Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and Yahoo Sports fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus discuss Oklahoma City’s outlook for the upcoming season - in which a young squad adding a couple of key new pieces to make a deeper push in the playoffs. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

View more

Video Transcript

I I think that the number one team that stands out for me has gotta be the thunder.

How are they beneath the Timberwolves?

The Nuggets?

Um The Knicks, look at what the Thunder did, who had a better off season than the Thunder?

They traded away, Josh Gideon got Alex Caruso, one of the best defenders in the league.

Then you also get Isaiah Hartenstein there.

You already had, you know, a team that went to the conference semifinals and wasn't that far away from the Western conference finals.

This team is young hungry.

They fill the void of needing to fill that gap in the front court for rim protection for rebounding.

Um This team, the squad is so deep.

I'm just like, why would the books be so down on the thunder?

I'm with you.

I tend to believe the thunder.

It's the easy choice.

It's almost lazy to say that the Thunder will make it considering they had the best record in the West last year.

Like you said, you shore it up on the floor on the ball defense with Alex Caruso.

You added Hartenstein who is an underrated hub as an offensive player.

You can slide at Home Gren down to the four where now he's a 7 ft three power forward as opposed to a 7 ft three center and a, you know, a little light in the ass.

He's still going to be light in the ass at the four, but he's less light in the ass at five at four than he is at five.

So you're thinking a little maturity there, you're thinking, you know, some experience, I'm very curious how all of that is going to work out.

And of course, you know, Sam Presti is the mad scientist.

He figures out everything Mark Dagnall is a really good head coach.

Close