Drew Cunningham

Chandler-Okstate-Chandler

[Drew Cunningham @Stunningham163]

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Sam Presti on the physicality in this year’s playoffs: “You didn't hear us complaining. We're not complaining. We just want to know what the rules are, and we'll play by those.” (via @AlexRoig_NBA)

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

Texas Rangers will not hold a ‘Pride’ Night this season, will host a ‘Faith & Family Day’ event.

[Run It Back @RunItBackFDTV]

"I don't think the Thunder have a Wemby problem. The Thunder had a health problem."

Boogie Cousins says OKC was more affected by injury than the Spurs superstar in the WCF ����️

@MichelleDBeadle | @boogiecousins | @ChandlerParsons | @TeamLou23

[Curtis Fitzpatrick @cfitzfox]

Thunder injuries finally caught up to them… Hell of a fight to do what they did in this series regardless… GO KNICKS!!!

[Skip Bayless @RealSkipBayless]

Game over. Congrats, Spurs. NBA Finals! You were just better than the undermanned Thunder. Go sweep the Knicks.

[Tea Bag @TylersTakes]

Worst feeling I’ve had since this exact day 10 years ago.

[ClutchPoints @ClutchPoints]

A year ago, the Thunder were the NBA's feel-good story ⚡

They were built, not bought. A homegrown contender led by a young core that genuinely looked like they enjoyed playing together.

They won at a historic pace, captured a championship, and became the blueprint every rebuilding team wanted to follow.

Fast forward one year, and the conversation sounds completely different.

The winning never stopped, but the praise did.

Critics point to the flopping. Opposing fanbases complain about the whistles. Every big win seems to spark another debate about officiating and whether the Thunder get favorable calls.

The script has flipped in record time.

From league darlings to public enemy No. 1, Oklahoma City has experienced the full championship cycle in just 12 months.

The one thing that hasn't changed? They keep stacking wins while the noise gets louder.

Love them or hate them, the Thunder are still exactly where everyone else wants to be 🏆

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Draymond Green:

“Shai, you've reached a new level of greatness my man... you got sports media coming out and talking about what they don't like about your greatness, as if SGA is running up and down the court with the whistle in his mouth calling a foul for himself... you all think the NBA is that easy to where this guy just flops and goes to the free throw line and he becomes the back to back MVP? We really gonna dumb the NBA down to that?”

(via @DraymondShow)

[NBA Performances @NBARewinds]

Jalen Williams 40 PTS, 6 REBS, 4 ASTS, 1 STL, 3 3PM, 9/12 FT on 14/25 FG vs Pacers

[𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 @Three_Cone]

Shoutout Jalen Williams for giving it a go last night

Four hamstring injuries this season and still tried to step up to help get the team to the Finals

Not to mention last year going out there and being the second option en route to a title with a torn wrist ligament that cost him the beginning of this season too

I really hope he can get a fully healthy playoff run next year because in the 2.5 games he’s played he was hooping

Definition of putting it on the line for the team

[ClutchPoints @ClutchPoints]

"Does [Shai] sell calls sometimes? Absolutely, but so do 287 other players in the NBA sell calls... When they weren't a championship contender... nobody was complaining. They're complaining now because they're winning."

Mike Breen on SGA.

(via @dpshow)

[𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙊𝙁𝙁 𝘾𝙄𝙏𝙔 @Playoffcity]

Dwyane Wade championship run:

202 Free throws made
219 Field Goals Made

LeBron James in 2007 playoffs

122 Free throws made
113 Field Goals Made

There are plenty others… only difference is the bias remarks we see every day.

[Novig @Novig]

OKC is unethical
All OKC does is flop
OKC is ruining basketball

False.

OKC has the best player in the league.
OKC has the best bench in the league.

OKC is the most complete team we’ve seen since the ‘17-’18 Warriors and is the favorite to win back-to-back titles.

[Fouled City @Linebackerdort]

Tony Brothers forced Wemby to shoot 4-15 from the field! How can the NBA keep getting away with this?

[Cade Webb @cadewebb]

Reggie Miller to Chet after a hard foul: “Welcome to the Conference Finals young fella”

Sir, he is an NBA champion and you are not.

[NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA]

Chuck has had enough with this Wemby narrative 😆

[Enrique Perez @OklahomieSooner]

The amount of people who didn't understand this trade was wild! #ThunderUp

[Novig @Novig]

Maybe SGA is unethical.
Maybe SGA is destroying the game.
Maybe SGA is only a free throw merchant.

Or maybe, you're just making excuses.

Nobody complained when Kobe had 3 seasons with more free throw attempts than SGA this year.

Nobody complained when MJ had 4 seasons with more free throw attempts than SGA this year.

Nobody complained when Bron had 4 seasons with more free throw attempts than SGA this year.

Maybe SGA is just unguardable.

[Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar]

Exactly 1 year ago tomorrow: