With week eight in the books a third of the season is complete. Much like the quarter pole every additional week puts distance between the tiers. Week nine features the top two teams playing each other so it will be extremely interesting to see how that one game might change the dynamics of the tiers. For that reason, I’ll hold off until week nine to dive a little deeper into the tiers. In terms of the OKC Thunder although they suffered some losses this past week they also simultaneously had a minor breakthrough.
They enter this week still in the middle which is a testament to their clutch time identity coupled with so many other clubs either underachieving or dealing with injuries.