TIMELINE of the OKC Thunder and the Craziest NBA Rebuild | Josh Giddey and Chet Holmgren (NBA news)

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The Oklahoma City Thunder have engineered one of the most interesting rebuilds in NBA history. With a stockpile of draft assets which he acquired dating back to a few seasons ago after trading Russell Westbrook and Paul George, OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti has created a rebuild that has seen the franchise acquire star player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, playmaking wizard Josh Giddey, and most recently, 7 foot unicorn Chet Holmgren. The Thunder have also uncovered gems as part of their young core such as Lu Dort, Aleksej Pokusevski, Darius Bazley, Tre Mann, and just recently, Jalen Williams, Ousmane Dieng and Jaylin Williams. Currently, the OKC Thunder are still in the midst of a rebuild with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looking like their franchise star. Josh Giddey made the All-NBA rookie 2nd team after a stellar season wherein Giddey recorded the 3 youngest triple-doubles in NBA history. And even with Chet Homgren out for the season because of a lisfranc injury, Holmgren still remains one of the most talented prospects from the 2022 draft class.
Sam Presti and the OKC Thunder still own an unprecedented amount of draft assets, which can only be paralleled by the Utah Jazz draft picks. However, the advantage that OKC’s rebuild have is that they already have a lot of young pieces to build around in the team. But will the Thunder tank again this 2022-2023 NBA season in order to draft a generational star like Victor Wembanyama? Or will Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finally emerge as an NBA all-star, while Josh Giddey continues to improve? Will Tre Mann emerge as OKC’s much needed second scorer and can Jalen Williams be the hidden steal of the draft? In this video, we’ll look into the Oklahoma City Thunder and their crazy rebuild. The OKC Thunder have traded Derrick Favors, Ty Jerome, Theo Maledon, Moe Harkless and a 2025 second round pick to the Atlanta Hawks to the Houston Rockets for David Nwaba, Sterling Brown, Trey Burke and Marquese Chriss.
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[@riroballs]

Can the OKC Thunder realistically land another top-2 pick in next year’s draft?

[@Vickypabz]

Shai already said it. He expects the team to be competitive sooner than later. Okc wont need Wembanyama. They have Chet and Giddey

[@user-di5re8fd5o]

@@Vickypabz Im sure Presti needs another piece 🧩

[@charlescohen6140]

If Victor andScoot go one, two, I will gleefully take Cam Whitmore if we get three. He is an ultra-alpha with skills and a touch.

[@ryanb7186]

@@Vickypabz Chet has never played an NBA game and may not ever get back to 100% with his foot. OKC still has a long way to go to be a good team.

[@riroballs]

💪

[@stephenamorte91]

Being 28-29 with missing pieces this season, I can't help but be grateful for Mr. Sam Presti.

[@riroballs]

🔥💪🙏

[@Oshakara]

While the Thunder absolutely shut SGA down in the 21-22 seasons, there was a real injury in 20-21 season that prompted keeping him out. He didn’t play for team Canada that summer either. Great video!

[@riroballs]

True. Glad SGA is healthy now. Hope he keeps hooping out there. Thanks man

[@chuckcheesy6325]

Let Presti work his magic and get Wembanyama next NBA draft. OKC will be unstoppable

[@riroballs]

We’ll see

[@mustbemeech]

Lol I hope they get him

[@savagegames5611]

Okc also has chet so that means that they will be the tallest team in the NBA

[@TuNnL]

​@@savagegames5611that's exactly why OKC does NOT need Victor Wembanyama. They will draft him if they get the chance, but pretty sure they are not worried about it. 🤷

[@Themegatrolll]

they already have two really tall skilled bigs in aleksej and chet so hopefully not lol

[@TymeforceJojo]

SGA, my fav player rn. presti must have seen his potential. once he traded our last superstar for a 2nd year player, he knew he would bring him to our broken okc roster and let him flap his wings. superstar in the making, and once the teams on the same wave okc will be back in the finals

[@riroballs]

💪

[@spawnneverland5334]

Great vid! I jumped on the okc wagon last year, as giddey is my fav player to watch (being a magic Johnson fan) and super nice to see some okc history in this video. Thanks

[@riroballs]

Thanks a lot man! 🙏

[@jahcode6132]

I think the most underrated part of this whole saga was the unreal season Chris Paul had for OKC. We all thought his career was just gonna die here and he instead finished top 5 in MVP voting and almost lead OKC to a first-round upset against the Rockets. They got so many picks out of that season he had as well.

[@riroballs]

Definitely man. Would've loved to see an extended run from CP3 and Shai but I guess it turned out good after all

[@Allpro1414]

Amazing video Riro THUNDER UP BABYYYY

[@riroballs]

Thanks man. Thunder Up!

[@billypabalan7897]

Very good analysis

[@riroballs]

🙏

[@desplode8035]

Love these vids BTW.

[@riroballs]

Thanks a lot man!

[@gabrielplattes6253]

Presti, straight-up genius... 😄

[@riroballs]

👌

[@KnowThyself47]

I wouldn't haven't gave a three 1st round picks for Ousmane Dieng in a loaded Draft and I certainly wouldn't have picked Ousmane Dieng over Nikola Jovic Maybe if Sam Presti get a man like me around him that's not going to kiss his ass and call him a Genius when clearly he's not then Okc can stop making moves that doesn't make sense

[@gabrielplattes6253]

​@@KnowThyself47 Shouldn't you be loading turnips onto a cart? 😄

[@gabrielplattes6253]

@@KnowThyself47 'A man like me...' 😂😂😂

[@noodleman5359]

How did you forget Vasilije Micic?

[@riroballs]

I mean Micic never really wore the Thunder jersey. Though I really wish he did!

[@JC4.80]

This is going to be sick

[@riroballs]

💪⚡️

[@JC4.80]

@@riroballs I watched it. Great timeline. Sums it up greatly. I did notice tho that the 2021 first round pick that was put in the Chris Paul/Westbrook trade was a typo. I believe it was a 2023 pick protected?

[@riroballs]

Thanks a lot man. Imma double check but probably a typo. Thanks for noticing btw

[@mladensimic3210]

Do you think Poku will start this season or off the bench? And do you think he should be starting?

[@riroballs]

I don’t think Poku would be starting just cause we have Baze as the 4 and Dort at the 3. But I just think Poku could be OKC’s long-term starting forward

[@slender289]

@@riroballs its either Poku or Dieng as OKC's long term SF but if Chet grow his body and add more mass to be able to withstand or handle being the Center then Poku would slide in the PF position. That is if Bazley still have a mediocre to lackluster season again this year but if Darius improves and pops off how SGA & Dort's growth but also developement then Poku will just be a key rotational piece or role player

[@riroballs]

I agree man. I'm really sold on either Poku and Dieng's long term ceiling

[@dsbeats5657]

I think the thunder and Rockets will be some of the best teams in the coming years

[@riroballs]

💪

[@Thundervolt240]

Can't say the same for houston

[@user-di5re8fd5o]

What are the chances of Okc being 1st in the draft? Do you guys think they will be a force in 1/2 years?

[@Vickypabz]

I’d say they make the playoffs in 2023-2024

[@ryanb7186]

14%, at best.

[@Shortballa11]

14%. They will be one of the 3 worst teams in the league

[@TheKeithnelson]

​@@Shortballa11 that hasn't aged well

[@Shortballa11]

@@TheKeithnelson I can admit when I am wrong. Gotta give them young guys a lot of credit, everyone of them has developed this year and they still can get a top pick. Assuming health the Pelicans, Grizzlies, and Thunder will be ruling the league for the next decade.

[@Alilmis0]

They will need a #1 guy in this years draft as I think this will be the last losing season as sga seems a lil impatient. Imo Giddey can’t be your 3rd best player and sga is #2 at best. They will need one of their rookies to blossom or young guys like poku

[@riroballs]

We definitely have to expect one of the young guys such as Poku Jdub or Tre Mann to blossom. Giddey’s ceiling is yet to be seen as well. But I still believe SGA can develop into a real number one long-term option. The stats and the eye test says so

[@Alilmis0]

@@riroballs yea hopefully sga does but idk

[@danielbeesley1326]

“SGA is #2 at best” well, this aged poorly.

[@ClydeW893]

free shai

[@chuckcheesy6325]

what do you mean? Shai understands that they need to play the long game and he doesn't want to leave OKC. He is the face of the team

[@jophilmadrigal1147]

if presti did not let go sengun. Trade poku instead of sengun

[@riroballs]

But Poku's been playing really well man

[@nickj8521]

cant really say there process worked... they didn't do great drafting after all those trades. they were fortunate SGA is good

[@leoncolvin3297]

Your comment didn’t age well, you clearly don’t know about basketball or basketball players who actually play real bball, keep quiet n keep watchin

[@budgetcardbreaks]

I hope to hof shai gets traded to a team where he csn really show off his skikl hes a top 3 pkayer in the nba...no questions asked. His team is no hekp and holmgrem wont chsmge shit

[@vatican2397]

A dream :) Draft - Wembanyama Mavs let Doncic free - trade (picks? etc.) /don’t ask me how/ … which becomes a reason for Micic to come over to the OKC (He can be a 2nd unite leader ;) like a veteran rookie, euroL mvp and stuff) Hah… a dream, as I wrote at the top 🎉

[@riroballs]

Lowkey want Micic to play for OKC finally

[@shaneweston2377]

I don’t understand the praise of okc and presti, they haven’t achieved anything

[@ares1030]

lol u a goofy

[@shaneweston2377]

@@ares1030 just speaking facts little boy

[@matiurowe4977]

do you understand the point of a rebuild

[@Vickypabz]

Apparently a rebuild takes time and it seems like you don’t understand the amount of talent that OKC have in the roster right now

[@Shortballa11]

U lack vision.

[@alphonsoeubanks1728]

I'm sorry, but OKC were NOT contenders after KD left, and Russ was at the helm, but I admittedly love what Presti is doing

[@Matthew-cc4xt]

Can we just get rid of the Thunder please?

[@Vickypabz]

Say what?

[@jimmybooki4281]

Can you just watch something else.Easier.

[@x76shotz-]

bro wants the super sonics to come back 💀

[@Matthew-cc4xt]

@@x76shotz- I'm not a Sonics fan so I don't really care about that team, but I do think those down in OKC are POS for ripping out the team and celebrating it. But I get it. It's just hella easy to middle finger everyone you screw over and laugh if they have any problem with it. Get help. Fix your life.

[@Matthew-cc4xt]

@@jimmybooki4281 Thunder rip the team out of Seattle and middle finger millions of people and the answer is "just accept it". what a brilliant take. Maybe your actions have consequences and you have to live with people finding you disgusting now. Sorry, that's life. You can't just screw people and then blame them for noticing or pointing it out.