Remember last week when I couldn’t rule out the possibility of the Thunder winning out the rest of the season? Yeah, well life comes at you fast. The only predictable thing about this Thunder team is that it is entirely unpredictable. There were encouraging signs and plenty of valid excuses to be made for this week’s three consecutive losses, but the last time I checked the exchange rate on moral victories was rather low.
As Rick Pitino would say, “Andre Roberson’s not walking through that door.” His elite perimeter defensive skills are gone for the season, and though it’s been a point of contention in our Slack channel, I’ve said all season that I don’t believe the Thunder will make any trades before the deadline.