{"id":403269,"date":"2026-01-12T16:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/403269\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:37:07","slug":"%e2%ad%90%ef%b8%8f-does-okc-need-to-make-a-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/403269\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2b50\ufe0f Does OKC need to make a trade?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9vFM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F651e531d-1f41-4730-8bf0-a99ac0dce6ef_1024x682.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/651e531d-1f41-4730-8bf0-a99ac0dce6ef_1024.jpeg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/651e531d-1f41-4730-8bf0-a99ac0dce6ef_1024x682.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:682,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:84162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.tomthefinder.com\/i\/184252363?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F272a0998-1b2f-4fb4-afa4-c082b7e03e0a_1024x682.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a>(Photo by Kenneth Richmond\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder have earned five-star status from this publication all season long. After going 9-6 over the past month, it\u2019s time to check the temperature. It\u2019s not great. Do they need to make a trade?<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to another edition of Tom\u2019s Title Tiers! A reminder: This is my subjective list based largely on objective data. This is not a pure, analytical ranking. You\u2019re here because you want to know what I think, to get inside my brain a little bit. Consider this a weekly report of what I see on film; what I glean from the numbers; what I hear on the phone; what I read in the news; what I feel.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s featured squad: the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>A reminder that teams are listed within each tier in alphabetical order, not in order of strength. Here\u2019s a quick rundown of each tier:<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f This is a complete team, no notes.\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f Just missing that one thing.\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f One move away from being one move away.\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f So much has to break right.\u2b50\ufe0f Sooo you\u2019re saying there\u2019s a chance.<\/p>\n<p>Should the Thunder trade for Michael Porter Jr? Which West team deserves more love?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n<p>This is a complete team, no notes.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by Kenneth Richmond\/Getty Images) The Oklahoma City Thunder have earned five-star status from this publication all season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-403269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}