Sometimes in the NBA, teams that reach the NBA Finals one year will then come into the next season with the mindset of just breezing by their conference. Not so fast. Similar to the Lakers after they lost in the 2004 NBA Finals, as they came back the next year not even making the playoffs. Hopefully, this doesn’t happen to the Thunder. I mean, I can’t see the Thunder not making the playoffs next year but I hope Oklahoma City doesn’t… Continue reading
After looking at the Pacific division yesterday, we now take a look at the Northwest division. The Oklahoma City Thunder won this division last year, as well as the year before. Here is how the crew at Hoopstradamus graded the Northwest division: Denver Nuggets Draft Picks: Evan Fournier- France 6’6 SG, Quincy Miller-Baylor 6’10 F, and Izzet Turkyilmaz-Turkey 7’0 PF/C Grade: C Reason: Masai Ujiri didn’t do a good job in this year’s draft. Fournier averaged 14 points overseas, which means he might average 5… Continue reading