What’s OKC Thunder’s Plan With Nikola Topic? | New Look Jaylin Williams | Roster Decisions
Thunder dominate Hornets in preseason opener. Is this a sign of things to come for Oklahoma City?
Rylan Stiles and Brandon Rahbar break down the Oklahoma City Thunder’s impressive victory, highlighting standout performances from Aaron Wiggins and Jaylin Williams. The discussion covers Nikola Topić’s NBA debut, Ousmane Dieng improved play, and how the team’s suffocating defense held strong even without key players. Rookies Brooks Barnhiser and Chris Youngblood make their case for roster spots with eye-catching performances.
Don’t miss this in-depth analysis of the Thunder’s preseason success and what it could mean for their upcoming campaign. Will Oklahoma City’s young core continue to shine as the regular season approaches?
0:00 Intro: Thunder dominate preseason opener
5:29 Nikola Topic’s encouraging NBA debut performance
13:51 Jalen Williams impresses with three-point shooting
18:37 Aaron Wiggins shines as top scorer
27:01 Ousmane shows improvement and potential
31:38 Brooks Barnheiser’s defensive impact stands out
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16 Comments
J Will looks confident shooting the 3. Hot take he shoots 40% from 3 this year.
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Dieng looked like Dirk Nowitzki out there today 😮
dieng looks to me like he's finally progressed enough to where he could possibly break into the rotation and the Kenrich Williams injury will give him a chance. If he's ever going to break through this is his opportunity and he would fill the only hole the roster has which is a small forward with some size who can deal with guys like Gordon (denver) and Siakam. OKC had no answer for those two guys in the playoffs and it was a big problem. I really hope he can take the next step. Its now or never.
Yeh, book me a ticket to Youngblood island.
Topic is just like giddey. Neither can shoot 3's.
The fact that our backups along with our GLeague guys put up a performance like that against their full team speaks volumes. Just give us the chip already
Trade Dieng and Topic…the only two players we need from two way and g league are Youngblood and Carlson. Youngblood needs to be on this roster specifically because he's a 3pt sniper
It looks like J-Will was on Weight Watchers in the off season.
Does he have enough "back" left to body up Jokic?
Topic was meh. He didn't try to do too much and that's ok and in general I like him
but after a year outside, I would have expected him to change his mechanics and improve his shot.
And enough with the projected top5 nonsense. How much time are we going to talk about something that didn't happen?
He was not picked that high.
Giddey have a nice ceiling too. You hated him. And Topic is the same guy except shorter.
Hornets an NBA team? They have been that in years. They'll be lucky to win 30 games this year. They are not good at all. You'll look better because they play in the East that isn't good at all overall. If they were in the West, they'd struggle to win 20.
Topic needs to play. Sitting in the NBA and playing maybe 5 minutes a night is silly. Let him play in the G league. You don't get better if don't play.
5 fouls in 22 minutes are not good:) Way too much fouling and not moving their feet. 30 FT for the Hornets is too much.
16:39 Ctfu 😭😭😭😭😭