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Season in review
The 2021-2022 Thunder season ended with the result the majority of OKC fans hoped to see: a comfortable, non-stressful loss.
Thank goodness the LA Clippers weren’t trying to dodge LeBron James this go round.
After too many double-digit comebacks, nerve-wracking close losses and inexplicably nutty G League led wins, Thunder fans’ season-long enemy in Los Angeles gifted them the peaceful, easy feeling of knowing by halftime that their team would be locked into the #4 lottery spot.
Let’s hear it for a group of guys who helped OKC achieve their goal of not slipping past the Indiana Pacers in the reverse standings. This plucky bunch of likable overachievers was a rag-tag group of G Leaguers, two-way contract guys, 10 day hardship contract players and, for some reason…Isaiah Roby.
Here’s to you, Zavier Simpson, and the best sky hook since, well, ever. And to you, Jaylen Hoard, who just got another 3 rebounds while I was typing this sentence. Raise a glass to Georgios Kalaitzakis, who gave Thunder fans heart palpitations when he did his best Game 6 Klay impression against the Lakers’ B Team. Can’t forget Melvin Frazier Jr. coming up tank clutch, after Olivier Sarr was dismissed for too closely resembling a 7-foot Curry brother. If the Thunder ultimately wind up in the fortunate position of selecting Chet Holmgren, Paolo Banchero, Jabari Smith Jr. or Jaden Ivey, all of your contributions will be forever held in high regard within OKC fandom.
Thunder Rebuild: Season 2 is now officially in the books.
Before the season started, Sam Presti & Co. had a handful of goals in mind. My guesses as to those goals, in no particular order: the continued ascension of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to stardom, another returning young player separating himself as a core keeper, Josh Giddey proving…
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