I didn’t watch the entire game because I don’t view the NY Knicks as a legit contender, and right now on my blog I’m primarily interested in covering Thunder games when the opposition is a Top 12 team in the league.
But still.
Over a month ago on here or so…I posted a piece entitled J-Dub Is A Dude and since then nothing has diminished that view.
This kid is not only a baller, but he’s bright and has the overall body type to defend all five positions on the floor.
Sam Presti hit gold using a 12th pick to garner Jalen Williams. Absolute gold.
If I did a Power Poll on the entire league right now…I’d probably have the Thunder at No. 5 falling in behind…. 1 Denver, 2 Philly, 3 Boston, 4 Milwaukee, and then the Thunder.
In the West…moving beyond the Western Conference Top Ten Poll I did last week….as of this moment…I’d go 1 Denver, 2 Thunder, 3 Minnesota, and maybe at No. 4 the Sacramento Kings.
A week before the season started I wrote on this blog, “The Thunder’s primary goal this season is to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves for second place in the Northwest Division.” I wrote that. Pretty good, right.
I’m still sticking with that paragraph, but little did I think at that time Denver and the OKC Thunder could conceivably be the two best teams in the West. Now…I’m considering that possibity.
Back when OKC nudged the defending champs Nuggets 118-117 with KCP as a DNP scratch, the Thunder’s eternal homer beyond Little Nick Gallo, that being Michael Cage…gushed, ” This is not only a huge win for the Thunder, but a seismic shift for the NBA as a league.”
I kind of rolled my eyes and muttered, “F–k… is this guy on drugs every game?”
But you know what…on this one I have to give Michael Cage a little fist pump. The West is going through a seismic process with OKC, Minnesota, Sacramento, Houston, and New Orleans ascending while at the same time as LeBron, Steph, and KD are getting old.
Kind of like when Kobe, Timmy, and Dirk all got old in the 2012-13 season.
So is this achanging of the guard, but with the Denver Nuggets in place as the defending champs? Maybe.
Who would have thought…that for the first time in three years the Thunder are going to be a team I can write about on my little blog.
Have a great Thursday.
MJ