The Oklahoma City Thunder and New Orleans Pelicans square off in New Orleans on Wednesday evening in their second matchup of the season. For more on the game please check out our game preview here.
In our Outsider’s Perspective series we go deep into each Pelicans opponent by gathering various contributors and editors from around the basketball community. Today we have SB Nation reporter Matt Ellentuck. You can find him on Twitter at @mellentuck.
Matt walks us through the rise of the Thunder in the Western Conference. Paul George’s career year, and the impact of a few guys not named Russell Westbrook.