Michael Martin
@MichaelOnSports • 4,070 subscribers
OKC Thunder beat reporter & content creator | Let's Talk Thunder on YouTube | @bball_ref Brand Ambassador | Knower of Ball | email me: [email protected]
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Jaylin Williams on how his friendship with Jared McCain came to be. “I mean, his locker is right next to mine, first off, so I can't avoid him. But he's just a good dude, like he's confident in himself, he's confident in his abilities, he's confident in his own skin. Like he's just a good dude.”
Michael Martin3,906,798 views • 14 days ago
Most people from California aren't exactly dying to move to OKC when they've never been there before. I asked Jared McCain about sort of falling in love with his new home city. “And the city, everywhere I've gone, they're always trying to help and always trying, always, no matter what. So whether it's being able to just pay for somebody's coffee, help somebody out, give someone a picture, like whatever it is, I try and do that. I think that love just kind of all comes back around to you and that energy comes back and that allows me to fall in love with a city.”
Michael Martin656,478 views • 5 days ago
“I mean, we could sit here all day and talk about all that he’s done for the game. Guy is one of the best players to ever pick up a basketball in the history of human beings… You guys don’t need me to sit here and tell you how great of a player LeBron James is.” Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on facing LeBron James in a playoff series.
Michael Martin1,610,714 views • 1 month ago
Jaylin Williams on Jared McCain. “He's such a good dude, and he can be in any situation. We can be right after we win a game, right after we lose a game, he's going to be smiling, he's going to be dancing. He's going to play Olivia Dean in the shower, and you can hear him singing, regardless of what it is. So he's just a good dude.”
Michael Martin165,784 views • 5 days ago
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had nothing but praise for his teammates after this series. “Yeah, I'm so impressed by this group. Not to make any excuses, but they're a really good team over there, and losing Ajay and Dub the way we did in the midst of the series, you'd think it'd be a lot harder for us, but those guys never got discouraged, they played their butts off, d the reason we got to this point in the series is because of them. Supporting cast was amazing this series. Hats off to them. They were big time. I wish I was a little more myself throughout the series, give them more of a boost, more of a chance, but yeah I'm nothing but proud of my guys.”
Michael Martin183,528 views • 6 days ago
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the Spurs defense. “They have multiple guys that are tenacious, they get into the ball, and then they have Wemby behind them, and they know that, and they do that to their strength. So obviously, a really good defense. They've been a really good defense for a year, and to score on them, it's gonna take quick decisions, smart decisions, the right decisions, you gotta be really good offensively and really sound.”
Michael Martin247,113 views • 12 days ago
Before anyone asks, yes, it was me who forgot my question for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tonight 😭😭 I wasn't ready to get called on/didn't think it was my turn, and airballed the shot, but luckily SGA kicked it back out to me, and we got the question off and got a good answer.
Michael Martin497,508 views • 27 days ago
Are the Thunder bored with winning? Jalen Williams sure isn’t “Winning is never boring. Cause there was a time when some players on our team were getting blown out. Not gonna name names, but we lost by 70. I think a lot of guys still have that in the back of their mind.”
Michael Martin605,862 views • 5 months ago
Mark Daigneault says the “permanent sub” idea of keeping Dillon Jones at the scorers table was to counteract the speed at which Nikola Jokic was inbounding the ball and controlling the games pace. Mark felt that the officials didn’t control the pace properly and countered.
Michael Martin1,427,008 views • 1 year ago
Mark Daigneault didn't call his first timeout in Game 3 until around halfway through the second quarter despite some big punches thrown by the Suns. I asked Mark about that decision and deciding to stick with his guys and allowing them to figure it out on the fly. “I trust our team, and if we can't handle tough situations, then we're not gonna do very much. So we gotta be able to fight through it, and we did. Doesn't mean I'll never call a timeout. But I thought coming on the road it was good just to get a little exposure to that and have to grind through it and the guys did a great job of it today.”
Michael Martin68,386 views • 1 month ago
How much weight do the Thunder put into their regular-season record vs. the Spurs? “Honestly? Nothing, the playoffs is such a different game, monster. It’s a different game. You’re never playing a team this many times in a row in the regular season. The calls are different, guys play harder, defense is different, offense is different, so everything is different, so it’s a whole different game.” -Jaylin Williams
Michael Martin26,254 views • 19 days ago
Lu Dort says that he has started watching film so he can learn how to get steals like Cason Wallace. “Caso offensively and defensively I mean what he’s doing is amazing. It’s crazy to see and I’m to the point where I’m watching film to learn how to get steals like that.”
Michael Martin155,858 views • 5 months ago
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on learning from playoff losses. “Whether you win or lose, you want to learn lessons from the game. When you lose, a lot of the lessons are a little bit louder, and that's just how we view it. You want to learn through the wins, but sometimes you lose, and you gotta get better. In a series, that's what it's about, getting better and being better when you're done with a series than you were when you started the series, and give yourself a chance, that's what we focus on.”
Michael Martin13,282 views • 12 days ago
I asked Chet Holmgren what it was like tonight playing against Steven Adams for the first time. “Obviously he’s really strong. But it was different than what I expected. He’s not really trying to clash with you. Just kinda moves your super gently. Like there’s nothing you can do about it really. It’s a different type of strong I guess and he’s also got like all the tricks.”
Michael Martin192,993 views • 1 year ago