Can The Thunder Actually Win A Championship

That would be fitting of Sga gets snubbed for mvp then he takes finals mvp

The follow up question on my mind is whether the conventional wisdom of "you need playoff scars" is really true or just a misconstruing of a reality that's more like "playoff scars are a natural consequence of teams usually taking longer to get this good".

Sam Presti has all the playoff scars, you can tell he's learnt a lot from that first go around with Russ n KD.

5 players on OKC were in the FIBA World Cup last summer. That’s equal to playoff experience.

OKC fan here! Excellent well done vid and a great take on my Thunder! TTFU SGA=MVP

Ironically the 2013 Heat won the title off of a game saving rebound

If you get more steals and better possessions , then you can win without higher rebounds.

This came along my TL due to the algorithm and I salute your take on my Thunder. Smart take. Looking forward to seeing you grow. NEW sub here.

I think the playoff scars and playoff experience is just a mentality thing. It doesn’t grant you immunity to fouls, or give you an automatic shooters roll, but that mentality of “I’m not going out like this again” or “I want to feel like I’m on top of the world like I did last time I won”. The kind of resolve lebron had to come back 3-1, when he (and by extension the rest of the cavs, don’t wanna discredit the rest) could have easily said “eh we tried, nobody else could do it so we’ll get ‘em next year”. That said, how epic would it be for okc to go from 10th seed missing the playoffs to 57 wins 1st seed and win a championship with the youngest championship team of all time, in a matter of an off season? And for the people licking their chops to see them get beat, like Presti said, this is an arrival not an appearance. As good as they are and as fluid and cohesive as they play now, they have plenty of time to get better together.

This was a very well-made video, Im sure you'll eaarn momre subs if you keep this quality up!!

Love this content Gene.Well researched and offered plausible scenarios either way.Experience and execution under pressure are seemly prerequisites for success but firsts in sport do happen.

you're such an underrated basketball channel m8!! you earned a sub 💯

Correlation doesn't always mean causation. Being older, having experience in the playoffs, having playoff scars, etc, certainty helps, but it doesn't mean you have to have those things to win. If playoff scars and experience were so important, then what about all these teams who go into the playoffs year after year and never get close to winning? In the end, having a great team is what it comes down to. The rest is just top dressing.

Lebron about to hop ship and try to join The Thunder..😂 we don't want that.

Great job on this one…keep up the good work…thank you sir

yo great video ngl.. i thought this was made by a channel with a few million subscribers lmao

This was an interesting video and this is the first time I saw your video so I immediately subscribed to your channel. I believe the lack of experience for Thunders will be a liability for them during their playoff run. They will either be eliminated in round 2 or in the conference finals. I do not see them going into the finals.

Idk about the rest of the team but age is definitely just a number for Josh Giddey

Gene really knows hoops!

As a thunder fan I’m happy to see them winning and would be happy with a wcf appearance . The teams feels deeper and better then the group with kd and Russ im just here to enjoy them while I can but feel they are one rebounding post away from taking over