Well, my, my. It does matter if these Thunder play a good team away from PayCom.
And the Spurs having Wemby on the floor with Cassell, Fox, and Harper might even be a thing as well. It might even be a thing despite some of the nonsensical bullshit I’ve heard or read the past two weeks from the college level scribes in the OKC market. And it might be just a bit premature to elevate Shai beyond Michael, Kobe, LeBron, KD, and even Steph for that matter.
So here’s MJ’s first thing…if you examine the 24 wins the Thunder have accumulated to date…they don’t have one on the road against a team which could win an NBA championship. The Thunder’s best three wins all came at home.
Houston without a point guard in double overtime. The Lakers at home without LeBron. And the TWolves at home WITH Rudy Gobert the Human Basketball Slug. Those are the Thunder’s best three wins during the course of their first 26 games in defense of their NBA title.
Cupcake City.
Anotherwords…softer than the schedule which Notre Dame just played, but maybe better than Tulane and James Madison’s resumes….if you’re following MJ’s fluid train of thought here leading into the College Football Playoff.
Yeah…the Thunder with Superman haven’t played shit yet, but I still think they’re pretty good.
I love Alex Caruso. I do. My six year-old grandson south of Denver wears a Caruso jersey on his way to hockey practice which makes sense since Alex Caruso gets away with more grabbing, clutching, holding, checking from behind, high sticking, and spitting than any other player in the NBA.
So, Alex, friend…read MJ’s lips—I don’t give a shit if you were or weren’t fouled there as the buzzer went off. That’s not why you guys lost. You guys lost because the rest of your team minus you couldn’t buy a three point bucket…and you guys finally played against a good team with their four best players present on the floor at the same time away from PayCom.
The end.
Having written all that and doing Coach Mark’s job in lighting a fire under his team hopefully…the Thunder and Spurs meet again very quickly on December 23rd and 25th in what should be must see NBA games for a Thunder fanbase to see if their team can beat a team with their four best players on the floor at the same time.
Have a wonderful Monday.
Mike J