The Oklahoma City Thunder Are The NBA's Next SUPERTEAM

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[@mr.mister1850]

In Sam Presti, we trust

[@Stack405]

No Jdub in the thumbnail is absurd

[@jaebuudhatv8514]

Bro I was thinking the same thing dub is the second option

[@foxmoontp]

That's what i came here to say lol

[@kennybrooks8374]

Same

[@Bdx357]

Sam Presti, Danny Ainge.. top notch GMs

[@ImadogGarcia]

Agree with Presti, Ainge has nothing done with Utah yet

[@Bdx357]

@@ImadogGarcia right but check who he drafted in Boston..

[@ImadogGarcia]

@@Bdx357 don’t know if it was Ainge alone, trading Tatum for Fulz was genius. Boston fans where frustrated about his attitude to win every trade and leck of moves to improve a contender to a favorite. That part falls to Brad Stevens

[@jontnoneya3404]

It's crazy to see how quickly Presti turned this team around. After we lost Russ, it was full on rebuild mode and the fans here in OKC HATED IT. We had been so conditioned to top notch BBall that anything less was unacceptable to most. BUT I knew Presti was something special and was looking forward to see what he would do. It's been an amazing ride and he's definitely not done yet!! I can't wait till October to check out this new team. I'm so stoked and now my friends are all coming back into the fold and gearing up for what might be our first championship season!!

[@Rj20]

We have so many different ways our lineup can end up. SGA at the point either Caruso or Dort at the 2 Dort or Jdub at the 3 Jdub or Chet at the 4 Chet or IHart at the 5. 🤯🤯🤯

[@MJ-pk4gh]

I still say Presti should give Utah a package of picks they can't refuse for Lauri and call it a day.

[@Rj20]

Then we would lose one of our best defenders Dort

[@MJ-pk4gh]

@Rj20 Losing Dort? We could only be so lucky! He's never made a difference for us, and he never will.

[@tonythafinessegod4819]

I’m a Lakers fan, but I agree with you bro

[@G-Blockster]

It's a long season. Everyone seems to be assuming that OKC will start both Holmgren and Hartenstein together. I see that against some teams, but more often than not, I see them spelling one another. Likewise, I envision Caruso playing the Manu Ginobli role, a superior 6th Man to spell SGA and then return to help dominate the 4th Quarter of games. But he will likely start in the playoffs.

[@AD-oy8nm]

SGA 1, Caruso 2, Chet 3, J Dub 4, i Hart at the 5 will cook. You can thank me next June.

[@jamescinman1993]

​@@AD-oy8nm You're fuckin high lmao

[@bestmoments5877]

@@AD-oy8nmthe whole point of getting ihart was so dub didn’t have to hang with the 4’s

[@Rj20]

Our team is so much better we have so many ways are starting lineup can end up. SGA at pg either Caruso or Dort at sg Jdub or Dort at the 3 Chet at the 4 IHart at the 5 or Jdub 4 and Chet 5

[@artem_mma]

Thunder are on MUNCH CRUNCH TIME

[@raaapstaaar13]

This is not a super team yet. They only have 1 Superstar and a bunch of very talented role players. Lets GO OKC!!

[@jdwilmoth]

This kid they just drafted with The partially torn ACL will spend a season or two playing for the Oklahoma City Blue

[@kennybrooks8374]

Where is J Dub in the picture!!???

[@MunchCrunchTime]

tried to find a way to fit him but couldn't

[@kennybrooks8374]

@MunchCrunchTime gotcha. Great video by the way!

[@chadcousins7956]

Need to trade some draft picks for for Laurie out in Utah. Missed out on drafting Tennessee star and let the Lakers get their meet hooks on them. Not a fan of drafting a hurt point guard over the Tennessee star Dalton K. in a win now mode.

[@tmanx8]

just a heads up, Cason Wallace’s first name is pronounced: “Cay-Son” Other than that good video!

[@joeldriver-sp2rg]

Hartenstein and Caruso will both start moving Dort to the bench. I can't see any way that doesn't happen. I'll be interested to see how the dynamic of playing two 7 footers plays out because it dang sure works well for Minnesota and Dallas. It will dramatically change how we match up with both of those teams (and also Denver) and they're going to be who we have to beat to get to the finals.

[@cornellcuffey1894]

Dort is the primary wing defender, he won’t come off the bench.

[@hudsonmccormick]

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[@hudsonmccormick]

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[@dimitribrutus3719]

Us Thunder fans are eating

[@TheMORTsterTTV]

Time to cook

[@sanche215]

They havent eveb made the championship in their conference. A dynasty thou? Bro .

[@samroyans9258]

Is it an overpay, if it's worth it? I feel like that sentence cancels itself

[@lasooo7389]

It’s still an overpay IMO. His role is one of the more easily replicable but essential roles. The part that really cancels out the over pay is that it’s a 2 year deal with a team option at the same time that Chet, and JDUB have to sign their rookie extension. They needed a “big” contract in order to make a potential big move, and the money essentially has to be used, and it’s not like the Thunder were gonna land some big free agent that made any sense.

[@KBilliez]

@@lasooo7389it’s going to be the case all the time for OKC. They’ll probably always have to overpay to get a FA coming from contending teams out of big cities. It’s not an overpay at all if you consider he shores up the one weakness OKC had which was rebounding. OKC lost minutes to Dallas when Chet was off because they had no one else over 6’10 they could play with Lively and Gafford. This changes all of that pretty drastically. Not an overpay at all

[@edmolash3401]

Is this a headline from 2011?

[@tarico4436]

Somebody needs to say it: drafting all those ones and twos for the next four years means having to cut almost all of 'em. YOU HAVE TO BUNDLE AND TRADE THEM. NOW. GET TO IT PRESTI!

[@cornellcuffey1894]

Trade them for who? You have future stars on the roster , the key is to have a great supporting cast around them at all times… You keep the picks or use them to trade up in the draft… the guys you’re worried about cutting will go to the G league, whoever pans out will make the rotation while still being on a rookie contract. That’s how we build continuous depth while staying under the cap. SGA & JDub will be super max players

[@tarico4436]

@@cornellcuffey1894 Certainly this is no time to argue with the decisions of a great decider, Sam Presti. Or is it? Didn't three MVPs pass through this team with nary a ring to show for it? Maybe my suggestions, and people agreeing with them, and clicking thumbs up, will eventually lead to Presti getting this message. I will get the ball rolling by doing some clicking right now.

[@MJ-pk4gh]

I agree. It's time to trade a chunk of those picks for one more really good player and worry about the money when the time comes. I think Utah has a player that we could take a look at. 🤔

[@tarico4436]

@@MJ-pk4gh Four 1s for Lori? That would help both teams. Three 1s + Gordon Haywood + Cason Wallace for Lori? That would hurt OKC a little, but still doable.

[@CotaDaLamb]

What this shit backfires. Caruso man?😂😂 It's a steal dealing what we traded, but literally is Lu Dort just .8 with steals, and 2.0 better at passing. Hartstein over Claxton😂😂😂😂 this small ball shit finna get just killed again

[@Clarence-bx2dl]

That's one of our strengths... playing small. I hate it too but I c d advantages as well

[@gramos7479]

The next dynasty lol

[@lopezousn1]

yall still gonna get spanked by dallas......

[@G-Blockster]

Bless your heart, you're just too precious.

[@nae_tr1ps897]

How? Okc fixed the rebounding with hart and added more defense. Can’t help Dallas role players had the series of their life against the thunder. Where was that pj in the finals 🤷‍♂️

[@OKCmiko]

Washed Klay Thompson not moving the needle

[@-OAK-]

Dallas only beat the Thunder because the thunder had no experience, no size, and no rebounding, not only that but everyone but shai had the worst games of their careers while everyone but Luka had the best games of their careers, OKC fix their flaws so Dallas has no chance with OKC now.

[@Triads297]

PJ is trash at 3s but shot like steph curry vs us only. Too bad didn't work vs celtics

[@DunningKrugerJnr]

At some point Presti will be held accountable and expected to win the whole thing….when that happens, I’ll be interested if you glazers are still so positive 😂

[@mr.putiton5794]

Obviously sam has evolved over time, he's always drafted well but never really built the team the right way back then around his stars. He's a totally different man now and already has made the decision of which 3 out of the 4 players he'll keep. Giddey was the odd man out and everyone agrees he made the right decision to keep chet, dub, and shai. They are clearly the big 3 in okc and sam continues to build and add talent around those guys. He truly is going about things the right way and any nba team would kill to have a gm like him even your favorite team.

[@0dylan]

They will win

[@ctoaun23]

It's already been over 15 years and we're still glazing bro. Guy is a genius.

[@Btheimagebrand]

You look at that team and say it’s a super team Steven wonder would say you’re blind. What superteam do you see? Truly?