OKC Thunder Summer League Thread

Post #1 » by **Clav** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 4:53 am

OKC is playing in both the Utah and the Las Vegas Summer League as has been the case for a few years now -

** Of note to me - we are playing a back2back2back in Utah (As is every team there, but obviously one game will feature a completely different lineup)

Roster:
PG TW Adam Flagler / TW Ajay Mitchell / Jaykwon Walton
SG Dillon Jones / Jack Gohlke / Jaden Shackleford / Cormac Ryan
W TW Alex Ducas / Buddy Boeheim / Keyonte Johnson / Miller Kopp
PF Clarence Daniels / Ousmane Dieng / Hunter Maldonado
C KJ Williams / Tre Mitchell / Kylor Kelley

not on the roster:
SG Wallace
C Holmgren
W Caleb McConnell
C Jaylin Williams

Post #2 » by **Clav** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 10:53 pm

Roster:
PG TW Adam Flagler / TW Ajay Mitchell
SG Dillon Jones / Jack Gohlke / Buddy Boeheim
SF Dieng / TW Ducas / Clarence Daniels
PF Malevy Leons / Tre Mitchell
C [none listed so far]

https://hoopshype.com/lists/2024-nba-summer-league-rosters/
https://clutchpoints.com/nba-summer-league-2024-rosters-tracker

Post #3 » by **Clav** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 10:59 pm

Schedule can be found here :

https://www.nba.com/thunder/schedule

Salt Lake City Summer League
OKC @ PHL
MONDAY
Jul 8
6:00 PM CDT
DELTA CENTER
Salt Lake City, UT
TV: ESPN
RADIO: WWLS 98.1FM OKC

OKC @ UTA
TUESDAY
Jul 9
8:00 PM CDT
DELTA CENTER
Salt Lake City, UT
TV: ESPN2
RADIO: WWLS 98.1FM OKC

MEM @ OKC
WEDNESDAY
Jul 10
6:00 PM CDT
DELTA CENTER
Salt Lake City, UT
TV: NBA TV
RADIO: WWLS 98.1FM OKC

NBA Summer League, Las Vegas, NV
OKC @ TOR
SATURDAY
Jul 13
7:30 PM CDT
PAVILION
Las Vegas, NV
TV: NBA TV

OKC @ MIA
MONDAY
Jul 15
5:00 PM CDT
PAVILION
Las Vegas, NV
TV: ESPNU

PHX @ OKC
WEDNESDAY
Jul 17
7:00 PM CDT
PAVILION
Las Vegas, NV
TV: NBA TV

GSW @ OKC
FRIDAY
Jul 19
9:30 PM CDT
THOMAS & MACK CENTER
Las Vegas, NV
TV: NBA TV

Post #4 » by **Clav** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 7:09 pm

https://cdn.nba.com/teams/uploads/sites/1610612760/2024/07/SummerLeeagueRoster.png

Updated the OP with our roster for SL

Notes:
We will be giving looks at PG for Flagler and Ajay Mitchell primarily while Dillon Jones will also probably have initiator duties and heavy looks as a wing initiator like Jdub.

Shackleford, Kopp, Keyontae Johnson, Maldonado, and KJ Williams - all playing to remain with OKC Blue or other GL team.

OKC adding 3 more deep prospects with Golhke, Ryan, and Walton - could end up on the Blue this szn. Probably get a lot of looks in G2 in Utah for these guys (on our middle game of a b2b2b)

I'm most interested in how our other TW, and frontcourt play - Alex Ducas, Tre Mitchell, and Kylor Kelley - Are they prospects to keep around?

Dieng should be our best player on the court, looking for him to show that he doesn't need to play in SL anymore. =

Post #5 » by **Clav** » Mon Jul 8, 2024 7:22 pm

Vs Philadelphia in G1 -

No. 16 pick Jared McCain likely to start.

RJ Hampton is on the roster, Tony Bradley (former Thunder player), Romeo Langford - all 4 years of exp or more.

Darius Days - played with HOU and is a decent PF prospect.

No. 41 Adem Bona - PHL rookie also will see lots of action.

mr570 · Post #6 » by **mr570** » Tue Jul 9, 2024 12:14 am

Anyone watching? Just tuned in but catching up on Twitter. Looks like people like Jones a bit. Dieng underwhelming.

Post #7 » by **Clav** » Tue Jul 9, 2024 12:16 am

mr570 wrote:Anyone watching? Just tuned in but catching up on Twitter. Looks like people like Jones a bit. Dieng underwhelming.

Ajay Mitchell looks solid for me, good offensive package so far. Jones looks okay. The team is hustling but having too many TOs. PHL looks impressive with some of their younger guys. Bona had a huge highlight dunk earlier

Post #8 » by **ThunderBolt** » Tue Jul 9, 2024 12:35 am

With SL it’s easy to minimize the good and put too much weight on the bad. For example, it’s really hard for me to not be annoyed that Dieng looks soft.

Big nick · Post #9 » by **Big nick** » Tue Jul 9, 2024 2:06 pm

Dieng was a prospect but maybe it's time to cut our losses.

Post #10 » by **retrobro90** » Tue Jul 9, 2024 4:49 pm

Dieng is a bust. He's never going to get over his trepidations. Processing speed still terrible and supremely soft. Already felt this way about him and made that clear in previous posts but he would have to be a completely different player by the time the season starts to have any shot at being a regular in our rotation.

Post #11 » by **Clav** » Tue Jul 9, 2024 5:03 pm

I agree. His consistency is troubling and he has the unenviable trait of disappearing in games. I think he should be scoring 20 easily against this SL competition. It's his 3rd SL and he's coming off GL Finals MVP. He played like a 10th man on the GL yesterday, not the best player on the court. He has skill, undoubtedly, but he is trending downwards right now.

Xatticus · Post #12 » by **Xatticus** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 12:06 am

Clav wrote:I agree. His consistency is troubling and he has the unenviable trait of disappearing in games. I think he should be scoring 20 easily against this SL competition. It's his 3rd SL and he's coming off GL Finals MVP. He played like a 10th man on the GL yesterday, not the best player on the court. He has skill, undoubtedly, but he is trending downwards right now.

I think he is a guy that needs continuity and he has never really had that. I remember hearing how much he improved over the course of his one season in Australia.

I'm convinced that OKC isn't the right place for him at this point. If I were him, I'd try to get back to Europe. He needs a situation where he can get consistent minutes in a consistent role and that's just never going to happen while he is on our roster.

Post #13 » by **Clav** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 12:43 am

Xatticus wrote:
Clav wrote:I agree. His consistency is troubling and he has the unenviable trait of disappearing in games. I think he should be scoring 20 easily against this SL competition. It's his 3rd SL and he's coming off GL Finals MVP. He played like a 10th man on the GL yesterday, not the best player on the court. He has skill, undoubtedly, but he is trending downwards right now.

I think he is a guy that needs continuity and he has never really had that. I remember hearing how much he improved over the course of his one season in Australia.

I'm convinced that OKC isn't the right place for him at this point. If I were him, I'd try to get back to Europe. He needs a situation where he can get consistent minutes in a consistent role and that's just never going to happen while he is on our roster.

I can think of a few place he'd be getting more reps, but I struggle to nail down a value for Dieng... And if not for basketball fit, for a language fit with Spurs, Hawks, and Hornets all have young French players.

Post #14 » by **Clav** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 1:33 am

Big nick wrote:Dieng was a prospect but maybe it's time to cut our losses.

Of course in classic Dieng fashion he is playing much better tonight

Post #15 » by **Clav** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 3:08 am

The guys played a lot better today. Dillon Jones and Ajay Mitchell had big time performances vs Utah. Filipowski played terribly, and they didn't use Keyontae George, it showed that Utah's group is still pretty green. Thunder were running really nice offense and held Utah to 32% FG% the entire game. Nice work!

Probably wont see a few players tomorrow vs Mem as it is the 3rd game in 3 nights. Expect some of the deep bench to show up.

Surprising player that made an impact - Malevy Leons - came in and had some handy shots and plays to give us a little boost. Dieng finished with 20/5/5, thankfully he stepped up.

Post #16 » by **slick_watts** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 12:11 pm

ousmane dieng doesn't need continuity he needs to be able to shoot. he's not an elite athlete, he's tall but plays so much smaller than his height, but if he could shoot it would come together. he can't, and this is a tale as old as time for many a thunder prospect starting with perry jones iii.

Post #17 » by **retrobro90** » Wed Jul 10, 2024 11:57 pm

Ous with a scorching 2/8 shooting and 5 turnovers at the half

Post #18 » by **Clav** » Thu Jul 11, 2024 12:45 am

retrobro90 wrote:Ous with a scorching 2/8 shooting and 5 turnovers at the half

Yup... It's been pretty brutal. Slow-paced, tired legs game. It comes down to the final possessions though, so pretty entertaining from an even matchup perspective.

He did hit some shots late.... but... nto truly encouraging.

Post #19 » by **Clav** » Thu Jul 11, 2024 12:50 am

Tons of lead changes, and a nice win to end Utah's Summer League. Fun game even if Dieng was pretty average for 1/2 of it. He did make contributions around the court otherwise. Happy to see Ajay Mitchell playing well though, I have hopes for him.

Post #20 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Jul 11, 2024 12:36 pm

It’s pretty remarkable how little progress Dieng has made. Even Terrance Ferguson and Darius Bazley had parts of their games that were clearly improved in their final year. Dieng seems like the exact same player. I still maintain that I didn't hate the pick at the time but I can’t imagine him turning it around at this point.