00:00How about the OKC? I don't know if you saw the injury to Williams. I'm sure you did. Right. That
00:05was devastating.
00:06Oh, that was just nasty looking. Right. There's been some buzz that they may may inquire about Russell Westbrook coming
00:12out of retirement.
00:14Knowing that the case and the injury as well, are we like eliminating them from realistically being NBA championship contenders?
00:21Still good. Still make the playoffs. But can they really compete for a championship without those two guys?
00:27It'll be very tough to do that. And I know we saw it last year in the NBA playoffs and
00:32people sometimes forget that they were one win away from the finals, despite injuries to Jalen Williams and A.J.
00:39Mitchell, who stepped up and against the Phoenix Suns, had a career high 30 points last night.
00:44They're fortunate that they do have depth at the guard position. They're missing an all defensive level player to all
00:51defensive level players and Jalen Williams and Cason Wallace and Jalen Williams also being an all NBA level player and
00:56all star level player.
00:58That's nearly impossible to replicate. But you do have Shea Gillis Alexander, who, depending on who you ask, is the
01:05best player in the world.
01:06You have Jared McCain, who they got in that trade last year. A.J. Mitchell, they drafted Bennett Sturtz from
01:10Iowa.
01:11He's a guy who's going to be looked to step up as well. Can Chet Holmgren step up and play
01:16a bigger role?
01:17It'll be very tough for them. They'll have a very thin margin for error.
01:21I still think they can win 50 games, but as far as being a title favorite, it's going to be
01:24hard without those guys.
