76ers are not a good team

@@mateuscarneiro3371yeah okay byo

@@mateuscarneiro3371How can you even say that, with Maxey, Paul George and Joel the only issue is if they can stay healthy. But they are a great team.

@@joshreid1006 be honest, they haven't even played together, how can they be a great team? All of these teams have to prove they improved. I don't think the Mavs improved due to losing key players in Derrick Jones, Jr. and Josh Green, only getting Klay Thompson in return, who isn't quite what he used to be.

@@fredomadeit4875 mavs are so bad lol

No Championship and he picked Giddy over Franz Wagner/Trey Murphy/Jalen Johnson/Johnathan Kuminga

@@KnowThyself47every single GM misses on a pick. You cant just look at one. And that’s not even a bust of a pick, Giddey is still a starter on a lot of teams

If OKC was a big market like LA or GSW, with a lot of money to spend and easy access to top players, they would have won at least once.

@@KnowThyself47hater

@@unkownknob The Hayward trade was a COMPLETE DISASTER and proves my point that Sam has Waaaaaay to many BOOTLICKS around him.... Tre Mann=MUCH BETTER THAN TOPIC...Davis Bertans=Could've helped against P.J.....Vasilije Micic=SAM DOESN'T KNOW TALENT.........IF SAM WOULD'VE HIRED ME OKC WOULD HAVE AT LEAST 2💍 BY NOW.....FAKE BASKETBALL GENIUS= SAM PRESTI

wit the depth of our bench that should really help keep everyone healthy. No excessive minutes going to be needed

Health is key for everyone, OKC players are not particularly injury prone

Thunder need to trade dort for Jonathan Isaac or Deni advija as both are better rebounder and are able to guard 1 to 5 because of their height Thunder will only be a championship team if they pull of a trade for Isaac or Deni to replace dort

Thunder need to trade dort for Jonathan Isaac or Deni advija as both are better rebounder and are able to guard 1 to 5 because of their height Thunder will only be a championship team if they pull of a trade for Isaac or Deni to replace dort

@@sanket518yeah great idea. Trade the guy that completely locked down Ingram and held Luka to 25 ppg in the playoffs

They gonna get Carusofied in the Dorture Chamber

I would not put OKC over Cs just yet

@@javigar133 okc split the series with Boston in the regular season, it’s really a toss up

Agreed

I like Isaiah Joe starting at SG at least in the regular season.

It'll be SGA, JDub, Dort, Caruso, Chet. Secondary will be Isiah Joe, Cason Wallace, Aaron Wiggins, Dieng/Williams/Williams, Hardenstein. The rotation won't be a clean first and second unit, it'll stagger and mix and match fluidly as we did all season last year.

The game is 48 minutes, Who cares Who starts? Alex Will be a huge piece this year

@@G-Blocksteridk man regular season yeah but I like him to come off the bench and hit some big threes to give momentum. I think not knowing who will start is a good problem to have tho

Only Mavs and OKC have a chance at making the finals next year I think

As a Mavs fan I agree. I had some heated conversations before our series with some Thunder fans. My point was that the Thunder lack PO experience and size/physicality. Thunder fans thought those points are not that important. Well, they were. Now BOTH problems got adressed and fixed... in a nearly perfect way. And the franchise didnt even have to give up one pick to get there... Caruso has Championship experience and is one of the 3 best 3&D perimeter roleplayers in the league. And I Hart is just perfect as a true big Center to provide Chet with the help he needs banging down low and securing rebounds. And he also has already proven in 2 PO runs that his impact is as good in the postseason. Only thing missing is Hartenstein shooting 3's like Lopez... but thank god he cant, cause that would be just unfair! 😋 Bearing big injuries 60+ wins is the minimum for me. If your team is the healthiest team in the league again (like last season), even 65 should be possible. Playoffs? Well lets wait and see. But right now I think (hope) we could get a OKC vs DAL rematch in the WCF, cause I think our teams are the 2 best in the west. Dallas just has to stay somewhat healthy (we were by far the most injured WC playoff team last season) and reach a top 3 seed first... 🤨

Denver fan ... and I have Thunder in the finals ... if they are healthy. Just too deep for a team like Denver now.

He’s definitely starting

I agree. I see Isaiah Joe starting at SG. Caruso will likely come off the bench for SGA in the 2nd Quarter and then play the 4th Quarter.

The bigger question is how you gonna stop the Suns Big 3 from scoring?

@@paulievespucci6867 did you not watch our games against them last year?

@@G-BlocksterJoe isn’t starting over Dort or Caruso. I think we start both Dort and Caruso and have Ihart come off the bench

They basically took presti from the spurs

Any player that goes to NY , and plays hard and plays well always gets picked up on huge contracts else where . That’s the bad side of being a large franchise and frequently televised , you get more recognition and attention , with that we lose a lot of our break out players who obviously want to chase the generational wealth . As they should

@@knicksknoggin I wish NY could have kept him, but I love him for OKC.

As long as they don't make another Harden Trade.

Yeah that’s what all organizations do, it didn’t work and they try to get better, it’s kind of of like a life motto.

@@jojocircus2314 not what I'm talking about but yes that is the goal

@@Caseycarlo nobody fumbled anything what happened, happened brother. Sometimes you get what mixes well, sometimes you don’t . Oklahoma City has never fumbled . Maybe made a bad play call but that city is the smartest organization arguably in all of professional sports not just the nba.

@@jojocircus2314 I'll give you the last part but the definitely fumbled the harden thing and we never went back to the finals you dont have a 3 overall pick playing off the bench say what you want but go back and look at it rebuilding since then just now back to that spot now and I think these moves put us passed that team

Those guys have big name value. Thunder should be in the finals next year if healthy. I'm a Denver fan but they've been getting weaker since they won the chip. Made no effort to build a strong bench after losing Brown and Green. Klay may not work out ... and Paul George is injury prone ....

Boston, New York? Sure... But I dont think Phili is on the same level. They just lack depth. They are the EC version of the Suns. 3 Max guys, 3-4 decent roleplayers and the rest of the roster will be scrubs... I see them on the same level as Cleveland, Orlando, or Milwaukee at best... if Embiid/PG can stay healthy

then how about Hartenstein plus Chet

Hartenstein on the big with Chet lurking is a great combo. Knicks just had too many injuries to get past the Pacers ...

@@randygraham926 yeah Chet roaming is going to be fun. I think Hartenstein as an “elite” defender is overrated. He’s a very good defender. I really am going to miss his offensive versatility the most.

It’s not a knock on Dort to have Caruso starting. Caruso is just a more well rounded and refined version of Dort and that’s mainly due to experience. Dort will get there but as of right now Caruso is the better player.

@@chancejanssen190 It's who finishes the game ... not who starts. I think Dort will remain as the starter just for continuity. Dort will probably get more minutes to save Alex from injuries, etc.

@@randygraham926 did you not read the original comment I was replying to or did you just feel like yapping about something I’m not even talking about?

If they don't pull a James Harden trade again, they should be ok.

They have 2 years now before the J-Dub and Chet Max extensions (we all agree both will get the Max, right?) kick in. Then this roster will be deep in the Lux Tax and also well over the 2nd apron. And Presti already said that they will not go over that 2nd line. Means in 2026 some changes need to be made. The great thing is they have so many picks, and Presti is (at least for me) the best GM if it comes to finding talent, that they should be able to find cheaper versions of some roleplayers. But 3 Max guys (one even Supermax) under the current rules is hard for any team, let alone a small market team like OKC... Ad the 26 mio of Hartenstein and its basically impossible to keep all the other roleplayers, who are not on a rookie contract, on the roster. Problem for my Mavs... we have basically the same window, just for other reasons. Kyrie/Klay getting old at that point and need new contracts, same as PJ and Gafford and on top Luka's Super-Super 60+ Mio contract will kick in in 2026 as well. So I am looking forward to some hard battles over the next 2 seasons with both teams being at the top of the West. After that? Its really hard to predict what will happen.

Caruso is a win now player -- that's all. Giddey may be great for the Bulls down the road.

He did that in all of the stats he used this video

Dont think he should start. Dort is the younger (and healthier) version of Caruso. I think Caruso should be the 6th man of the bench and lead the younger bench guys. And who starts isnt that important anyways... who closes games is. And I am sure Caruso will be in the closing lineup.

He can’t shoot 3’s. Dorts job is safe.

@@Fortune332 Caruso shoots a better percentage from 3 than Dort, although Dort attempts more of them.

@@Fortune332 You don't know what you're talking about ... Caruso is 41% from 3 ... Dort is 39%. 🤣Do some research -- it's not difficult. But I expect Dort to continue to start ... just for continuity. Alex will come off the bench.

@@randygraham926 Caruso shoots less 3’s than Dort. Dort is a bonafide 3 point threat. Caruso is a bailout 3 point shooter. He isn’t counted on to hit 3’s

Surprised the Knicks did that Bridges deal and let Hartenstein walk. We'll see how that works. The other Knicks moves have been brilliant since they signed Brunson.

It’s a give and take move, we didn’t have any wing defenders by Post Season. Bridges almost won DPOY a couple years ago. I Hart is great but also did get torched by Embiid in the 1st Round even with 1 Leg. We need another big, Mitch has proven not to be available for 60+ games a year and Post Season Run.

He only had this "unwillingness" while playing for Thibs. How is it not obvious he wasn't allowed to do anything? On every other team, he did much more and had much higher advanced stats. It makes no sense to blame him for something the coaches did wrong, and it will show if OKC lets him play his game more.

You talking about the Year he played with the clippers where he shot .4 3’s a game with a 46% make and averaged 5 Rebounds a game? Thats when he did more? It’s clear you didn’t watch the Knicks, advanced stats are great when you have no context to them. Mans played 25 min average and had more rebounds, tied his career high assists average and shot 64% from the Field. Not to mention once he started Knicks were better offensively and defensively. No other team could say they did better with I hart on the court which is why they let him walk

@@LordAnt611 I watched every single Hartenstein game, including every single Knicks game watching RJ and Randle taking turns in bad iso after bad iso, which was the worst experience of my whole life, and I'm not even joking. Your take about other teams not being able to say Hartenstein made them better is as infuriating as it is stupid (no offense, I like you, but it's just stupid for real). You can watch the net rating or any stat, and it shows that he made literally every team better, including the Denver Nuggets. He literally made the Nuggets better with him than playing FUCKING JOKIC (for some reason KZfaq doesn't let me show links, I was trying to send links to his net rating and other stuff). You can also ask any fan if they would like Hartenstein back on their team, and literally no one would think twice. Every single franchise realized their mistake of letting him go eventually. And don't get me started on the stats because I could go on for hours. So I will just point out the most basic stuff for you to understand: As a Clipper, not only did he lead the NBA in 3P% for anyone with 30 or more attempts (which means he should shoot more, but they didn't let him do it in New York), but he also had a PER of 22, an AST% of 20.5, a BLK% of 5.4, a TS% of .664, and pretty much every advanced stat higher than as a Knick, because there his USG% was 18.4, which was much higher, so he was able to do more. As a Knick, he had a PER of 16.7, an AST% of 11.1 (damn, this was criminal), a BLK% of 4.0, a TS% of .623, and an USG% of 11.6 (one of the lowest in the whole league). Also, as a Cav, pretty much every stat was higher too. I know you are just a Knicks fan who doesn't know anything about Hartenstein and hears constantly the narrative of Thibs improving players, but he treated Hartenstein like he was Mitch and didn't let him do anything. That's why, even when he was still arguably the best Knicks player in terms of impact, the coaches didn't let him do anything and reduced his impact drastically. It wasn't him being unwilling to shoot; it was the role he was FORCED into, and he is telling us that in the new OKC interviews from today. And that's why the Knicks, just like the Clippers or Cavs, will miss out on winning the championships OKC will win, just because they were stupid and didn't let Hartenstein do his thing.

It will be situational. Hartenstein will mainly backup Chet .... but Chet can play the 4 when facing certain centers in the league.

If you’re talking about Caruso I’m not sure how that would hurt them at all? He’s drastically better than Giddey at everything on the court besides passing. If you’re talking about Hartenstein he was a free agent signing and I don’t see how he hurts them either. He’s literally exactly what they needed against the Mavs and what they would need against other post heavy teams.

@@chancejanssen190 we will see

Jaylin Williams the big man

they dont...

Yes yes yes, especially in case chet or Isaiah get injured. But we need a backup 7 footer that can DEFEND and shoot 3's. If you dont want your big man playing getting exhausted trying to get back to defend fast break situations, he needs to be able to hang at the 3 point line on offense. The Love for small ball will fade (is fading already) because taller is ALWAYS better as long as all other things like mobility are equal. Small ball beats slow lumbering big men all day every day. But a quick agile big that can shoot 3's is PRICELESS.

Chet has been training with KD a lot. I'm curious if he is going to try and model more of his offensive game after him. That would make him more of a 4 or small ball 5 as he develops.

Why should they run 5 out with both? You do know that 5 out isnt the only offensive system that can work, right?

@@Smido83but that’s what they ran last year 5-out spread pick and rolls

@@Smido83they LOVE to run that

@@dboii9741 Cause they had no elite rim runner and screen setter. Now they have. Now they can run some classic P&R, dribble handoffs and of course still run 5-out. Hartenstein will not play 48 minutes... you know?

Don’t worry Chet is there to do the work

lol it doesn’t work that way if your a good rebounder you don’t regress in rebounding like scoring

@@bmillersince92 It does work like that. Look at Love’s rebounding numbers before cleveland and after

@@deezosaintloyal he took less of a role lol he wasn’t getting the same amount of minutes and he was hampered by knee injuries he lost his spring

@@bmillersince92if they wanna play 5 out then, yes, it does. IHart won’t be at the rim the get OREBs dawg

Rules were different too.

through* (not threw)

@@rodprops edited appreciate it 🫡

I have been absolutely dismayed by the Nuggets losing key pieces. I want to believe in the young guys they're bringing in, but they won a chip! They are in Joker's prime right now.

Any western teams loaded up to beat the Nuggets are welcome.

I said it 2 years ago, and even more last summer. The Porter Max is killing you! A small market team can not work over the 2nd apron. Your team shouldve tryed to break that contract up into at least 2 solid roleplayers last summer. Not sure they can do it now... But with his money on the roster, the Nuggets just have no chance to get a decent bench. My idea was Bogdanovic/Burks vs Porter to Detroit last summer. Bogdanovic could replace Porters role as a starter and high volume 3P shooter 1on1 and Burks wouldve been a good bench piece as well. He isnt Bruce Brown, but he is a solid 3&D guy who can also somewhat create for others. Now? I dont see a move like that...

@Smido83 that works offensively, sure, but despite his terrible reputation as a defender, MPJ is extremely important for our scheme. His height and length are necessary to allow Jokic to play at the level of the screen, where he's at his best. Him and AG need to fly in the background to be effective. And offensively, even when his shot isn't falling, teams can't just risk him being open, we saw him miss every shot vs. the wolves, and they STILL had Mcdaniels drapped all over him. Being a small market that HAS to overpay market value to keep our role players sucks, but that's a reality that will always happen given how Jokic elevates teamates - inflating their value

@@michaelbietsch2864 Bogdanovic has a bad reputation as a defender, but as long as he doesnt have to be the POA defender, is is pretty decent. That being said, of course he is a bit smaller. On the other hand Burks can be a PoA defender off the bench, so overall the roster wouldnt loose much on offense and defense... BUT had they made the trade, KCP would still be on the roster right now... thats the point! Is MPJ alone worth as much as KCP+Bogdanovic+Burks? MPJ earns 36 mio Bogdanovic 19, KCP just signed for 21 in the 1st year and Burks just signed a vet min deal. Means a slight overpay and he mightve stayed as well (10/2 2nd year player option). So 45 Mio for 3 wings or 36 mio for one... btw the team would still be under the 2nd Tax Apron... Specially as a small market team you have to find the right moments to bank in on your assets. Denver did a great job getting Gordon and KCP for pennys on the Dollar. They missed the right moment with Porter when his value was at the peak.

They didn’t trade him, he left in free agency.

They made the silly Bridges trade ... and Knicks couldn't pay Hartenstein enough.

Ousmane Dieng breakout year incoming

I wouldn't want Kuzma on my YMCA team.... 🤣

Sengun a cupcake come playoff time. Lively doesn’t fit okc system. Giddey is gonna break a lot of stadistical records but never win.

@@vicentiklo LMAO. Sengun is going to be an all star. Lively was a huge part of why Dallas beat us. Do you know anything about basketball whatsoever??

@@joeldriver-sp2rg you can be an all star during regular season and never win a chip. Lively makes sense with dallas style of play but not okcs.

Sengun plays absolutely zero defense. Hartenstein is a better fit, even if hes not a better player. We got Wallace for Lively, who is also really good

@@OliverWhale Dude are you serious? Sengun averaged 21/9/5 last year and will be an all star at some point. What are you talking about defense for?? LMAO There are very few players capable of those type of numbers so even if his defense is subpar clearly he would be a massive net positive game in and game out. Also, have you ever heard of player development and guys improving on defense? That's what coaching is for. Also if you put Lively on OKC last year they might very well have won it all and they most certainly would have gotten past Dallas. Lively is a big part of why they beat us. I'm glad they got Hart but let's not act as if Presti didn't screw up by giving away two guys that clearly he should have kept in the first place.

1st Gafford will not start next season. Lively will take over the starting C spot in Dallas. 2nd Dont underestimate I Harts mobility. Specially with Chet playing "free savety" as a help defender. OKC will be a real problem. on offense and defense. 3rd Thibs didnt even understand how good Hartenstein is, hence why he wasnt the starter to begin the season. Only after the Robinson injury he got it. And Hartenstein was still not used to the best of his abilities on offense. Cause Thibs is a great defensive coach and can motivate players extremely well. But offense really isnt his strengh.

Not yet ;)

Jokic 6 post ups per game: freq 26%, 60.5% FG% Embiid 5.8 post ups per game: freq 19%, 56.5% FG% The difference was even bigger in 2022/23...

Jokic is a better post scorer than Embiid ... look at the stats, babycakes. What is wrong with people? 😂 It's like their brain is locked up....

lol... the Thunder were by far the healthiest team in the League last season. How much more injury luck do they need? The OKC starting 5 played 63 games together... name any other PO team with a starting 5 over 60 games. As a comparison: Minnesota 44 games, Boston 37, Indiana 25, Dallas 16 (after the trade) + 10 (before)... just to name the 4 conference finals teams. Want more? Denver 48, New York 10 (after the OG trade) + 12 and 14 before, Cleveland 28... so no other teams starting 5, that reached the 2nd round, even got to 50 games together. If anything, get ready for LESS injury luck. Cause that wasnt normal!

@@Smido83this is such a stupid argument because you need luck to be able to win games that obvious also those teams have clear injury prone players on them how about they don’t build their team around players who get injured a lot

@@Wrestle_Kingdom Did you read the og comment? The Thunder had already the most luck out of all teams. And he said "IF SGA plays more games..." But ok... IF every Dallas rotation player had played 80 games Dallas wouldve won 60 games... great comment right? Makes complete sense! Look at the Kings. They were the healthiest team in 2022/23... reached the 3rd seed. This season they had normal injury problems... missed the playoffs. And none of their rotation guys is known as injury prone as well! So yeah, OKC was extremely lucky last season if it comes to injuries. And the OG comment talks about even more luck...

@@Smido83 i understand the original comment and my argument is that injury luck applies for everyone so it stupid to criticize a team for having it because typically if your team is more healthy you win more games it that simple so his argument still stands if shai didn’t get hurt they probably win 60 games and if others team were healthy they probably win. Also the kings was the only example that still didn’t disprove my argument of the teams you named have injury prone players so I can’t criticize okc because they don’t get injured when teams like Dallas have guys kyrie on their team

I said JDub!

​@@HoopVenueDort is the 4th solidified starter. He has started since the later part of his rookie season and is an elite 3 pt shooter as well as an elite defender. So SGA, JDub, Dort, Chet and then either Caruso or Ihart based on what our head coach wants to prioritize. I think it'll be Ihart based on how lethal the Chet and Ihart combo will be on D and the offense will get worked out through the season.

They couldnt. They offered him all the money they could. The OKC offer was just on a completely different level. Nothing they could do about it!

@@Smido83 they signed Bridges instead of I-Hart 👎👎🤷‍♂

@@rodpropsNo they didnt... are you stupid? NY could never offer him more then 78/4... not before the Bridges trade, not after.

Luka won’t beat the thunder this season

Lmao Kyrie Luka and Klay all trying to be on ball defenders?!? Too easy 😂

bros account is dedicated to another man 😆get his d out ya mouth

Agreed. I love what Dallas did this off-season. Thunder fans, it ain't enough....lol

@@tyronerhodes6878thunder did more than dallas lol

You act like it’s your money!! Also it’s really not overpaying, he’s 25 years old Claxton got 4 years 100 million, this is 60 million for 2 years with a team option to get off the contract if he doesn’t work out, they can clear him off the books and sign Chet and dub, this is okcs all in for 2 years, while still having the young players develop into potentially superstars

Not if you’re the thunder, they have this amount of cap space that needs to be spent or else it’ll go away in a few years

All of our players are young and cheap until Jdub and Chet need rookie extensions. So they kind of matched Ihart to that schedule.

Yes, but that is what the doctor ordered

They didn’t play the nuggets goofy🤡

They were but I think Denver wasn’t fully healthy for like 2 games…correct me if I’m wrong

Good job beat the cocky Nuggets like the T-wolves in the playoffs. Enjoy game 7 Nuggets meltdown.

The Caruso signing would’ve been the best signing of our offseason, but adding Hartenstein is the best free agent signing we’ve ever had.

You forgot knicks

Thunder need to trade dort for Jonathan Isaac or Deni advija as both are better rebounder and are able to guard 1 to 5 because of their height Thunder will only be a championship team if they pull of a trade for Isaac or Deni to replace dort

Klays washed Mavs got worse

I'm so ready for next years playoffs and its barely July 😂