The Oklahoma City Thunder are six wins away from entering elite company.
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I love the dramatic zooming in to Bill's face 😂
Wait 87-13 goddamn.
I hope this shits stephen a the f up. He was talking about presti like hes not the best gm in the league and like hes a player. "You gotta get it done" what? Dudes not playing you overpaid clown
Bill loves talking about these regular season/playoff combined records. I’ve never once heard anyone else talk about or reference it when talking about anything.
The debate of this OKC being better than KD Russ Harden OKC is done for me.
2014 Spurs is the greatest nba team I’ve ever seen.
They have so many assets beyond this year, considering how much better the west is than the east at the moment (Cooper Flag incoming too) they could leverage those draft picks into other assets too. I don't see them slowing down – this might be one of those Spurs kinds of franchises when Duncan entered the picture – just always there.
The '67 76ers
So premature 😂
Warriors would b giving the Thunder a much tougher time, but Curry got hurt. TWolves are a joke of a conference finals team.
Nobody can touch them true, refs protect them , while they mauling and injuring opposite players . Okc thunder => Okc dirty floppers
I don’t know if anyone can touch them is a very accurate statement
They already won the championship when they beat the only team that could’ve beat them in 7—Nuggets.
"Don't know if anybody can touch this team", probably not or they'd get a whistle 😂
Great squad
How much does the 2nd Apron ruin the chances this team has to maintain this level for the coming years? Serious question.
Presti magic
Sorry not sorry, but this team should be in Seattle. It makes me sick.
It’s worth thinking about the Celtics here. It does feel that way now but these windows never last as long as you’d think.
2016 Offseason:
Ibaka gets traded for Oladipo and Sabonis.
2017 Offseason:
Oladipo and Sabonis get traded for PG13.
2019 Offseason:
PG13 gets traded for SGA and 7 1st round picks. (That's without including Gallinari and pick swaps).
If OKC wins the title, should Serge Ibaka get half a ring at least?
This signals the beginning of the end. The NBA started in 1946, there will not be a 100th season. With the nosedive the amerikan economy is in, the league will fold by 2040. Nothing lasts forever.
They will be the most underrated team in NBA history.
They are so so soft
"Don't know if anybody can touch this team"
Yeahh for sure all those foul calls that SGA is getting.
The spurs beat them twice this year
Land of Basketball has 2024 Pacers as #9/10 top scoring teams of all time 1-8 & 10 are all from the 80s or older. Those two young teams may be in the NBA Finals
They are fantastic
The Celtics were better last year.
No , nobody cant touch this team , the NBA making sure thats the case while they can play physical on everyone..The NBA already show us their ways with the draft
they haven't won shit lol
They do seem to be getting better throughout the playoffs
Most overrated team of all time
Well it helps that the NBA wants this narrative to take place. So they make sure that the officials call the game so that OKC wins. The fake fouls against Shea are ridiculous. I mean the guy is good why does he need to have the help of the NBA officials?
Whats soooo crazy about sports is the winner tells the story. If this team LOST game 7 of the Denver series they wouldve been 75-16, great record, but nobody wouldve said "this is an qll time great team". But winning that game 7 put them in a position where they play the twolves and all of a sudden they aee an all time team. Last week they werent, but this week they are.
Crazy what the big three couldn't do in OKC, but these kids can.
Love Simmons content but just for myself the most boring sports conversations is the historical stuff . Both individual and team.
NBA is about as authentic as WWE 😂
And Jokic (essentially by himself, while hurt, and having bad shooting nights) pulled that carcass of a Denver team with him to force 7 against this all-time OKC team.
That's the real MVP right there.
second….BANANA?!?!?
NBA is rigging the league to benefit… Oklahoma City? The 30th largest market?
There really great defensive team but there star is a flop artist that people are sick of watching…
I mean they got touched by the Nuggets
They already defeated the biggest barrier to a championship in Jokic
This NBA era is like watching pro bowl
Sorry bill. This team would get smashed by all these teams.