Is It Time for OKC to Panic?
The Panel debates whether it is time for the Oklahoma City Thunder to panic after major injuries to Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace. Are the Thunder still NBA title favorites, or have these injuries changed their championship chances? The panel breaks down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, OKC’s roster depth, their Western Conference outlook, and the Thunder’s ceiling for the 2026-27 NBA season.
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SGA
Chet
Mitchell
Hart
McCain
Jwill
Mara
Caruso comes back
These pieces can 100% make a conference finals it won’t be easy
They played without him last year.
Why is the standard for okc “staying afloat” or winning regular szn games they’re trynna to compete for a championship and without jdub it is significantly harder.
2:35 Hell, no I cover high school basketball in the Dallas area. I know you didn’t mean it maliciously but damn how you gonna go after two DFW legends peavy and Cason Wallace lol
They are still gonna be the number 1 seed as long as Caruso is not out.
14:00 I hate when ox does stuff like that nobody in their right mind would say they are better without j dub . You can at least appreciate that analytical data.
WTH is up with that opener? Oh they've been successful so justifying this as it's "due"? Thunder Up, its a long season and Presti has drafted well, time for the young guys to step up and take advantage. With that said Jdub is the 2nd best player on OKC and adds to the defensive versatility in a way that can NOT be replaced.
We’ll see how the season plays out. As long as we have SGA, we have a shot.
People keep forgetting OKC won over 60 games injured all year. Jdub missed 65% of the season, Caruso, Chet, Hartenstien, SGA, Mitchell and Wallace all missed large amount of games. And still won over 60 games they are deep. Yes they lost some players but Wiggins was inconsistent especially in the playoffs and Dort was trash on offense. Plus they gained Aday Mara and Stritz from the draft and they playing great and Sober and Topic are yet to play. Idk if they will win 60 but they will win over 50 for sure.
Chill trippin 🤣
I still have hope for a great season. Ajay Mitchell will be a top player in this league by the end of the year.
9:59 they didnt have jdub when they lost
The Thunder will make a trade to add legitimate bench depth and my guess is they’ll target a player on their rookie contract. Anthony Black, Jaime Jacquez, GG Jackson, Tristan Da Silva and Jaylon Tyson are all realistic options.
And if the Thunder really wanted to go hard, they could reach for a player like Kyshawn George……or even Yaxel.
They have the draft capital to make any purchase.
Ajay will be a all star this year and okc will finish with the best record in the league mark my words
Those RAV4 will get you to where you need to go.
Shai and holgrem are the people you Would have to panic a bit about if they got hurt, other then them, okc still has high hopes for a chip or a deep playoff run
Cason Wallace won’t be back. The thunder take care of their players and will not rush him back to play. They are both done for the year even if they are available in the playoffs. On top of that the playoffs is no time to mess with lineups that were not there all year.
We just have to stick to our guns and not come out slow like we have tendency to do sometimes
Ik people don’t really fuhh with pen like that but let the man speak. Me personally I think he’s cool but just has some bad takes. But they need to address the constant interrupting of other people. Ofc if it’s a hot fiery debate you let that shit play out. But this was a discussion there is no reason why people need to be disrespectful by not even letting a man give his opinion. 14:55
You guys are fn morons Ajay Mitchell is ready l have great rim protection so if my perimeter defense suffers l have to score more and l have Jared McCain… Thomas and Topic will introduce themselves eventually and the assets mean l can get Jaime Jacquez Jr for a future 1 and still stay under the second apron
People keep doubting just like they did during their championship season like their too younhmg , lakers in 5 blah blah blah. They forget that thunder basketball is system basketball and everyone knows their role and execute it
Too many people talking over each other.
The only team in the West that have real chances to beat the OKC Thunders even after they lost 2 main guys in JDub and Cason are Houston, and San Antonio. Other than that, nobody really threatened us. Not even Min after they lost Ant Man.
7:34 We Sending A Memo To The Whole League NOBODY HELPS THEM 😂😂😂 Aye The Hate Is Real Bruh We Traumatized Mfs 😂
Okc Going Back To The WCF Yall Tripping .. We Gone Finish Top 2 Sam Gone Make A Move For Somebody .. Not Worried About Houston, LA Or Denver .. I Got Us Beating The Wolves In 6 RIGHT NOW .. The Question Is Did We Learn Enough To Beat Wemby We Can Do It Without JDubb The Team Just Gotta Show Up .. Mfs Acting Like We Ain’t See Them In This Same Spot Last Year
Ox, Chill, and Ron were horrible to Penn in this segment. He was asked a question and never got to finish his answer. Y'all can't wait for him to finish before disagreeing?
I love JDubb but Ajay is a better offe dive player than JDubb
I see okc getting the number 1 seed in spite of the injuries
I agree with Marz. They'll finish as the #1 seed