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

Right before this podcast was recorded news broke that Mark Daigneault has agreed to a contract extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin breakdown the news, why this happened, what it says about the Thunder’s confidence in Mark and more. Then a massive deep dive into expectations for Chet Holmgren’s rookie season with research over top 5 picks since 2013 who were 6’9 or above and other players like Chet who missed their rookie season due to injury and how the rest of their careers have gone.

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Joe Mussatto (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin

As Summer League is coming to a close, it is only appropriate that we talk about our biggest takeaways from the games. The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin breakdown their biggest takeaways, lessons learned and more from Salt Lake City and Las Vegas Summer League for the Thunder. The NBA and Vegas had more news this week as the specifics of the NBA In-Season Tournament and its rules were finally formally announced. We put on our commissioners hats on for an exercise if Adam Silver asked us what changes we would make to the In-Season Tournament along with our initial reactions to the new addition to the NBA calendar.

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Joe Mussatto (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin

Summer League is in full swing! Cason Wallace shined in his first game for the Thunder. The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin breakdown Cason’s debut, Joe’s time in Vegas this week, watching Victor Wembenyama in person, All the Chet chat in SLC/Sin City and finally Joe and Michael discuss how the Thunder currently having 20 rostered players is not an issue and actually could be a positive.

 

We are in full Summer League swing with the Salt Lake City games wrapped up and now OKC will make their way to Las Vegas for more games. The Thunder Buddies: Berry Tramel and Michael Martin on today’s podcast deep dive into some recent history of European hoops as a way to gage how good Micic could be in OKC, How Tre has become the Mann in SLC and if its sustainable for the regular season, Early returns on Chet is his first games back from injury and finally what is the best use or role to play Ousmane Dieng in?

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Berry Tramel (@BerryTramel)

Producer: Michael Martin

The Thunder did the unexpected this week and signed Vasilje Micic! The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin breakdown the Micic signing, why now, how he fits with OKC, the Thunder adding assets alongside Victor Oladipo and Patty Mills, the Thunder adding Jack White, who he is, a short scouting report, our top 3 things for Thunder fans to watch during the Salt Lake City Summer League and finally it is the 7 year anniversary of the NBA cap spike that lead to Kevin Durant signing with the Warriors. Rather than dwell on the negatives, Joe and Michael had some fun and drafted the top 3 worst contracts from 2016 that lead to some historic overpays and front offices pulling out their hair.

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Joe Mussatto (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin

The Thunder Buddies: Joe Mussatto and Michael Martin have talked about Cason on a variety of podcasts and different episodes and segments. We thought it would be fun to do a super cut of all the Cason Wallace conversations we have had on the Thunder Buddies. The clips are all in chronological order going back to May with Derek Parker and Rafael Barlowe with their scouting expertise and opinions on Cason. We also included any Cason convos between Joe and Michael including our initial reactions to the pick on draft night!

 

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Host: Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports)

Analyst: Joe Mussatto (@Joe_Mussatto)

Producer: Michael Martin