Welcome to Down to Dunk.

I'm your host, Andrew Schlect.

I'm part of the Athletic Podcast Network.

Solo pod today, friends.

It's got my co-host dropping like flies out there. It's not a great situation,

but I'm still here, still standing. I hope everybody else is doing okay. Today, it's Monday.

It's a little gloomy outside, but that's okay. We're all going to make it.

Even if the thunder aren't any good, we're going to make it.

And perhaps we will make it because they are not any good.

So let's dive in.

I ask for questions on Twitter.

You guys delivered, as you always do, and we are going

to just get after it. We're going to try to answer as many of these questions as possible.

I think there's upwards of 40 questions. So here we go. Let's start. Doom and gloom with deluge data. What is the worst case scenario for your forecasting of this Thunder rebuild?

The worst case scenario would start with the draft lottery this season. Obviously, Houston keeps their pick. Maybe they're in the top three. Maybe they

get the number one pick. We're talking worst case scenario? That's probably the worst thing. That could

happen. They get the number one pick. And then if we stay about where we're at, around five,

we could fall as far as eight. And so the eighth pick, which you don't, there's not a

projected superstar there. It doesn't mean there's not a superstar there. But then you're back at

it next season. All you have to show for it is eight and like 20 maybe in the draft. Not to say that

those couldn't become something real, but it doesn't give

you anything tangible at this point. And then you find yourself in a spot where you basically

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