Today on the Thunder Buddies: Michael Martin, Derek Parker, Rylan Stiles and Clemente Almanza have assembled like voltron to give out their best, “would you rather” Thunder questions going into the 2023-2024 season. A fun one for sure where the four get into some fun questions and discuss some expectations for next season.

 

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The Thunder roster crunch has been the topic of the summer in OKC. Earlier this week the Thunder cut ties with two former Houston Rocket first-round picks in TyTy Washington and Usman Garuba. The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin break down the news, when it happened and why we feel like this may have happened. Then it's trivia time! Michael has around 15 or so fun Thunder trivia-style questions and we will see how sharp Joe’s random niche knowledge is coming off vacation!

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Joe Mussatto (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin

Yesterday was a big day on the NBA calendar! It was schedule release day! Now we know the exact time and date of every Oklahoma City Thunder game in 2023-2024. Today on the Thunder Buddies: Michael Martin is joined by Brandon Rahbar of Daily Thunder to discuss and break down the top 5 Thunder games we are looking forward to most this season.

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar)

Producer: Michael Martin

For this edition of the Thunder Buddies a special guest joined us: James Edwards III of the Athletic who is a senior NBA writer, Detroit Pistons reporter and podcaster. We get a different perspective on Thunder’s core from an outside source with his finger on the pulse of the NBA. A ton of fun in this one breaking down Shai’s status in the NBA, the Dort dilemma, Giddey’s ceiling, previewing Chet’s rookie season, JDub looking to take a second leap, Cade Cunnigham's return to the floor and finally the parallels between the Thunder and Pistons with their emphasis of people over players in team/organization building.

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: James Edwards III (@JLEdwardsIII)

Producer: Michael Martin

We needed questions and you all came through! So it's only appropriate we answered as many as we could! The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin answer and discuss your great questions about the Thunder, the NBA and more!

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Joe Mussatto (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin

I hope I am not shocking or surprising anyone by asking this, but did you know the Thunder have a roster crunch and need to cut down some numbers? It seems with all the roster crunch talk it is always talking about the cases against these guys to stay on the roster. In this episode, we decided to flip this idea on its head! Michael Martin is joined by a special guest: Alex Speers of the Athletic’s NBA Saturday Morning Slam and Jam and Down to Dunk to help make the case for the Thunder underdogs.

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Alex Speers (@Albabycakes)

Producer: Michael Martin

This is NOT a player ranking. Inspired by Bill Simmons' trade value columns, the Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin tier every member of the Thunder roster, explain their reasoning for tiering, how trade value can be measured, contract value and more hypothetical fun!

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Berry Tramel (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin

Don’t forget how the Thunder got here. There is tons of talk about the Thunder’s far away new arena plans and there is already murmuring about the city vote on the plans. The Thunder Buddies: Michael Martin and Berry Tramel breakdown more arena news, the history of NBA teams relocating and their reason for leaving. Then we dive into the comparisons that we should not make between Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembenyama along with any other comps for Chet. Lastly we discuss the current big man renaissance that is developing across professional basketball and where the Thunder stand in this new movement.

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Berry Tramel (@BerryTramel)

Producer: Michael Martin

First Danillo Galinari, Mike Muscala, Eugene Omoruyi and now Jared Butler? It feels like there's a recent Thunder migration to the Washington Wizards. The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin have all the Butler news, why this happened and more. Then we get into some Q&A fun with questions coming from the beautiful people who listen to this podcast and read Joe’s work at the Oklahoman!

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Joe Mussatto (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin

Yesterday Mayor David Holt made a big announcement pushing forward momentum on a new downtown arena that would be the home for the Thunder. The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin breakdown all the new arena news, why this is happening, why now, what does this mean for OKC, the Thunder’s involvement, big picture things and finally we discuss Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren joining the Team USA select and how this experience could help both guys going into next season.

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Joe Mussatto (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin