The Oklahoma City Thunder can no longer tie or beat the Warriors’ record 73-9 wins
With the loss to the Raptors tonight, the discourse about OKC becoming the most dominant regular season team ever is over. 10 losses now on the season.
Those early predictions were way too premature lol
I know we say this a lot, but that was one of the worst takes to widely spread in recent memory.
I don’t even care about the OKC side of it, it just MASSIVELY underestimates what we witnessed that season.
SGA is Steph and Chet is Draymond and uhhh…. Lou Dort and JWill are…. Uhhhh and uhhhh….
If someone called JDub prime Klay I would lose my mind
I’ve 100% seen this take
Nonsense
A dude in these replies is saying even worse. Disregard. I apologize. I forgot the internet is terrible 🙃
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1qn3jbg/comment/o1r0dcm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Listen. I’m gonna cling to the technicality of that comment doesn’t explicitly say that JDub is prime Klay. Let me have this my faith in humanity is too low already 😭
It’s worse. It almost implies he’s better lol
LOL
This is somehow worse than
I think I may be starting to understand the old heads. Not really because our generation is obviously better(lol jk). But I get what they mean now.
I don’t even think JDub is bad but he is not Klay Thompson like be real
The polar ice caps will melt before JDub hits 11 threes in a playoff
Lou Dort is Andre Iguodala LMAOOOOOOO
Fate of the universe on the line, martians have the death beam pointed at earth
LUUUUUUUUUUUUU
(clank)
I’d give Earth more chances if we had Lu Dort tackling aliens rather than him shooting three.
Blocked by Harden
Lu dort has jumped head first into the Martian death beam
I don’t even care about the OKC side of it
Nah, the takes were objectively worse with this year’s OKC team, than, say…when the Cavs started 15-0 in 2024 as an example.
When J-Dub was missing games earlier in the season and OKC was still putting the belt to every team’s ass every night it was nonstop comments from OKC fans saying, “imagine what this team’s gonna do when J-Dub is back, this team is just too deep, very real chance 73-9 goes down easily” etc., all over this sub.
And now how the turntables, OKC is no longer some ‘deep superteam’ and it was purely the SGA show all along, everyone else on their roster is a literal bum. The immediate narrative shift after getting spanked by the Spurs was honestly pretty funny to see.
I mean it wasn’t a bad take. Mvp, defending champ, 24-1. That has the makings for a record run. Just oversaturated posting is all. Obviously that fell apart but 1 loss almost a third into the season is pretty big lol
It is but people acted like it was a done deal. That’s what was stupid. You had respected guys like Zach Lowe talking as if they were guaranteed to win 75 and already one of the greatest teams ever.
It’s a bad take because in the NBA teams lose games that they shouldn’t all the time. The 73-9 Warriors lost to the 13-51 Lakers and 25-52 Timberwolves and the Thunder had the easiest schedule in the league at that point, saying 9 losses were probably coming isn’t some insane take
They were playing the likes of NOP and Kings
They’ve finished their regular season series with half the bottom teams and haven’t even played Denver once. Their only hard game before they started losing left, right and center was Houston
Most importantly it massively underestimated how much of that was determined by luck, particularly health luck
It was just people watching a good team and thinking “wow they’re good enough to do this thing that requires you have an extremely hot start” which they did have.
It’s not that big of a deal. It’s not a travesty. It was people being excited about sports. Jesus Christ. Dramatic
I hate these types of takes.
Hindsight is 20⁄20. They were like 27-1 and at one point. They were the first team in a long time to even sniff that record.
Obviously they deflated, but acting like it was some godawful take is purposely obtuse.
They were 25-1, so I don’t think it was out of the question tbh
doubt this OKC team could even beat the 14-15 Warriors
And they’d get smoked by the 2017-18 Warriors
every iteration of the KD Warriors beats this OKC team in 4-5 games, wouldnt even be close
2016-2017 is the best Warriors team and for my money the greatest team ever
Fully bought-in KD was an absolute menace.
Its probably the 2nd best team of all time so they would smoke everyone other than the 96 Bulls.
What’s even worse were the reactional morons acting like they’re Team USA lol. This team is very beatable in the playoffs. Nearly happened twice last year
I swear you’re literally one of the people who makes these premature predictions lmfao
Don’t premature ejaculation shame man
They had the easiest schedule to start the season, and now have one of the hardest remaining.
As they always are
At least this will be the last post about this crap.
The only reason GSW even got to 73 is because they needed 71 to clinch the West’s 1 seed. Ahead of their final matchup with the Spurs, if both teams had finished 70-12, GSW would have been the two seed.
Plus they’re tryna win the chip again. Those kinds of teams don’t win the chip usually
I think we forget why even those takes were thrown around. Those mfs had a single loss, while missing their 2nd best player. They would get better when he returns ofc, or at least be just as good. Certainly they aren’t gonna get worse.
The takes were premature but not stupid.
Of course we get one of these posts before the post game thread
We need one for every loss the rest of the year.
“OKC can’t finish within one game of the Warriors record.”
etc
Yes. Keep this energy r/nba. Then pivot to the 2024 OKC record.
The rest of the league should hang up a banner for stopping them.
It reminds me of my favorite sports ad that has sadly been almost entirely lost to history. It’s Barry Sanders running in slow motion and text on the screen explaining his incredible stats, then ends with a player tackling him and the ad congratulating that defensive player for tackling him.
I know I’m an easy mark, but I love ads like that
These boys are 13-9 since starting 24-1. That’s a 49 win pace. 😬
They’re classic frontrunners. It’s why so many people love to watch them lose. They think they’re a dynasty despite having one ring barely beating a Cinderella team who lost their best player in game 7
The Avdija enjoyer has spoken
Gaslighting like enjoying watching the current MIP favorite is a bad thing is a bozo antic
A guy who praises the IDF and has no concernible halfcourt skillset, his defence has fallen off a cliff as usage has risen and seems to be getting a weird media push and ultra friendly whistle is not someone I’d personally go out of the way to stand behind but hey
Y’all love to shit on foulbaiting but the guy who just throws himself down the lane and supports his genocidal state has your full support lol
They squeaked out the nuggets without Gordon and MPJ was playing injured. They were never a dynasty. Although I’m scared what Presti will do in the future still
Don’t think they front runner anything that’s just you and your weird outlook lol
They are definitely front runners. People all but declared their victory in the finals and were saying they might beat the Warriors 73-9 record earlier this season. The expectation have dropped for them, but they are still first seed in the league and definitely favorites to win again. Just depends what matchups they have really
I just remember them boys going 7 with a Nuggets and Pacers team that could’ve easily beaten them and all they did was add one player this season. I’m not saying they’re not good, they’re definitely not all time good though. I have eyes. IDGAF about net rating and point differential. They can win B2B and I wouldn’t think they were all-time great. The Kobe Pau Lakers went B2B and no one considers either team an all-time great team.
They are definitely an all time defense, they get a shout for that. They also had the 5th highest wins in the regular season and the MVP on their team. I think that’s enough to call them historic
That nuggets team also went to 7 with the clippers right before, the west is more open than anybody is giving it credit for with Wemby looming in the distance to top it all off.
We’re doing the same thing to them that we do to individual players: once you reach a new level then we increase the scale of what we’re comparing you to so you always look small. The moment you’re good you’re compared to the greats, the moment you’re great you’re compared to the greatest, the moment you’re the greatest then you’re actually overrated.
Can’t appreciate anything anymore unless its indisputably unprecedented.
RemindMe! 5 months
Im all for hating OKC (because I simple hate any team better than mine). But I don’t think they were ever frontrunners. Other people may have done it for them. But especially Shai, they have been pretty much just the right amount of confidence without being cocky.
I mean, I’m starting to think management is starting to impose bubble wrap and soft minutes restrictions. If you finish with the best record in the league, it doesn’t matter whether you win 60 vs. 65, roster health is more important.
Damn jdub really did em like that
Lmfao ONLY 37-10, what a bunch of losers
might as well just give up on the season. theres always next year
Nah, its over. Blow it up and deport Shai and Dort back to where they came from.
Stephen Miller wants to know your location.
pathetic fr
Destroyed by injury too. Currently using the injury hardship exception
I am so sick of OKC not going to SGA down the stretch, why in the fuck would Chet think that was a good shot.
I didn’t watch the game. How did SGA only get 11 FGA?
He got double teamed every possession and sometimes even triple teamed so kicked it out to everyone on the perimeter just for them to miss the 3
That would explain the mere 6 assists too. Thanks.
Easy to do when Chet plays like they. The Raptors just kinda dared someone else to take over in the clutch and they looked like a chicken with their heads cut off. SGA storming to the locker room was wild to see.
Sometimes even quadruple teamed
Sounds like a Luka experience
Its called the “Jamal Murray” treatment.
I want to get off the “Shai & Friends” wild ride
Scottie Barnes
I have no idea I only caught the end of the 3rd and 4th quarter I was watching the nfc championship game.
I don’t mind it because they have such a big lead in terms of record and don’t really fear losing the number one overall seed in the west. It’s basically allowing other players to take high pressure shots outside of SGA so that when it happens in the playoffs they’ve already been in the situation and are ready to take it. Or, if they have to create by themselves because SGA’s been doubled and the opposing team has Said with their defense that they are fine with anyone else making this shot but SGA.
Couldnt get the ball to him on the inbounds (happening wayy too often recently) and they wanted the 2 for 1. Shocking that we can’t draw up a single set to get Shai open for an inbounds.
It’s becoming way too common down the stretch these past couple of games I know SGA is a great leader OKC has a brotherhood but sometimes I think he needs to remind them of the pecking order.
It shouldn’t even need reminding. Dude shoots 52% from the midrange. Even if it’s a 3, he should be attempting it.
I can live with Shai missing a game winner, I can’t live with Isaiah Joe, Caruso or Chet missing it.
This record might actually be unbreakable
People won’t want to. Too much injury risk
That and the crazy frantic backlash if you don’t win the title at the end. It’s just not worth the extra pressure and intensity. The NBA media and discourse after 2016 completely ruined the regular seasons value. It’s all about rings now, if you don’t win you were always a fraud and even if you do win there’s always an asterisk. Yet the NBA wonders why ratings and views have been slowly going down for years when it’s the culture they created.
Indeed. We know it best…
It’s crazy how the regular season “doesn’t matter” according to the talking heads yet the first thing that comes out of their mouth is talking about the 2016 warriors. I’m jealous of you warriors fans, knowing somewhere in the season, the 16 warriors will always be mentioned.
And yet the discourse will almost always be negative because we didn’t win that year. The injuries and BS suspension doesn’t matter and aren’t ever mentioned because the only things talked about are win record and choking the finals
For what it’s worth, that was easily the most fun I’ve ever had following a regular season, even if I wasn’t a big Steph fan at the time (that year converted me). No amount of discourse can ever take that away.
It’s interesting when ‘fans’ are selective in what they think matters in the regular season and then using the ‘well you didn’t win a ring’ strawman argument. But then shouldn’t everything for all teams and players that worked hard night-in and night-out for months that won MVP, All NBA, DPOY to not matter too?
That, the 3 peat Lakers , the 33 win streak Lakers and Brons all time scoring record are probably all unbeatable
3 peat Lakers?
the 8peat celtics is unbeatable but the kobe shaq lakers have been the only team to 3peat in american sports this century
and given that, in the nba, we didnt have a repeat since the 2017 2018 warriors, we might not have a threepeat for a while. UNLESS OKC could fend off the rest of the league this and next year
What a cherry picked stat, “only team to 3 peat this century” is a mighty convenient way to exclude the team that did it just a couple years prior, lol!
you could also say ‘the last team to 3peat’, and since it’s been a long time, it’s kind of a nice accolade.
They are not the only team to 3peat in American sports, big 4 maybe but not all leagues. You also have 2 teams currently at 2peats in the NHL and the MLB.
And this century kinda makes it meaningless when talking about all time.
And while Florida doesn’t look dominant this year the Dodgers got even better this off-season and Shohei isn’t injured. Not 3-peating is an absolute failure of a season
i did mean big 4, and i’m more just saying it hasn’t been done since. i think bwayneLAL007 only meant that it is unbeatable with how the current CBA is
i do think the stat is pointless i was more explaining what the lakers fan was trying to say, it’s made more pointless given that the second most recent 3peat in the NBA was literally Michael Jordan two years before them
Fun fact Jerry West actually won 41 games in a row because he missed a few games they lost before that 33 win streak started
What a great day in the association
LOL this is so awesome after they were low-key crowning themselves the best regular season team of all time in interviews. Not even close.
Link the interview. I’d like to see them saying that. Or were they just answering dumb ass questions they were being asked?
Me when I completely misconstrue what a player said to a loaded question in an interview and don’t provide the link so I don’t look like the liar I am
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSN-HM6E7Sa/
the false narratives around the thunder…..(really, every topic in human history atp bc that’s what the internet does) needs to be studied
Shout out Kendrick Perkins, despite the Thunder never once being ahead of where the 2016 Warriors record-wise, he predicted they’d not only break the record but might go 80-2. Maybe he didn’t mean this year.
Good, now just focus on fucking winning and not the record
I think we already knew they weren’t gonna win 40 straight
There’s still Shai’s 20 point streak
you’re upset deep down
I gave up on the record after the Hornets loss, most Thunder fans knew it was over by then.
We gotta get healthy. Feels like we lose someone every game lately
Been the story of every other NBA team this season. Not sure what the hell is going on
Yeah it’s definitely felt like a “when it rains it pours” situation for most teams. At least for the Thunder we hit runs where someone goes out every game and misses a couple games after and then we slowly stabilize and get healthy then a month later it happens again
Maybe if you focused harder the team would do better! They’re relying on you!
They never had the quality necessary
From “one of the greatest teams ever!” To “a 70 win team???” In the span of a month lol
If OKC wants to blow up their team….we’ll take SGA off their hands.
imagine if SGA was traded to the Raptors instead of OKC. Dude would be adored over there.
They’re just so beat up RN and desperately need Hart back.
But obviously the bigger question will be (along with literally every other team)…how healthy are you in April?
Can’t really use that excuse. We didn’t play anyone over 6’9” because our starting center has basically not played this year.
You can use it as an excuse for a collective season, but I hear you about tonight.
The reality is the Thunder shouldn’t have been compared to the Warriors, but they were, and then reality + injuries kicked in.
At the end of the day LeBrons teams have never come close to being in that discussion yet he has 4 rings 🤷🏻♂️
We know
Scottie Barnes is DPOY
finally. last post about this
Injuries has killed them lately. They need to get healthy now
Remember when Jalen Williams said this OKC team would be the 2019 Raptors, because I’m sure the Raptors do
Cool, can we stop talking about their record now?
It’s been over for a long time, except in Reddit threads each time okc loses.
Somewhere right now, a Thunders fan is getting ready to post “With the 4th win in the NBA finals, the 73-9 GSWs can no longer catch up to the Thunders.” if you guys win this year lol
The takes early season were wild
Is this the last post? Please tell me it is, holy shit. It’s finally over
There was no way in hell that they were gonna break the record
As was foretold
Won’t even crack 50 at this fucking rate
You’re welcome
Oh no how will I sleep tonight 😭
I think that narrative ended after the 3 losses to the Spurs
Well that’s fine, OKC should just focus now on defending the Title
They might not even finish with the best record
They beat 37-9
It’s funny that’s where it ends. 37, the reverse 73
Deeetroit Basketballlll!!!!!!
Are they washed? It might be time to blow it up and rebuild.
Oh. Okay.
We can finally put these to bed and go about the season
good, can we stop now with a thread every loss
I got downvoted to shit for saying they wouldnt do it a month ago. So HA
Enough OKC fans on Reddit during the win streak claiming this team was better than that Ws team, and even better than the KD Ws team, so it’s only fair to remind them of their delusions.
I don’t care I just want a full roster
I will mever tire of these threads after having to hear about the Thunder “dynasty” all of 2025
they were never going to do it. just fanboys glazing. know your place.
Can they still win the record for fewest wins the season following a championship?
Honestly at this point it seems crazy to say but are we even sure they’ll win 65. There schedule only gets tougher.
how many more times will we have to see this
lol season is officially a grind for the champs.
How fucking powerful was that 15-16 GSW goddamn.
lmaoo those takes are over
No one except this sub and their straw men have thought that for 2months
I’m shocked! It’s almost like.. they… are… nowhere near that level LMFAO
Hold on, let me check your math on that….yup, I got the same thing.
Stop spamming this shit
I wonder if the NBA deliberately gave them a weak schedule for the first part of the season.
It’s not as easy they thought it was lol
Thank God for that because I want that record to stay intact for several more years.
Ngl, I hope this gets posted every time they lose for the rest of the season
Here it goes lol
Faded
Good. Lets just get healthy and gel before the playoffs.
Nice.
So you’re saying there’s no chance…
That warriors team was playing 10 years ahead of everyone else. No disrespect to the thunder, but in order to get that kind of record you need to have a different playstyle compared to everyone else.
Fuck em
This is like the sub hanging a banner.
I genuinely cannot think about the 73-9 season without nearly breaking down in tears. Best regular season of all time yet I feel like it means nothing after the postseason. Neverending nightmare.
They beat themselves - shot TOO many in 3 LAND and got out REBOUNDED by 14👎👎ONLY loss by 2 points 👎👎👎👎👎
Tee-hee!!!
Oh this was easy work. I started betting them. Youre welcome.
Okc having a worse record than last year was something I dint think would happen considering their in jury luck last year
There are levels to this stuff……. times were different I cant even remember a finals after my Warriors recorded 73-9.
okc are frauds, a bunch of free throw merchants, wemby showed who their daddy is especially that Abraham Lincoln twig shat holmgren.
Don’t worry, when they win 6 games to start the season next year ESPN will resurrect this dumbass narrative
Poverty. Franchise.
Such a dominant team such a bad record already. Hopefully this ends some of the hype.
Underperforming.
This should end some discussions.
No one in this thread has watched enough basketball to realize half their rotation is out.
This is why I don’t comment in this subreddit anymore.
Was never gonna happen anyway
As a Raptors fan this is our championship. Season ended here for me. I still have OKC winning it all though, unless the 2nd round exit winners curse continues. Think the last team to break that were the bubble Lakers who were a first round exit.
Injuries have been brutal for us the last 2 weeks
as a lifelong thunder fan, it’s nice hearing people talk about us so much. basically half our team is injured, we lose by a couple points to a playoff team in January and lots of people are talking about it.
it’s pretty cool to see.
Jokes aside, they have been 13-9 since the great start. They are 5.5 games ahead of the Spurs and Nuggets, which is still a decent lead, but would’ve been unfathomable a month ago, particularly once the Jokic injury happened. The OKC/Denver matchups should be interesting.
All jokes aside. I remember when people were saying the Thunder will only lose a couple of games by the end of the season and how they are on a historic run. I doubt they even match last year’s record tbh.
A lot keyboard warriors on here. Most of yall teams are eating ass rn and have nothing working for them. Meanwhile OKC is going 2 in a row. Keep chirping you little pussies.