OKC Thunder 2023-24 Regular Season Discussion

[Clav]

Enjoy the game guys. Hope I'm wrong but I don't like our chances. Obviously gonna be pissed but still a GREAT season if we lose tonight. If there's one offseason you gotta be active for our team, this is the one.

Merci Dadouv! Et toi aussi mec~~

This is the game that we need to get hot from range. I want us to put pressure on Dallas to catch up for once rather than us rely on a comeback. Seems like a tough ask but I'm keeping my hopes up!


Before the game I'm doing a session bass recording so... I'll be in rhythm ! May the Thunder channel their own rhythm as well

[RingoKid]

Thunder up or go fishing...

LESHKAU OKC!!!

[Clav]

Big shot by Jalen at the end of the 1st. Seems like its going to be a really close game. Please continue the hot start, don't let up!

[Dadouv47]

losing too many chances to get a big lead...can't make those shots

[mr570]

Dort is shooting way too much for me to have faith in this offense.

[Dadouv47]

Chet with 3 fouls is a killer

[Dadouv47]

This should be a 25 pts lead but I will take it with such a strong end of that half. Rest was 100% on Shai though so hope our guys can play like they did late Q2

[Dadouv47]

Giddey need to stay on the bench...play Kenrich if needed

[Dadouv47]

We are going to lose this game and that's on us but Doncic should have been ejected

[Clav]

A great year overall, but not what the ultimate goal is. With improvements around the edges we have a change to compete long-term, and I hope we don't rue our chance. It was evident throughout the series vs Dallas that we were really close, but not quite there to get boards and some of our guys didn't play to their RS level.

Regardless, it was a thrilling season and one to remember as the true crossing of a threshold into another era of many wins ahead.

[Thabo Sefolosha]

Should have been a win

[Dadouv47]

I didn't expect Shai to play this well in a playoff series. He was incredible.

I think Coach D was struggling game 3 and 4 but made the right adjustments in game 5 and 6 so it's good to see that he can adapt even if he made rookie mistakes too.

Pressure was too big for guys like Wiggins, Cason and Joe.

[Big nick]

Yes Wiggins and Cason were scared to take the open shots. I told my wife sga would need to scorre 40 for us to win. What do I do now until October.

[Devilanche]

All in all a great season and that’s a good account of ourselves in our final game.

They will learn from this. And hopefully Presti too.

[RingoKid]

Fishing it is then...

[Clav]

Fishing it is then...

Let's catch a big one.

[Zagor]

This is all on Presti, maybe some on Mark also with silly decisions, but I blame Presti.

Kizz is right, with Olynk here, Thunder would be in Conference finals. You could paired him with Chet and also played him as center when Chet is off the floor. Very good rebounder, passer and solid shooter.
But Presti choose not to improve roster but take washed injured player.

He helped Mavs get Gafford and we got some 2029 pick. How that pick help us? Even if it's pick in range 3-10, that player would contribute in 2030.

Olynk, Gafford, Finney-Smith.....there were options that could have improved us.

I don't have faith that Presti will make right moves in the summer. He didn't make them in period 2012-2016, he didn't make them this deadline.

[RingoKid]

Getting 1st seed is all on Presti and Dags too.

Barring injuries, Thunder is one big rebouding vet away from true contention.

Olynyk definitely would have helped. More so than J-Will.

[Dadouv47]

We won't find a better coach than Coach D. He really adjusted pretty well even if it took too long.

Now it's all on Presti this offseason. He gotta make the right moves. It's not true that he didn't make moves in the 2012-2016...he did but most of them were terrible ones (Kanter/Singler/Waiters and some bad vets PGs). Gotta make a way better job this time.

I have mixed feelings about what happened at the trade deadline. I do think we could have added another player but at the same time I also think we had no shot at the title (I still think Denver is gonna win it easily but hey what do I know, maybe they will lose game 7 tonight) and it's a great experience for our guys to be the main players. JDub gotta learn a lot from this series, Chet too and we saw more of what have in guys like Wiggins...I overrated a guy like him unfortunately and to me he's not a priority anymore when it comes to keep players.

I think our defensive performance was underrated during those POs...if a guy like Irving says that was the most difficult playoff series in his career, there's a reason. On the other end, our team failed by not making a field goal during long stretches of games and it happened way too many times...a lot to learn.

I'm so pissed because I wanted a trip to the WCF but kudos to our FO, coach and players for an amazing season. Time to move on and now it's THE offseason Presti to pull off some real moves. The 2022 offseason was a game changer for our rebuild and this offseason gonna define the future of this rebuild...Shai got 3 more seasons left on his contract so u can't wait anymore.

[Mr Thunder Nick]

Very great season from our young Thunder team. Ok we are disappointed now, but nearly nobody saw us at this level before the season started. Nearly perfect the whole year with the exception of rebounding. Chet has in more minutes 3 rebounds against Lively with 15 rebounds. That's too much to win this game (and however it nearly happened). Dallas has 16 rebounds more then OKC. So Sam has to do something in this domain during the off-season. Trading for J.Allen from the Mavs would be amazing.

Go up Thunder for 24-25 season.