Thunder is scary good

[Jaqua92]

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[Jaqua92]

They are 15-3 without Chet. That's an 80% win%.

That's why this team is so good. They can lose their second best player and not skip a beat. Heck, they can play without a center and still be above 600. With Hartenstein, they are winning 94% of their games.

So let's do some math.

If they are winning 100% of their games with only Chet and 94% of their games without him and only Hartenstein, then what % of games can they win with both of them in the lineup?

That's why the Thunder is clearly the best team in the nba.

Their ability to play any gameplan is unprecedented.

The NBA literally has no answers for a fully healthy Thunder team.

This is the reason why the Mavs fans point to last year's playoffs and act like those metrics (with Giddey) is relevant to the newly evolved Thunder.

I swear these Mavs fans are stuck in the summer of 2024.

They have absolutely no clue how good this Thunder team is.

I’m not talking about the regular season. I’m talking about the playoffs. It’s a whole different ball game.

You're stuck in the past bro.

Are you aware the Thunder have evolved 2x?

This Thunder team would beat last season's Mavs team.

Mavs never blew out the Thunder. They only won by a couple of points against a below average shooting Thunder team in a few games. The 4 games they won could of went either way.

2025 Thunder > 2024 Mavs.

This team evolved. They are a historical defensive team with Caruso and Hartenstein.

My favorite thing about this is you acknowledging a few pages ago that you're probably wrong.

So we have that to fall back on.

Why do you think OKC is the only team that got better? Or is dealing with injuries?

There was a point when 47% of your games this season (your first 19) were against injured opponents.

Celtics have played less games with their healthy rotation than OKC this year. And they also have a bench player who improved into a 20ppg kind of scorer and is the second best volume 3 point shooter in the entire NBA.

The Celtics won an NBA championship basically without KP.
Loads of teams got better.

OKC is solidifying themselves as the second best team through this early regular season.

Let's see what they can do in the playoffs. The post season is a different game.

If others are stuck in the past, you're stuck in a meaningless stretch of regular season basketball.

[Los_29]

They are 15-3 without Chet. That's an 80% win%.

That's why this team is so good. They can lose their second best player and not skip a beat. Heck, they can play without a center and still be above 600. With Hartenstein, they are winning 94% of their games.

So let's do some math.

If they are winning 100% of their games with only Chet and 94% of their games without him and only Hartenstein, then what % of games can they win with both of them in the lineup?

That's why the Thunder is clearly the best team in the nba.

Their ability to play any gameplan is unprecedented.

The NBA literally has no answers for a fully healthy Thunder team.

This is the reason why the Mavs fans point to last year's playoffs and act like those metrics (with Giddey) is relevant to the newly evolved Thunder.

I swear these Mavs fans are stuck in the summer of 2024.

They have absolutely no clue how good this Thunder team is.

I’m not talking about the regular season. I’m talking about the playoffs. It’s a whole different ball game.

You're stuck in the past bro.

Are you aware the Thunder have evolved 2x?

This Thunder team would beat last season's Mavs team.

Mavs never blew out the Thunder. They only won by a couple of points against a below average shooting Thunder team in a few games. The 4 games they won could of went either way.

2025 Thunder > 2024 Mavs.

This team evolved. They are a historical defensive team with Caruso and Hartenstein.

I must’ve not been paying attention. I didn’t realize the Thunder won the championship.

Can’t say they have evolved when the playoffs haven’t even started.

[Lo Wang]

I’m not talking about the regular season. I’m talking about the playoffs. It’s a whole different ball game.

You're stuck in the past bro.

Are you aware the Thunder have evolved 2x?

This Thunder team would beat last season's Mavs team.

Mavs never blew out the Thunder. They only won by a couple of points against a below average shooting Thunder team in a few games. The 4 games they won could of went either way.

2025 Thunder > 2024 Mavs.

This team evolved. They are a historical defensive team with Caruso and Hartenstein.

I must’ve not been paying attention. I didn’t realize the Thunder won the championship.

Can’t say they have evolved when the playoffs haven’t even started.

So teams can't evolve unless the playoffs started?

[Lo Wang]

I’m not talking about the regular season. I’m talking about the playoffs. It’s a whole different ball game.

You're stuck in the past bro.

Are you aware the Thunder have evolved 2x?

This Thunder team would beat last season's Mavs team.

Mavs never blew out the Thunder. They only won by a couple of points against a below average shooting Thunder team in a few games. The 4 games they won could of went either way.

2025 Thunder > 2024 Mavs.

This team evolved. They are a historical defensive team with Caruso and Hartenstein.

My favorite thing about this is you acknowledging a few pages ago that you're probably wrong.

So we have that to fall back on.

Why do you think OKC is the only team that got better? Or is dealing with injuries?

There was a point when 47% of your games this season (your first 19) were against injured opponents.

Celtics have played less games with their healthy rotation than OKC this year. And they also have a bench player who improved into a 20ppg kind of scorer and is the second best volume 3 point shooter in the entire NBA.

The Celtics won an NBA championship basically without KP.
Loads of teams got better.

OKC is solidifying themselves as the second best team through this early regular season.

Let's see what they can do in the playoffs. The post season is a different game.

If others are stuck in the past, you're stuck in a meaningless stretch of regular season basketball.

Why do you need to wait until the playoffs to accurately assess this team?

Every game is worth a 10 page assessment.

[Archx]

If he was injured, why did he play in the Olympics?

Did you even watch those games? Greece and Croatia murdered Slovenia with a limping Doncic. No one wanted him to play, probably not even his coaches who knew he was not even 80%. He still had issues beginning of this season and Mavs as a team had their own major health problems, well they still do.

Anyway.... Regular season Mavs =/= as playoff Mavs. Last playoffs they struggled on offense and won many games with their defense. That included Doncic who also played surprisingly good on that end through the Western conference battles.

I mean sure, OKC have become stronger and are probably nr2 contender behind Celtics but there are teams (including Mavs), that can again surprise and win vs OKC.

[SweetTouch]

Lol Brad Steven’s wants Okc in the finals

He will run every play at shai the same way they exposed kyries defense

[Lo Wang]

Lol Brad Steven’s wants Okc in the finals

He will run every play at shai the same way they exposed kyries defense

Nobody on the Celtics can stop Shai 1v1 while the Thunder will blitz Tatum like they did Doncic. Their entire starter squad belongs on an all defensive team.

JDub will easily outplay the other wannabee Jalen.

Chet > KP

Celtics will need White to bail them out again because their stars can't get it done .

P.S. Everything I say is subjective and could be wrong.

[Lo Wang]

If he was injured, why did he play in the Olympics?

Did you even watch those games? Greece and Croatia murdered Slovenia with a limping Doncic. No one wanted him to play, probably not even his coaches who knew he was not even 80%. He still had issues beginning of this season and Mavs as a team had their own major health problems, well they still do.

Anyway.... Regular season Mavs =/= as playoff Mavs. Last playoffs they struggled on offense and won many games with their defense. That included Doncic who also played surprisingly good on that end through the Western conference battles.

I mean sure, OKC have become stronger and are probably nr2 contender behind Celtics but there are teams (including Mavs), that can again surprise and win vs OKC.

Again, he's also injured in the playoffs. You're right, I didn't watch him.

As far as I am concerned, he's healthy if he plays. I am not going to say SGA was injured if he played a bad game. That's just an excuse. How do you know he's injured? You don't. That's just speculation on your part.

I made an accurate future prediction (the most objective speculation) and I was right.

Mavs fans need to hold Doncic to a higher standard.

[Archx]

If he was injured, why did he play in the Olympics?

Did you even watch those games? Greece and Croatia murdered Slovenia with a limping Doncic. No one wanted him to play, probably not even his coaches who knew he was not even 80%. He still had issues beginning of this season and Mavs as a team had their own major health problems, well they still do.

Anyway.... Regular season Mavs =/= as playoff Mavs. Last playoffs they struggled on offense and won many games with their defense. That included Doncic who also played surprisingly good on that end through the Western conference battles.

I mean sure, OKC have become stronger and are probably nr2 contender behind Celtics but there are teams (including Mavs), that can again surprise and win vs OKC.

Again, he's also injured in the playoffs. You're right, I didn't watch him.

As far as I am concerned, he's healthy if he plays. I am not going to say SGA was injured if he played a bad game. That's just an excuse. How do you know he's injured? You don't. That's just speculation on your part.

I made an accurate future prediction (the most objective speculation) and I was right.

Mavs fans need to hold Doncic to a higher standard.

Well a healthy player doesn't take pain injections before games and isn't wrapped like a mummy in heat bandages when he's subbed out

[Lo Wang]

Did you even watch those games? Greece and Croatia murdered Slovenia with a limping Doncic. No one wanted him to play, probably not even his coaches who knew he was not even 80%. He still had issues beginning of this season and Mavs as a team had their own major health problems, well they still do.

Anyway.... Regular season Mavs =/= as playoff Mavs. Last playoffs they struggled on offense and won many games with their defense. That included Doncic who also played surprisingly good on that end through the Western conference battles.

I mean sure, OKC have become stronger and are probably nr2 contender behind Celtics but there are teams (including Mavs), that can again surprise and win vs OKC.

Again, he's also injured in the playoffs. You're right, I didn't watch him.

As far as I am concerned, he's healthy if he plays. I am not going to say SGA was injured if he played a bad game. That's just an excuse. How do you know he's injured? You don't. That's just speculation on your part.

I made an accurate future prediction (the most objective speculation) and I was right.

Mavs fans need to hold Doncic to a higher standard.

Well a healthy player doesn't take pain injections before games and isn't wrapped like a mummy in heat bandages when he's subbed out

You believe he was injured. I don't. We have no evidence to prove who is right. You guys did lose in the finals, which was brutal.

Whatever helps you sleep at night bro.

[Kurtz]

It's clear imo that Luka played injured in the playoffs. ALso clear that OKC will have a perfect team top to bottom when Chet returns, would be hard for me to see the Mavs beating them - can't do their lob game with Hartenstein+Chet on the floor. Celtics-OKC seems destined, although Cavs/Knicks can upset the Celtics.

[Andri]

Oh boy, a good bball-fiction to start the week. People already solving x's and o's during imaginary epic match ups in hypothetical finals.

[Statlanta]

OKC already showing young team tendencies(2012 Thunder, 1995 Magic, 2021 Suns) in high pressure games.

[Bob8]

Again, he's also injured in the playoffs. You're right, I didn't watch him.

As far as I am concerned, he's healthy if he plays. I am not going to say SGA was injured if he played a bad game. That's just an excuse. How do you know he's injured? You don't. That's just speculation on your part.

I made an accurate future prediction (the most objective speculation) and I was right.

Mavs fans need to hold Doncic to a higher standard.

Well a healthy player doesn't take pain injections before games and isn't wrapped like a mummy in heat bandages when he's subbed out

You believe he was injured. I don't. We have no evidence to prove who is right. You guys did lose in the finals, which was brutal.

Whatever helps you sleep at night bro.

Don't you think that #1 team losing second round is more brutal than overachieving Mavs losing Finals against an all season dominant team?

You're pretty cocky for a fan of the team that has won 1 playoffs series in Shai era, who's btw. older than Luka.

[OkcSinceSGA]

In the last couple of weeks or so their net rating has bumped up from around 12.1 to 12.8. After tonight they may go up to 12.9. They are knocking on the doors of the 96 Bulls as the greatest net rating team in history.

Top 10:

96 Bulls at 13.4
25 Thunder at 12.8
97 Bulls at 12.0
17 Warriors at 11.6
24 Celtics at 11.6
16 Spurs at 11.3
08 Celtics at 11.2
92 Bulls at 11.0
71 Bucks at 10.9
25 Cavs at 10.8

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/best-net-rating-in-nba-history-by-season

Where do you have them finishing the year? Will they stay this dominant?

[bbms]

I’m not talking about the regular season. I’m talking about the playoffs. It’s a whole different ball game.

You're stuck in the past bro.

Are you aware the Thunder have evolved 2x?

This Thunder team would beat last season's Mavs team.

Mavs never blew out the Thunder. They only won by a couple of points against a below average shooting Thunder team in a few games. The 4 games they won could of went either way.

2025 Thunder > 2024 Mavs.

This team evolved. They are a historical defensive team with Caruso and Hartenstein.

My favorite thing about this is you acknowledging a few pages ago that you're probably wrong.

So we have that to fall back on.

Why do you think OKC is the only team that got better? Or is dealing with injuries?

There was a point when 47% of your games this season (your first 19) were against injured opponents.

Celtics have played less games with their healthy rotation than OKC this year. And they also have a bench player who improved into a 20ppg kind of scorer and is the second best volume 3 point shooter in the entire NBA.

The Celtics won an NBA championship basically without KP.
Loads of teams got better.

OKC is solidifying themselves as the second best team through this early regular season.

Let's see what they can do in the playoffs. The post season is a different game.

If others are stuck in the past, you're stuck in a meaningless stretch of regular season basketball.

we're a few weeks apart of okc completely dumpstering the celtics, holding them to 40 ortg on the second quarter come on, don't be so condescending...

[Jaqua92]

You're stuck in the past bro.

Are you aware the Thunder have evolved 2x?

This Thunder team would beat last season's Mavs team.

Mavs never blew out the Thunder. They only won by a couple of points against a below average shooting Thunder team in a few games. The 4 games they won could of went either way.

2025 Thunder > 2024 Mavs.

This team evolved. They are a historical defensive team with Caruso and Hartenstein.

My favorite thing about this is you acknowledging a few pages ago that you're probably wrong.

So we have that to fall back on.

Why do you think OKC is the only team that got better? Or is dealing with injuries?

There was a point when 47% of your games this season (your first 19) were against injured opponents.

Celtics have played less games with their healthy rotation than OKC this year. And they also have a bench player who improved into a 20ppg kind of scorer and is the second best volume 3 point shooter in the entire NBA.

The Celtics won an NBA championship basically without KP.
Loads of teams got better.

OKC is solidifying themselves as the second best team through this early regular season.

Let's see what they can do in the playoffs. The post season is a different game.

If others are stuck in the past, you're stuck in a meaningless stretch of regular season basketball.

we're a few weeks apart of okc completely dumpstering the celtics, holding them to 40 ortg on the second quarter come on, don't be so condescending...

The Celtics lost to the Kings in Boston a few days later.

It's regular season ball. OKC fans here are thumping their chest without their team showing any indication they can handle anything that has stakes so far.

Just calling it

[Sharkboy242]

Cant wait to watch the Thunder lose to the Lakers in the playoffs

[Onlytimewilltel]

My favorite thing about this is you acknowledging a few pages ago that you're probably wrong.

So we have that to fall back on.

Why do you think OKC is the only team that got better? Or is dealing with injuries?

There was a point when 47% of your games this season (your first 19) were against injured opponents.

Celtics have played less games with their healthy rotation than OKC this year. And they also have a bench player who improved into a 20ppg kind of scorer and is the second best volume 3 point shooter in the entire NBA.

The Celtics won an NBA championship basically without KP.
Loads of teams got better.

OKC is solidifying themselves as the second best team through this early regular season.

Let's see what they can do in the playoffs. The post season is a different game.

If others are stuck in the past, you're stuck in a meaningless stretch of regular season basketball.

we're a few weeks apart of okc completely dumpstering the celtics, holding them to 40 ortg on the second quarter come on, don't be so condescending...

The Celtics lost to the Kings in Boston a few days later.

It's regular season ball. OKC fans here are thumping their chest without their team showing any indication they can handle anything that has stakes so far.

Just calling it

Dude why you all up in every OKC thread talking about the Celtics? Let these young cats enjoy their good team, don’t be a damn grinch