The Oklahoma City Thunder are the REAL DEAL
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
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What Sam Presti has done is nothing short of incredible
If the season ended today SGA is my pick for MVP. Dude is a monster
The season don’t end today though
SGA surrounded with great players. Most overrated mvp in nba history if that happens
Well I have to say this Luka is my favorite NBA player right now. If Luka have a team like okc right now his team would be top1 seed in the west since day 1. Luka sorrounded with buns g league players since he in Dallas
@@tony4534thank you genius
@@fan4lifelol what
Props to their GM, saw a vision and its coming to life
Sam presti is cold
The best young team coming up. Go OKC
Second best actually tatum and brown are still under 25 and have a better record and have made it to the finals and ecf multiple times
The new Grizzlies
brown is 27 lmao, with no title or MVP titles by either so basically both teams have accomplished the same things except OKC avg age is 23 lmao
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They are young but they have way more experience than okc . Boston needs to win one before the window closes.
Nah they aren't the new grizzlies .
SGA is already a superstar
the way he’s showing rn he really is showing superstar caliber but imma not call him that yet cuz he doesn’t have accolades in the playoffs yet.
He hasnt played in the playoffs since the bubble and was a minus 77 in those games we need to pump the brakes.
@@alexhunt5311that was 4 years ago. He’s a much better player now. He’s absolutely a superstar.
Hasn’t done anything in the playoffs
@@ki2726 We've only seen him in the Playoffs one time and that was like 4 years ago when he wasn't anywhere near the level he's on today. OKC will make the Playoffs this year, And it will be their first time in the playoffs with Shai leading this squad, Let's wait and see how that plays out to talk smack on his post season performances.
The crazy thing is this is the first year of them “arriving” and they already look this good
From a kid that born and raised in Oklahoma I’m so happy of my team hopefully we can compete the mission
Ditto
Yessir. I still remember listening to radio the day it got announced we were getting a team. It’s a beautiful thing.
Impressive what their GM has done.
Yup the best talent evaluater in the last 20 years
@@ZoDrama HOW MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE THE THUNDER WOM WITH PRESTI AS GM? ANSWER A BIG FAT 0
@@BLACKICONOCLASTyou don’t win them all he literally has one of the best eyes for talent and is a great GM
@@jrock1126 JOE DUMARS AS A GM HAS A BETTER RESUME THAN SAM PRESTI.SO WHAT GOOD IS THE TALENT IF IT DINT WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS?
@@BLACKICONOCLAST Obviously you can't blame the GM for not winning the championship here. He cannot coach the team and he cannot play the games. What was in his power, he has done amazingly well. He has drafted a future MVP for 3 consecutive years (KD, Russ, Harden), that's insane. Didn't win, blew up the team, went into rebuild and now the Thunder has the brightest future in the NBA by far, possibly ever. Having a team this young be this good AND a bazillion draft picks... Yeah, Presti is the guy
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My squad. I been loyal to my squad even when our legends left #thunderup
You from okc?
frr been a fan since i was a lil kid glad presti workin his magic still
@@757bigjdoes it matter use to be Sonic’s first haha I’m from Tampa, okc my team since we drafted Kevin
Been a fan since Seattle relocated the franchise . Growing up in Alaska I stuck with okc I always thought that was cool growing up
Facts man. Followed KD out of college. I was already set on being a Seattle fan then they moved to OKC, even better being from Texas!
Can't wait to see SGA and Jamal Murray play together for Canada at the Olympics. World's best backcourt.
I'm on OKC fan, but I love Jamal, and the Nuggets.
those two with RJ at the 3 and Dillons Brooks at the 4 is gonna be scary
The crazy part is, they're just getting started. They've got like 27 draft picks from now to 2030.
yes but lets be honest theres two problems with all these picks, 1) as good as all these picks are, you can only sign so many players and you only have so much cap space. so you kinda have to be smart with these picks, yes you could use these picks and stuff for other small pieces but a small warning that all these picks can be just as bad as it is good. 2) im not sure how long a young team could wait with winning a championship. young players kinda wanna win now or soon so i feel like some of these players kinda need to be really successful like within the next few seasons. like if a team like this isnt winning a championship till 2030, theres no way the players are gonna stay and wait that long
but in saying that, yes all these draft picks are insane and theres a lot of opportunities even after this current team if they were to start a rebuild or something like in 2028-2030
OKC is going to win 55+ games this year ⚡️
And the fact they have so many first round draft picks makes them more dangerous
There youthful but super mature and nobody seems like a locker room distraction. Now Giddey is in his situation but in the court itself he does not feel like a distraction either since he’s like their 4th or 5th option.
Shai and Chet have superstar talent and are both efficient offensively and great defensively which makes everything so easy. And JW and Giddy have borderline all star talent with Lu Dort having all defense talent. Absolutely scary. I see WC for them only losing to the Nuggets but they’ll get over them in a year or 2 once Chet takes that next leap.
No distractions, except the guy who may be going to jail.
@@urikamoment no 😂
@urikamoment Literally committed no crime. You believe everything you hear on random twitter posts?
what do you expect from a gossip lover lmao@@md11x6
So he didn't mess with the girl after all?
You didn't even mention that guy Joe He's a perfect knockdown shooter
We sent the 76ers a thank you for waiving Joe in 2022......😂
OKC Thunder are young and very good. Only going to get better with all the draft capital they have.
Funny how many of you commenting on here ignore or downplay Giddy. Have a look at how many losses OKC take when Giddy ain't playin (and he's only just 21 years old - one of the youngest on the team). Guilty till proven innocent it seems.
Giddy can play, okc needs more TV games. I hope he is innocent
all that tanking and now we're finally having a good season. I'm very happy that our team is doing impressive things this season. chet playing like a roy, jdub continuing where he left off last season, sga being mvp caliber player this season.
To be honest we only tanked two seasons and I don't think that really was on purpose like the Spurs this season
They never tanked.. don’t ever forget what Curry did to my dawgs 🥹 🤦🏾 from the parking lot 🎯
Oh how spoiled of a fan base we'd have to be if we were to get upset about two rebuilding seasons.
I said before season starts okc a 50 win team and shai is a legit mvp candidate
Yes, the OKC thunder team need to be acknowledged. I am voting for them, I want to see them play all stars as a way to validate that we see them, we are noticing them.
THUNDER UP! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
"GIDDEY UP" AND ", HIDE THE KIDDIE WHEN JOSH IS IN YOUR CITY"
Boricua Hispanic indian n black IAM. OKC is the favorite team of the year. Shai is the MVP n chet is the MVP rookie. They blowing up the Portland trail blazers, all the players era great. Dort josh Jalen. This five players era amazing. They will be in the final playoffs. I say wow.
And they don’t even play Tre Mann !! They are great
OKC Thunder striking other teams. Warriors, Lakers, Denver, Suns, Clippers, Celtics . Who's Next?
KD should’ve went back there last year and teamed up with Chet and SGA.
Okc didn’t want him
He might finish his career in Seattle once they return as a expansion team.
That would be an interesting one 😂😂😂😂
We good
No thanks. Don't need him.
SGA is the best player this season i VOTE him for MVP..respect
Forget the picks OKC got from The Clippers, SGA was the biggest pickup in that trade.
It’s crazy to think that Kawhi told Doc Rivers to trade Shai for Paul George. Could you imagine those two on the same team now??
Id take shai over pg13 any day of the week
Great video, but questioning if SGA is a superstar is a slight. He was first team all NBA last year and now the best guard in NBA again.
As of today, OKC is tied for 1st in the West. I think someone forgot to tell this team that they are young and aren't supposed to be this good.
Agree! 100%
SGA should be in the MVP top 3
I think he's easily #1. The others don't play defense like he does.
We back in when SAS takes notice
The Thunder are awesome!!!
We blowing every team off the map in the next 5 years and don't try to hop on this bandwagon. We already got more picks than you do rings 😮
And will win 0 rings like when OKC had KD, Westbrook, and Harden
I recall us getting a boatload of draft picks for those ball hogs. Oh and more picks from PG-13. Might be 0 rings, but atleast got talent coming to our team. Who you cheering for? The Detroit Pistons? 😂
They’ll win nothing. No one wanna live in Oklahoma City.
They will fall off soon
@@ki2726sure we will
Don't forget they've been collecting draft picks like pokemon.
Wish we could see more of their games...
They're tied for best record in the West now with tiebreakers so they're ranked #1.
I’m not expecting to OKC to make dramatic playoff moves, though I will say they probably will make a surprise upset in the playoffs. In a two-three years they’ll definitely be a serious threat in the west if they maintain this momentum they just lack veteran experience.
Presti may go down as the best talent evaluater of all time. Even in the heat of battle, he don't miss!
HOW MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS HAS PRESTI WON? 0
@@BLACKICONOCLAST why are you placing all that blame on presti? He's been phenomenal in his career, has he not?
@@Buxton051 THE THUNDER HAVE TANKED 2 TO 3 YEARS STRAIGHT. IF SAM PRESTI IS PHENOMENAL AND HE NEVER WON A CHAMPIONSHIP THEN WHAT IS JOE DUMARS WITH 1.CHAMPIONSHIP 2 NBA FINALS 2 TIMES 3. EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS 5 TIMES?
@BLACKMAAT they really only talked 1 year. You realize that dub and chet were in the same draft, right? Not giving presti his credit is ludicrous. He has the 2nd youngest team in the nba with 15 future picks. Oh, and by the way, they're 2nd in the west. That's all because of presti
He’s drafted a ton of busts.
Head office set the path.The whole franchise is aligned on a goal & they are improving incrimentally yr on yr.Plenry of growth to come.
JAMES JONES AS A GM HAS ACCOMPLISHED WHAT SAM PRESTI HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN OKC. IS ANYONE CALLING JAMES JONES A GREAT GM?
Exactly it’s crazy
Bro they been like this all year espn don’t ever talk about us and it pisses me off . I’m from here we know what we doing . I said start of the year don’t be surprised when we a top team this year and if sga and Chet win mvp and rookie of the year .
IF JOSH GIDDEY IS IN YOUR CITY YOU BETTER HIDE THE KIDDIE
Kobe played qith rape allegations and cheated on his wife but youre just a parrot. Where was the outrage then?
hey man. been scrolling the comments and see you commenting like a schizo lunatic in all caps on every comment. Just wanted to pop in and say you seem super unwell
Thank for the content on okc!
Top 3 Halfcourt Defense
Best Halfcourt offense
Top 3 Net Rtg
Flashed Top 5 on both ends, still top 8 on defense while slumping
Best Road Record
10-1 against teams under .500
Best Shooting team
best FT shooting team
eye test like vets but they’re full of kids.
More assets than Berkshire Hathaway
ELITE XO coach with full roster buy in 1-15 with an elite GM overseeing it all.
First round exit
Thanks!
No... Just leave them alone and let them play ball. As soon as the media gets ahold of them y'all mess them up. They're doing fine without the media.
The league is getting younger and the players that were top 5 , 6-8 years ago aren’t tearing through the league anymore in the postseason/ aren’t locks to win a chip .
Regular season team
Already arrived was the only right wording for that sentence
This is the first ever video i have seen with a Stephan A Smith thumbnail that actually contains Stephan A Smith ! ! ! !
The OKC Thunder have all the ingredients to winning a championship, the same ingredients that the Denver Nuggets had last year (and still recouped this year minus Bruce Brown). The Thunder have a superstar leader in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (who I’m not the biggest fan of but is one of the most consistent players in the league). They have an excellent supporting cast in Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, Josh Giddey, Jaylin Williams and Luguentz Dort.
Jalen Williams might be the most underrated player in the league. He is incredibly good on both ends of the floor and easily the Thunder’s 2nd best player. Jalen and Chet has been the primary difference this year as to why the Thunder leaped from missing the playoffs last year to currently being the number one seed. They have a highly defensive minded coach, Mark Daigneault (his last name might be the hardest name to spell). The coach is mostly unproven but he will get his first real opportunity this year because he originally inherited a bad Thunder team. If the Thunder maintain home court advantage in the West, they will be a tough team to beat because they can beat you in so many different ways. The reason why I believe they are for real is because they are one of the few NBA teams left that actually play defense. They are 3rd in points scored among all NBA teams at 120.7 ppg…and they are 5th in points given up at 111.2 ppg. Their margin is nearly +10 ppg.
You’re not going to go in OKC and out score them. That seldomly ever happens. That’s why I believe they are the current favorite even over Denver because Denver currently doesn’t have home court like they did last year (even though Denver’s home court with its altitude is the best home court in the league). If OKC holds to that very tight-raced number 1 seed, I believe they will go to the NBA finals. As far as beating Boston, I don’t think so because Boston has home court. I’m predicting Boston vs OKC this year with Boston winning it all. I can’t see another outlier disrupting everything like Jimmy Butler did with the Heat last year.
As a Clippers fan I was strongly against the SGA - PG trade 🤦♂️
Since saying this. Okc is now 1 in the west
OKC should go all in now.. use those picks.. go for lauri, clarkson, caruso, mikal bridges.. starting 5: shai, caruso, mikal, lauri, jalen.. bench: giddey, clarkson, dort, chet.. fill the rest of roster with vets.. no one is gonna beat this line up! Use all those picks if you have to OKC 😅
OKC - R.E.S.P.E.C.T
For some reason, the only team who can stop us very consistently is Sacramento, that shit is a curse
It due to the kings have the two things that most teams don’t have to matchups with okc which is size and good shooting do the kings can not only out rebound them but also outshoot them as well
Man I hate my cuzo he works for them gets me tickets to watch okc lose
SAY IT LOUD...THUNDER UP!!!
😁✊🏾💯🤝🏾
I’ve said i my opionion OKC will be the next powerhouse in 3 years,If Memphis and Ja don’t get it together before then.I say this because Denever with sll of their players they won’t keep because the better they get they’re going to wnt more money and will eventually fnd other teams,Or reinvest into their rolw players to keep them strong in the West
Is durant gonna come on home now like lebron🤣
We're grateful for what KD accomplished for our city but hell to the nah fam this ain't 2011 this is 2024. We good on that big dawg.
@@darreneddy3154 Yeah respect that, but dammm what could have been if they where patient
they are the thing now and will be for years to come
I want to see the GOAT in the playoffs
Why does no one mention how good of a GM Presti is??
HOW MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS HAS PRESTI WON? ANSWER =0
@BLACKMAAT he's in a small market
@@russellwestbrookyellingatw9381 SO IS SAN ANTONIO
@@BLACKICONOCLAST San antonio is not a small market
@@russellwestbrookyellingatw9381 HOW DO YOU DEFINE "SMALL MARKET"?
The Thunder are smart, and that starts with Shai, who aside from the Joker is the best fundamental player in the Association. He doesn’t make mental mistakes.
I wouldn't mind seeing the Pacers in the playoffs as well.
Wembanyama is surrounded with scrubs while Chet is surrounded with great players. Terrible comparison - Mavs fan here
Translation - Chet is putting up Wemby numbers as the second/third option
i mean i agree wemby’s teammates are scrub but u gotta understand chet is also the 3rd option. so no need to compare the team but instead individual accolades and so far chet have a better stat than wemby.
We need to look at efficiency more. Any player on a high volume will put up stats. Efficiency is how skilled you are at putting up those stars.
Stop it with the hype. Let ‘em alone and stay out of their heads SA. Very nice words to spread but the Thunder are best when they are in their bubble playing with a high degree of chemistry. Keep the doubters coming with their comments about a “lack of experience,” because a razor focus is the counterbalance to that claim.
We knew it Stephen main stream media don’t focus on small market sadly we have to be one of the best in the league to be talked about smh
Thunder up !
If you gave Wemby JUST Josh Giddey they'd be in the play-in hunt. Chet has been unreal but come on now. The rest of the Spurs team couldn't even make it on OKC's bench lol. Glad OKC is getting their respect though this has been a few years coming and its paying off. And they still have plenty of picks and money to go around
No they wouldn't the spurs are tanking for another draft pick
"did you know" that we been following Chet since he was in 11 grade
And they have 2o+ first round picks over the next few years.
You just be yappin huh, we only got 14 of em
Keldon Johnson and Zach Collins for the Evan Fournier contract and a couple picks what you think? t's not spyda but it's a step forward!!
Okc are serious . SGA is cooking
Sga is not a super star in the making he is and he's mvp right now
Does anyone miss Draymond? I don't. Nice to watch great basketball without Draymond's crap. Just an angry child.
Okc looks good but little playoff experience but we will see
Bolts up
Thunder play some of the top tier teams and never get on national television. Would rather show the sorry Spurs.
alright now i like Stephen A
Get ready to keep talking bout us come playoff time
When mad dog said thunder will b championship contenders you laughed SAS
SGA goated like a mf!!! Frfr
Okc please don't let someone walk away again like harden please please
They have a lot more money now, won’t make the same mistake twice
Thunder Vs. Pacers in the 2024 NBA Finals if both teams' paces pick up and stay consistent. Not to knock Celtics because they're another force to be reckoned with but honestly the West is a tossup outside of the Thunder & Nuggets. If Lakers make a move and get one more piece maybe??? Then again, we all can guess all day but what if the damn Heat sneak into the finals again? 😅
Keep it up
Any reaction to Gilbert Arenas debunking your take on KOBE?
SAS, if you want to enhance your brand, you should embrace the small market teams that are emerging in the west. Denver, Minni, OKC … stop the negativity about these cities not being NYC, Miami or LA. Go to Denver and check out black history in Five Points. Embrace the exploding food scene there. Hang out at Aaron Gordon’s club. Do the same in OKC. It’s not about “you do you” BS, it’s about having an epiphany, opening your mind, embracing the new. You would double your audience.
Shooting percentage not comparable either
They’re not going to blame that on a rookie and the nba won’t allow Victor not to win the award. T that’s better for the league
Just like lebron
SA, please 🙏 You are so late to the Thunder party, which started last season!😂
No one, including you , is coming! So don't start giving us our party gifts now. You are too late to the Thunder Party!
Roaring Thunder ❤
We know. Wake up
I think Indiana is an even better up-and-coming
Go move to OKC you’re services are no longer required at the Garden
Don’t blame Wemby for the Spurs. It’s an individual award not team. Wemby is easily the best talent. Smith is just boring!
U can’t go by the record. Chet got Shai with him. What does wembanyama have with him?
Oklahoma - Mavericks 111-146. A real deal? What happened? 🧐
SAS dont have the team that OKC has though. What happens if you swap Chet and Wembenyama and how does he look if hes getting ignored like Wemby is at SAS?
Efficiency says wemby is not that good
It’s not the situations. Look at the shot diet and efficiency. Y’all need to stop fucking sandbagging Chet and excusing Wemby. Spurs had every chance since they started their rebuild before OKC so what’s the excuses?!?
@@808bboarder That Jeremy Sochan spacing really helping Wemby out. Chet has Shai, JWill, Isaiah Joe can shoot that shit has passing from Giddey. I aint sand bagging Chet either I like what hes doing for OKC but are his stat as good is he is on SAS?
I disagree. Your opinion on cereal is wrong as always SA.
FYI. Saying allegedly isn't always a magic shield against getting sued. It all depends on context, you bring up the accusation out of the blue like you did in this video (even with the word allegedly) and a good lawyer could argue defamation.
I know of someone who at my old work who settled out of court for exactly that reason (perhaps not worth the fight, perhaps could have lost, but I'm pretty sure he had to pay the other guys lawyer fees). He said, "i said allegedly," to something that later the accusation was found to be false, but lawyers were saying but the way you said it was obvious you wanted to make a point of it.
I'm sure giddey has enough money to hire a very good lawyer and since has no charges against him. Look back to your statements a month back and tread careful, i don't want you to get sued.