The next OKC Thunder PLAYOFF team is right in FRONT of us | Josh Giddey, Shai, Chet Holmgren

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The OKC Thunder have arrived. After 2 seasons of rebuilding, the Oklahoma City Thunder are looking like the exact team that Sam Presti envisioned when he traded for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 4 seasons ago. Shai is now an NBA all-star, Josh Giddey has had an incredible sophomore season, rookie Jalen Williams or Jdub has been a ROTY candidate, Lu Dort has continued his offensive development, and a lot of the Thunder’s young guys have been shaping up. The Shai Gilgeous-Alexander game-winner vs. the Denver Nuggets is just one of his many game-winners. Josh Giddey highlights are still a fun watch. Aleksej Pokusevski has been playing great basketball before being sidelined. The OKC Thunder still haven’t played Chet Holmgren yet, but they are already looking like playoff contenders. The OKC Thunder rebuild might already be finished.
The Thunder are ahead of schedule and it looks like they are for real. OKC has beat the top 3 teams in the Eastern Conference like the Celtics, Nets, and 76ers over a two-week span. Since the start of the year, the OKC Thunder have been among the best teams in the entire NBA. Chet Holmgren and Aleksej Pokusevski have not been playing but centers like Mike Muscala and Kenrich Williams have provided the charge for the Thunder. But will the OKC Thunder make the playoffs? Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is an Nba all-star but what is next for the Thunder? In this video, we’ll look into how the OKC Thunder’s rebuild has succeeded with positionless basketball.
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[@riroballs]

Should the OKC Thunder make a TRADE DEADLINE move to make the playoffs?

[@Vickypabz]

Love the chemistry of the team right now. But I wouldn’t mind if we traded for OG anunoby from Toronto. They’re a mess out there and I wanna see OG with Lu Dort

[@slender289]

Heard about rumors about Siakam getting traded here even Trae Young but I wouldn't give up any of the valuable core they have already in Giddey, Dort, JDub & Tre Mann, I don't see any reason why cornerstone pieces like Poku and Dieng who both they traded for plus the steal they got in signing Joe in the off-season. Also Presti's eye for talent is really fucking great finding versatile guys like Wiggins who's a good 3-D spark plug or both JRE then Jwill who are fantastic small ball big men connectors they still have another shooter in waters who's a plus defender as well, can't forgot about the vets in Kenny Hustle or Muskie with this kind of bench depth is very deep cuz of their solid key role players surrounding the foundational building blocks. Thunder could wait this upcoming off-season for because of their avaliable cap space they have one max slot to sign a all star or decent starter like for example Kuzma, lets hope the free agency class favors them Oh just remembered that OKC could trade for who they wanna draft depending on the pick they get from theirs maybe they swapped it for the clippers and trade up into the lottery so they will be adding 2 players this off-season I would assume then I think they let got of Bazley or yet trade him before the deadline then let Omoruyi walk/cut him if necessary they will be getting Chet Holmgren back as well

[@slender289]

@@Vickypabz I don't see the point having OG since we already have Lu, if OKC is going to trade with toronto it would be for Siakam

[@chuckcheesy6325]

I would trade Bazley or Muscala but that's about it. We have great young unicorns in Poku Chet and Dieng. Those 3 can start for OKC over the next couple years. I see Poku starting with Chet next year btw

[@christiandoneski7986]

@@chuckcheesy6325 i wouldn’t mind trading tre mann if we get siakam tbh. he puts us in the playoffs and we could even make a small run

[@blakecarroll8197]

Nows the time when the dynamic duo shows everyone why they’re on the same team

[@riroballs]

Facts! Shiddey will be a duo for years to come

[@slender289]

OKC has arrived the future starts now

[@riroballs]

💪

[@ianraguse6455]

It already feels like a party every game now.🎉

[@riroballs]

💪👌

[@timothygathings1531]

Love watching this team they are by far the most exciting.... period!!!!

[@riroballs]

💪

[@chuckcheesy6325]

ThunderUp baby. Can't wait for Chet to get on the court

[@riroballs]

ThunderUp!

[@FalseNi9e]

Such a bright future for this team, can't wait to see how they come full circle

[@riroballs]

💪💯

[@Vickypabz]

Solid breakdown man

[@riroballs]

Thanks mate 👌

[@eshsteywart]

also probably your best vid on the thunder bro. keep it up. THUNDER UP

[@riroballs]

Thanks a lot brother! Thunder Up! 👌

[@traingrey]

Would be interesting to see them trade for a power forward or center, ideally that person is Myles Turner but I really think a draymond green type of player could be better. In the draft I was hoping we’d get Jeremy sochan in the draft on top of our other players that we got, so I think Jarred Vanderbilt would be a great option that could be very possible to trade for as well. He’s able to pass very well this season, provides outstanding interior and exterior defense as well as phenomenal rebounding. I like the way the Jazz are playing him this season and I think that would fit our team.

[@riroballs]

Love Vanderbilt's fit with our team tbh. Would be interesting to see where we land in the draft though. A lot of Jdub type players out there

[@jophilmadrigal1147]

I cant wait for next season..no more tanking..

[@riroballs]

💪

[@arcticus4758]

You think the Thunder are tanking now?

[@razzo086]

We beat the nuggets now aswell, you must recorded this before the nuggets game

[@riroballs]

I actually recorded it after to include the adjusted stats. But yeah my bad but we beat the best team in the West too

[@Jpfire19]

ThunderUP! I love this team and I can easily see them being a play in team this year. Next year will be even better.

[@riroballs]

ThunderUp! 💪

[@brunok9673]

I like you vídeos to much !!! Thunder_uP

[@riroballs]

Thanks a lot man!! ThunderUp!

[@1337b3nnyvav00m]

What i love about watching them is that even their primary and secondary ball handlers are threats off ball. The ISO era spurred by Harden has led to many ISO scorers that lack the versatility to be positives on the court without the ball in their hand like Trae.

[@riroballs]

I definitely agree. OKC has some primary and secondary ball handlers with great positional size who can impact plays even without the ball

[@mcreighton1980]

In the next 3ish years the Thunder are going to be one of the best team in the Nba and hopefully win a championship.

[@riroballs]

🙏

[@Trebergg]

as a thunder fan this team is so exciting and deep but i feel were gonna have to shave off some of that depth considering the next 4-5 years we have like 10% of all the picks

[@riroballs]

We'll definitely see what happens soon. This next offseason should be crucial in terms of us being either buyers or sellers. But yeah our depth is crazy

[@jimmybooki4281]

As new rookies come along they grasp there chance they can be a starter or a nice rotational player from the get go like Giddy & J-Dub these last 2 seasons.The pecking order will chop & change they will trade some as better ones come along.But they going to have good rotational players as the 2nd five.

[@Mikey22LR]

Nice breakdown. Can't wait for Chet to join them.

[@riroballs]

Same here man. Chet is gonna be special. Thanks btw!

[@jophilmadrigal1147]

Maybe shai will become mvp someday

[@riroballs]

Shai already looks like an MVP right now brother. But yeah he should be one soon

[@timothygathings1531]

Peace !

[@riddlesugg4756]

THUNDER UP. GIDDEY UP!!!! YEEHAA!

[@riroballs]

ThunderUp mate!

[@eshsteywart]

i was on BR and there is rumors we trying to get mo bamba. i love them, but i feel Tre and baze are the odd ones out. seems like they dont really "FLOW" in our offense like everyone else. but i like baze because his defense is needed on the bigger players dort cant check. he should stick to playing in the offense like the corner 3s where hes usually camped, and stay away from those drives that he always tries to euro it. tre is a walking bucket but i noticed he struggled when shai is on the floor, hes more of a bucket getter. i lvoe them all so its so hard

[@riroballs]

I know man. Tre could be like a microwave guy for us off the bench. He's still gonna get a lot better. We didn't get to sign Baz to an extension so there's that but we never know really

[@justinperryman436]

Been tellin y’all

[@riroballs]

💪

[@jeezy730]

Masai is that you talking? Lol

[@duffal0]

How many titles y’all think we getting?

[@riroballs]

💯

[@duffal0]

@@riroballs that’s the right answer

[@shaft9000]

@5:00...wtf? There are at least 10 other shots more efficient than catch& shoot threes. If players can't score a jumper from 10' better than a three from 24" the game is wonky, imbalanced.

[@chuckcheesy6325]

Analytics always have three pointers and layups as better shots than midrange jumpers, at least in the modern NBA

[@christunnock2719]

Johan Cruyff Dutch soccer 70s total football

[@jophilmadrigal1147]

If only chet did not get injured they maybe in the playoffs this season.

[@riroballs]

We're still in the playoff race bro 💪

[@bertrandasumen878]

Okc should trade for center javel ma gee than ibaka because ma gee is a pure center with championship experience

[@chuckcheesy6325]

We need Ibaka more than McGee. He fits with the Thunder's positionless lineup I guess

[@riroballs]

We'll see what happens. Teams got great rotations right now though for sure

[@gian323]

Awesome rebuild happening. Could get into playoff contention very soon. Congrats to OKC fans y’all have a great team. This is definitely a new generation basketball team

[@riroballs]

Appreciate the props man! It has been a fun 2-year wait for us Thunder fans

[@jr6yancey]

They have all of this talent and an entire team of future draft picks

[@riroballs]

👌

[@ChurchofPirateology]

Considering the young age of the team they also have pretty decent depth as well

[@riroballs]

Facts!

[@bluefacebaby3192]

HE is HIM

[@riroballs]

💪

[@jimmybooki4281]

They getting a taste of play ins maybe even jag a 1st rounder in the finals.They got so much scope for improvement.Even Shai is still improving & has not leveled out yet.Giddeys mindset & the way he expresses himself & the team & Nails the post interview on court in a 1min or so grab what they did wrong & could've been better is all positive collectively win or lose.You only need all the young ones & mid age players improving a cple of % but collectively that makes a hell of a difference.

[@riroballs]

💪

[@TheAdseabo]

This team reminds me of tht young thunder team the year before they made the conference finals. Highly talented, highly capable, and highly underrated!

[@riroballs]

2009-2010 💪

[@JC4.80]

I still wish wembanyama but it won’t happen most likely.

[@riroballs]

We'll see what happens man. It's a long season and Presti will always have something up his sleeve

[@Slimped]

Love the vids! Keep up the good work. Thunder up!

[@riroballs]

Thanks man. Thunderup!

[@jonahpratt1113]

I think a vet from free agency is the move

[@riroballs]

Most likely man. But we never know with Presti