The OKC Thunder Shouldn’t Be Winning Like This
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- The OKC Thunder Shouldn’t Be Winning Like This
Are the Oklahoma City Thunder the most underrated contender in recent NBA history? I mean... the bookmakers say the Los Angeles Lakers, ranked 10th in the West, are more likely to win the ring at the end of the season than the Oklahoma City Thunder, who now have the second-best record in the entire conference. That is despite the Lakers being a full 8 positions behind the Thunder in one of the most complicated conferences in a long time.
And don't get me wrong. Bookmakers don't usually make mistakes. Otherwise... they wouldn't make money. But the reality is that the experience factor, which is often overlooked, may be somewhat overvalued on this occasion. And in this upside-down world that is today's NBA .... there is plenty of room for surprises.
In today's video we look at How The OKC Thunder Shouldn’t be winning like this. Keep watching to see hooper highlights, nba crosscourt, golden hoops, nba top 10, nba today, nba mvp, house of highlights ,first take nba, nba news, inside the nba, oklahoma city thunder, thunder, okc thunder, oklahoma city, josh giddey, chet holmgren, holmgren, shai gilgeous-alexander, sam presti, kevin durant, russell westbrook, james harden, paul george, sga, jalen williams, lugentz dort, chet holmgren highlights, usa basketball, shai gilgeous alexander, fiba, team canada basketball, canada basketball, we the north, toronto raptors
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Giddey has done well to even play with the hate from NBA fans and I think you will now see him improved dramatically.
They are saying "bust" after a down year
@@JetHoops He’s just turned 21yo. Somebody is going to pay him but I do believe it’s better for him to move on from OKC. The coach has changed his role to be #3/4 in handling the ball which has dramatically effected his game.
His role has changed
I'm still giddy about giddy.
OKC Thunder!!! Let's all focus and make it to the playoffs, then they'll have no choice but to pay attention
Let's pump our breaks on this NBA Finals topic! It's not even All-Star Weekend Break! In other words, there are a lot of games to play before the NBA Finals began!!
Roaring Thunder ❤
Bro ur prolly a bandwagon like half ur fanbase 😂😂😂😂😂 ur not a real fan unless u actually from Oklahoma or were a Seattle super sonic fan
No Sir know bandwagon for here. I haven't missed a game since the Bubble! In fact, I played with and went to college with a former coach of Thunder. Plus, I go to their summer league games in Vegas each year!!
I ❤️ the Thunder.
@@Bucketgetter2155 I was a Supersonics fan I'm from the Philippines ever since I was in the Philippines
@@Bucketgetter2155 okc doesn't have bandwagons, that's a warriors, lakers, celtics and heat thing.
lu's defense has been better every game
it makes no sense for them to not win a ring in the next 2-3 years
The difference between them and last year's Kings team is, this team's has PERSONEL.. galore. They got players I more so believe in... Saying they lack experience is literally banking on Shai, WIlliams, and Chet not being Dogs. I think they are DAWGS
OKC is definitely going to make it to the playoffs the question is how far they are going to make it
The 1 seed over half way into the season will make the playoffs 🤔
The playoff format is not the same as the regular season format obviously. 2 teams play each other out until whoever gets the win #4. Which team can find a better match up and tweak better has a better chance and psychologically the feeling of intimidation or being intimidated is going to play the big role particularly to those with no playoffs experience.
Last 7 games were brutal, they have 7 games in 11 days with 2 back to back. Shai had a. After losing 2 games in LA, they kept fighting to overcome jazz and wolves. Anyway. ⚡ Up.
Bookmakers aren’t picking games or finishes, they are trying to pick what the “betting public” thinks. They are setting lines to get 50 percent betting on each side. That is how they set the line!
1st seed in the West with the second youngest team in the NBA🔥⚡️
Love to see it ❤️🙌
Wemby is trying to win ROTY. Chet is trying to win games.
the nuggets depht is a non issue just as it was last year. The reason our bench is ass (as it was last year), is because we run 4 or 5 man bench lineups. but when we shorten our rotation, and suddenly we have at MOST 3 bench players on the floor at any given time, our bench 0suddenly looks great (as it did last post season). this year our bench is statistically better than it was last year, largely in part because Peyton Watson is a GEM
Boricua Hispanic indian n black IAM. . OKC is the favorite team of the year n playing amazing. I say the OKC is the championship contenders. They won Denver Boston Miami n Portland trail blazers they blowing up them. Timberwolves loss yesterday n OKC is the championship this year you have 3 players that looks like other players, I mean like Shai look like kobe n Jalen look like James harden n chet is playing like Kevin Durant. That why is so amazing team. Like I say Kevin Durant James harden n Kobe the Lakers might won 7 championship. This the way I see it. About OKC. They have 3 good players. About josh dort joe Jaylin era good back up they era 4 players that protect the 3 players n that why they win . Shai make 32 point n Jalen make 24 n chet make 18 n the back up make dort 14 josh 13 joe 12 Jaylin 9 n other players the second back up Mann dieng waters wallace make 5 or 8 the team have a great player group. I hope they win the championship.
I was all in until you called the Cisco Mark Daniels.
I feel like okc plays with an energy that’s very hard to match. If they keep this up throughout the next 3-4 months anything is possible . I think they need to play better on the road though and get another legit centre for rebounding and physicality
Road success usually come with more experience, but looks like they're headed down the right path!
it’s impossible to fully guard them unless you can physically bully and intimidate them, that’s why we struggled against Embiid and that’s why we struggle against the lakers with AD and Bron.
SGA 👑
Ive said it before and ill say it again
The thunder have so many options to score and teams are afraid of it
U guard sga then he will pass it to (including the bench) 6 different players who can score at will from all parts of the floor
They have a centre who can do who the hells know what because he is a beast
And they are doing all this with giddey being way down on his usual level.
And like this man said take jay wil in to account. Look out.
Also again dort is 1 of the best defenders in the game bar none
so Boston celtics so clippers so denver nuggets phoenex sixers and timberwolves , what is your point ? thunder have no play off experience and that is a big difference so people need to stop being delusional thinking that some shai with 30 point reg season average can lead the team against them giants
@@tadaskalanta9733 so who beats how
@tadaskalanta9733 dude I hear u with shai delusion 100% but for me from the point I'm making is that even with the lack of experience is that maybe yes "maybe" they will go far because every team they play against is so heavily shai focused and like I said they have so many options outside of him if he gets shut down there is multiple back ups. Even someone like giddey who has had a shit house year can pop up with a 20+ game multiple times. Maybe I didn't say it correctly the last time but what I was trying to say is teams focus on the one man but the team they r playing is extremely unselfish and can still win with that one man not dominating
The Thunder have recently beat Minnesota twice, Denver on the road and Boston who are all title contenders and they now are 1 game out of 1st place in the Western conference. What also needs to be taken into account is that Giddey has been mercilessly booed on the road all season because of the bullshit allegations against him and that situation is now over so his play should improve. You give OKC another 40 games to keep improving you had better believe they can win it all this year.
Sure, why not. They got zac efron as a point guard
pronounced, "Dayg-nalt"
although most pronoucne it, "Dag-nalt" and nobody has corrected it.
Though it is hilarious him saying Mark Dan-yo
Can’t stand the way he pronounced it
Great vid except you grossly under rate Giddy. Search footage of the coach, he stated Giddy is their QB. He unselfishly makes the players around him better. Giddey's vision and BB IQ is elite. The other intangible about Giddey is his work ethic and his support network. If he stays healthy he will have a terrific career in the NBA.
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You've got to learn the coach's name lol. Dag-nalt.
My take, keep the rooster and save the cap space to pay their own rooster years from now. No need to be hasty this time.
They may not be able to retain everyone still..All young studs
We are 29-13 now
Shai for MVP!!!!⛈⛈⛈
Catch our shai video!
Embiid nice try
@@Bucketgetter2155embid can’t get it done just cope
@@chroniclebeast15 lol wtf u saying embiid is leading the league in points and doesn't even play in 4th quarter half the time
Lookout for my Spurs too… another small market team with just as much draft picks as the Thunder. OKC can be a force to reckon with for years to come but the Spurs are rebuilding too. Once the Spurs organization build around Wemby, they can be the roadblock to the Thunder in the playoffs.
San Antonio is not a small market they're above average.
Lol Wembust
@@russellwestbrookyellingatw9381 We are considered a small market.
@@lonelykiller68 Lmao only haters say this. 🤣
@@russellwestbrookyellingatw9381 San Antonio is a small market.
Shai has raised expectations this year but i have to see winning late in tight games (mental toughness)and beat a vet team in a playoff series like Phoenix Denver and i think they should make a move to win now so they can continue to grow together
He literally just slept the wolves last night in a tight game situation? He’s been doing that a lot to the best teams in the nba. I get the playoff experience part but he’s already made it known he can show up in tight situations.
You must not watch them, they have won plenty of tight games this year against good teams (Boston, Denver, MN ) not to mention two OT wins versus the warriors before they slid down hill.
@@dantebartholomew7491 OKC is just another team that chokes in the playoffs. SGA is Derozan 2.0.
@@borisabilana6836SGA is much better then Derozan ever was and a better defender, much more clutch, better scorer, a lot more efficient and affects winning on a higher level
@@borisabilana6836OKC already expose all contender team in nba Weaknesses and already got destroyed
No playoff experience, they aren´t making it to the finals. They´ll make one in the upcoming years though, and seeing how they´ve fumbled having a better team, they deserve a ring at this point.
This team better than the old team offensively and defensively, you trippin
How have they fumbled? The fuck is you talking about 🤣🤣🤣
i think they will play in the finals, they have beaten up on most of the top teams
Lol
JDub is the second option buddy
Mark who? 😅
was thinking the same thing 🤣 i’ve got the perfect meme for this
they have no chance in play offs , reg seazon heroes play offs zeros same what happened with phoenex 2022 nba funny shit reg season and play offs like day and night mark my words they not even in the conference finals
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Thunder up!
Your title is a contradiction to creating a video about the team
1st ⛈️💛🧡💙🤍❤️💛⛈️💙🤍🤍💙💙❤️⛈️⛈️❤️💙🧡🧡⛈️⛈️💛⛈️💙💙🤍💙❤️🧡⛈️💛💛⛈️💛
Who tf is mark daniel?? And the standings you should were old lmao do better
Clippers can beat them in the playoffs.
OKC isn’t getting much media attention and there is the giddy situation and it’s really a blemish on the nba .
that investigation went on for 2 months. It revealed nothing.We need to stop jumping to conclusions.
giddy situation is over
It really is a blemish on the NBA that Giddey will forever be a target of haters everywhere for an anonymous allegation which resulted in absolutely nothing. I can't wait to see which player's reputation and career could be tarnished by an anonymous tweet next.
How is it a "blemish"? An underage girl snuck into an 18 to enter club and Giddey was 19 at the time he met her. Nothing came out of it because there was never anything to begin with.
its clearly a blemish when players have to be criminally investigated mid season @@joeldriver-sp2rg