Thunder's Strategic Roster Moves Lead to NBA Success

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00:00I'll believe me, he will.

00:07So the guys that have made the biggest difference for me for the thunder have been Hardenstein

00:12and Caruso.

00:13What a brilliant front office move to add those two pieces.

00:16One is a glass Windex cleaner.

00:19The other one, you know, is a defensive mongrel.

00:23And I just think those two vets with that young core, no wonder they have the number

00:28one front office in basketball, according to everyone.

00:32No wonder they're as good as they are.

00:34They lost the cup final.

00:35So what?

00:36They're going to be in the NBA playoffs deep.

00:39They lost the cup finals because they had one of those shooting nights, man, that every

00:43team just has.

00:44They just had one of those nights.

00:45I was in the building.

00:46It wasn't.

00:47And by the way, it just it wasn't just threes like they were missing twos.

00:50They were two of 22 on wide open threes.

00:52It was just one of those nights.

00:54That team, the other thing that jumps out at you when you see them in person.

00:59I remember last year, the Lakers pushed them around.

01:00They struggled with size and Dallas did it to him in the playoffs when they knocked him

01:03out.

01:04You can't do that anymore.

01:05And it starts with Hartenstein.

01:07But it's also guys like Jalen Williams and other guys on that roster who said, we got

01:12to be stronger.

01:13We've got to be.

01:14And they came back.

01:15They're young.

01:16They came back and they're like, all right, we're stronger.

01:17We're going to be physical.

01:18We're going to start taking it to teams.

01:20They are really a complete roster right now in a way that maybe only Boston.

01:24I'm not even sure who else is in the league.