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Josh Giddy vs his old side today the 36ers. I love Giddy but carn the 36ers what are the chances of 2 from 2? If they shoot the 3 ball like they did against the Suns pretty darn good.
 

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Thread title edit. Removed the word city because OKC city doesn't make sense.

It is not ATM machine or PIN number accepted yet.
 

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Bump.

PG: SGA
SG: Giddey
SF: Dort
PF: Jalen W
C: Chet

Oladipo into the 2nd unit is going to be a good add.
Not expecting to see much from our Summer League guys. Jaylin W and Trey played as expected and will sit out the rest.
Zhaire Smith could be a good comeback story. He showed flashes at the 76ers but been injured with knees since 2020.
 

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Have heard that Oladipo may never play for us given the torn patella.

Still, the bench potentially runs deeep. It will be interesting to see what moves Presti makes to clear the logjam as I think we have 21 players currently on the roster?

Cason Wallace
Micic
Isaiah Joe
Poku
JWil
Kenrich Williams
Dieng
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Mann
JRE
Wiggins
Bertans
Garuba
Ty ty
Jack White
Rudy Gay

So much potential still on that bench.
 

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Have heard that Oladipo may never play for us given the torn patella.

Still, the bench potentially runs deeep. It will be interesting to see what moves Presti makes to clear the logjam as I think we have 21 players currently on the roster?

Cason Wallace
Micic
Isaiah Joe
Poku
JWil
Kenrich Williams
Dieng
-
Mann
JRE
Wiggins
Bertans
Garuba
Ty ty
Jack White
Rudy Gay

So much potential still on that bench.
That long? Damn he's been unlucky

Yep, bench is stacked with talent. You'd hate to see it under utilised so hope to see presti move a few soon. With all the 1st and 2nd picks next year we could do with some vets
 

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Stats from the latest game vs Indi

Chet 5 swats and dangerous down the other end. Lots of high screens set and rolling off for easy buckets. Hit 1 of 5 outside shots. Had great connection with Butler.
Dieng had some great highlights but also made his teammates better. Prob my best on the night. Super efficient offensively and made good space for himself.
JayWil and Carson both had down night. Look for them to male it up on vs the Wizards

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A couple games left to finish off the pre-season...
  • Oct 10th - OKC 122 defeat SAS 121
  • Oct 13th - DET 128 defeat OKC 125
  • Oct 16th - CHA 117 defeat OKC 115
  • Oct 18th - OKC vs MIL
  • Oct 20th - OKC vs DET
... then we're into Round 1 vs Bulls in Chicago on 26th.

It's going to be exciting watching the emergence of Chet and Jalen as our 4&5 combo. The up tick to our rebounding and defensive play will be noticeable and on the offensive end gives Shai and Giddey more space to use.

The team look ready to step into finals this year. Not much change to the assumed starters and our rotation players, but I like many others predict:
C: Chet (J-Will, JRE)
PF: J-Dub (J-Will, Dieng)
SF: Lu (Joe, Kenny)
SG: Josh (Wallace, Micic)
PG: Shai (Josh, Micic)

Rest of the roster includes:
Davis Bertans
Victor Oladipo
Jack White
Lindy Waters (2-way)
Aleks Pokusevski
Keyontae Johnson (2-way)
Aaron Wiggins
Tre Mann
Olivier Sarr (2-way)

We're at 15 player contracts (Joe, JRE and Wiggins all non-guaranteed) but what I am still in the dark about is what's going on with Oladipo.
He just started running in early October, but his $9mill guarantee this season is dead salary until we move him on. He didn't report to training camp, so we can hope his recovery is going well and he can be a solid piece for another team later in the season.
 

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Have actually managed to catch a bit of the Bucks game on right now. Man I'm loving our current list ... so exciting to watch and you can tell they love balling with eachother.

Starters have been phenomenal but Bucks poor shooting making us look better on the scoreboard. Dame/Giannis are a scary combo.

But our bench vs Bucks bench is night v day. Dieng, Joe, Wigg, Micic wouldn't look out of place in our starters either. They dominating the Bucks bench.
 

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Roster is set!
Source: OKC Thunder roster set ahead of 2023-24 NBA Season

Unfortunately, our Aussie mate Jack White has been cut today, and Tre Mann had his option picked up.

Guards (7) - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey, Lu Dort, Isaiah Joe, Cason Wallace, Vasilije Micic, Tre Mann
Wings (6) - Jalen Williams, Aaron Wiggins, Kenrich Williams, Ousmane Dieng, Lindy Waters III (Two-way), Keyontae Johnson (Two-Way)
Bigs (5) - Chet Holmgren, Aleksej Pokusevski, Davis Bertans, Jaylin Williams, Olivier Sarr (Two-Way)
 

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Yeah, this team is gonna be fun.
Wallace and Joe keeping the ball moving off the bench with features from Dieng, JWill, Kenrich Williams, Aaron Wiggins, Bertans, Micic every now and then.
Great chemistry between the starting 5.
And Shai is just that guy. Scores when we need a bucket but looks like he is going to go to the next level getting the guys around him involved (and them finally hitting open shots).

Will probably go through a few lean stretches over the season as such a young team, but playoffs a real possibility.
 

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