Everybody wants to talk about who starts, but I’m more interested in who actually closes. One possession to win the game, which five Thunder players are y’all putting on the floor?

Sooner or later, the Thunder will have to cash in all their draft picks. Could this be the year?

For BullsRoundtable, I wrote about an outrageous trade proposal that could see the Thunder landing Caleb Wilson or Cameron Boozer for a haul of picks. Would you accept this, or would OKC be giving up too much?

If only the 76ers held onto Jared McCain OR Isaiah Joe

Rookie second-round pick Brooks Barnhizer in the Thunder's recent loss to the Spurs, without SGA, JDub or Chet:

No, Shai, no problem? It sure looked like that was the case tonight for the Thunder on the road in Utah as they won 131-101 in dominant fashion, even if the game clock breaking tried to postpone the inevitable.

To be fair, the Jazz aren't exactly world beaters, but OKC wasn't exactly playing with a full deck in terms of a healthy roster either. Players such as Alex Caruso, Isaiah Joe, Isaiah Hartenstein, Lu Dort, and most importantly, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Last night, it was reported by NBA insider Chris Haynes that the Los Angeles Clippers were sending future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul home.

After the surprise of the news had settled in, a common suggestion emerged that the Thunder should go and sign CP3 and bring him back to Oklahoma City.

For all of the Thunder's recent championship rebuild, there have been plenty of doubters and skeptics. One of the first criticisms of this iteration of OKC was that they can't possibly use this many picks, that they needed to trade their draft equity for an established start, and so on.

With the Clippers' current demise and the Thunder owning their unprotected first-round pick in an upcoming loaded class of prospects, the new critique is: why would any top lottery-level talent even want to go to a stacked team like the Thunder?

Last year, for the Thunder, a major point of discussion and skepticism about OKC's championship hopes surrounded the lack of clutch-time games and the minutes they played.

Obviously, that concern turned out to be nothing more than that as the Thunder captured their first championship in franchise history.

When it comes to assembling the full offensive arsenal as a basketball player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is getting closer and closer to putting all of the pieces together.

We all know how dominant he has been as a driver, finisher, mid-range shooter, and now 3-point shooter throughout his career, but what has stood out to me the most so far this season from the reigning MVP has been his playmaking.

Last night in NBA Cup group play, the Thunder not only pulled out an UNO reverse card on the Jazz, but also hit them with a draw 54 wild card as OKC flipped what was at one time an 18-point deficit into a dominant 32-point win on the road.

One of the massive factors that helped correct course in this game was the performance of OKC's bench, which scored a combined 71 points. This would be the second-most points ever from a Thunder bench unit, only trailing the 85 points scored by the Thunder's non-starters on March 14, 2024, in a win against the Dallas Mavericks.