Revisiting Those 21 Statements Made with Extreme Confidence

(1) The Thunder finish with 24 wins

OKC was on pace to double this win count, and then some. They didn’t just win more games than I thought, they convinced me as the season progressed that the wins weren’t pick-damaging victories for naught, but appropriate shoot-your-shot dings for a worthy squad.

(2) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will only lead the Thunder in games started

In keeping with my thought process, SGA did benefit from volume (he played the seventh-most minutes in the league). But he was more voluminous a scorer and all-around stat stuffer than I imagined. Opportunistic in his team-leading starts (63 of 64) and minutes (35.1 per game), he scored 19.3 points (first) and snagged 6.1…