National Basketball Association

[Laramie]

Oklahoma City Thunder end season with win over Los Angeles Clippers.






Clippers 112 @ Thunder 117

 Box score  https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401307888

[Laramie]

How will NBA draft lottery tiebreakers be decided?

The Oklahoma City Thunder are among teams who will have to wait to know exactly what odds they'll have in the draft lottery. They are tied with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the fourth-worst record in the NBA.

 

Oklahoma City, Cleveland and the other teams who have a record that is equal to another team's will have their draft or lottery spot determined by a coinflip, according to ESPN's Jonathan Givony.  Givony tweeted that the coinflips will take place on May 25 early in the day.

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[Laramie]

Thunder win pre-draft tiebreaker over Cavs, jump to 4 spot https://www.koco.com/article/thunder-win-pre-draft-tiebreaker-over-cavs-jump-to-4-spot/36536514

The teams finished with identical records this season, prompting a "coin flip" that didn't go the Cavs' way. The drawings were conducted by NBA executive vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe at the league office in Secaucus, New Jersey, and overseen by the accounting firm Ernst & Young.

The league decided five other teams among those with identical regular-season records: Chicago (31-41) won a tiebreaker with New Orleans and Sacramento; Charlotte (33-39) won a tiebreaker with San Antonio; New York Knicks (41-31) won a tiebreaker with Atlanta; Dallas Mavericks won a tiebreaker with the Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers; and the Clippers (47-25) won a tiebreaker with Denver.

The draft lottery is set for June 22, 2021 & The draft is July 29, 2021

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[Laramie]

                         

     Here's a look at the NBA's key dates & milestones over the next 12 months.

          2021

                   June 21-27: NBA draft combine
                   June 22: NBA draft lottery (ESPN:  7:30 - 8:00 p.m.)

                   July 23 to August 8: Toyko Olympics
                   July 29: 2021 NBA draft

                   August 2: Free agency negotiations can begin at 5 p.m. Central
                   August 3: Official start of 2021-22 league year; brief moratorium period begins on transactions
                   August 6: Moratorium period ends at 11:01 a.m. Central, allowing free agents to be signed and trades to be executed
                   August 8-17: NBA Summer League in Las Vegas

                   September 28: Training camps open

                   October 19: Regular season begins

         2022

                    April 16, 2022: 2021-22 playoffs start

                    June 2, 2022: NBA Finals Game 1
                    June 19, 2022: NBA Finals Game 7

[Laramie]

ESPN will air the ping pong balls selection pick that will determine the pick selection order tonight at 7:30 p.m.   This will be a pivotal moment in NBA Thunder history.  Time:  7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. on ESPN.

Are we feeling lucky; this will be much more agonizing (anticipation filled) than the recent coin flip the Thunder won.
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[Laramie]

Lottery picks for Oklahoma City: #6 pick,  

         Lottery order:

              #5  Orlando Magic
              #4  Toronto Raptors
              #3  Cleveland Cavaliers
              #2  Houston Rockets
              #1  Detroit Pistons


On the positive side; Presti will make the most of a #6 pick...

Davion Mitchell projected to be drafted by Thunder at #6.


Age:  22,  Height 6' 2 -  205 lbs.,  position - point guard

The Thunder will pick No. 6, No. 16 and No. 18 in July's draft.

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[dbacksfan 2.0]

[Laramie]

Wish the best for Coach Monty Williams. 

[Laramie]

New arena naming rights will be announced next week.

Chesapeake Energy Arena will be renamed...





Signage being removed

According to an unnamed source, we should hear a brief report by the Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer sometime next week that a new arena name has been secured.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

[Laramie]

Chesapeake Energy Arena
Naming rights




Dylan Buckingham
@DylanBuckinghampt
9:47 PM · Jul 26, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

BREAKING: Sources tell me Paycom has secured the naming rights to what was Chesapeake Energy Arena. I'm told an official announcement is expected this week.

https://twitter.com/DylanBuckingham/status/1419851791991246849

[Laramie]

The Thunder and Paycom announced Tuesday that they have agreed to a 15-year naming rights partnership.
Terms of the deal were not released.--Oklahoman, July 27, 2021

Thunder Insider - https://www.nba.com/thunder/news/release-paycom-210727?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=210727PartnerAnnouncement

[Laramie]

Chad Richison, Paycom's founder and CEO, said, "Oklahoma City is home to thousands of our employees, and I am happy that Paycom Center will be the home of the Thunder. We are committed to our community and remain focused on the future as we support the home team."

[Laramie]

Oklahoma City's Paycom Center

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2021 NBA Draft

Oklahoma City Thunder select . . .


Joshua Giddey - Age 18, 6' 7" - 205 lbs.,  Point Guard

#6  - Melbourne, Victoria