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The tanking was expected to be gloriously blatant this season. What with Victor Wembanyama as the top prize in next year’s NBA draft, you were supposed to either be contenders or in a race to the bottom. Instead, the teams expected to pace the tanking party have been very visibly trying to win. The Utah […]

Since arriving with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2019, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has improved his output from year to year. In particular, SGA has come out of the gates hot during the 2022-23 season, averaging 31.6 points and 5.6 assists in his first ten games, his latest effort being a 39-point explosion against the Milwaukee Bucks. […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is him this season. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard did everything he could to push his team over the hump against a Milwaukee Bucks side that was without its top guns. That includes nearly winning the game in overtime with a clutch stepback triple that put the Thunder on top of 1 with less […]

For the first time this season, the Milwaukee Bucks are coming off a loss following their 117-97 defeat at the hands of the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. They now look to get back to winning ways against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, but they will need to do so without two of their […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will travel to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Wednesday night NBA matchup at the Paycom Center. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Bucks-Thunder prediction and pick, laid out below. Milwaukee has gone 9-1 to open their season, losing to […]

The Denver Nuggets (4-3) take on the Oklahoma City Thunder (4-3) on Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Nuggets-Thunder prediction and pick. Denver is 4-3 but is coming off a tight loss to the Lakers. The Nuggets are 3-4 against the spread and four […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been putting up video game numbers to start off the new season. That’s why it’s fitting that he had a moment straight out of NBA 2K in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Tuesday win over the Orlando Magic. The 24-year-old was showered with MVP chants while he was taking free throws. Check out […]

Well, what do you know, amidst all the tanking talk, the Oklahoma City Thunder have moved to above. 500 on the season, improving to 4-3 after a comeback 116-108 victory over the Orlando Magic. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was excellent yet again, dropping 34 points and six dimes in the win. While the Thunder aren’t expected to […]

The Orlando Magic (1-6) face the Oklahoma City Thunder (3-3) in a matchup of two of the NBA’s youngest teams. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Magic-Thunder prediction and pick. Orlando has had a rough start to the 2022-23 season with a 1-6 record. They’ve […]

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks seemed to have the game in hand as they held a huge lead over the Oklahoma City thunder with just over four minutes to go. A Christian Wood midrange jumper put the Mavs up 97-81 at the 4:14 mark, but it went all downhill from there as the Thunder […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Dallas Mavericks. Check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Thunder-Mavericks prediction and pick. The Oklahoma City Thunder do not have a fully healthy version of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. They have top draft pick Chet Holmgren out for the full season with an injury. Like a number of other […]

The Los Angeles Clippers (2-2) visit the Oklahoma City Thunder (1-3) in a second consecutive matchup between the two teams. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Clippers-Thunder prediction. The Clippers are 2-2 after Tuesday’s surprise loss to the Thunder. Los Angeles is 1-3 against the […]

John Wall and the Los Angeles Clippers went to Oklahoma City for a quick two-game road trip where they face the Thunder twice in three days before returning home. In the first of the two games, the Clippers got smacked by the Thunder, 108-94, without both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in the lineup. Before […]

NBA players usually make sure to get up a little extra against the team that traded them. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did that to a historic extent as his Oklahoma City Thunder took on the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. SGA was a man possessed, posting a dream stat-line for all of his fantasy basketball owners. […]

This should give the Los Angeles Lakers hope. The Oklahoma City Thunder, despite shooting atrociously from behind the arc in Tuesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers at home still managed to pull off a 108-94 victory  — their first of the 2022-23 NBA season. According to ESPN Stats & Info, that Thunder victory […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will travel to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Tuesday night NBA matchup at the Paycom Center. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Clippers-Thunder prediction and pick, laid out below. Los Angeles has opened their season 2-1, winning the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Denver Nuggets. Check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Thunder-Nuggets prediction and pick. The Denver Nuggets embody the wackiness of the first weeks of an NBA season. Every NBA season is usually volatile and weird in the opening weeks. Teams are settling into their seasons, gaining […]

Chet Holmgren is itching to play NBA basketball. That much is clear in the Oklahoma City Thunder rookie’s latest tweet. The NBA season kicked off on Tuesday, and after three days of non-stop action and wild moments, Holmgren couldn’t help but feel frustrated he isn’t with his Thunder teammates playing basketball. “I just wanna hoop,” […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder acquitted themselves well in Wednesday’s season-opener against the rebuilt Minnesota Timberwolves, falling 115-108 after entering the fourth quarter tied. Making the underdog Thunder’s performance all the more encouraging? They didn’t just do it without No. 2 overall pick Chet Holmgren, out for the season after suffering a Lisfranc injury to his […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Minnesota Timberwolves in their NBA season opener. Check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Thunder-Timberwolves prediction and pick. The Minnesota Timberwolves outplayed the Memphis Grizzlies in large portions of their first-round NBA playoff series last spring. The Timberwolves established huge leads in multiple games of that series […]

The luck of the Oklahoma City Thunder just did not got go their way in the offseason. The objective of this organization was to pile up on a plethora of future draft capital, and one reason is to draft a talent like Chet Holmgren. Unfortunately, Holmgren will miss the whole 2022-23 season because of a […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder took a step towards finalizing their 2022-2023 opening day roster on Saturday with the addition of free-agent guard Isaiah Joe. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Thunder and Joe agreed to a multi-year deal. Joe had spent the previous two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers after they selected him […]

After taking Chet Holmgren no. 2 overall in the 2022 NBA Draft, many might think that the Oklahoma City Thunder are done rebuilding and are now focusing on developing their young talents. That might not be the case at all because the team is also expected to make a run for French prospect Victor Wembanyama. […]

Detroit Pistons big man Marvin Bagley III suffered a scary-looking knee injury and had to be helped off the court during their preseason game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The game has barely started when Bagley suffered the setback. It was a non-contact injury, though, as Bagley accidentally slipped on the floor while positioning to […]

Chet Holmgren’s rookie campaign could not have taken a bigger blow after the young man was ruled out for the entirety of the 2022-23 season due to a brutal foot injury. However, there’s no denying that the entire Oklahoma City Thunder fanbase is rallying behind him right now. A nine-year-old kid recently sent Holmgren a […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder surely pleased their fans with their haul coming out of the 2022 NBA Draft. The Thunder selected Chet Holmgren with the second overall pick, 15 years after the franchise drafted Kevin Durant in the same draft position. However, Thunder fans will have to wait for Holmgren’s debut after he suffered a […]

Fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder had high hopes after they nabbed Chet Holmgren with the second pick of the 2022 NBA Draft. A basketball unicorn in every sense of the word, Holmgren has immense potential as a shot-creating big and elite shot-blocker. The 20-year old’s skills were in full display back in Summer League, […]

The Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder completed a big trade – at least numbers-wise – on Thursday evening involving eight players and a 2025 second-round pick. ESPN Sources: The Oklahoma City Thunder are trading Derrick Favors, Ty Jerome, Moe Harkless, Theo Maledon and a 2025 second-round pick via Atlanta to the Houston Rockets for […]

The Toronto Raptors are coming into the 2022-23 season with a lot of excitement. They made the playoffs last season and have tons of young players that can help the team improve again. They are potentially looking to add even more young talent. According to Josh Lewenberg of TSN, the Raptors are keeping an eye out […]

Many questions need to be answered as teams across the league tipoff training camp this week. The regular season is less than a month away, which means there is still some time for player movement, especially for rebuilding teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder finally seemed on a clear upward trajectory after selecting […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was easily the best Oklahoma City Thunder player in the 2021-22 NBA season, so most Thunder fans’ eyes will be on him whenever the team plays. However, they will have to wait a little longer before he sees action in the upcoming campaign, as he continues to recover from a knee issue he […]

Ever since the Seattle SuperSonics were moved and renamed as the Oklahoma City Thunder, fans clamored for the team to return. Seattle is one of the biggest basketball states in the country, Many want the city to get their NBA team back, as they are a die-hard fan of the game. Well, a familiar face […]

The 2022-23 NBA season has not even begun yet, and it has been a disaster already for the Oklahoma City Thunder. The No. 2 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft, Chet Holmgren, has been declared out for the rest of the season because of an injury he sustained in a Pro-Am game. Star point […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have been rebuilding for a few years now. Their general manager, Sam Presti, has done a great job of acquiring draft capital. They also have some young talented players on the roster. One such player is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Gilgeous-Alexander has recently been rumored to be the next name in the NBA […]

The hits just keep on coming for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Prized rookie Chet Holmgren is already out for the season with a foot injury, and now star point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is set to miss the start of training camp with a Grade 2 MCL sprain. The Thunder announced the news Wednesday. It’s unclear […]

Kevin Durant’s turn into villainy began when he spurned the Oklahoma City Thunder, the team that drafted him and teamed him up with dynamite point guard Russell Westbrook, for the Golden State Warriors in 2016, reinforcing a 73-win Warriors team that fell victim to a 3-1 comeback. Durant may have won big with the Warriors, […]

Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren is currently recovering from Lisfranc injury, and it certainly looks like he is missing basketball. For the first time since undergoing surgery to address the issue, Holmgren took to Twitter to express how much he wants to play basketball right now. He didn’t provide any details about his recovery, […]

Fans of the rebuilding Oklahoma City Thunder will be searching for good news everywhere they could after the season-ending injury to top prospect Chet Holmgren, the 2nd overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Thankfully for Thunder fans, they still have Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to look forward to, and boy, does he look sharp in these […]

2K ratings should never be a barometer of an NBA player’s skill. Yet again this proves to be a useful notion to uphold, especially after Nets guard Patty Mills, the Australian national basketball team legend, was given an undeserved absurdly low rating for NBA 2K23. Josh Giddey, the rising star of the Oklahoma City Thunder, […]