With the All-Star teams getting the schoolyard treatment and the trade deadline on tap in week 16 pundits tended to look forward more than reflect on the previous week for a change. The OKC Thunder like all the teams were analyzed more so from the perspective of what the deadline would offer.
Some sites even offered up suggestions on who should (or would) stay or get traded while others looked at potential targets. The remainder left the trades to the brain trusts focusing entirely on performances to this point in the season.
As we’ve witnessed all season, however, most cites have held the OKC Thunder at 13 rarely moving them up or down.