Dan is joined by Olivia Panchal (@olivianba) from Daily Thunder's Crossbolts podcast to break down the long-term trajectory and current expectations for the Oklahoma City Thunder in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. We talk Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Josh Giddey, Tre Mann, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, tanking, trade candidates and much, much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:00 - Intro 🔘 3:40 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 🔘 8:23 - Impressions of Thunder's offseason 🔘 11:13 - Endgame for OKC's draft-pick armory 🔘 15:15 - Josh Giddey's game and fit 🔘 18:01 - How much will Tre Mann play? 🔘 19:18 - Jeremiah Robinson-Earl's role 🔘 21:55 - Expectations for Aleksej Pokusevski in Year 2   🔘 24:05 - Expectations for Darius Bazley 🔘 26:01 - Theo Maledon's upside 🔘 27:15 - The center rotation 🔘 28:13 - KENRICH WILLIAMS FOREVER  🔘 29:52 - Lu Dort's future 🔘 33:37 - Predicting OKC's second-leading scorer 🔘 34:30 - OKC's best chance at a second star 🔘 37:48 - Best closing lineup 🔘 38:34 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 43:57 - Win-total prediction 🔘 46:33 - Will SGA make the All-Star team? Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices