10 years ago, KD left OKC for Golden State. The narrative was it may end the Thunder franchise.
In the 10 years sinceโฆ
OKC made the postseason 8 times.
OKC has had 12 All Star selections.
Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Chris Paul, SGA, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren made All-NBA.
Russell Westbrook won MVP.
SGA won 2 MVPs.
OKC made the West Finals 2 times.
OKC won an NBA Championship.
An anonymous GM says Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is not on the same level as Evan Mobley and Jalen Green
"As much as I love Shai, heโs not quite at the same level those guys are."
(Via @chadfordinsider )
Jaylen Brownโs trade value isnโt that high around the league, per @BobbyMarks42
โI had an analytics guy tell me, โWe view [Jaylen Brown] as the seventh-best player on a TEAM.โโ๐ณ
(Via @SiriusXMNBA )
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Durant On Warriors: "I didn't have no relationship with nobody on the Warriorsโฆ They never been a winning organization when I was in the league. Nobody liked Golden State. It felt like an underdog to me because I'm looking at the totality of the franchise, not what happened these last 5 years"
I met them once I got there. But it wasn't like, let me call my boys up and let me go hang out with my boys. Nah, I seen that, that's a great team that wants to win, fun environment, great city. Oakland is like D.C.
The fanbase, the organization never been a winning organization when I was in the league. Nobody liked Golden State. So it was like, it felt like a still like underdog to me because I'm looking at it as... I'm looking at the totality of the franchise, I ain't looking at what happened these last five years.
Like, you never been a perennial winner in the, you know what I'm saying, in the NBA from the 50s on up. So, I'm like, damn, this a underdog franchise to me. This feel... this feels good. Like, shit, this feel like where I'm supposed to be. It ain't LA, it ain't New York, it feel like where I'm supposed to be.