This week's 10 things features a look at the precocious Oklahoma City Thunder, the Toronto Raptors' equation for mediocrity, problems in Clipper Land, and the surging 76ers.
1. The Oklahoma City Thunder are arriving
After all the shrieking over Oklahoma City's allegedly brazen tanking -- I was guilty, too -- the Thunder were bad for all of two seasons. The Houston Rockets, who owe the Thunder a top-four-protected 2024 pick, are awful for the third straight year with no immediate end in sight. The Philadelphia 76ers were terrible four seasons in a row, nudging the league toward lottery reform only one franchise -- the Thunder -- voted against.