Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026my motto has always been: spend big when you can and tank hard when you can't (except don't tank too hard anymore bc stupid draft lottery changes) 010
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Yes! Doing well! At a new, new job, but vibes are good! 110
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I nailed this almost to the last dollar! (Besides projecting an Isaiah joe trade) 191
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026(Gonna listen to dtd post draft pod now) Thoughts about OKC not picking up a big wing (like Swain) who can give us mobile size and creation ability that we lack. Mara doubles up on a strength/playstyle we already have (Hart/Sorber) which I don’t hate 100
Reposted by AnkitAlbabycakes @albabycakes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Shoutout to @ankitpancakes.bsky.social who wrote a great OKC offseason primer with a couple of different options. Much healthier (and realistic) than combing through more fake Chet trades. ankitpancakes.substack.com/p/issue-13-c...ankitpancakes.substack.comIssue #13 - Cap Management Pt. 2electric boogaloo 1163
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026and if you're interested in how some whacky trades like giannis, trey murphy or pj washington play into this - i also wrote: ankitpancakes.substack.com/p/issue-121-... which i spun off as the Cap Mgmt piece got quite longankitpancakes.substack.comIssue #12.1 - 2026 Offseason tradesbuzzkill 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026thanks! appreciate it hopefully some interesting pod topics to discuss at some point, though i'm not sure if i said anything _too_ crazy lol 010
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026@albabycakes.bsky.social you might find this itneresting! 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 04/06/2026i'm back with a 2026 thunder cap management issue of my newsletter. i talk about how okc will keep (most of) this group going to continue fighting for championships in the year(s) to come. lmk what you think! ankitpancakes.substack.com/p/issue-13-c...ankitpancakes.substack.comIssue #13 - Cap Management Pt. 2electric boogaloo 131
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026In light of this - i have tabled my aday mara draft research 😤 010
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026@albabycakes.bsky.social spoke ihart v wemby mins into existence - and it worked amazingly! 110
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 26/04/2026@albabycakes.bsky.social thoughts on MIN <-> HOU <-> MIL 3 way trade: My only regret is not finding a way to let Naz stay in Minny, but seems like something they could do this offseason. I have a strong feeling that we may have seen KD's last game in Houston, and not because KD wants it to be 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 16/04/2026@albabycakes.bsky.social what do we call this bird night??? 150
Reposted by AnkitDaniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Look at where Alex Caruso is when this play starts. Far corner on the baseline. SPRINTS back, gets the steal, and then navigates the floor coast to coast to put OKC up 5 late. This man is constantly making timely plays. #NBASky #SkyHoops 68610
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 28/02/2026never seen a guy run 200+ feet on one sequence that included a steal and made basket 000
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 10/01/2026this was a 24-25 thunder win. if we had viet jokic, i think the offense could have been a little smoother in the 1st half, but gritty finish based on attacking the rim (finally) 010
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 10/01/2026kinda forgot how much we needed ihart and jaywill to do dho stuff as part of our halfcourt offense. it's especially stark without shai 000
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 07/01/2026@albabycakes.bsky.social idk if you actually prepared remarks or if that was just off the top of the done BUT that emergency pod intro was truly the best opening segment podcast i’ve ever heard. had me cackling 010
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026!!!! well, perhaps some prepared remarks for next week will have to suffice heading into what is, imo 2 must win games vs SAS and HOU 110
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026@albabycakes.bsky.social not to spam you on the other thread w more of my rant - but i gotta say i'm looking forward to the wednesday pod. maybe my hopes for some airing of grievances is projecting my own frustrations - but i always appreciated the candor to complement andrew's optimism looool 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026i don't think this is necessarily something that will make or break a season (the defense is certainly my #1 concern by far), but is a point of growth for shai (and dub/chet/ajay/whoever) in the offseason 000
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026i feel like when shai, who is good at making reads, gets critiqued for his playmaking - this attention to detail is what really elevates him to the luka/jokic tier of passing. i always think about that lebron clip of him learning how his shooters liked to catch balls when they're shooting 110
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026inaccurate passing has been a growing pet peeve for me. i didn't really notice much last year since we were hitting 3s seems like if the shooter doesn't catch the ball in his shooting pocket and either a. move to catch it b. catches it outside his frame then the shot is almost assuredly a miss 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026woops lol - i'm tunnel visioning on my downward spiral into fandom hell. makes my crash out feel more vindicated 000
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026(i'm just gonna keep ranting since i'm here already. sorry lol) also re: effort - the 24-25 thunder lost b2b games 2x last season (once when jdub was the center, once near the end of the season). the 25-26 thunder have lost b2b games twice now in relatively inexcusable ways! 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026i know this was the 2nd leg of a b2b, but 6-6 in in the last 12 and it's becoming a bit of a pattern now. a low effort thunder team has next to zero outs in the playoffs. 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026i'm also pretty frustrated that even while in a blowout, chucking 3s has never been and never will be a comeback mechanism for this thunder team. them just settling and not running a competent offensive play is incredibly frustrating. 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026i think this team still has the capacity to get back to elite perimeter d, but if this doesn't turn around - i think we could very easily be a round 1 or 2 exit - and i don't think the #1 seed is a guarantee by any means. 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026these assumptions are: 1. we still suck at half court offense. always have, probably always will (aside from shai). i'm not so worried about this 2. our perimeter defense has fallen off a cliff. and as a result our transition offense is non-existent. i am pretty worried about this! 100
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026yeah this was maybe a schedule blowout - but i think there are some serious issues with this team right now. i think we've kept some assumptions about this team from last year that maybe aren't so true anymore - at least in the thunder's current form. 200
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 03/09/2025If you’re gonna be good at exactly 1 thing, 3 point shooting is one that will keep you i the league for a while 020
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Joe Lacob needs to axe whatever sponsorships he has with PG&E 031
Reposted by AnkitJason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 28/08/2025The team owned by socialism has seized the means of the NFL's most valuable defender from Jerry Jones 7581116
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Veronica Burton has young Westbrook vibes to her game lowkey 000
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 11/07/2025i feel like i might have screwed up the link lol. here it goes again ankitpancakes.substack.com/p/issue-12-c...ankitpancakes.substack.comIssue 12 - How Will OKC Manage its Cap?cash rules everything around me 011
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 11/07/2025thanks - i appreciate it! hopefully you found it helpful/insightful 010
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 11/07/2025@albabycakes.bsky.social you might find this interesting 010
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 11/07/2025for those of you who interested in finding out how OKC is gonna afford to keep this team together - i write about that here on my newsletter. check it out. hopefully we can put the second apron will destroy okc buzzwords to rest lol open.substack.com/pub/ankitpanca…open.substack.com 351
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 25/06/2025didn't realize i had 2 days to put together a 2025 draft post lol check it out if you are interested 🫡 ankitpancakes.substack.com/p/issue-11-o...ankitpancakes.substack.comIssue #11 - Obligatory Draft Day Postgetting back into the swing of things 020
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025it's funny to look at this because we didn't even know we were in the SGA era in that bubble year lmao 010
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025OKC Thunder End of Season Results in the SGA Era 2019-20: Lost 1st Round 2020-21: 14th in West 2021-22: 14th in West 2022-23: Lost Play-In 2023-24: Lost 2nd Round 2024-25: NBA Champions 110
Ankit @ankitpancakes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025the sam presti offseason presser this year is gonna be an all timer 030
