It's like the average fan can't stand to hear so much about a small market team when the big names are flagging. I mean, sorry the Lakers are looking at a rough exit and Boston took two games to collect themselves, but diminishing OKC's accomplishments here is _super_ petty.
I think the hardest thing that makes it hard to belive is just history. We have seen this before with OKC when they had 3 future MVPs on one team. And they didn’t win so maybe they can be the first young team in a long time. To shake up the nba and go on to dominate. Also Brandon Ingram is breaking my heart
@@t-god2439 Regarding Ingram, that's the thing, though; for me, at least. New Orleans are in no way a bad team, even with Williamson out. You can see the potential there for the future, and I feel as if they're going to at least be in playoff contention for several more years if they can stay healthy. They're simply being outplayed and outcoached by their opponents on every level, which is something I kinda feel should be acknowledged instead of devolving into a pissing match. I grant that history _definitely_ hasn't been kind to these sorts of talks surrounding OKC in the playoffs, but even those '10's teams didn't execute this well. I mean, the current Clipperes are essentially those teams minus Durant, and they're flailing badly against Dallas despite it still being technically competitive. From my view, those old OKC teams didn't have any kind of defensive presence wheras now there's Holmgren and Dort. That _alone_ drastically changes the narrative. Maybe - no, definitely - I wrote too much about this. But this has been the most competitive the West has been in _years,_ and to simply dunk on OKC due to past feelings just comes across to me as people being contrarian simply because OKC is really, honestly just the most fun team to watch right now regardless of everything else. And some people just want to take the piss out of that.
Also, it has to be said OKC’s bench is ridiculous. It’s nothing for on a random night for Joe, Kendrick or Wallace to randomly drop 20 points. Absolutely wild.
@@6manYT Jo Joe is really good defensivly too he was the best player at getting player to charge foul him in the NBA for most of the season. I think the can at least make to conference finals
Sam Presti learned from his mistakes in 2012-14, it’s just not good enough to have a couple superstars and some mid role players. Everyone on OKCs regular rotation can playmake, handle, shoot, and defend at least to the average. Hell our backup big man JWill is known for shooting 3s and making them. Selflessness is another big part of the team, Shai doesn’t get as many touches as you think because we always try to pass the ball around for the best shot. It’s some of the most beautiful basketball I’ve ever watched
I think OKC went 3-1 against both of those teams in the regular season. Doesn’t mean it will be an easy series, but it will be a competitive one. Once we get to the quarterfinals, there’s not a team in the west that I would be surprised if they made the finals. The west is deep af
Shia is getting 25-30 a night, Chet, J Dub, Giddy or Dort can get you 20 on any time as well. Then you got Wallace and Joe on the bench that can get 20 easy. Kendrick and J Will can get hot too. This team has about 10 players that can give you buckets. Oh.. and their defense is better than their offense. Iron sharpens iron and this team is getting ridiculously sharp.
Shai is so good at working leverage on defenders. He sees how his defender is balanced and uses his shiftiness and agile craftiness to attack the defenders weight shift.
Basically both their stars were injured and they almost lost the one game that NO forced them to play half court. Min, Denver and a healthy LA easily mop the floor with them
For everyone saying “bUt zIOn iS oUt” - they still went onto a hungry team’s turf and beat that ass by 20+. Twice. As a YOUNG team in their FIRST playoff run. Stop with the disrespect
Y'all are beating on up a team yall likely would have beaten with their best player. This is nothing to beat your chest about. This isn't disrespect it's just a fact. Don't worry OKC will get their chance silence the haters
1st off people keep saying with Zion there we would of lost. The season record goes to us and they had Zion there and we still won 2-1. 1st game we lost 106-110, 2nd game we blew them out 107-83, 3rd game we won 119- 112. So lets stop acting like stop zion was going to be this drastic difference maker because it hasn't been that much of a difference all season. We just match up perfect against them with or without Zion....facts over feelings.
Good, I’m sick of ball hogs doing anything they want. Okc is playing basketball the way it’s supposed to be played. All nice things to say about okc. Great job guys.
I thank God SGA is with the OKC Thunder…what a PRIZE we’ve been given. JOE & JAYWIL are my “homeboys “…born and raised in DA’ FORT’(ft smith ark)…THUNDER UUUUUUPPPPPP!!!!!!❤🎉😅😊❤
I love the Thunder but they will have problems defeating the Mavs. Keeping it real here the need for big muscular athletic centers is vital to win. Look at the game where they played Mavs with Irving and Luka. OKC got blown away by Mavs lobs, muscular centers, consistently making 3 point shooting and a zoned defense blocking Shai driving into the basket. OKC needs to pay the big bucks and recruit people like Ant man or Gobear on the team. Seriously.
Lu Dort has been a massive X factor his defense on BI while refusing to get screened I question how far OKC can go because of their rebounding we deffentley need a backup big who can provide that next year and I also probably want 1 or 2 more wing players so we can kinda do what Minstoda is doing to Phinoex
OKC has pretty solid wings in Wiggins and Kenrich off the bench, and extra guards in Cason and Joe, so I'm not really worried about those spots. I agree though that they are missing an extra big. They need to trust and play JWil more, but the combination of possibly drafting someone like Kyle Filipowski at #12 or finding that type of guy via trade, and Dieng actually developing is enticing. They will also have roughly $40m in cap space, so the possibilities this offseason to get better are pretty endless, for a team already this good. It will be very exciting to see what they do.
@@hestilllives192 I mention the 2 wings because I want a wing rotation like Minstoda has now behind Chet who is an ellite rim protector I think an elite wing rotation with a big man who can actually rebound the basketball is what I think can turn us into one of the most dominant 2 way forces in basketball. It's not that I think we don't have solid wings I just think if we can get 2 more ellite 3 and D guys that's is what is really going to make us really tough
"They're too young!" Yea, ok. Lets see you try to stop SGA. Oh, you did? Nice go stop Chet, Oh wait, Jaylen Williams is there too. Oh man, isiah joe is on the corner!! This team is so complete that I don't think age will matter much. The lack of muscle was a concern but tnat doesnt appear to matter if chet just goes around the bigger guys with speed. Its honestly just fun to watch.
Well they are pretty good at beating a play-in team without its best player. It will be more informative to see what they do against a team that isn't running on empty.
OKC doubters, you just hide in the bushes and watch. The only team that had a better head-to-head record was the Lakers, and they're not making it past Denver. Otherwise, OKC has everyone's number.
Are we seriously celebrating a one seed beat in eighth seed without their best player this is exactly what they should be doing with that being said I’ll be rooting for them but come on
ESPN is an embarrassment and people need to stop watching it unless it’s an actual game. As far as the shows go watch independent creators and podcasts instead of that shock value trash.
Is this a written notice? Was there a press conference? Where is this notice... No memo received. They're winning games the same way other teams are sooooo...
Bro we aren’t just beating them 💀 we are about to sweep them and have beaten them by 30 and 20. And don’t say we are the 1 seed so we should sweep them. The Celtics didn’t even sweep the heat who don’t have 3 starters. (Jimmy, Rozier, Josh Richardson)
I mean..what are you saying about the Boston/Miami series? Boston is absolutely the best team in the league, yet they struggled against a Miami team _also_ missing their best player until the third game in the series. Downplaying OKC while being silent on Boston is absolutely hypocritical.
Toast? Even tho with Zion OKC went 3-1? Despite the media's opinion you are allowed to think they're good. Or wait, let me guess, you can't think beyond Denver, because it's what the media has told you to think. 😆
5:12 But but but but but but but we are playing without Zion😂 it doesn't matter the outcome would be the same with or without his big ass so let him rest his refrigerator elbow
The Pelicans don't got Zion this video need to chill. The Thunder are beating up on an 8th seed that limped into the playoffs. The Thunder will get a chance to prove themselves in the next round against the Mavs
Stfu because all year they’ve been dismissed. You lazy 2K brain rot fans always got excuses. Thunder are 25 & Under and clinched the 1st seed and is 1 win away from a sweep. You think this is their final form? They got 30 picks until 2030 😂
Dort is built like a linebacker
That was yesterday it is now 0 to 0 let's focus Thunder nation
Love this
Sharpe needs to stick to football.
I has CTE
ESPN is embarrassing
Thunder a second round exit
@@MrE_watch us
@@MrE_sound like a pelicans fan 😂
It's like the average fan can't stand to hear so much about a small market team when the big names are flagging. I mean, sorry the Lakers are looking at a rough exit and Boston took two games to collect themselves, but diminishing OKC's accomplishments here is _super_ petty.
I think the hardest thing that makes it hard to belive is just history. We have seen this before with OKC when they had 3 future MVPs on one team. And they didn’t win so maybe they can be the first young team in a long time. To shake up the nba and go on to dominate. Also Brandon Ingram is breaking my heart
@@t-god2439 Regarding Ingram, that's the thing, though; for me, at least. New Orleans are in no way a bad team, even with Williamson out. You can see the potential there for the future, and I feel as if they're going to at least be in playoff contention for several more years if they can stay healthy. They're simply being outplayed and outcoached by their opponents on every level, which is something I kinda feel should be acknowledged instead of devolving into a pissing match.
I grant that history _definitely_ hasn't been kind to these sorts of talks surrounding OKC in the playoffs, but even those '10's teams didn't execute this well. I mean, the current Clipperes are essentially those teams minus Durant, and they're flailing badly against Dallas despite it still being technically competitive. From my view, those old OKC teams didn't have any kind of defensive presence wheras now there's Holmgren and Dort. That _alone_ drastically changes the narrative.
Maybe - no, definitely - I wrote too much about this. But this has been the most competitive the West has been in _years,_ and to simply dunk on OKC due to past feelings just comes across to me as people being contrarian simply because OKC is really, honestly just the most fun team to watch right now regardless of everything else. And some people just want to take the piss out of that.
@@t-god2439 Everyone just says "I'll believe it when I see it." Which doesn't take much faith since you see it.
IKR it’s crazy how people can literally hate on anything and everything smh
Also, it has to be said OKC’s bench is ridiculous. It’s nothing for on a random night for Joe, Kendrick or Wallace to randomly drop 20 points.
Absolutely wild.
100% plus they aren't just guys who can score, guys like Wallace are elite defensively aswell
@@6manYT Jo
Joe is really good defensivly too he was the best player at getting player to charge foul him in the NBA for most of the season. I think the can at least make to conference finals
No doubt and you also have to add Wiggins to that list as well
Sam Presti learned from his mistakes in 2012-14, it’s just not good enough to have a couple superstars and some mid role players. Everyone on OKCs regular rotation can playmake, handle, shoot, and defend at least to the average. Hell our backup big man JWill is known for shooting 3s and making them. Selflessness is another big part of the team, Shai doesn’t get as many touches as you think because we always try to pass the ball around for the best shot. It’s some of the most beautiful basketball I’ve ever watched
Kenrich I'm sorry
Okc is my team. But lets see them against Mavs or nuggets that's where the real finals will be.
It's good to be a okc fan
I think OKC went 3-1 against both of those teams in the regular season. Doesn’t mean it will be an easy series, but it will be a competitive one. Once we get to the quarterfinals, there’s not a team in the west that I would be surprised if they made the finals. The west is deep af
Mavs gotta beat the Clippers first
As a hornets fan I HATE YALL. Please send us y’all GM
Shia is getting 25-30 a night, Chet, J Dub, Giddy or Dort can get you 20 on any time as well. Then you got Wallace and Joe on the bench that can get 20 easy. Kendrick and J Will can get hot too. This team has about 10 players that can give you buckets.
Oh.. and their defense is better than their offense. Iron sharpens iron and this team is getting ridiculously sharp.
Eh, don’t forget about Aaron Wiggins
@@karimw.9954 wiggins is a dog I think if he was on a worse team he would shine a lot brighter tbh.
Kenrich hasn't even played any meaningful minutes this series
Don't forget Aaron Wiggins, who constantly makes winning plays.
New mascot for the Thunder is the Exxon Valdez because they just murdered a pelican
There’s usually thundering when hurricanes hit. New Orleans hasn’t been beaten this bad since Katrina
lmfaoooo
This is the best video I’ve seen on OKC in weeks.. very good job
Shai is so good at working leverage on defenders. He sees how his defender is balanced and uses his shiftiness and agile craftiness to attack the defenders weight shift.
Love the OKC content!! Keep it up!
Bye Bye Pelicans but the Thunder ⚡🌧⚡are real. SGA MVP ☑✍🤠
Basically both their stars were injured and they almost lost the one game that NO forced them to play half court. Min, Denver and a healthy LA easily mop the floor with them
Wonderful video man, I can see this channel getting to 1 million subs easily.
For everyone saying “bUt zIOn iS oUt” - they still went onto a hungry team’s turf and beat that ass by 20+. Twice. As a YOUNG team in their FIRST playoff run. Stop with the disrespect
Zion would have made the series harder, but I’m confident the Thunder could still take them in 6 max
Y'all are beating on up a team yall likely would have beaten with their best player. This is nothing to beat your chest about. This isn't disrespect it's just a fact. Don't worry OKC will get their chance silence the haters
@@2stepjoeyNot surprised, still impressed.
Wdym zion is the xfactor of the pelicans
Thunder Wolves gonna be epic WCF
1st off people keep saying with Zion there we would of lost. The season record goes to us and they had Zion there and we still won 2-1. 1st game we lost 106-110, 2nd game we blew them out 107-83, 3rd game we won 119- 112. So lets stop acting like stop zion was going to be this drastic difference maker because it hasn't been that much of a difference all season. We just match up perfect against them with or without Zion....facts over feelings.
Love your videos, dude. Thank you.
Nah, thank you man
Zion wouldn't make a difference 🤷♂️⛈️💪
I think the pels would take them to u or even win the series with zion healthy. Thunder ain't all that
@@MrE_ 57 wins in one of the most stacked conferences ever. "Aint all that" they might of lost in 5-6 instead of 4 with Zion.
def would have been way more interesting
@@MrE_ kek
Yay! My Thunder on a 6 man vid 🙌
My guyyy
Got me HYPPPPPPEEEEEE
Herb Jones is the best Shai defender in the league too. If the Mavs make it to round two, Shai is going to COOK their guards so hard.
Good, I’m sick of ball hogs doing anything they want. Okc is playing basketball the way it’s supposed to be played. All nice things to say about okc. Great job guys.
6:04 also just getting back from an injury
MAVS/CLIPS about to enter the DAWG house !!! LETS GO OKC !!
not only are they the 1 seed, but they have more 1st round draft picks than anyone by a wide margin............prestie is a savant
earned a sub. well done of a video aside from me being biased to this OKC team
You summed it up pretty well
good stuff man
I wouldn’t definitively say they’re the best big 3. Jokic,Murray and Gordon, Ant, KAT, Gobert, Tatum, Brown, Porzingis are all as good if not better.
Sharpe you are the weakest commentator I’ve ever seen. Eat what you said!
I thank God SGA is with the OKC Thunder…what a PRIZE we’ve been given. JOE & JAYWIL are my “homeboys “…born and raised in DA’ FORT’(ft smith ark)…THUNDER UUUUUUPPPPPP!!!!!!❤🎉😅😊❤
This Team Rocks…keep on rocking ❤😊❤😅❤
The Dorture Chamber!
I love the Thunder but they will have problems defeating the Mavs. Keeping it real here the need for big muscular athletic centers is vital to win. Look at the game where they played Mavs with Irving and Luka. OKC got blown away by Mavs lobs, muscular centers, consistently making 3 point shooting and a zoned defense blocking Shai driving into the basket. OKC needs to pay the big bucks and recruit people like Ant man or Gobear on the team. Seriously.
Sharpe is the literal worst and really don't know how a company justifies paying him 😂
Lu Dort has been a massive X factor his defense on BI while refusing to get screened
I question how far OKC can go because of their rebounding we deffentley need a backup big who can provide that next year and I also probably want 1 or 2 more wing players so we can kinda do what Minstoda is doing to Phinoex
OKC has pretty solid wings in Wiggins and Kenrich off the bench, and extra guards in Cason and Joe, so I'm not really worried about those spots. I agree though that they are missing an extra big. They need to trust and play JWil more, but the combination of possibly drafting someone like Kyle Filipowski at #12 or finding that type of guy via trade, and Dieng actually developing is enticing. They will also have roughly $40m in cap space, so the possibilities this offseason to get better are pretty endless, for a team already this good. It will be very exciting to see what they do.
@@hestilllives192 I mention the 2 wings because I want a wing rotation like Minstoda has now behind Chet who is an ellite rim protector I think an elite wing rotation with a big man who can actually rebound the basketball is what I think can turn us into one of the most dominant 2 way forces in basketball.
It's not that I think we don't have solid wings I just think if we can get 2 more ellite 3 and D guys that's is what is really going to make us really tough
SSSHHHHH, Shannon! SSSSHHHH! Just watch!
I love how all 5 players in the floor will take pride in defense
We waiting for mavs the disrespect and we are one series away from shutting him up GIVE IT ALL WE GOT OKC 🔥
"They're too young!" Yea, ok. Lets see you try to stop SGA. Oh, you did? Nice go stop Chet, Oh wait, Jaylen Williams is there too. Oh man, isiah joe is on the corner!! This team is so complete that I don't think age will matter much. The lack of muscle was a concern but tnat doesnt appear to matter if chet just goes around the bigger guys with speed. Its honestly just fun to watch.
Yes, they are without their best player, but they beat the Kings to the playoffs without Zion as well
4-0 Sweep Baby 🐕🐕🐕
They need to fire shannon
Agreed he’s just a hater period
Alr chill out😭 they are playing a pelicans team without their all nba caliber player zion
Shannon shouldn't talk basketball man literally dont know anything
The only person who can stop shai is shai himself
SGA is the T2
Well they are pretty good at beating a play-in team without its best player. It will be more informative to see what they do against a team that isn't running on empty.
OKC doubters, you just hide in the bushes and watch. The only team that had a better head-to-head record was the Lakers, and they're not making it past Denver. Otherwise, OKC has everyone's number.
W/O ZION WIlliamson there. big whopp, like CJ McCullom is hard to beat
Nobody scared of the Thunder. Nuggets, Clippers, Mavs and Timberwolves are all better teams.
Are we seriously celebrating a one seed beat in eighth seed without their best player this is exactly what they should be doing with that being said I’ll be rooting for them but come on
sga plays basketball how basketball should be played... how you gonna stop that
Yo mido 1.69 con 13 años y quiero llegar a los 6’3
Good as Chet is, Dort is the Thunder's best defender.
I still think OKC gets smacked by either clippers or esp Mavs
SGA is the best player in the NBA
Sharpe should stick to football, oh wait he doesn't know that either. How about marbles 😮
The Pelicans are missing Zion Williams
Beating the pelicans without zion is not impressive
Lol. They will be out in Round 2
minesota leads in point differential
Think its OKC by 0.5 a game
Not gonna get past the Macs
Dominating pels without Zion
ESPN is an embarrassment and people need to stop watching it unless it’s an actual game. As far as the shows go watch independent creators and podcasts instead of that shock value trash.
Is this a written notice? Was there a press conference? Where is this notice... No memo received. They're winning games the same way other teams are sooooo...
shai is mvp
Nah Mavs are winning this one
I have hopes for them, but are u hyping up them beating the pels? Not to mention w/o zion?
Bro we aren’t just beating them 💀 we are about to sweep them and have beaten them by 30 and 20. And don’t say we are the 1 seed so we should sweep them. The Celtics didn’t even sweep the heat who don’t have 3 starters. (Jimmy, Rozier, Josh Richardson)
That’s worthy of hype for the “weakest 1 seed in history”
@@keatonrice578ya not sweeping anything ya not like that !
They beat an 8 seed without their best player and they're putting people on notice? lmao second round exit
Y’all some haters 😂 it’s not OKC fault Zion stays hurt.
I mean..what are you saying about the Boston/Miami series? Boston is absolutely the best team in the league, yet they struggled against a Miami team _also_ missing their best player until the third game in the series.
Downplaying OKC while being silent on Boston is absolutely hypocritical.
@@ojisankusai Denver is the best team in the league my man. Boston plays down to their competition consistently this isn't new.
Please quit it! The Pelicans don’t have Zion. If they did, OKC would be toast . They won’t make it out of the west.
You’re right, y’all would be losing by five points instead of by 30
@@OKCmiko they are the weakest 1 seed in NBA History . They won’t make it out of the west .
@@lockvegas05if they don’t, only nuggets. No other team coming out of west cept those 2. Enjoy okc future . #thunderup⚡️
Toast?
Even tho with Zion OKC went 3-1?
Despite the media's opinion you are allowed to think they're good.
Or wait, let me guess, you can't think beyond Denver, because it's what the media has told you to think. 😆
@@lockvegas05 sounds like you can’t think for yourself, keep moving that goal post buddy, I bet you kept telling everybody OKC was 1st round exits
SGA is my GOAT
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Lu dort has been locking ingram down so hard it is crazy considering Lu dort is the smallest guy on OKC's starting lineup.
What a pro wants wha a pro needs 😂
Set me free
Now I see why Skip was such a dick to Shannon.
Cause Shannon is a delusional casual fan who happens to ride players who are either old or haven’t Done a lot in the playoffs
5:12 But but but but but but but we are playing without Zion😂 it doesn't matter the outcome would be the same with or without his big ass so let him rest his refrigerator elbow
Man your videos are so underrated
The Pelicans don't got Zion this video need to chill. The Thunder are beating up on an 8th seed that limped into the playoffs. The Thunder will get a chance to prove themselves in the next round against the Mavs
Stfu because all year they’ve been dismissed. You lazy 2K brain rot fans always got excuses. Thunder are 25 & Under and clinched the 1st seed and is 1 win away from a sweep. You think this is their final form? They got 30 picks until 2030 😂