 and 34. He would be stupid not to try to improve our roster ASAP. Next season should be the last with a bad team if we keep Shai so you gotta draft good future players now that can be reliable in their second season in the NBA.

Wonder how much it will cost to move up from #12 to 7-9. Don't want to trade LAC/Rockets picks for that and the other lottery protected picks are probably not enough (maybe if we send two of them).

[Devilanche]

I was kidding but it would be harder for me to root for the Rockets. Cleveland is a nice team to watch indeed

Think we will likely draft 3 players (except if we need to use 3 picks to move up into the top 4)

I still remember that 16th trade for 2 future picks . Somewhat annoyed still by it and I totally can get someone being so annoyed that they root for the kings. At least they seems to be on the upswing.

Now is just hope the ping pong balls are kind to us.

Hope and think Presti will be more aggressive this time, whether it's moving up with our own pick, #12 or combining 30 and 34. He would be stupid not to try to improve our roster ASAP. Next season should be the last with a bad team if we keep Shai so you gotta draft good future players now that can be reliable in their second season in the NBA.

Wonder how much it will cost to move up from #12 to 7-9. Don't want to trade LAC/Rockets picks for that and the other lottery protected picks are probably not enough (maybe if we send two of them).

I think 12 is dangerously close to the end of that 9-12 range so it will really depends on gm draft tiers . Seems like it might cost abit to move up to 9.


I don’t see him drafting 4 rookies though .

[slick_watts]

i know we probably want to tank another season, but i think a great acquisition would be isaiah hartenstein. i read on a clippers blog that they intend to keep him with the mini-mle. i think he is worth a good bit more than that. i might throw 4/40 or more at him. he's effective defensively, has a playmaking gene, is only 23, and might have some future as a spot up three point shooter. as a side bonus it would weaken the clippers.

[Dadouv47]

i know we probably want to tank another season, but i think a great acquisition would be isaiah hartenstein. i read on a clippers blog that they intend to keep him with the mini-mle. i think he is worth a good bit more than that. i might throw 4/40 or more at him. he's effective defensively, has a playmaking gene, is only 23, and might have some future as a spot up three point shooter. as a side bonus it would weaken the clippers.

yeah a team will offer more than that. First big contract for him so he will probably go to the team that gives him the most money. I wouldn't mind if we try to get him for 4/50 (4/60 might be an overpay)

[Dadouv47]

Read on Twitter

Yeah Presti will only trade Shai if he ask out.

[slick_watts]

Read on Twitter

Yeah Presti will only trade Shai if he ask out.

to be fair, i recall sam presti telling this same kind of story about a lot of guys. including nazr mohammed.

[Dadouv47]

so, who should we keep next season?

SGA, Giddey, Mann, Dort, Poku, JRE, Wiggins, Krejci, Bazley (?), Maledon (?), Roby (?), Jerome (?)
With Kenrich/Favors/Muscala that's 15 without likely 2-3 players we will draft.

If we can't find a trade for our older guys, I would get rid of Jerome/Roby (then Maledon I guess).
It would be better to trade Favors to open a roster spot even if we give up small value. I'm not against trading Muscala either, think Kenrich plays a bigger role leading our young guys and it's the last "older" guy I would trade.

[slick_watts]

roby is good, we should keep him.

[ThunderBolt]

I don’t feel like making any decisions on who to keep and let go until we know who we have coming in next year.

[jake_swivel]

roby is good, we should keep him.

If roby finds himself in the right situation, he will make himself some money. The bulls would have been a great fit for him when they were starting javonte green at the 4.

[Captain Ballmer]

i know we probably want to tank another season, but i think a great acquisition would be isaiah hartenstein. i read on a clippers blog that they intend to keep him with the mini-mle. i think he is worth a good bit more than that. i might throw 4/40 or more at him. he's effective defensively, has a playmaking gene, is only 23, and might have some future as a spot up three point shooter. as a side bonus it would weaken the clippers.

yeah a team will offer more than that. First big contract for him so he will probably go to the team that gives him the most money. I wouldn't mind if we try to get him for 4/50 (4/60 might be an overpay)

I was just sneaking to your board about how happy you could be after our weird elimination. Wow i haven't disappointed

About Hartenstein; Ty Lue tends to play a lot of small ball 5 for a reason. Both Him and Zubac, Ibaka&Cousins&Harrell in the past... They are just become liability when we face Doncic & Curry & Jamal Murray & Donovan Mitchell & Damian Lillard... These scorer guards are everywhere and you can even see Maxey-Poole-Herro of the world making big impacts games after games.

As a result of this trend we played Isaiah only 6 and 8 minutes in games to save our season. There is just no reason for Clippers to give another slow footed center a big money only to play him 6-8 minutes a game? If Kawhi would healthy our 3-4 rotation guys(Covington&Batum&Morris) could slide to 5 even more. I strongly believe we'll use our mMLE signing someone more helpful.

Cheers.

[Mr Thunder Nick]

I would also keep Roby. He has a lot of potential.
I don't see a future for Favors, Jerome and Bazley with the Thunder.
Poku and Maledon are limit. When we draft a playmaker I think at least one of Jerome or Maledon have to leave.
We must also keep Williams and Muscala, also for team spirit.

[ThunderBolt]

Read on Twitter

[Balkman32]

I still rank the 16th pick in the 2021 Draft over #12 in this draft but if Presti decides to trade it again for two future bad FRPs, I will start rooting for the Rockets or the Kings.

Yikes… I don’t think they are bad picks as you think. Even if they don’t convey till the last year they could both become very nice picks. While are we sure that Sengun isn’t Kanter?

WAS ‘26 1-8 Protected
DET ‘27 1-9 Protected