Andrew Schlecht
@AndrewKSchlecht
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Covering the OKC Thunder | Executive Podcast Producer for @theAthletic | Host of Saturday Slam and Jam @AthleticNBAShow | Host of @DownToDunk & @OKCDreamTeam
Joined October 2014
The Impossible Thunder Spelling Bee.(full video in the comments). Can @shaiglalex , @jdubwttp , @Jay_MWilliams_ , Alex Caruso and others spell Daigneault?. What about Luguentz? Hartenstein? Akinyooye??? . Find out
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What the National Basketball Association doesn’t understand about their fans is that they like watching basketball.
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Peer pressure shirt cam is alive and well . Time for Playoffs
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I asked Chet how he’s feeling physically since his return from injury . His response:. “Probably a little better than you my guy… I’m sorry again… I know you are powering through”
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Jalen and Cody Williams family watching Thunder Jazz tonight
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LaMelo Ball took 17 (SEVENTEEN) three point shots last night
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Jalen Williams asks @AndrewKSchlecht why he’s on crutches. Andrew: “Tore my ACL.”.SGA and JDub knock on the table. JDub: “Doing what?”.Andrew: “Playing football with my kids.”.SGA: “Worth it.”.Andrew: “Yeah I scored a touchdown.”.
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Jalen Williams to the PR team. “Where is Nick Gallo??”
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This Shai shot iced the game. Feels like he’s been looking for this shot for a few games
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the speculation that he would want out of Oklahoma City . "I know what I signed up for when I signed a 5 year extension. and I don't think we're gonna be losing for much longer." . "I believe in this team"
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WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?????. (This is my son).
SGA signing a young fan's forehead before Game 2 🤣. #KiaMVP and man of the people. 🍿 MIN-OKC | ESPN | 8:30pm/et
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Look how much these guys love Aaron Wiggins . First the water, then the towels, and then just some love… . 41-14-3. February 1st is now Aaron Wiggins Day
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I can’t believe they’d do this on Aaron Wiggins night.
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Disaster for OKC. Huge win for Denver . Completely turned this series on its head
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32 free throws for the Wolves ……………in the 2nd half.
Coach Finch on facing the Thunder:. "It's so frustrating to play this team because they foul a ton. They foul all the time. And then you can't really touch Shai. It's a very frustrating thing.".
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A fan was yelling at Dwight Howard during the timeout. Dwight mouthed to him “I can smell your breath from here. It stinks” and he threw the fan a piece of gum.
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Young Thunder fans give advice to the players ahead of Game 2
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Food Truck Idea:. I buy a ton of @ChickfilA on Saturday and freeze it. Then heat it up on Sunday to sell. It’s called Chick Delay.
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The Thunder have been in Oklahoma City for 15 seasons. They just ended their longest Post Season drought. That drought was 2 seasons.
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Watch Chet Holmgren. His 26th game of his career. Bigs like Zubac are too slow. Wings like Mann are too small. When he is aggressive and confident he's close to unstoppable. The footwork is unreal. The touch and feel is crazy for a 7 footer.
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Absolutely MASSIVE 3 from JDub . OKC up 106-103 with 1:18 left
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Caruso's last 2 min against the Clippers was really something. He won that game for OKC last night
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Season ticket holder Sharee Farmer made custom “Williams” jerseys for JDub, JWill and Kenrich Williams. It’s a combination of all 3 of their jerseys . Sharee has been wearing this jersey to every home game
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Hartenstein is now 0-17 from three this season. I can't wait to see him make one.
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Thunder PR tells the team to go to the local broadcast and @nickagallo. @jdubwttp clearly happy about this
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It’s wild that Shai vs Ja used to be a conversation.
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Cason on the physicality and tension against the Rockets . “We’re not gonna get punked”
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Luka's 6 fouls.1. Fouls Tatum.2. Frustration foul/bad steal attempt.3. Offensive Foul.4. Fouls Payton Pritchard after he gets past him.5. Gets locked up with JB.6. Blocking call defending JB
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JWill and Chet dragging Bismack over to the post game interview . Then JDub gets pretty excited about it….
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A year ago today the Thunder were 40-26. They traded PG and Westbrook 4 months later and began the “reposition and replenish” era in OKC . Today they are 40-24 and have a better record than the Rockets. Presti, Billy, and CP3 have been unbelievable.
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Westbrook came off the bench behind Patrick Beverley this season. He was traded, made a scape goat, and waived . Didn’t hear a word from him. He just kept working . And now Westbrook just won Game 1 against the Suns and Kevin Durant with some insane effort.
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Josh Primo is being waived . The Clippers are signing Kai Jones. And here’s a picture of Tre Mann
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If the explanation from the NBA includes Giddey touching the net, the rule states that if a player from each team touches the rim, net or ball, that no points can be scored, and there is to be a jump ball at mid court.
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Everyone wants to talk about the Thunder making a trade. Do you really want to disrupt this? . Adding a big piece to a young Thunder team that is rolling both on and off the court isn’t guaranteed to make the team better, and it could disrupt things. They have to let this ride.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander before the start of the season . “I don’t think we are going to be losing for much longer”
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2023-24 Thunder . 57-25.1st seed in the West.Top 2 MVP candidate.Top 2 ROY candidate.Favorite for COY.Top 5 MIP candidate.12th pick in upcoming lottery from the Rockets. Insane season. This is the start of something special.
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Paul George. 50 minutes .45 points .7 assists.31 shots. ZERO TURNOVERS.
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Only Shai was listed for rest that night. The Thunder won by 18 that night.
The NBA is investigating the Oklahoma City Thunder for potentially violating league's player participation policy, sources tell ESPN. Game under review is OKC’s March 7 win over Portland in which Thunder starting 5 (Gilgeous-Alexander, Williams, Holmgren, Dort, Hartenstein) sat.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are officially in the Play In with the Mavs loss to the Bulls . It only took 2 years for the Thunder to get back to post season basketball. In that time they had 4 lottery picks . 21 Draft.6th Giddey. 22 Draft.2nd Chet .11th Dieng.12th Jalen Williams
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The Thunder bench would make the Play In Tournament.
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The Thunder last 5 seasons . ‘21 - 22 wins .‘22 - 24 wins.‘23 - 40 wins.‘24 - 57 wins.‘25 - 68 wins . Just a masterclass by Presti, Daigneault and SGA.
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ANOTHER THUNDER FAN JUST HIT ANOTHER HALF COURT SHOT FOR $20k
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Caruso was a maniac last night. The most disruptive defender in the NBA
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Hartenstein is pretty clearly the biggest free agent signing in the history of the Thunder . A deal that couldn’t be done without the trade for Gordon Hayward at the trade deadline. Clearing cap space by trading for Hayward allowed them necessary flexibility to sign Hartenstein.
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Interesting comment from Chet Holmgren reacting to Andre Iguadala and Evan Turner discussing their experience with the 76ers front office on @OldManAndThree
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on why he doesn’t complain to the officials during the game . “There are missed calls just like we turnover the basketball and make mistakes.”. “…and I get plenty of foul calls”
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Thunder’s last 7 games . Grizzlies ✅.Wolves ✅.Clippers✅.Knicks✅.Celtics✅.Cavs❌.Knicks ✅. Insanely tough stretch and OKC going 6-1 really says something . Should help solidify Shai as the MVP front runner.
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If Aaron Wiggins played for the Knicks he'd play 48 minutes.
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Seems like Shai is enjoying the Caruso experience so far
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Mark Daigneault on Luka’s ejection. He mentions that the ref that tossed Luka, JT Orr, gave him a tech in Sacramento for a “very mild comment”. Said “it was good to see him hold the line on the respect for the game standard”
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Kevin clearly didn’t understand what he meant to Oklahoma City. He said that all he did was go play for another team. that shows a clear lack of understanding of what he did and what he meant to every Thunder fan.
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Mark Daigneault will not be speaking with the media today. He and his wife Ashley had a baby girl this morning. Baby and Mom are doing great. Big congrats to the Daigneault family.
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We have said that it would be almost impossible for the Thunder to top the initial big 3 they had . Well…. they may have done the impossible. SGA-Chet-Dub are insane.
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"I was smiling ear to ear talking to him on the phone just because I was excited to play for him again.". "He told me, "Don't be a smartass", and I told him "I can't wait for him to cuss me out at the first practice" . Alex Caruso on playing for Mark Daigneault again
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The pause and nod from Bill Kennedy had me ROLLING . This is art
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I think it’s fair to say in hindsight that PG for SGA straight up is a fair deal. but the Thunder also got . Danilo Gallinari.2021 Miami (unprotected).2022 LAC (unprotected).2023 Miami (top 14 prot.).2023 pick swap.2024 LAC (unprotected).2025 pick swap.2026 LAC (unprotected).
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Not surprising that Shai wanted his teammates around him during this moment
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Mark Daigneault's Coaching Career. 03-07 Student Manager - UConn.07-10 Assistant - Holy Cross.10-14 Graduate school - Florida + assistant to Billy Donovan.2014 Head Coach Blue.2019 Thunder Assistant.2020 Head Coach - Thunder.20-21 (22-50).21-22 (24-58).22-23 (40-42).23-24 (57-25).
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I don’t know what’s more entertaining . The Thunder bench players beating the Blazers. Or watching the Thunder starters in street clothes cheer on their teammates.
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The good old days. We are in the good old days in OKC.
❝We put together a team effort tonight on the defensive end.❞. @NickAGallo catches up with @ChetHolmgren and the squad after Game 1 🎤
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I just met Ginny. She turns 94 today . She’s a huge Thunder fan sitting on row 2 tonight . She told me “I have a crush on Shai”
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Something I forgot about Lu Dort. He was a Thunder fan growing up, and his favorite player is Russell Westbrook.
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The Thunder were down 10 to the Cavs with 2:18 left. 98.5% win probability for the Cavs. Then. Dort 3.Shai 3.Chet Block (assist to Diagneault).Chet 3.Dort drive
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This was called “offensive goal tending”. Just embarrassing for the NBA officials
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To go from losing KD for nothing to a top 8 of . PG.Russ.Adams .Schröder.Grant .TFerg.Nerlens .Markieff Morris.(And a wildcard injured Dre) . Wow. incredible job by Presti and the Thunder front office.
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