Thunderous Intentions

2 weeks ago | thunderousintentions.com | Jack Simone

The Oklahoma City Thunder are slated to have too many players on the roster next season, so an offseason trade seems imminent. The Oklahoma City Thunder are almost guaranteed to make trades this summer, as they have all 15 players on their roster and a hoard of draft picks they will have to make or move. Fans may not be pleased with losing a player they may have grown attached to. Jake Fischer of The Stein Line explained as much in one of his recent articles.

2 weeks ago | thunderousintentions.com | Mark Nilon

One of the biggest advantages the OKC Thunder have over essentially every other team in the association is their ridiculous roster depth. Coach Mark Daigneault regularly finds himself going 10-to-12 men deep with his rotations, and throughout the year, he often changes up the starting five based on matchups.

3 weeks ago | thunderousintentions.com | Mark Nilon

It's safe to say that everyone left Thursday's NBA Finals opener feeling absolutely stunned, as the Indiana Pacers stole Game 1 in the closing seconds of regulation out at Paycom Center in front of a raucous OKC Thunder home crowd. Now down 0-1 in this best-of-seven championship round, leading into Sunday's follow-up, there's no doubt that Oklahoma City will be rewatching the tape and trying to figure out how they managed to choke away what very easily could have been a blowout victory.

3 weeks ago | thunderousintentions.com | Mark Nilon

The OKC Thunder haven't lost all that many contests throughout the 2024-25 campaign, as they've fallen short a total of 19 times in both the regular season and playoffs. Yet, despite this, their Game 1 demise against the Indiana Pacers is surprisingly not foreign territory for them, as they were also bested during their series opener against the Denver Nuggets in round two of the postseason.

3 weeks ago | thunderousintentions.com | Mark Nilon

The OKC Thunder choked during Thursday's NBA Finals series opener. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Despite a 12-point halftime lead, the fact that they attempted 16 more shots, and forced a ridiculous 24 turnovers compared to just six of their own, Oklahoma City somehow managed to lose Game 1 against the Indiana Pacers despite having the makings for it to be a blowout victory.