Alex Caruso, who is playing his debut season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, signed a four-year extension last month — and was sidelined with a left hip strain
The narratives around the Oklahoma City Thunder this season has predominantly fallen back on the play of MVP candidate, and the league's leading scorer, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Needless to say, that's fair in many respects.
The OklahomaCityThunder have been one of the best teams ... the lack of size on their roster until Hartenstein returns. AlexCaruso recently gave his thoughts on the subject and also hinted ...
The Thunder might be tempted to add another star to their core before the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, but they'd be better off building around their current Big Three.
The NBA trade deadline is, for most teams, an exercise in resource-management. Take the Phoenix Suns. They are so desperate for the flexibility to make moves that they just traded one great first-round pick for three bad ones.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are not facing a championship or bust season despite the expectation level. The Thunder are still one of the youngest rosters in the NBA and deserve to be treated as such.
Deni Avdija had 28 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, Toumani Camara had 24 points and nine rebounds, and Scoot Henderson had 25 points for Portland.