OKC Thunder's Remarkable Rise to Top of Western Conference

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00:00 The Oklahoma City Thunder, slightly different story.

00:06 Win total for OKC, 44 and a half.

00:09 They sky over that number.

00:10 They earn the number one overall seed in the Western Conference.

00:14 Less than a $2.00 favorite to reach the playoffs before the year got underway.

00:18 They got there to win the division, 6-1.

00:20 They did that.

00:21 A 34-1 number to be the number one seed in the West.

00:25 Oklahoma City accomplished that.

00:26 Mark Dagonault, their head coach, named NBA Coach of the Year as well for the 2023-24

00:32 campaign.

00:34 Different than Denver.

00:35 The Nuggets winning an NBA championship.

00:38 Expected to run it back.

00:39 Oklahoma City, the team that has now shown the promise in two consecutive seasons with

00:44 more playoff pedigree this time around.

00:48 Just how bright, DRS, in your estimation, is the future in OKC?

00:52 Yeah, the future is really bright in OKC.

00:55 Because the one thing that you can sort of lean back on is actually what OKC did in the

00:58 previous years.

00:59 You saw that James Harden team, Russell Westbrook team, and Kevin Durant team.

01:03 And you sit back and say, how did they win at least one championship?

01:06 We might be on the precipice of another run like that.

01:08 But keeping all these talented young players in-house, because you must look at the team

01:13 that they have now with the depth and also try to incorporate what's on the horizon.

01:17 So many draft picks here.

01:18 You can flip them for extra veteran pieces.

01:21 This isn't a team that's like, oh man, we were all in for one season.

01:24 This is a young team that has multiple seasons still left to gel.

01:27 And we sort of saw them take one of those price points this year and say, I don't think

01:31 they can get over the hump.

01:32 But yet again, at the end of the regular season, they were the number one overall seed.

01:35 I love the future of OKC.

01:38 I love what they've done in the past to build this team.

01:40 They played it exactly correct.

01:41 Now as we say, it's time to land the plane and add another superstar to that roster.

01:46 And watch out.

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