Keyontae Johnson drafted by OKC... joins Tre Mann

Tre is having arguably the best summer league of anyone so far. That counts for something - a chance to prove himself in the NBA this coming season. Then it's up to him to perform, but this is as good of a confidence boost that he or the coaching stuff could have hoped for. This isn't the regular season, not by a long shot, but it's still very positive after the way he declined last year.

 

i was born and raised in okc, so i know im biased towards the thunder.

sincere question though: where are you getting this notion that okc fans (or the coaches / organization) have been mean or unfair towards tre? are you using random twitter nobodys as your support? do you frequent thunder message boards or listen to thunder podcasts?

maybe im too far in the thunder weeds, but i think you would be surprised by thunder fan support of tre. it's just a numbers crunch when it comes to the guard position. last year was a perfect time for tre to go off, he struggled some. what happened was jdub went crazy and almost won rookie of the year. then we drafted cason. thunder fans love tre though.

 

could you dm me the message board links you're referring to?

im interested to see if they're hating on him, or stating the current situation as i and tampajack mentioned above.

 

Tre needs to get playing time ti be successful. Can’t get yanked in and out for 4 minutes of playing time

 

im not saying you're wrong, but it's not like he was only getting 10 mpg. several backcourt players have missed time over the last 2 seasons. tre has had his opportunities. i still have faith he can have a bounce back season this year.

 

it's all good. i did google several forums looking for hate towards tre, just saw fans and bloggers praising him for his summer league play. as well as stating that the backcourt is loaded and it will be the survival of the fittest.

again, the overwhelming majority of thunder fans are cheering for tre and know he has skill. the reality is the thunder has a treasure trove of 1st rd picks and a load of young prospects who have shown they can play at the nba level. it's unfortunate that some of the young prospects will not be with the team in 5 years, same as every franchise...

 

He had a triple double recently and then gets a few minutes in the next two games. I don't read a lot into that.