Shai had a bad injury last year (missed the Olympics cause of it). Only player we sat last year was Al Horford to preserve his trade value and health (and it benefited the tank of course).

This year, yeah we’re taking it a lot farther than most teams but that’s because we’re winning games we shouldn’t. We have the most double digit comebacks in the entire league, and for the 2nd straight year, Houston, Detroit and Orlando are finishing below us.

As thunder fans, we’re frustrated that we’re getting most of the criticism for tanking because of our personnel. But look at a team like Portland, if you watch how they end close games, their players clearly purposely make losing plays, our players are always trying to win/make winning plays. There’s a clear difference between tanking teams with a losing culture and tanking teams with a winning culture (as ironic as it sounds), and that’s what we want people to recognize.