I honestly don't know what to think?The Thunder has thrown me off balance by jumping from 23 wins to 50 in one season.Trying to be objective about it I say the Thunder will be somewhere bewteen 45-52 wins.I guess I figure OKC is more likely to slide back a little then move up.My reasoning ?First they deoend on the Big Three(Durant,Green,Westbrook) so much and they were remarkably healthy last year.Secondly the six supporting regulars all played their parts so well,nobody thinking they were bigger than they are.Can Kristic,Collison,Sephalosha,Maynor,Harden,Ibaka all perform as well as they did last year?Will anyone develop an ego problem in this group ? How does Aldrich fit in? Does he disrupt the Supporting Six rotation? Finally there is coaching,Brooks has done a marvelous job BUT he has 1 2/3 years experience,does he continue upward,level off,or drop off?
I hoestly don't know how to answer that because of Brooks' short coaching career so my best guess is we still in the 50 win neighborhood (+ or - 4games).