12.09.24 Bolts: Book Club

ICYMI: Lu Dort is playing with mallet finger ... Shai won Western Conference Player of the Month ... The Uncontested on the Thunder/Pelicans anti-blowout. ... Brandon Rahbar handed out player grades through the Thunder first quarter of play

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The NBA Cup opens tomorrow, with the Thunder hosting the Mavericks. The empty bracket awaits.

OKC is on pace to become the first team ever to have more steals than turnovers.

Marcus Thompson (The Athletic) on Shai's all-time scoring brilliance.

If SGA continues at this current pace, he will be the 10th player to average 30 in three straight seasons. The other nine: Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Elgin Baylor, Adrian Dantley, Bob McAdoo, James Harden and Joel Embiid. Yes, Gilgeous-Alexander is already among the upper echelon of bucket-getters... Durant has only averaged 30 twice. Same for Stephen Curry, Rick Barry and George Gervin, among others..

Isaiah Hartenstein opened up to Marc Spears (Andscape) about his career and a timely Mark Daigneault book recommendation (The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday).