Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs kick off the NBA preseason against the Oklahoma City Thunder today.
The two most fascinating teams in the Western Conference heading into the 2024-2025 season are the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder. After a season of experiments and adventures to learn how to build around rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama the team settled on adding Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes and Malachi Flynn in the offseason after drafting Stephon Castle. They are building for the future, but with Wembanyama on the court and head coach Greg Popovich on the sideline the team has the potential to crash the playoffs sooner than expected. Paul is no stranger to improving bad or mediocre teams in his first season leading the then New Orleans Hornets to a 20 win improvement as a rookie, the Los Angeles Clippers to an eight win improvement and the Phoenix Suns to a 17 win improvement.
How to Watch Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs today:
Game Date: Oct. 7, 2024
Game Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
TV: NBA TV, Bally Sports Oklahoma
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Paul will look to unlock more of Wembanyama’s potential like he has so many other big men in his career. Last year Wembanyama had the most impressive rookie year in recenet memory. He went number one overall in the 2024 Draft, followed by averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.6 blocks per game. He didn’t stop there leading France to a Silver Medal in the offseason.
For Oklahoma City the team made two key moves to improve a roster that already finished tied for the second most wins in the regular season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished second in MVP voting leading Oklahoma City to the second round of the playoffs since the 2015-2016 season.
They added lockdown perimeter defender and former 2020 NBA Champion Alex Caruso in the offseason moving on from young playmaker Josh Giddey. He will add to an already active perimeter defense while Isaiah Hartenstein helps sure up the paint with Chet Holmgren making Oklahoma City the deepest team in the NBA this season.
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