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Our championship year has been the greatest year in our city’s history. Not just from the thrill of victory, but because our success on the basketball court became a prism through which the world viewed our city’s renaissance. Like never before, it was our year of arrival on the world stage. That new plateau doesn’t reset. We’ll build upon it from here.
On behalf of the people of Oklahoma City, thank you to the entire Thunder organization - the players, the coaches, the staff and the owners - for what you have given our city, and for what you will continue to give our city. Though this season didn’t end exactly the way we wanted, we know that we have years of basketball excellence ahead of us (much of which will be experienced in a new world-class arena).
The bond between this team and this city is unlike anything else in major league professional sports. Thunder Up Forever.
You don’t make brash roster decisions when you were one 30 footer away from making the NBA Finals without your 2nd and 3rd best offensive players.
Need to trade Dort.
Need to keep iHart.
Could use Wiggins along with Dort and the 12 & 17 picks to trade up in the draft.
You definitely don’t trade a guy that scored 40 points in the NBA Finals last year. It was just one of those years for Dub. The hamstrings will heal, he’s only 25.
You could perk my interest with a Chet trade, but not for 31yo Giannis, who is a proven diva and has gotten multiple coaches fired trying to play GM, and has an injury history. Let’s not forget that Chet is great against 28 other teams and is only 24. Would have to be a LOT in return for Chet.
We already know that the Thunder will add an All-NBA player (Dub), an elite PG defender that averaged 20+points a playoff series this year (Ajay), and a first round center (Sorber) to the team that was one 30 footer away from making the NBA Finals.
There doesn’t need to be some overhaul.
All in all, turnovers and missed free throws did the Thunder in here. Spurs shot really well. Dub and Ajay will be back and I pick the @okcthunder over anyone at full strength.
Carter Bryant played 8 minutes with the only notable action being hit sticking Shai twice for no reason. He’s proud of him for targeting the other team’s best player, but sure let’s paint it like he’s just Patron Saint Wemby