rioferdy838 | Knicks

262 | 9 hours ago

Is nobody actually seeing/heralding what these guys are doing?

I mean the press/media barely even mention them.

Its insane what they are currently doing to the league. This shit is on the level of 2015-2016 warriors.

AND they are the defending champs too.

inertiatic_espn

135 | 4 hours ago

Why talk about okc when we can flood r/nba with 75% Lakers posts?

IlikePogz

17 | 3 hours ago

And it works

Ok_Excuse3732

8 | an hour ago

As long as they get engagement, they will continue to do it

--Alix-- | Mavericks

5 | an hour ago

Bc that’s what this sub consumes lmao

griwulf | Thunder

92 | 7 hours ago

It’s Oklahoma. Media would be sucking dicks for exclusives if it was a west coast team.

Just_Passenger5005 | Mavericks

14 | 5 hours ago

You heard it here first. The Seattle Supersonics are going to become the greatest team ever.

Committee2000

7 | 3 hours ago

You mean MORE dicks.

psychedelic93 | Mavericks

-48 | 4 hours ago

Its their style of play which is boring. We loved watching Durant-westbrook-harden OKC.

rabidbot | Thunder

18 | 3 hours ago

Yeah iso ball 95% of possessions was so much more dynamic…

Round_Clock_3942

-5 | 2 hours ago

The other dude didn’t say it was not dynamic. People are free to like whatever playstyle they prefer. I’d still spend 10 times more money on watching Curry live than any of the players ranked above him in the MVP ladder, which is like 10-15 people. Effectiveness does not equal entertainment.

psychedelic93 | Mavericks

-10 | 3 hours ago

But there style of play aint on spurs level (2013-2016) where i would watch them share the rock…..

Zeeron1 | Thunder

13 | 3 hours ago

You aren’t watching us play

psychedelic93 | Mavericks

-7 | 2 hours ago

Yall are 3rd in isolation plays and mid table in assists……stop chatting shit

Zeeron1 | Thunder

6 | 2 hours ago

We average more assists than those spurs teams, or at least the 2 years I checked. We also have 2 of the best connective big men in the league in iHart and JWill. We also run some of the best 2 man games by role players in the league.

psychedelic93 | Mavericks

2 | 2 hours ago

Cause the possessions have increased……they were at the top of the league and you are at the same place as the OKC team of 13-14.

Zeeron1 | Thunder

6 | an hour ago

This is why I didn’t say you don’t box score watch, I said you don’t watch us play

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Okay but you just said you liked isolation plays more? Gotta pick a lane

psychedelic93 | Mavericks

0 | 36 minutes ago

I never said that i said i preferred watching OKC team with Durant-westbrook-harden…..

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

1 | 35 minutes ago

You said you don’t love this OKC team but you did love that one…

Aggrokid

30 | 8 hours ago

It’s to keep NBA interest up. If media keeps mentioning OKC’s massive power level gap, viewers will probably tune out knowing they will win.

Shagrrotten | Thunder

22 | 3 hours ago

Historically viewership goes up during dynasties. Whether it was the Warriors, Lakers, or Bulls, in my lifetime the league is never as relevant as a whole as when there’s a single dominant team.

prestoncollins | LAL

15 | 3 hours ago

I agree with you but those are in San Fransisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago, not Oklahoma City

Shagrrotten | Thunder

12 | 3 hours ago

Oh yeah, I know that makes a big difference. The league painted the Spurs as boring for a decade (even though they weren’t) and San Antonio is like a top 10 biggest metro in the country, yet they’re still a “small market”. Nobody in the league actually wants OKC to be the dominant team, they’d rather have it be any of the big markets, or wherever LeBron is.

PlasticPresentation1

7 | 3 hours ago

People liked OKC when it was Westbrook and Durant. I think fans just don’t give a shit about SGA regardless of how good he is, and the rest of OKC’s marketing is a non flashy deep team that plays good defense

They’d obviously be a bigger deal in a big market but when you look at how they won the chip there weren’t many memorable takeover moments from individuals, it was just a dominant team effort

Round_Clock_3942

12 | 2 hours ago

Dynasties led by Shaq, MJ, Kobe, Curry. Spurs dynasty wasn’t popular with the casual viewers, neither was the Pistons mini run between Magic/Bird and MJ.

Even OKC itself was more popular when they had Russ and KD. SGA becomes a high flying hyper athletic dunker/acrobatic layup maker or Chet becomes as refined as KD - this dynasty would get viewership too.

clonemusic | Mavericks

3 | an hour ago

They have the best starting 5 and bench outright, but I don’t think the power level gap is as big as it seems right now. They are so deep and young that they can outpace teams in the regular season, but that was the same case if you look at the back half of last year. They still got taken to 7 by a thin Denver team and Indiana. And might have lost to Indiana if not for injury.

And I know okc is better than last year, but so are denver and Houston. Okc is definitely the favorite, but I don’t think they are just gonna steam roll the playoffs is my point. Even 73-9 warriors got taken to 7 by okc before the Cleveland series.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

1 | 18 minutes ago

We’ve been beating up on bad teams tbh. It’ll be more of a talking point when we get to beat up on everyone else’s favorite team(s)

RyouBestGirl | Japan

8 | 8 hours ago

They’re gonna lose 3-1 lead in finals against Cavs

Resident_Chip_5598

10 | 8 hours ago

yeah as long as we see sga get injured in 1st round, dort suspended for game 5, and hartenstein sidelined for last 3 games

MuchAbouAboutNothing | Thunder

13 | 7 hours ago

Plus the entire top half of the eastern conference deciding they’d rather play professional padel than basketball

Nigrutin_

3 | 8 hours ago

great take buddy😐

qchisq | 76ers

6 | 2 hours ago

The 2015-2016 Warriors scored 11.6 more points than their opponents per 100 possessions. The record is the 95-96 Bulls with 13.4. These Thunder have 16.0 so far. The difference between the Thunder and the Bulls is the same as the difference between the Bulls and the 11th best team, this year’s Rockets

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

1 | 16 minutes ago

24-25 thunder were +12.8 too

PeopleCallMeSimon

4 | 5 hours ago

Its on a higher level than the 2015-2016 warriors. Take away Steph and Draymond from that team and they dont win by 30.

budubum | Thunder

11 | 2 hours ago

Against this Jazz team without their only real player, yes they do lol

Jay-Jay-Rod-Rod

4 | 2 hours ago

But how does that affect LeBron’s legacy? Did you know he broke his double digits point streak? Did you see that Luka was present for the birth of his child?

/s just in case

ResponsibleWater1697 | Pacers

2 | 2 hours ago

New to NBA media coverage?

voltron818 | Thunder

1 | 14 minutes ago

Honestly glad you said that because I’ve been wondering if it’s just homerism or if the national media do seem to be ignoring the defending champs who are pushing to have the best start in the history of the sport.

pixelkipper

-40 | 8 hours ago

the media only focuses on SGA which creates the illusion that he’s the only thing responsible for their record.

he is a top top player but no star has ever had this level of firepower both offensive and defensive next to them. People will start to realise soon enough

Leavingtheecstasy | Thunder

27 | 7 hours ago

Agreed on the defensive firepower, offensive? Curry had the greatest offensive powerhouse realistically.

Okc isn’t that crazy offensively.

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

21 | 7 hours ago

Saying no player has EVER had this level of offensive fire power is hilarious, multiple teams have more offensive firepower RIGHT NOW

shyhumble | Thunder

6 | 7 hours ago

They’re definitely setting offensive records then. Right?

namastex | 24

-43 | 6 hours ago

Idk what others are doing but I do watch their games as one of our buds are an OKC fan. No one wants to admit it but they have a longer leash regarding every aspect of basketball compared to others and my bud will admit it. They absolutely foul more than anyone and get away with it, and defense on them has to be pretty solid otherwise it’s a foul. If they were to play themselves I think the refs heads would explode because they’re constantly contradicting their own officiating, and it’s every single game.

Remember when Rockets were allowed to just manhandle the Warriors with physicality last year in the playoffs for 7 games straight? Well, OKC are allowed to do that in regular season, which isn’t usually typical.

go0sKC | Thunder

23 | 5 hours ago

Well, since your bud will admit it, it must be true.

EbolaDP

-48 | 7 hours ago

Corny team with an ugly star so no one cares.

jumboponcho | Hawks

166 | 8 hours ago

We might be watching the best team of all time and all anyone wants to talk about is Giannis trade rumors

rioferdy838 | Knicks

12 | an hour ago

If the Knicks get him, then its more important lol ;)

veksone | Knicks

1 | 6 minutes ago

It actually kind of is when it comes to bringing in casual audiences.

redX009 | Raptors

-45 | 7 hours ago

2017 Warriors is still better imo

behlat

65 | 7 hours ago

wait till the Thunder is nearly 100% healthy before having that conclusion. OKC’s the second most injured team this season - its wild

TheReds1994

11 | 6 hours ago

They might be the best team ever in the regular season but they have to repeat to be in greatest conversations. The 16 Warriors are known for going 73-9 and choking the finals

OneXDC4ever | Lakers

20 | 5 hours ago

Not just repeat but they would have to dominate the playoffs. The KD warriors went 16-1 in the playoffs

behlat

9 | 4 hours ago

That’s a nice challenge for the Thunder.

JayQuips | Lakers

15 | 3 hours ago

Wow I’m shocked at all the downvotes, people really think this team is beating the 2017 warriors?

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

I think it is a close game but one thing I never see mentioned is that the 2017 warriors were all in their prime. That has to count for something.

JayQuips | Lakers

1 | 25 minutes ago

I don’t even say it as a knock on this OKC team, they are looking like an time great team. That Warriors team was just so ridiculously broken though I think I would take them over any other team in history

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

1 | 23 minutes ago

Yeah, I know some may think it makes me a bad fan but I agree. But I am also a Curry should be in the GOAT conversation kinda guy lol

NickWangOG | Heat

1 | 12 minutes ago

Threads about the Thunder tend to have lots of Thunder fans

Round_Clock_3942

4 | 2 hours ago

Lol why are people downvoting this? Being better than them relative to the competition doesn’t mean you’re better than the Bulls or Warriors in absolute talent level.

Marsupial_Last | Thunder

1 | 5 minutes ago

Bro states his very reasonable opinion and is downvoted into oblivion.

Extension-Click-8271 | Lakers

-49 | 3 hours ago

NBA has peaks and valleys, this is a valley. They are better than the current landscape, which is pathetic compared to recent years past, that’s why nobody cares.

Blah blah blah small market if they were on the coast yada yada yada, the Spurs did it first and did it multiple times and did it better I don’t wanna hear it.

OKC is boring and the league as a whole is boring, that’s why nobody is talking about it.

OhNoValentine

23 | 2 hours ago

I’m not sure if this is a very complex ragebait attempt or you really are that stupid

amidon1130 | Hawks

39 | 9 hours ago

What exactly is a “Tier 1” starting lineup?

imSuperman81 | Thunder

143 | 9 hours ago

OKC doesn’t have bench players. Just more starters

dr_khouse

26 | 9 hours ago

Normally I’d say Carlson minutes are rough but he decided he was going to play like it was the cavs out there. That was a crazy 5 possession stretch for him!

Kitchen_Roof7236 | Thunder

14 | 7 hours ago

They aren’t rough usually tho lol when he’s in the game I’m expecting 3s 2s and rebounds

PeopleCallMeSimon

16 | 5 hours ago

A lineup that could replace or equal the starting lineup on most if not any team.

pokerawz | Lakers

-24 | 9 hours ago

Some weird okc fetish

PermitUnable884

13 | 5 hours ago

The insecurity in your team is showing

Hopsalong | Nuggets

29 | 9 hours ago

Jazz are much better than the Thunder…

.

…at tanking

Vitex1988 | Thunder

66 | 7 hours ago

incorrect, we hold the 4th overall pick right now and they only have the 8th pick

loplopol | Thunder

27 | 6 hours ago

If the Jazz don’t tank hard enough we’ll have their pick too

flip0213

7 | 4 hours ago

This is funny and insane at the same time. If I was a Jazz fan it would also be depressing as fuck as well

OSUBoglehead | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

To be fair, Presti has just now outsourced our tanking. Some team named the Clippers does it for us so we don’t have to watch it.

nnRush | OKC

18 | 6 hours ago

We outsourced the tanking to the Clippers tho.

NOT_H1M

9 | 9 hours ago

Interestingly timed Lauri illness

WestsideJazzFan | Jazz

5 | 9 hours ago

You spelled SGA wrong

NOT_H1M

1 | 9 hours ago

Elbow injury

WestsideJazzFan | Jazz

13 | 8 hours ago

You spelled rest wrong

voltron818 | Thunder

1 | 10 minutes ago

Man I hope so

Lat3xl | Jazz

-1 | 7 hours ago

This is literally the worst game to rest Lauri in what do you mean?

dontletmecook73 | Thunder

8 | 4 hours ago

Huh? The Jazz want to lose so OKC doesn’t get their top 8 protected pick. Resting Lauri in a game where an entire starting level lineup is out for OKC is the perfect game to rest him.

Lat3xl | Jazz

0 | 3 hours ago

OKC is the best team in the league. You can add Lauri getting 28 points to that game and we still lose. If we were to tank by resting him it would be against shit teams

H1Ed1 | Lakers

24 | 4 hours ago

To be fair, Jazz also didn’t play their best guys either. OKC’s bench is much better than Jazz’s bench.

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

4 | an hour ago

And the jazz players that did play put in little to no effort at times. Some of those close outs looked like the all star game.

PeopleCallMeSimon

19 | 5 hours ago

Turns out OKC is an extremely good team and you could take away some of their best players and they would probably still lead the league.

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

5 | 44 minutes ago

It helps to play the jazz

JonEnterprise | Timberwolves

1 | 17 minutes ago

The jazz without Lauri

Ok-Street-2473

1 | 25 minutes ago

Lead the league is hilarious

Savings-Barracuda-50

6 | 3 hours ago

They need only 7 more wins in a row to beat the 2016 warriors for best start in nba history. If they can win like this with their bench, they could probably go all of December without losing

JimboSchmitterson

4 | 2 hours ago

Why does this sub use despite backwards?

RunnerTexasRanger | Nuggets

1 | an hour ago

The American education system is why.

Old_Supermarket_7575

3 | 3 hours ago

They starting lineup would genuinely be the favorites

noochies99 | Heat

0 | 3 hours ago

*their

tobikodude

3 | an hour ago

We need a new LeBron to stop them like he did the warriors

barryvon

2 | an hour ago

they could split up and draft schoolyard style and still have 2 playoff teams.

SuggestionWorried741

1 | 8 hours ago

What exactly is a “Kirby type punch”?

killerjags

1 | 3 hours ago

30 point road win with all those guys missing, plus they shot 8-18 from the line. This team has so much depth and they will potentially have up to 4 first round picks in the next draft. I still can’t believe how lopsided the Paul George trade continues to look. It seemingly gets worse as time goes on.

Escritortoise

2 | 2 hours ago

And two first round picks on the bench, who have never played for us

Thisislopes

1 | an hour ago

Jazz has a bunch of bums. Not saying the Thunder is not good, but the Jazz is really bad

PyrateKyng94

1 | 16 minutes ago

¹⁵⁄₂₃ from 3…. From their bench!!

Impossible-Group8553

-5 | 9 hours ago

Missing lineup is better. JWill is a clear tier below the rest imo.

Nigrutin_

23 | 8 hours ago

if u watched games ud know how usefull he is rn, amazing defender

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

-15 | 8 hours ago

He’s a fine back up big, he’s not at all an “amazing defender” he’s strong and can take charges, but he’s neither a rim protector nor a switch defender, he was useful vs Jokic last year in the playoffs but other then that he’s been mostly a liability at the highest level (unlike basically any of their other 11 rotation players)

Nigrutin_

23 | 7 hours ago

“he was useful against best player of this generation but other than that liability”😂😂😂

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

-10 | 7 hours ago

Yes ? You want me to name all the otherwise pretty bad centers who were only useful against Shaq ?

Nigrutin_

8 | 7 hours ago

JWill is amazing defender, great at defending bigs at post very good at defending bigs at perimeter aswell, last season Chet was struggling a lot against Jokić and IHart was in foul trouble if there wasn’t for JWill OKC would loose that Denver series and thats a fact so yeah i see him as amazing defender

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

-8 | 7 hours ago

No he’s not, saying it again whon’t make it true, and yeah they win that series without him, they lost his minutes

TF2isalright | Thunder

8 | 7 hours ago

But cant we just use that argument against you? This IS all subjective. Saying he isn’t a good or great defender again doesn’t make it true.

Fwiw, i think hes improved a lot this year and is going to be great the more minutes he gets. He looks good on D and has great vision on offence and can pull up a 3 and drive; no arguments from me.

c00kiemnster | Thunder

10 | 7 hours ago

AD only scored 2 points the previous game, and Jwill was his primary defender. I think his game is still improving too, on both sides.

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

0 | 7 hours ago

I already said why he’s not an amazing defender, he can’t protect the rim and he can’t switch on ball handlers, him being a decent post defender doesn’t make him an “amazing” defender, there’s a reason why he’s been benched and/or a negative in every series besides the Denver one

TF2isalright | Thunder

4 | 7 hours ago

Okay, I understand using the playoffs series as examples but watching him in the current regular season he’s a lot better than he was. He kept AD to 2 points. I dont notice him being bad at protecting the rim so far. I hope this years playoffs he does better and you can reevaluate, we’ll see i guess!

PenaltyHistorical964

2 | 4 hours ago

Jwill is one of our best floor spacers on offense and one of the most consistent catch and shoot bigs in the league in my opinion

Primary-Paint-1716 | Timberwolves

-19 | 4 hours ago

This is why SGA won’t win MVP. This team is too good

Ok_Friendship_4989

2 | an hour ago

Because they beat a bad team with out their best player??

Colorado_designer | Nuggets

-8 | 3 hours ago

*shouldn’t

yourloudneighbor | Timberwolves

-24 | 5 hours ago

Theyve played by far the easiest schedule in the league lol.

3 total games vs current playoff teams(no play in- LAL, Hou, Min), and a league leading 17 games vs under .500 teams, who they feast on.

Defiant_Ad6083

11 | 5 hours ago

And that’s their fault? Also you don’t know what teams will be like when the season starts. Take the clippers, pacers, Dallas. Play off or near play off teams last year. Wins against Min, Lakers, Warriors twice, Houston. Not sure what you want.

NeverNotOnceEver | Warriors

-14 | 4 hours ago

No it’s not their fault. It’s just perspective. Let’s talk 74-8 after they’ve played actual good teams.

Thunder141

1 | an hour ago

They played the Blazers 3x, the Grizz, and Suns, play in teams - as well as Lakers, GSW, and HOU. Blazers would be doing even better if they didn’t have to play OKC 3x already.

They’re only missing Den, Min, and Spurs. They played Min lopsided recently seeing them in the last playoffs.

NeverNotOnceEver | Warriors

1 | 43 minutes ago

The Blazers are 9-15. They aren’t a good team.
The Warriors are one game over .500. Not a good team. And then they’ve played each of HOU, LAL, and MIN once. So 75% of their games played are against teams that are not good. That IS NOT their fault. You can only play who’s scheduled. As is, they have 16 games left vs DEN, SA, LAL, and MIN.

Suave7evn

1 | an hour ago

So I guess you are admitting the Warriors aren’t a good team lol

NeverNotOnceEver | Warriors

1 | an hour ago

They’re not. We’re pretty middle of the road as evidenced by our record. Every season can’t be a title season.

CluelessSwordFish | Thunder

7 | 4 hours ago

The issue with that statement is you still have to beat the “easy” teams you play. Ask the Rockets and Nuggets if they’ve beaten every under .500 squad they’ve played. Hell the Wolves lost to the Kings not long ago.

yourloudneighbor | Timberwolves

1 | 39 minutes ago

Yep. Wolves have had their fair share of bad losses (2 last minute 8 pt choke jobs and losing to lukasless lakers).

or they’d be just 4 games back of OKC.

But we both have 1 loss to under 500 teams so touché

E_boiii | Thunder

7 | 4 hours ago

You acting like your team ain’t getting B2A in the playoffs lmao

chetflixandcheese | Thunder

3 | 2 hours ago

Minnesota has had the 3rd easiest schedule, surely that means they have the 3rd best record, right?

SeaCounter9516 | Thunder

0 | 41 minutes ago

Self own considering they played your team

yourloudneighbor | Timberwolves

0 | 40 minutes ago

Wolves had a chance to take the lead with a minute left and it was a 1 pt game with 40 seconds left.

“Self own”.

WestsideJazzFan | Jazz

-37 | 9 hours ago

Take this shit to r/thunder

dimeast | Thunder

44 | 7 hours ago

I don’t wanna hear about one of the greatest regular seasons ever give me more Lakers content

TF2isalright | Thunder

26 | 7 hours ago

I mean this IS the lakers sub right?

PenaltyHistorical964

5 | 4 hours ago

Jazz hands

Despite Winning by 30 Against the Jazz, The OKC Thunder were missing an entire Tier 1 starting lineup in SGA, Dort, Caruso, Isaiah Joe, and Isaiah Hartenstein