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Oklahoma City Thunder 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead
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- Sep 24, 2026
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Dan is joined by Nick Crain ( @CrainNBA ), Jacob Kniffen ( @JacobKniffen ) and Tayler Peterson ( @Tayler_P15 ) from The Uncontested podcast to break down the 2026-27 Oklahoma City Thunder. SUBSCRIBE TO T HE UNCONTESTED ON YOUTUBE , and SUPPORT THEM ON PATREON : https://t.co/RoXfK1lcdL . TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 4:21 - Themes from last season 8:17 - Oklahoma City’s collateral damage 14:56 - Who picks up Lu Dort’s defensive workload? 16:43 - Jalen Williams’ “return” 21:28 - Trickle-down effect of Dort’s absence 24:41 - Cason Wallace’s role and future 34:06 - Can Chet Holmgren be more aggressive? 42:12 - Ajay Mitchell’s continue development 47:56 - Jared McCain’s fit 52:46 - The Thunder’s approach to player development 55:16 - Bennett Stirtz, Thomas Sorber, Aday Mara 1:00:02 - Importance of Kenrich Williams 1:08:04 - Biggest needs 1:09:21 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stats 1:10:23 - OKC’s shooting 1:10:41 - Top-10 rotation 1:13:01 - Go-to crunch-time lineup 1:13:23 - Weirdo lineups we want to see 1:16:41 - PREDICTIONS SUPPORT US ON PATREON 🫶 SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TikTok: @hardwoodknocks Twitter @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Dan's Bluesky: @danfavale Dan's Twitter: @danfavale Dan's IG: @danfavale Grant's Bluesky: @granthughes BUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️ [email protected]