2025-2026 NBA Season Thread: Wolves Back • Page 49

Wolves should be projected in the second tier under Thunder / Nuggets

With like Houston or whoever

 

Sixers are a top team

 

Love marcus smart and lebron on the same team finally

 

Thunder are their own tier.

Houston / Denver / Wolves tier two.

 

Thunder almost lost to a beat up Denver team with no bench. They replaced Michael Porter Jr. with a guy with two working arms!

Denver is absolutely up there, they had the best offseason they could have had.

 

idk if i agree with that, kinda depends if jonas plays or not

 

expecting more of a run from TSJ this season, and he had been going crazy in summer league before they pulled him out of it. and probably hoping for a big step from dillingham coming into his second year. they lost NAW but lotta the bench guys should improve

 

Thunder are probably even less vulnerable next season, progression isn’t linear but still lots of young guys who could be even better next year

 

All of that is true, but it’s very hard to repeat and very hard to keep that motivational edge / chip on your shoulder. They’re the champs and the main 3 (?) just got huge bags of cash given to them. They may still go 60-22 or some shit but wouldn’t be surprised if they’re more like 55-27 and just sleepwalk through most of the season. The bitterness of the loss to Dallas is gone. Whether sleepwalking through the season (if they do) impacts them in the playoffs who knows, but a lot of small variables that could make a lot of changes for how next season plays out.

 

we're really in July huh

 

Source?

 

Hornets winning it all tonight

 

Even without Jonas, they greatly improved, and all signs are pointing to Jonas playing.

The Thunder aren’t world beaters, they very well could have lost both the Nuggets series and Pacers series. Denver is absolutely in the same tier

 

Paul George was wrong

 

nice

 

The shorts man hahaha

 

nobody posts like KD

 

Pound for pound (social media, shooting the ball) the goat

 

Smashing the under on whatever they set games played together for Kawhi, Harden, Beal, and CP3

 

I lost the tweet but some clippers fan posted a photo of them 4 and said “what are we calling this super team”

and someone said
Out, doubtful, probable, and GTD

Got a laugh out of me

 

That’s fun

 

Throwing up. Crying. On my knees.