The OKC Thunder have lost 4 of their last 7 games.
Losses coming to Miami, Indiana, Toronto, and now Minnesota.
That is all, carry on.
https://www.espn.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/okc/oklahoma-city-thunder
They may never win again.
Blow it up
At least we can coast the next few games against…..checks notes…..Denver, Spurs, and Rockets 𤣠đ
Wouldve been awesome to see Denver vs okc, wanted it for first 2 months… But now I just don’t want Denver to lose by more than 30 with this many players out.
But with okc’s form - this might be a close game
I mean the boys might be coming back. Theyâre all super close. Maybe theyâll wait to keep Dort away from everybodyâs knees.
I swear to God if dort fucks someone up just coming back from injury
Celebrate that win over Denver with a single starter playing.
You will play Spurs again??? How many times will you play the damn Spurs, 100x?? Lol
5 times in a bit over 1½ months
1st time 12⁄14
5th time 2⁄5
Feels like it đ
You guys have starters?
Well now that they don’t have to play under the pressure of chasing the record and opponents perhaps not targeting them so hard anymore, they can go back to winning again…
3 East teams. pathetic
They went 29-1 vs the east last year. Thatâs one hell of a fall off this year
Both our teams are washed đ
itâs the afterglow of winning a championship and a dominant team season the year prior. not everyone can stay consistent.Â
Steve Kerr, for one, called it out, talking about how hard it is to keep winning - and that was from his experience with the Bulls. Even the KD Warriors showed how hard it is to keep that consistency, whether it be from injuries, fatigue, motivation, team chemistry, contracts, or whatever else. We can also look at how many have repeated since the Warriors, which is none. But letâs see, theyâre still among the very top contenders, if not still favorites.
I blame injuries and inconsistencies with lineups due to injuries mainly
First off we have the living embodiment of consistency. I mean we donât have fuck else. Yeah, past Shai you right.
Even as a Shai hater, it really is crazy how consistent that man is. I havenât seen him truly get stopped in a long while.
Scottie Barnes owned my poverty franchise.
Owns*
Scot Barne
Sct Brn
Same. He gets at least 30 rebounds a game against us.
Donât forget the Hornets not long before that as well!
You guys turn into 2016 Warriors once a week đ
OKC vs The East finals this year?
That was a quick dynasty
Never seen ppl so anxious to write a team off đ
Itâs just a joke bro
i mean ppl were quick to declare a dynasty after they went 7 games twice in their only run so far.
And yall are quick to declare it over because of some regular season losses
Sounds like a fucking mid off
You canât just call them a dynasty after a single chip tho. Itâs not over, because it hasnât happened yet, could, but not yet
literally, how can something that never started be over lol
Nobody said they were literally already a dynasty
They predicted they would be one
And saying that the prediction is already wrong is stupid
They are not hard to dislike
Deni is exactly who people think Shai is in terms of flopping.
Shai literally popularized this style of basketball. Itâs a copycat league, and Deni and sooooo many others flop hoping they can get free points like yâall. When the league outlaws your style of play, itâll be a happy day
You people are not going to be happy when they ‘outlaw’ this and Shai still averages like 32 on elite efficiency. That’s probably the only time people will realize he doesn’t rely on a whistle at all lol. In an ideal world, people will realize that glorifying dogshit defensive schemes post-breakdown is probably the real critique for the large number of FTs rather than SGA being an insanely good inside scorer.
Itâs over
Don’t worry Presti is gonna blow it up and use their current draft picks to build another championship team. Rinse and repeat until he finally gets his dynasty!
A couple more losses and heâs gonna empty his clip and get Giannis for IHart, Dort, and 10 FRPs
Donât do that. Donât give me hope.
RemindMe! 5 months
Itâs hard to repeat. They look wayyy more vulnerable this year
Doesnt help when half your team is on the bench in street clothes lol.
That’s one of the reasons why its hard lol
What really makes dynasties hard are just the miles that many playoff games puts on you physically.
ESPECIALLY nowadays. With how the game is played those playoff series take a toll
Itâs what makes the fact that in the NHL, Tampa Bay and Florida have both gone back to back to back in terms of cup appearances impressive since thatâs almost an entire season of physical playÂ
And they were one of the healthiest last year going winning game 7 against a team who lost their star lol
Exactly lol
Yep, played almost into July, it’s catching up now.
Why are you getting downvoted so hard for this
June 22 isnât close to July 1? Beats me lol
Part of the game, injuries happen
Obviously but its also why we have been “bad” for a 2 months.
LMAO bro got downvoted because he was speaking truth.
For sure. Can’t remember a time we had this many guys out this consistently though.
Yeah dude thatâs why a dynasty is hard. All sorts of things have to go right, not the least of which is great luck with having a healthy roster
SGA, Chet, jaylin Williams, dort, wiggins, ihart, kenrich Williams, isiah joe, Cason Wallace and dieng all played.
Ajay Mitchell, Caruso, Jalen Williams didnât.
âHalfâ huh? đ¤
Wallace and iHart were both on restricted minutes. And this is iHart’s first game back after a long stretch and he looked rusty as hell.
Ajay and Jdub are 2⁄3 of our offense lol
I don’t want a repeat. Continuing the trend of no back to backs since 2018 is fun.
Not just no back-to-backs, no repeat champions at all. Hell, the only two teams to even make the finals multiple times this decade are the Celtics and the Heat lol.
It’s not as if the thunder didn’t look vulnerable last year. They struggled pretty hard vs the nuggets. They went to 7 vs the pacers. They easily could have been a 2nd round exit last year and then there would have been 0 talk of a dynasty.
Literally the most boring team in the leagueÂ
They lose in a boring fashion and they also win in a boring fashion. Theyâre not a very interesting team to watch as a casual fan
Watching the Spurs and Wolves beat their ass is actually very fun and interesting
But thats because the spurs and wolves are a fun team to watch! OKC losing to the blazers was a boring matchup since both team are interesting for example
Idk, most of our losses have been fun to watch.
This game though? I don’t think we did a single entertaining thing.
probably because everyone outside of shai is pathetic
Shai carries the teamâs offense HARD
Crazy how we went from having such a crazy deep bench to everyone besides Shai being ass
Is injured*
Chet isnâtÂ
He’s pathetic
On a real note, he’s been disappointing lately, but he’s young and spent most of last year hurt, so really only has 1.5 seasons under his belt.
He is scoring 18pts on 66% TS and the odds leader for DPOY.
What more do you want from the man?
oh thats easy. 1) be a reliable 20 point scorer as the second option, especially when half of the team is missing.
he’s getting paid 41 mil next season and we’re acting like hes a baby
Even so, Shai really is the only good player to watch. Max contact Chet is revealing to be a nothingburger.
18pts on 66% TS and is the odds favorite atm for DPOY is a nothingburger to you.
Ok but incredibly early. I mean hes basically in his second season right now.
Adam Silver wonât have a job much longer if OKC keeps playing for the championshipÂ
Ok well NBA views are up and the Christmas games were like the most watched ever or something so đ¤ˇ
What do ya know. They’re human.
-stares at red button-
if you get Giannis the east will be in g-league convos next year
Me on a normal day - Fuck no I don’t want Giannis
Me after losing any game against anyone - SAM EMPTY THE BANK AND GET GIANNIS
If he stays healthy. Bros 31, and missed a lot of playoffs since their championship. But yeah they winning if they get out the west
We genuinely have nobody that can initiate the offense outside of SGA currently without Ajay we literally have to result to having Dort and Wiggins bring the ball up at times and they are turnover machines, just have to hope that JDub can come back healthy and the hamstring injury isnât too bad going forward as we clearly lack ball handling with our injuries currently
Iâm getting so tired of Wiggins over dribbling and getting ripped. He is one of those if you canât get to the rim in 3 dribbles you need to pass players same with Joe and Dort. Sadly with our injuries we will be forced to watch more of it for a few weeks. Sucks because we finally where rolling again until J Dub messed up his hamstring
Whereâs Topic? Isnât he recovered from the surgery yet?
He had chemotherapy. He may be back by the end of the season
Well I hate to say it, but SGA was a game low -22. So the Thunder outscored the wolves by 10 points in the 17 minutes he was sitting.
Please keep blowing us out before the trade deadline. Thatâll make presti move
Kind of mindset that blows up a team
Is this like the Jedi mind-trick to get teams to lose against the Clippers so we don’t get a good pick?
Sucks to suck
Youâd know
OKC fans always so sensitive
Light banter is sensitive?
It was 2 words I’ve seen a lot more on Reddit đ
airball
With the amount of people we have out im surprised we won against the Pelicans. Be nice when we can get a consistent rotation again. Also hard to win against any team in the NBA when they hit 20 plus 3âs at a 50% clip and a lot were on good contests. We are beat up right now and no one besides Shai is showing up on a nightly basis
good
They are missing key players but their upcoming schedule are brutal. Five of their next 6 games includes the Nuggets, Spurs, Rockets, Suns, and Lakers.
I’m scared
And we really thought they could beat 73-9
How does this affect their chances to beat GSWâs 73-9?
Trade for giannis! Do it cowards
Spurs creepin around the corner slowly
Jdub, Hart, Caruso and several other role players have all missed significant over those games.
Wait until you hear about the Nuggets
Yea its insane how successful the Nuggets have been without Jokic, Gordon and several other key players. Everyone knows that they got better this offseason but I still think they were severely underrated.
Adds to shais mvp case.
The nuggets playing well without Jokic has no bearing on Shaiâs MVP case. Jokic isnât even legible for MVP this year lol.
Lol technically jokic can’t win it but there would still be discussion. And I was also talking about last year given all the salt
Wait until you hear about the Pacer- no wait, it didnât work out for them.
Jokes aside, they also have been ravaged by injuries this season beyond just Hali. People framed it as missing one player but half their roster has been out at times.
Wait til you hear about the Celtics AND the Nuggets
Lmaoooooooooo
So mid
Wolves shot like 50% from 3 and our role players couldnât make backdoor dunks or open corner 3s
The shooting variance gotta fix itself eventually
Frauds
Weâll never win a championship, ever.
Wait a minute…
A 2nd championship
Itâs January
Bout to have a February upvote party in r/thunder
Greatest team of all-time my ass lmaooo
They got lucky Hali tore his shit in the Finals. The team is just not fun to watch either
We most likely would’ve still won but sure keep falling back on that to get more satisfaction out of your hatewatching ig đ¤ˇââď¸
We REALLY shouldnât be talking about injury Hypotheticals considering what happened to both KD and Klay in the 2019 Finals. Its a nothing-burger argument
About to be 5 when the Nuggets backups take them out next
This will also be a blowout with the lack of support Shai is getting
Probably should still be the favorites to win it all.
I feel like they could absolutely lose a playoff series to either the Spurs or the Nuggets, but they’re still probably the best overall team in the leagueÂ
Time to trade for Giannis
Sell the team
They add nothing to my desire to watch this current product
LOL
But Reddit told me they were guaranteed to win 74
Yeah. This team needs more play making. Much as I hate Shai as a player, he is the catalyst
Good.
exposed đđđđ
Love to see it.
Hali couldâve had 1 ring if he wasnât unlucky đ
Giannis on the way
They’re getting bored
Here comes the Giannis trade.
team is gonna blow up in the off season
Flop minutes all ran out until Feb
each one gives me energy
Wish it was 7⁄7 unethical hoop is trash
Flair up or shut up
Unethical hoop is trash and OKC Thunder is propped up Disney characters
See you all in JuneâŚ
Reddit (including me) is hating on OKC a bit too much
.
OKC might actually repeat :(
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Heâs played with and injured roster basically the entire season bro not this one game. Shaiâs not as talented a passer as Luka but heâs also very obviously more ball secure, with a tighter handle
Can’t ignore context as you ignore the context of their entire careers to hyperfocus on one game that paints a picture you like.
Shai’s ball security is elite elite. It was elite when he won MVP and FMVP and it’s even better now. Luka’s is not. Not saying it’s bad, but that’s one area where SGA undoubtedly clears him.
I collect these kinds of posts like they’re bottle caps
all playoff teams, good losses
…indiana?
They played like it was the finals.
It was their Super BowlÂ
Knew they weren’t serious contenders
Not that iâm writing OKC off or anything but the Pistons are slowly edging closer to that record and itâd be really funny if after all the speculation about them setting the all time win record that they donât even finish with the best record in the season.
We won’t if we dont get healthy. We have zero secondary ball handlers atm.
I think the mystique of the thunder falling off and just generally injured and tired are big contributors.
oh man yall wonât like what the future holds đ
Read the room
People really thought that a team that scraped by in game 7 thanks to an injury to the opposing teamâs best player was gonna beat the warriors single season record. Are we stupid?
Who the sonics got this weekend?
As an Oklahoman who grew up a Sonics fan and has survivors guilt, I usually hate these remarks. That was cold.
Lmao đ
Everyone always wants to act like we were losing terribly when Halli got hurt and not -300 odds to win lmao
What series are you even talking about?
Thatâs what happens when youâre missing your secondary and tertiary offensive creators. Grass is green.
Idk, Nuggets seem to be doing just fine.
Ya we chilling over here. We nearly had that one over you guys too. If only we had one more healthy starter. See you in the finals.
Why you flexing another team wins lmao
Theyâve done well, but theyâre also racking up wins against the Wizards (2x), Bucks (2x), Nets, Pels, and Mavs. And almost every one has been close. Theyâve done really well in the clutch.
Thereâs no doubt the schedule lined up well for them though.
Philly-Boston-Toronto in between those TBF.
Yep. All in the clutch. OKC lost essentially the same type of game to the RaptorsâŚ
And until tonight the losses have been in the clutch. Tonight they got boat raced by the 3.
Btw, Iâve been rooting for Denver. I donât want them in the 4-5 seed.
I do want to check though. Are we ready to say Joker has the better supporting cast?
Denver has better cutters, and paint attackers due to their system and Jokic. A better no.1 and no.2 option (Jokic>SGA, Jamal>Jdub), no no.3 option significantly worse defenders (Chet>AG, Caruso>Tim Hardaway, Ajay>Pwat, Cason Wallace>Spencer, Valenciunas>J.Will), but a better shooter, better back up center bt significantly worse from 7 onwards.
I donât disagree. Teams are built differently. Partly because they have different type of stars.
Iâll be interested to see how a guy like Watson adjusts to having Jokic back on the floor.
Both teams need to get healthy. I donât think either are good enough to win a title in their current form.
They aren’t good enough now, but prior to the series of injuries sustained Denver and OKC were 67 and 70 win pace respectively. They’ll be fine in the playoffs IMO.
Exactly. Itâs why I get a kick out of the Thunder hate watch party. Even with the injuries and poor shooting theyâve essentially had 4 games where they didnât have a chance to win in the final minute.
You make it sound like a negative. Give equivalent injuries to any other team and see how they do
Almost like they built a really good, experienced team around Jokic, instead of the âabsolute bumsâ everyone claims they are
Almost like they got better this year
Who called them bums?
Pistons flair glazing nuggets how embarrassing