Thunder Smoke New Warriors, 120-92

Even when you tank you don’t go 0-82 and that’s kind of where I put this game for the Thunder against a rebuilt Warrior team which didn’t have Klay Thompson, Kevon Looney, or even Willie Cauley-Stein.

What Bob Myers and Steve Kerr trotted out there on Sunday afternoon was offensive to the spirit of what the NBA should provide to season ticket holders across the league—namely teams in visiting arenas which look like they belong in the NBA.

The two best players on the floor did not include Steph Curry or Draymond Green. From my perspective the two best players were Shai-Gilgeous Alexander and Danilo Gallanari. If Big Gallo was twenty-one years of age instead of thirty-one years of age he’d be a very nice running mate for SGA heading down the road. He’s a very smooth NBA player and I’m going to enjoy his stay here until Sam Presti pulls the trigger to add another first rounder to his arsenal of draft picks. Unlike Little Nick Gallo…the Big Gallo has won me over as a fan.

The best news for the Thunder in this game was that Terrance Ferguson actually looked playable on the offensive end of the floor. Isn’t it amazing what happens to your offense when the shooting guard can actually make some shots to take the heat off his point guard.

The timeline for Sam Presti’s tank I’m to think would be to play the first fifteen or twenty games straight up and see exactly what he has he can keep and what he needs to move as the season progresses.

Let’s say the Thunder win 22 games this season. What happened on Sunday in winning this game shouldn’t hurt them that much. I’ve come to the thought the Thunder should tank and tank hard when it matters.

This is the draft pick the Thunder have ultimate control of and they need to use a high lottery pick to select a core piece to go along with SGA. It would be nice if this core piece could shoot a basketball night in and night out.

I’m glad I backed out of my Adopt the Warriors for a season idea. That would be going nowhere with Klay Thompson on the shelf. Instead…I think I’ll just watch the Thunder tank and enjoy the moments SGA shows me pieces here and there of what the future might be in Oklahoma City as far as the NBA.

Seattle’s hockey team here would still be nice, but if we keep this NBA team and see through the rebuild we might actually have something interesting to watch in two years if Sam Presti learns from what he did wrong as far as team construction the previous decade. Namely…make sure you have enough players who can shoot a basketball.

The Thunder in Houston tonight to play the Russell and James Harden for the first time as a couple. Such a strange season if you’re a Thunder fan.

But as we saw just yesterday karma escapes nobody. Not even Kevin Durant or the Golden State Warriors.


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