Imagine dropping a game before December.

This is why I’m baffled when I see people who try to act like OKC isn’t absurdly stacked

They can handle multiple significant injuries to major rotation players without even batting an eye– they go so deep with high-quality players that they have way more leeway than every other team when it comes to injury luck.

Meanwhile other “top” teams get thrown for a loop when their 4th-best player misses some time and they have to alter their rotation slightly. There’s a chasm of difference between OKC and the rest of the league, they are easily the most stacked team we’ve seen since the Steph/KD Warriors.

The cracks are widening. Team chemistry was already rocked last season when shai, dub, and chet all wore the same thing to a Galla.

People think that we just keep finding diamonds in the rough, but don’t always consider the fact of how well this team puts players in position to succeed.

The fact that we can give our bench and deeper bench substantial minutes really allows for a “next guy up” approach. We develop them with real minutes against strong players. It isn’t weird for us to see a lineup with Shai, Barnhizer, and other bench players. Everyone plays together regardless of role.

Beyond just PT, Daigneault also expects every player to play like a starter and gives them the full green light. Carlsen, our two-way big man, checked in the first quarter last night, immediately got ooped by Chet for an easy dunk, then banked 3 threes in a row to bury the Jazz when the game had barely started.

Facts. All the injuries have basically turned the whole roster into a developmental lab. The bench and two-way guys are getting real reps they’d never see otherwise, and AJ Mitchell getting starter minutes this early is huge for them long-term.

Rob Perez said that you could split OKC in 2 equal teams and fill the rest with average role players and both would make the playoffs lol.

You would start with splitting Shai from Dub and give the former Hartenstein and then go from there.

Nikola topic and Thomas sorber are both out with injuries, too.

They might have the best team in NBA history. What they’re doing to the point differential and net rating records is just absurd. They’re making those records Wilt-esque. I know it’s still early but they already broke the point differential record last year and they look so much better. 

They’re going to have an argument for goat team after this year and they’re going to challenge the wins record. 

Ajay is most definitely starter material, especially with how many teams are short a point guard or reliable ball handler. Can’t tell me he wouldn’t start for teams like the Timberwolves lol

I would have killed for Wiggins to be on the team back then.

I remember praying for the health of Roberson that never really came. OKC needed every starter back in the original big 3 era.

Thunder eatin’ good now.

It’s actually insane both Denver and Indiana nearly beat them.

He   has been balling man, gone up a level defensively and looks far more comfortable on the ball and shooting.

I knew he was shooting better, but also his best shooting season when you consider volume. 

He may very well send Dort to the bench, because you lose some defensively, but is better as a passer / playmaker.

Not sure if we can afford him if he keeps it up ☹️

Let him come play with his brother

He’s leading the league in steals. Good eats indeed.

The warriors big 3 they year missed a combined 6 games total on the season

Thunder big 3 this season have missed about 25 games already it’s only been 23

Thunder are skipping and laughing to 23-1

True but Warriors Big 3 barely missed games that year. Steph missed 3, Klay missed 2 and Draymond missed 1, a combined total of 6 games. JDub alone has missed 18 games this season.

Insanely well built team

It might take years for it to fully set in, maybe in a decade when some of these dudes have their own teams, but this OKC team is unbelievable.

The thing is, by the time it sets in, these dudes are still going nowhere lol. Chet is 23 and JDub is 24, even SGA this is only his age 27 season. And almost all their core guys are in the 22-27 age bracket.

Yeah but did you see Luka had a triple double?

Had they been healthy they may very well being playing next game to start 25-0.

well they were even up 22 in that one game they lost to Portland

they just started coasting and it bit them

We’re great, but you also have to take some of these records with a grain of salt considering our schedule, which has been the easiest in the league by some distance

Yet there is barely even a peep here lol.

There’s literally multiple threads here everyday about their record, SGA, their injury situation, their dominance, etc

The wildest part is in the one game they lost, they were winning by 22 in the first quarter.. lmao. If they just try for a few more minutes that night they’d be 24-0 right now.

Lakers legends Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves dropped 35 points (they have to cause their dogshit teammates can’t hit shit) against the fucking Wizards bro that’s real news. Dude they’re WHITE like cmon that’s the big story here fuck the team that’s clearly gonna 3 peat, go Lakers!!!

Thunder have 2nd most man games lost to injury, 126.

Most games lost

Pacers - 149
Thunder - 126
Grizzlies - 116
Mavs - 111
Blazers - 110

Fewest games lost

Nuggets - 33
Raptors - 31
Knicks - 30
Celtics - 29
Wolves - 18

Here’s the page: https://www.spotrac.com/nba/injured/_/year/2025/view/team

You have to take the info with a grain of salt though. It’d be crazy to say the Celtics are the 2nd least injury affected team, but man games values every game lost equally. So Hali and Tatum injuries count the same as Thomas Sorber or Noa Essengue injuries. It also has a ‘cash total’ which prorates the salary of injured players over days missed. That tells you generally who is missing star players, but its also imperfect since it gives more value to Terry Rozier and Jordan Poole missed games than Dub or Wemby. So just approach it with a critical eye, or don’t and use it for whatever narrative you’re trying to spin, idc.

At some point at the end of the season bball-index will probably do a WAR lost to injury which tries to account for not just the quantity but ‘quality’ of the games lost, but I don’t think anyone maintains a regularly updated version throughout the season.

There is some metric called “man games lost” or something. I believe the Thunder are 2nd

OKC has some of the highest number of player-games missed

Chet not going number 1 literally makes zero sense.

Paolo has been pretty dang good, idk what you mean.

Pretty sure Chet refused to give Orlando his medical info because he didn’t want to go there

I’m still confused about that to this day lol OKC lucked out big time there. Even Chet’s college film especially defensively was insane. And then you think about his ceiling on offense and he felt like a no-brainer #1 pick. He was ranked #1 in his high school class across all recruiting websites too.

I think people knew Chet had the higher ceiling. They were just worried about injuries with him being so skinny

Only reason chet wasnt the undisputed #1 is his thin rail frame. Every single thing about him besides the frame screamed #1 pick. And he has been injured quite a lot so far, so there is merit with that concern.

Almost had em twice! They spanked us once though.

They’ve done more for OKC than the Oklahoma state government

“don’t aggregate this!”

Yep. If dort isn’t shooting lights out, he is a straight negative on offense. He is by far the less dynamic guard/wing we have

Probably but gotta win 2 more to make it official 

To be fair, your team and Portland are the only two teams this year where I was like hmm, they’re pretty scrappy and we could get out efforted this game.

The Suns don’t have the same talent as the Thunder right now, but they look like they’re trying to copy the defensive playbook. At least in what little I’ve watched of them. Their effort is night and day compared to last season.

they either missed 1 game or none