Just in: Oklahoma City's Isaiah Hartenstein intends to sign a new three-year contract to return to the Thunder through 2028-29 that brings his total earnings with the franchise at five years and $134 million guaranteed, sources tell ESPN. A key signing in 2024 leading to the 2025 championship, Thunder lock in the defensive anchor.
Sam Presti: “There’s no silver platters in Oklahoma City. We don’t expect to be given anything & we don’t expect to unfold favorably as some teams in some cities are accustomed to. Every year, our goal is to repeat a process, not chase an outcome.”
Thunder GM Sam Presti on criticism towards SGA:
"He's playing against 6 people. He's got 5 defenders and the 6th defender is social media."
(via @okcthunder)
If OKC wasn’t so hated this entire app would be exploding over this clear & obvious one-sided ref show. Spurs can run out of bounds , travel , grab/squeeze anybody & whatever else they want to do.
Tim Legler says people just need to accept the fact that OKC wins games because they’re a better team, not flopping:
“I know a lot of people want to make it about the whistle every time Oklahoma City plays because they hate Oklahoma City, whatever. To me, this game was not about the whistle. It was about the fact that Oklahoma City had more guys step up and raise the bar that needed to on a given night.”
(via @ALLCITY_NBA )
Most 3PM off the bench in a single NBA Conference Finals series:
Alex Caruso (OKC): 18 in 2026 West Finals
Stephen Jackson (SAS): 17 in 2012 West Finals
Mickaël Piétrus (ORL): 17 in 2009 East Finals
Thunder win Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead in the West Finals 🍿