Mike Muscala retires. I bet he winds up somewhere in the Thunder organization.

https://twitter.com/jxlorenzi/status/1812108719079240121

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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 25, 2024 – The Oklahoma City Thunder announced its complete 2024 preseason schedule today. The Thunder will play five games, comprised of two games at Paycom Center and a contest against the New Zealand Breakers at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.

The Thunder opens the 2024 preseason on the road against the San Antonio Spurs on Oct. 7 before returning to Paycom Center for the team’s preseason home debut vs. the Houston Rockets on Oct. 9. Oklahoma City once again travels to Tulsa for a preseason game vs. the Breakers on Oct. 10 and then concludes exhibition play with a road contest against the Denver Nuggets on Oct. 15 and a home match-up vs. the Atlanta Hawks on Oct. 17.

Fans interested in purchasing tickets for the home preseason games, including Tulsa, can call 405-208-HOOP or visit okcthunder.com. Fans can also inquire about ticket memberships, partial plans, group nights, and suite rentals for the regular season.

Broadcast plans for the Thunder’s preseason games will be announced at a later date.


OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 2024 PRESEASON SCHEDULE




DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT)


Oct. 7 at Frost Bank Center, San Antonio Spurs, TX - 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 9 vs. Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City, OK, Paycom Center - 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 10 vs. New Zealand Breakers Tulsa, OK BOK Center - 7:00 p.m.
Oct. 15 at Denver, Ball Arena, Denver, CO - 8:00 p.m.
Oct. 17 vs. Atlanta Hawks, Oklahoma City, OK, Paycom Center - 7:00 p.m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHz-zeOVNgY

Team Canada with SGA and Dort is putting on a strong performance against the Greeks. I will always root for the USA, but Canada basketball is my number two this year. Also, happy to see Giddey performing well for Australia. I think he is going to really be able to grow as a player this year. It is going to be a big opportunity for him to develop his game instead of continuing to try to fit into a mold that is just not him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czeoF6yKIKw

Key dates for 2024-25 NBA season
Key dates, important events and season information for 2024-25 season.

https://www.nba.com/news/key-dates?lid=3mmtuxy0z3hw

NBA 2024-25 regular season schedule will be released in August 2024.

the Thunder NBA cup schedule is out ..

Friday Nov 15 Home vs the Suns
Tuesday Nov 19 @ the Spurs TNT
Friday Nov 29th @ the Lakers ESPN
Tuesday Dec 3rd Home vs the Jazz


full NBA CUP schedule

https://www.nba.com/news/emirates-nba-cup-key-dates-schedule

The NBA announced on Tuesday that it will release its schedule for the upcoming campaign on Thursday, Aug. 15. That is when fans can turn their attention from the drama of offseason player movement and rumors to the Boston Celtics' title defense and the rest of the league's chase for glory.

Here is all the key information for the NBA's schedule release:

Date: Thursday, Aug. 15

Time: 3 p.m. ET

TV: NBA Today on ESPN2

The Oklahoma City Thunder will open up their season against the Nuggets in Denver on TNT Oct 24th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-danKeQxeyQ

Full schedule should come out at 2:05p local time today. Time to Thunder Up!

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=200&w=200 Oklahoma City Thunder

https://www.espn.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/okc/oklahoma-city-thunder

9 games on ESPN, 5 games on TNT, 1 game on ABC , 10 games on NBA TV.

16 back to backs this year. Tied for the most in the NBA with a few other teams.

15 nationally televised games (did not include NBA TV games, just TNT, ABC and ESPN) ... Denver has 22. Dallas has 23. Minnesota has 18. Lakers have 27 and Warriors have 23. Knicks have 24 and Boston has 26. Not sure who has the most, I would guess LA, but I haven't looked through all of them, just the big ones.

9 games on ESPN, 5 games on TNT, 1 game on ABC , 10 games on NBA TV.

16 back to backs this year. Tied for the most in the NBA with a few other teams.

I was typing mine when you posted.

I think last season we had about 12 national TV games. So a little more respect put on the name, but still 15 games seems low.

I haven't looked at how many the Spurs have, but I will guess more than 15 right now.

Lakers - 27
Boston - 26
NY Knicks - 24
Dallas - 23
Golden State - 23
Denver - 22
Philly - 21
Phoenix - 19
Minnesota - 18
Milwaukee - 17
OKC - 15
San Antonio - 13
Indiana - 9
Clips - 9
Memphis - 9
New Orleans - 9
Cleveland - 8
Miami - 7
Sacramento - 6
Orlando - 5
Houston - 3
Atlanta - 2
Chicago - 2
Utah - 2
Brooklyn - 1
Charlotte - 1
Detroit - 1
Portland - 1
Toronto - 1
Washington - 1

I think last season we had about 12 national TV games. So a little more respect put on the name, but still 15 games seems low.

I haven't looked at how many the Spurs have, but I will guess more than 15 right now.

Yeah, I was curious about it too, but they have 13 nationally televised games (again, not NBA TV, just ESPN, TNT, ABC) but we are just under the Bucks and it wouldn't surprise me if we play really well and get more moved to National TV towards the end of the season. Our last TNT game is on 3/25 against Sacramento and I could see the two Lakers games in April and the Suns game the day after being moved to TNT or the like. Especially if Lebron announces he is retiring.

It's really not bad. I'm just disappointed no Christmas or MLK game. Seems like we earned one or both. I'm just glad we have more TV games than the Spurs, who will be bad, but will get TV because of Wemby. I also agree that if we are good like last year, we will get flexed to more National TV after the first of the year.

The back to backs are annoying - seems like we are on the high side of that every year.

Golden State getting 23 games on national TV is wild. I know they have Curry but that team is going to barely make the play-in. More motivation for the Thunder!

I think last season we had about 12 national TV games. So a little more respect put on the name, but still 15 games seems low.

I haven't looked at how many the Spurs have, but I will guess more than 15 right now.

last year it was 8 (if we are not counting NBA TV)

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4784829/2023/08/17/nba-schedule-release-2023-details/

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=200&w=200 Oklahoma City Thunder

https://www.espn.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/okc/oklahoma-city-thunder


Sat, Oct 26 @ Chicago
Sun, Oct 27 vs Atlanta

Fri, Nov 1 @ Portland
Sat, Nov 2 @ LAC

Sun, Nov 10 vs Golden State
Mon, Nov 11 vs LAC

Tue, Nov 19 @ San Antonio
Wed, Nov 20 vs Portland

Thu, Dec 19 @ Orlando
Fri, Dec 20 @ Miami

Sat, Dec 28 @ Charlotte
Sun, Dec 29 vs Memphis

^ Six back-to-back in 2024/Eight back-to-back in 2025 v


Thu, Jan 2 vs LAC
Fri, Jan 3 vs New York

Fri, Feb 7 vs Toronto
Sat, Feb 8 @ Memphis

Wed, Feb 12 vs Miami
Thu, Feb 13 @ Minnesota

Sun, Feb 23 @ Minnesota
Mon, Feb 24 vs Minnesota

Sun, Mar 2 @ San Antonio
Mon, Mar 3 vs Houston

Sun, Mar 9 vs Denver
Mon, Mar 10 vs Denver

Sat, Mar 15 @ Detroit
Sun, Mar 16 @ Milwaukee

Tue, Apr 8 vs Los Angeles
Wed, Apr 9 @ Phoenix

Let me know if I've missed anything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQzdRVpdAeM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmMNDBtvOnM

HEIGHT 7'0" - WEIGHT 250 lb - AGE 26 years - #55 | Center-Forward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzfjGQnEpDs

Preseason: NBA 2024

Oklahoma City Thunder 112 @ San Antonio Spurs 107


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tix3irgHql4

Box score http://https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401716958



Attendance: 15,393

Chet and iHart are fun to watch together.

This “survey” on NBA.com has a lot of Thunder mentions.

https://www.nba.com/news/2024-25-nba-gm-survey

Thanks for sharing. Why the quotation marks around the word survey?

Thanks for sharing. Why the quotation marks around the word survey?

At first seemed an unusual term - but I guess that is what it is!

New guys all looked good last night.

Houston Rockets 122 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 113 - F/OT



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSbGz44UEOo

Box score http://https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401716971

So I-Hart appears to be the rebounding piece we have been missing.

Side note, I like what I have seen from our new young guys. Ajay Mitchell and Dillon Jones.

80 win team.

80 win team.

You need to be humbler, 74 wins at the worst.

Will they fly or drive to the game in Tulsa tonight? Just curious.

I am guessing they flew up this morning.

The technology changes at the game last night were really nice - the app was pushing out all sorts of stats and things I have not seen before. Each seat has a scan code on it as well. There are new concession areas and bar areas which looked nice and very user friendly. However, everything seemed great last night because the crowd was light compared to normal.

I am guessing they flew up this morning.

In the past they took a big black bus the day of.

nm

Preseason
New Zealand Breakers 89 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 117

(Tulsa, OK - BOK Center)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDnpS7EBgJU

Box score https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401716981


Attendance: N/A

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Preseason
Thunder @ Denver Nuggets
8:00 PM - Ball Arena - TV Bally Sports Oklahoma

I got my email today offering me a free league pass subscription as a season ticket member. If you are a season ticket holder make sure to take advantage. Of course, local games are blacked out.

I got my email today offering me a free league pass subscription as a season ticket member. If you are a season ticket holder make sure to take advantage. Of course, local games are blacked out.

I did as well. Haven’t tried it out yet, but that is a nice benefit. Also got a nice delivery in the mail with a couple of tumblers in the big thunder box like they used to send the hard copy season tickets in.

I did as well. Haven’t tried it out yet, but that is a nice benefit. Also got a nice delivery in the mail with a couple of tumblers in the big thunder box like they used to send the hard copy season tickets in.

Yeah I saw that and thought I’d scored a way out of paying for Bally only to quickly realize that it’s kinda useless lol.

Yeah I saw that and thought I’d scored a way out of paying for Bally only to quickly realize that it’s kinda useless lol.

If you have a VPN you can kind of get around it. Dumbest thing ever is league pass where you can't watch your teams.

If you have a VPN you can kind of get around it. Dumbest thing ever is league pass where you can't watch your teams.

if I can figure out a way to set one up on my appletv I may give it a shot

Preseason

Oklahoma City Thunder 124 @ Denver Nuggets 94


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipxYtx5HSpY

Box score https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401717006


Attendance: 17,022

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41847505/thunder-isaiah-hartenstein-injures-hand-least-5-6-weeks

And this is why you don't play core players in meaningless preseason games.

Bummer, at least it's early in the season & not late.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41847505/thunder-isaiah-hartenstein-injures-hand-least-5-6-weeks

And this is why you don't play core players in meaningless preseason games.

So you want preseason just to be the G League?

This is pretty devastating news considering our big availability. I guess we could bring our rookie Dillion Jones into some early games?

Ous about to get some minutes!

Paying the toll for being the least injured team last season. As far as injuries go, this one isn't too serious. And better to be at the beginning of the season than towards the end.

But still, this sucks.

What devastating news about Isaiah Hartenstein. Thank God he won't be out a whole season as was the
case with Chet Holmgren. Big men are a luxury to have if you can keep them healthy.

While not good news by any measure, this is far from devastating. Even with iHart out this team is basically last year's team with a year more experience and Caruso for Giddey. And they finished as the no. 1 seed in the West.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41847505/thunder-isaiah-hartenstein-injures-hand-least-5-6-weeks

And this is why you don't play core players in meaningless preseason games.

yeah, that block on Christian Braun was tight as hell, but it's not the kind of thing you want a 30M player doing in a mid-October game.

Preseason

Atlanta Hawks 99 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 104


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFwdYhIkres

Box score https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401717016




Attendance: N/A

Thunder Star Jalen Williams Gets Crucial Injury Update:


Tim MacMahon
@espn_macmahon
The left ankle sprain suffered by Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams is “not severe,” sources told ESPN.

Good news for one of the Thunder’s rising stars.

Wish the best recovery for I. Hartenstein, J. Williams and K. Williams.

Alex Reese, Position: Center/Forward

Welcome to Oklahoma City

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Height 6 ft 9 in., - Weight 245 lb., Age: 25

OKC Thunder have signed Alex Reese to fill in some massive shoes as center, the Hartenstein injury has thrown to a wrench in the Thunder’s plans for the 2024/25 season.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSIOFBDLpF4