Dan Devine cites only injury luck and inexperience as reasons to bet against the Thunder this season, while lauding Oklahoma City as one of the league's strongest contenders. From Yahoo!:
"More missed time for key contributors — especially offseason acquisition Hartenstein, who was just beginning to develop chemistry with his new teammates — would make it harder for the Thunder to roll up the kind of sterling record many project them to have. And every little edge — in seeding, in home-court advantage, in getting to strategically rest players late in the season, etc. — could wind up mattering in what promises to be a brutal West.