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Co-Founder of @DraftDigest | OKC Thunder Publisher for @SInow ’s Fan Nation | YouTube: derek-parker

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Three of the greatest shooters the game has ever seen.
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Saw these Thunder jersey concepts on Reddit: ridiculously clean.
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Left is Chet Holmgren at Summer League, right is him at team pictures today.
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Bowl wins since Bob Stoops retired: Lincoln Riley - 1 Bob Stoops - 1
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Feel like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has really closed the gap on Talen Horton-Tucker this season
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has officially reached veteran status:
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Ousmane Dieng on being boo'd by Knicks fans in Barclays center: "Yeah, man. that was unexpected. But I'm traded to OKC so that's good, really good."
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5 years
Get you someone who looks at you the way Odell looks at Baker. @Reflog_18
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Hartenstein said he watched the Thunder from Germany when it was KD, Russ and Harden. Said Russell Westbrook texted him saying to hit him up if he ever needs anything “in the O,”
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Keegan Murray is really good. Kings should get a nice return when they trade him next year.
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Josh Giddey cannot legally consume alcohol in the U.S. for 268 more days.
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10 months
This felt like such a MOMENT, y’know? Feels like the start of something.
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9 months
Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander all finding out the Thunder had just 4 total turnovers versus the Knicks
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2 years
People really enjoy their work, so I’m going to thread tgchompy’s OKC Thunder jersey concepts here, starting with my favorite:
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Missed the mid-game bark from Shai tonight, lolol
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Josh Giddey: “There was a lot of Golden State fans there tonight, which fills up the seats.”
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Lowkey forgot the internet was the worst there for a sec
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Jalen Williams this season stacked up against 2017-18 All-Star Klay Thompson.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have been all over ESPN/Sportscenter for about 14 hours now. Reminiscent of the glory days.
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Charlotte Hornets are 4-0 in the Tre Mann era
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Chet Holmgren on Josh Giddey: “They should add a zero after the 3 on his jersey after tonight … bad joke maybe,”
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Thunder “Creamsicle”alternate concept via tgchompy on Reddit, Thoughts?
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging more points per game than: Jayson Tatum Devin Booker Trae Young Joel Embiid Damian Lillard James Harden
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7 months
If that’s not the most contagious laughter loool
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the guys dragged Bismack to the post game interview & he gave us a bark 😭 look at the joy on all of their faces. this team man
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Paul George on being back in Oklahoma, “I still wanna be established as a Sooner here”
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3 years
Caught up in the details is the fact that now Paul George, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Al Horford and Kemba Walker have all been sent to their preferred destinations. Players' GM.
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Jalen Williams crashes Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s presser, “That’s an All-Star starter right there.”
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The 2022 NBA Draft is over and the Oklahoma City Thunder still have Luguentz Dort.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander exists, also
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lol
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Sophomore scoring leaders in the last 7 games: 1. Zion Williamson, NOP - 31.1 2. Lu Dort, OKC - 28.0 3. Michael Porter Jr., DEN - 21.7 4. Darius Garland, CLE - 21.0 5. Ja Morant, MEM - 19.9 6. Darius Bazley, OKC - 19.0
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OKC drafted: 7-0, 7-6 wingspan 6-10, 7-0 wingspan 6-6, 7-2 wingspan
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Jalen Williams’ instagram story:
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Jalen Williams translating his Instagram captions: “Yeah, he’s gotta stop doing that.”
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Oklahoma could have a chance to upset Kansas in the coming weeks
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It does not get better than this.
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Spring Game in the Book(ie)’s @Bookie_44
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Really liked this from rookie Josh Giddey following the loss to the Sixers, Veteran stuff from a fresh 19-year-old:
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10 months
Are we, as hoops fans, here yet?
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Field goal % of all NBA guards who have played more than 30 games this season: 1. Aaron Wiggins (57.7%) 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (55.2%) 3. Jalen Williams (54.8%)
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2 years
Cam Thomas, Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Ben Simmons, Nic Claxton is a pretty good starting point for a rebuild.
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Lu Dort on what makes Anthony Edwards hard to guard: “Rudy Gobert and Karl Anthony-Towns,”
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Just thinking out loud but PG really deserves more love around OKC, There’s no SGA, no Tre Mann, no J-Dub and eventually more if he doesn’t sign on long-term to one of the leagues smallest markets. Did a ton for the city on/off the court.
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Paul George on being back in Oklahoma, “I still wanna be established as a Sooner here”
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Good morning
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Absolutely no reason for the OKC Thunder summer league team to not demolish all competition, Josh Giddey No. 2 pick No. 12 pick Tre Mann Poku
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Just for fun, here’s every single Jalen Williams’ dunk so far this year, He’s dunked more than any other guard in the NBA:
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Josh Giddey, Chet Holmgren, Ousmane Dieng, Jalen Williams, Tre Mann, Jaylin Williams and Kenrich Williams are now all under contract with the Thunder through at least 2025-26, should the team choose.
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Thunder won a Playoff basketball game shooting 38% overall and 25% from three.
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Lost in all the Russell Westbrook stuff tonight is the fact that Chris Paul is getting some pretty serious revenge on the Rockets right now.
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Nobody: The 2023-24 Oklahoma City Thunder:
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With Oklahoma City drafting guys like Jalen Williams caliber at pick No. 12, I don't think they should be worried about their 2023 NBA Draft position at all, tbh.
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Josh Giddey’s total stats ranked among the 2021 rookie class: Points: 6th Assists: 1st Rebounds: 1st Steals: 6th Blocks: 7th FGM: 4th 3PM: 9th Min: 4th
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Jimmy Butler highlights from last night vs. OKC 🔥
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Chris Paul said he meant to send out a text to the team following Oklahoma City keeping their team together at the deadline, “we’re gonna make a run at this thing, we got our group.”
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A couple nuggets from the NYT article on Chet Holmgren:
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Forgive me
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Chet Holmgren’s stats per game through 3 Summer League contests: 15.3 points 9.0 rebounds 3.0 assists 1.0 steals 4.0 blocks
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Thunder have: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Theo Maledon Luguentz Dort Ty Jerome Josh Giddey Tre Mann No idea how that guard lineup shakes out.
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That really discredits OKC- Lowest the Thunder ever finished was bottom-4, got pick No. 2 and pick No. 6. Process Sixers picked No. 1 twice, No. 3 twice.
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Jawn Gonzalez
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*Whispers sadly to himself* The Thunder are the real Process
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1 year
The time before that.
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Ross Lovelace
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The last time Sam Presti had the No. 12 pick in the NBA Draft:
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This reminds me how complimentary the Thunder organization has been of Tre Mann over the past few seasons — multiple people have said there’s rarely been a time they’ve been in the gym and Tre wasn’t there. Think he’ll find his place in this league.
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From Tre Mann’s IG story last night 🥺
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👀
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Real ones remember the Paul George to LAC bomb at like 2:30 a.m.
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This might be the biggest late night trade in the history of the NBA??
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Big congrats to Thunder legend Ricky Rubio, OKC will miss you
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has scored more total points than Paul George and Kawhi Leonard combined this season.
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Mark Daigneault deserves lots and lots of credit for Oklahoma City's success this year.
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Josh Giddey is averaging 14.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 7.8 assists in his last 4 games.
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Jalen Williams on the tie-up with Jonas Valanciunas: “He yelled in my face and picked me up off the floor … so I just barked,”
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have won 11 of their last 16 games.
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Thunder rookie Josh Giddey finishes his preseason averaging 13.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. Not sure Oklahoma City could have asked for or expected much more from the 19-year-old.
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Chet Holmgren on Instagram:
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The ‘Black Eye of the NBA’ Oklahoma City Thunder just beat the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Jabari Smith Jr. replying to Magic players with cryptic emoji’s. Holmgren replying to Thunder ones doing the same. This is either happening or going to be the most incredible bait-and-switch of all time.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have won 10 of their last 15 games.
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Easiest take of the night: Jalen Williams is going to have a nice, long NBA career.
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Chet Holmgren is on pace to finish with 52 points, 12 blocks, 4 steals, 4 assists and 4 rebounds in his first Summer League game.
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Engelland and Rozman are legitimately coveted assets in the NBA -- it says something that they're willing to join what Oklahoma City is building.
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80% of negative Chet Holmgren takes are so lazyyyyy
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Just in case you forgot what Chet Holmgren will be bringing to the table with the Thunder:
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Russell Westbrook will make his return to OKC, this time in purple and gold, on Oct. 27
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Clemente Almanza
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This team is so fun lol
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Okay but, 1: SGA-Dort-Giddey-Dub-Chet 2: Micic-Wallace-Joe-Kenrich-Will Flex: Wiggins-Poku-Dieng Is really strong.
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The Trail Blazers broadcast is like, legit arguing about the top 15 players in the league. Haven't talked about the game in probably 10 real-life minutes.
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Tre Mann says Shai’s favorite nickname is Him Kardashian.
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Really cool of the Wizards to check on how Shai is doing, tbh
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NBACentral
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The Washington Wizards have ‘checked in’ on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dejounte Murray, per @RealQuintonMayo (Via )
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Josh Giddey ripping cross-court passes to a loaded Jabari Smith Jr. is just basketball heaven
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People wanting OKC to push their chips in this early after a little success haven’t been paying attention. This quote from Presti following the 2021 lotto says it all: “The longer you want to be good, the more patience it sometimes requires,”
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have not won a basketball game in April.
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“Dad tell me about post-contract alteration Davis Bertans”
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Thunder Rookie Josh Giddey is averaging 13.3 points, 10.1 rebounds and 7.9 assists in his last 8 games.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the broadcast: "We're a pretty good basketball team."
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Booker was drafted too low. SGA was drafted too low. Herro was drafted too low. Maxey was drafted too low. Quickley was drafted too low. Are we going to make the same mistake with Cason Wallace?
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Here’s Jalen Williams on the fan grabbing him after the shot and the OKC crowd in general:
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Early-season Cason Wallace highlights, Two-way star in the making.
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Muscala’s tenure with the Thunder couldn’t have gone better, on or off court. Provided legitimate value on-court, as a mentor in the locker-room, was always kind to media. Just a great dude who deserves love from OKC forever.
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Thunder “Black Eye” jersey concept per tgchompy on Reddit, Thoughts?
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Thunder guard Lu Dort in April: 25.7 ppg 5.7 rpg 1.8 apg 1.5 stl 46% FG 45% 3P on 7.7 attempts
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Josh Giddey has legitimately been playing ROY level basketball in his last 6 games.
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Thunder rookie Josh Giddey is averaging 15.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game in his last 5 games. He's shooting 47% overall, 35% from three and playing 31.8 minute a game in that span.
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