Thunder Choke Game 6. (Mavs Win Series 4-2).

I think OKC beats Dallas. The WCF will be a great series between two young athletic teams in OKC and Minnesota.

Getting Chet and Jaylen Williams in the same draft was absolute masterful drafting. Those guys are so good while being so young an inexperienced. They may not get there this year, but the sky is absolutely limit for this team.

The Thunder really just replaced the era of KD/Russ/Harden just that fast. Kind of unfair really.

It’s going to be interesting how the officials are with SGA. His entire game is played like a quicker version of James Harden where his main goal is to initiate contact to try to get fouls.

If they let him get away with it I can see Luka losing his cool which he pretty much does almost every game. But yes the GM for the Thunder should get a raise for what he has accomplished with this franchise.

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Don’t they also still have an insane war chest for the next few years too?

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Yes. And the “problem” they’ll have is not enough roster spots to use them all to be honest.

This playoffs will tell Presti what he needs. My guess is he learned from dynasty 1 that once your window opens its only lasts so long. First go around he traded prime Harden to keep them under the tax, trying to look at the longer financial picture. Not sure if directed by owner group or not. Ended up costing them a likely title/s plus ticked off KD who was upset about it and left with no return value (which makes his roster building so good in losing a lot when KD walked)

Fast forward and back in the “window”. So, my guess is he looks at someone like Giddy to trade and send a high pick to bring in a vet. No idea who. PG might be a good fit with his 2 way play but he’d have to work with young players plus is aging fast. Just throwing a random name out but it needs to be someone who can balance them out more. Plus some bigs for the bench unit.

I heard on the radio today that this Thunder team is younger that this years North Carolina team.

SGA developing into what he is obviously key.

idk if anyone including the thunder saw that coming.

It helps to have a really good GM. I look at them as being the model for what the Pelicans should do if Zion forces a trade. Of course, "getting a young superstar in a trade" and "having a really high draft pick when there's an excellent big man available" aren't things that can easily be duplicated.

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The Thunder really just replaced the era of KD/Russ/Harden just that fast.

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Only took 12 years.

The last name isn’t the issue, it’s the same (enough) first name combined with the exact same last name.