Thunder season ticket holder since last year and man it’s gonna be fun to watch Caruso add to the pace with steals and dunks! I’m so excited after the draft and these deals!
Sam Presti is playing chess. This man stole Harkenstein from my Knicks. He loaded on draft picks and made some great trades. He also created a ton of Cap flexibility to make a ton of moves
My favorite part of tis offseason was the fact that we told Wiggins and Joe to wait until we signed Hartenstein before we gave them extensions. Given our first rebuild led to us having to trade James Harden due to a reluctance to be a luxury tax team, knowing that we intentionally went over the cap this offseason is very reassuring.
Nothing's official till the sixth and this is pretty straightforward so it doesn't matter much. The real magic will be if we renounce certain cap holds to structure Harts deal
You guys have some really interesting lineups. Lol none of you want to admit that Hart will be a backup center for chet. anddd.. jwill starting?? i'm guessing you mean jdub
They really have a stacked team in OKC. PG: SGA (MVP caliber) SG: Dort SF: J-Dub PF: Chet C: I-Hart Bench: Caruso, Cason, Joe, Wiggins, Jaylin. Also having the top 3 prospects in this year's Draft in Topic which is only 18 years old. And will take the season to soak everything in like Chet did.
@@junyupeterng15he is 20 years old. This is his third year and last year he can be a 2way. He’s put on weight, but it’s his confidence that matters. When his confidence is high, he’s a knockdown shooter and could possibly start at the 4 in a year or two. When it’s low, he’s not gonna be getting minutes on a contending roster. He just needs to stay confident, and he could be a starter for the Thunder. With the injury to Sarr, I don’t see him being on the Thunder for much longer. The team just got too good too quick for Ous/Sarr, but Ous could still become someone the Thunder keeps long term.
I dont think Lauri is the move, only because of what the Jazz are asking for. I think Lauri benefited a lot from being on a bad team. I would love Lauri, but if it costs Wiggins, Joe, AND multiple picks, then there's no way. Jazz will get a package for him, and they are gonna feel like gods and look like them too when everything is all said and done. The jazz are killing their rebuild...
We definitely won’t go for Lauri now that we got Hartenstein. We signed Joe and Wiggins to long deals because we want them as big contributors for the foreseeable future. All the Thunder are missing is a Point that can run the pick and roll of the bench and be a playmaker and hopefully Topic can be that when he is healthy next year.
As a Thunder fan that has a fucking problem to the point that I bought a brand new truck because I liked the Thunder blue that it looked like. I have no idea what the starting lineup is gonna be! 😂
You can call me greedy and we would obviously become the most hated team in the league......but I think it would be very irresponsible not to go ahead and do what it takes to get Lauri. Seriously, Presti has the assets to do it, and what team could actually offer more? We could become unstoppable and still have some picks left in the future. Do it Sam and you'll officially be a God!
Trading Giddey for Caruso is a colossal blunder and I really don't get how anybody thinks that's a good trade for the Thunder. You're getting rid of a guy who 2 years ago averaged 17/6/8 in only 21 minutes per game. In Harden's last season he averaged 17/4/4 in 31 minutes. This shows you the potential of what Giddey can do and now we have a guy in Caruso who averages less than 7 points and he's 30. Giddey is only 21 and has tons of time to improve. That being said I like Hartenstein but I would rather have kept Sengun or Lively.
Averages aren’t everything. Giddey cannot shoot and cannot contribute to this team in the playoffs. Caruso will fit way better be a way better shooter and can defend anyone
Giddey is great but he obviously didn't fit and with the new CBA u can't give everyone the max giddey is due for a big payday next season u rather pay him than chet and dub? Absolutely not
Fans constantly show that they don’t know anything and need to stop speaking on things they don’t know because everything you said was stupid and makes no sense
@@Wrestle_Kingdom. Giddy only averaged those numbers when sga and or jdub didn't play. He was good when he ran the team. But he needed to put those numbers up while the 2 best players were on the court. Chet probably took some of his looks away. But he had to fit in. He just couldn't find it. He'll put those numbers up for the bulls tho. Plus Caruso is a far better defender than Giddy. I believe against the pelicans series and the mavs series they were hunting Giddy. They won't be able to do that with Caruso!
Whaaat 😵💫 bro the thunder have no weaknesses now. We were a 57 win team we literally fixed everything people said we were missing and it's still not good enough? Cmon now thunder lookin elite
@@jaebuudhatv8514 it's not gone work. We finna be saying Caruso ain't showing up. Still not better than Celtics, still not better than Nuggets, still not better than Mavs. If Shai leading in all categories against the Mavs, shows there's a problem with the team. We literally was bad from 3pt and sub par with rebounding. WTH Caruso gone change in rebounding and 3pt percentage. Shai lead ever stat for my team against Mavs and we got 4-2'd Caruso ain't changing nun if he can't do shh for the bulls
@@everetthaddock1140 kcp ain't the reason LA got swept. Murray will be an all-star this year.. how we better than the Mavs when Shai lead in all stats for the team during the series and we lost 4-2. We not better than the team that beat every team in the western top 5?. Caruso is the same as he was with LA just had more of a green light. 10ppg 3 reb, 3 Ast. 6'5 30 yr old is not good enough that's not a star player that's a role player on a good team. But he was a role player on a bad team who started most of the games he player. Shooting guard who not scoring over 15 at 30 but he white mamba. Man Kobe would never
@@CotaDaLamb kcp is gone and klay is 34 with a streaky jumper zero defense from that big 3 and with the new CBA in place most teams can't go up and beyond anymore your also talkn about a season were OKC wasn't even supposed to be this good like wym😂 youngest team ever to get out the first round wat u expect bro. Be a lil optimistic better yet what other move could we have made ?
Thunder season ticket holder since last year and man it’s gonna be fun to watch Caruso add to the pace with steals and dunks! I’m so excited after the draft and these deals!
Same. Started last season. I’m so ready for next season!
Sam Presti should be MVP 💯
You’re in for a great seasonn
@@jackiswack1 I’m itching for the schedule to drop not gonna lie!
Started last season. Couldn’t have better timing!
"two stars in their roles" exactly!...Subbed!
Sam Presti is playing chess. This man stole Harkenstein from my Knicks. He loaded on draft picks and made some great trades. He also created a ton of Cap flexibility to make a ton of moves
You speak very well. Keep making videos! Your channel will take off!
My favorite part of tis offseason was the fact that we told Wiggins and Joe to wait until we signed Hartenstein before we gave them extensions. Given our first rebuild led to us having to trade James Harden due to a reluctance to be a luxury tax team, knowing that we intentionally went over the cap this offseason is very reassuring.
Nothing's official till the sixth and this is pretty straightforward so it doesn't matter much.
The real magic will be if we renounce certain cap holds to structure Harts deal
I think dort still starts. Sga, dort, jwill, chet, hardenstine. Start in 5. Carruso will be 6 man.
Spot on
I agree
I'm hoping that Wallace challenges Dort for the starting spot. Wallace is a very good defender and has a significantly higher offensive ceiling.
You guys have some really interesting lineups. Lol none of you want to admit that Hart will be a backup center for chet. anddd.. jwill starting?? i'm guessing you mean jdub
I think itll be match up and fatigue dependent. Theyll start whatever works best after Jdub/sga/chet
They really have a stacked team in OKC.
PG: SGA (MVP caliber)
SG: Dort
SF: J-Dub
PF: Chet
C: I-Hart
Bench: Caruso, Cason, Joe, Wiggins, Jaylin.
Also having the top 3 prospects in this year's Draft in Topic which is only 18 years old. And will take the season to soak everything in like Chet did.
The x-factor could be Osmane Dieng. It would be huge if he can even give them 15 quality minutes a game.
@@allanheei am confused with ousmane’s and olivier sarr’s role. Are they, for the most part going to be in the g league games?
Yea can't forget the thunder g league team won the championship
And Dieng was MVP
@@junyupeterng15he is 20 years old. This is his third year and last year he can be a 2way. He’s put on weight, but it’s his confidence that matters.
When his confidence is high, he’s a knockdown shooter and could possibly start at the 4 in a year or two. When it’s low, he’s not gonna be getting minutes on a contending roster.
He just needs to stay confident, and he could be a starter for the Thunder.
With the injury to Sarr, I don’t see him being on the Thunder for much longer. The team just got too good too quick for Ous/Sarr, but Ous could still become someone the Thunder keeps long term.
And they still have a historical amount of first round picks. Plus owning the clippers future.
Sam presti drastically improved his roster with Caruso and Hartenstein without giving up any draft picks!
no picks is wild
I dont think Lauri is the move, only because of what the Jazz are asking for. I think Lauri benefited a lot from being on a bad team. I would love Lauri, but if it costs Wiggins, Joe, AND multiple picks, then there's no way. Jazz will get a package for him, and they are gonna feel like gods and look like them too when everything is all said and done. The jazz are killing their rebuild...
We definitely won’t go for Lauri now that we got Hartenstein. We signed Joe and Wiggins to long deals because we want them as big contributors for the foreseeable future. All the Thunder are missing is a Point that can run the pick and roll of the bench and be a playmaker and hopefully Topic can be that when he is healthy next year.
Great take I agree with all of the points that you've made. Not only on OKC but the Boston Celtics as well. keep it up!
Loving all the uploads, Joel. I give you shit in the discord but you know you shit. Keep up the great work!
Chet Holmgren could play Point Guard if he wanted to.
Thunder great off season, but overpaid on Hartenstein.
As a Thunder fan that has a fucking problem to the point that I bought a brand new truck because I liked the Thunder blue that it looked like. I have no idea what the starting lineup is gonna be! 😂
Thats pretty sick to be honest 🤣 what kind of truck
Thunder addressed every weakness they had, they will be very good defensively.
Hartenstein will fit like a glove
Dort will start not Caruso 🐶🗣️
What dirt do you think Presti is on other gms?
Just came here to say Thunder the funk up!
Chet has bad handles and it’s hard for him to get in to moves like middies or 3s so his not like that now
werent your the guy on a podcast where you and your friends took Beal and other borderline all stars over all nba first team shai?
wasn't me
I’m sorry, but I think Lauri put up good numbers on a bad team. Someone has to score
You can call me greedy and we would obviously become the most hated team in the league......but I think it would be very irresponsible not to go ahead and do what it takes to get Lauri. Seriously, Presti has the assets to do it, and what team could actually offer more? We could become unstoppable and still have some picks left in the future. Do it Sam and you'll officially be a God!
Trading Giddey for Caruso is a colossal blunder and I really don't get how anybody thinks that's a good trade for the Thunder. You're getting rid of a guy who 2 years ago averaged 17/6/8 in only 21 minutes per game. In Harden's last season he averaged 17/4/4 in 31 minutes. This shows you the potential of what Giddey can do and now we have a guy in Caruso who averages less than 7 points and he's 30. Giddey is only 21 and has tons of time to improve. That being said I like Hartenstein but I would rather have kept Sengun or Lively.
Averages aren’t everything. Giddey cannot shoot and cannot contribute to this team in the playoffs. Caruso will fit way better be a way better shooter and can defend anyone
Giddey is great but he obviously didn't fit and with the new CBA u can't give everyone the max giddey is due for a big payday next season u rather pay him than chet and dub? Absolutely not
Fans constantly show that they don’t know anything and need to stop speaking on things they don’t know because everything you said was stupid and makes no sense
@@Wrestle_Kingdom. Giddy only averaged those numbers when sga and or jdub didn't play. He was good when he ran the team. But he needed to put those numbers up while the 2 best players were on the court. Chet probably took some of his looks away. But he had to fit in. He just couldn't find it. He'll put those numbers up for the bulls tho. Plus Caruso is a far better defender than Giddy. I believe against the pelicans series and the mavs series they were hunting Giddy. They won't be able to do that with Caruso!
@@morgan2552t facts
Alex Caruso is not a star fam. This small ball shit finna get us the 6th seed
Whaaat 😵💫 bro the thunder have no weaknesses now. We were a 57 win team we literally fixed everything people said we were missing and it's still not good enough? Cmon now thunder lookin elite
@@jaebuudhatv8514 it's not gone work. We finna be saying Caruso ain't showing up. Still not better than Celtics, still not better than Nuggets, still not better than Mavs. If Shai leading in all categories against the Mavs, shows there's a problem with the team. We literally was bad from 3pt and sub par with rebounding. WTH Caruso gone change in rebounding and 3pt percentage.
Shai lead ever stat for my team against Mavs and we got 4-2'd Caruso ain't changing nun if he can't do shh for the bulls
@@CotaDaLamb we are most definitely better than the mavs and the nuggets is a toss up now that they don’t have kcp
@@everetthaddock1140 kcp ain't the reason LA got swept. Murray will be an all-star this year.. how we better than the Mavs when Shai lead in all stats for the team during the series and we lost 4-2. We not better than the team that beat every team in the western top 5?. Caruso is the same as he was with LA just had more of a green light. 10ppg 3 reb, 3 Ast. 6'5 30 yr old is not good enough that's not a star player that's a role player on a good team. But he was a role player on a bad team who started most of the games he player. Shooting guard who not scoring over 15 at 30 but he white mamba. Man Kobe would never
@@CotaDaLamb kcp is gone and klay is 34 with a streaky jumper zero defense from that big 3 and with the new CBA in place most teams can't go up and beyond anymore your also talkn about a season were OKC wasn't even supposed to be this good like wym😂 youngest team ever to get out the first round wat u expect bro. Be a lil optimistic better yet what other move could we have made ?