Why the Thunder Are Better Than Last Season & Nikola Jokic's All-Time Ranking

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Oklahoma City Thunder dominate the NBA with the league’s best record, but are they actually better than last year’s squad? Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore, and Haize break down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s consistency, Jalen Williams’ impact, and Chet Holmgren’s rapid improvement. The team debates if playoff experience or raw stats matter more for title contention, while raising questions about the Thunder’s ceiling after a historic start and top defensive rating. Nikola Jokic drops a casual 55 points, fueling discussion on whether he’s already a top-10 all-time NBA great and what more it takes for the Denver Nuggets superstar to enter legendary status. Hot takes on the Dallas Mavericks fan reaction to Nico Harrison, plus how the Atlanta Hawks’ post-Trae Young resurgence could reshape their future, keep the episode buzzing. Don’t miss expert trade scenarios, playoff predictions, and deep insight into key NBA matchups.

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0:00.0	Good afternoon and welcome to Locked on NBA Daily on today's show.
0:04.4	The Thunder are off to the best start in franchise history, but the real question is,
0:08.6	are they better than they were last year?
0:10.3	Meanwhile, Nico Yokic scored 55 points in 33 minutes last night.
0:14.1	Plus, did Mavs fans go too far with Nico Harrison?
0:22.5	You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:27.4	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:34.9	Welcome back to Locked-on NBA Daily, part of the Locked-down Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. However, you're tuning in on YouTube or on your podcast app. Thanks for making us your first listen every day. Today's episode is brought to you by Fandual. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app.
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0:56.5	I'm Wes Goldberg, and we're talking today about a fun one between the Warriors and Spurs
1:00.2	last night and where Nikola Yokic ranks among the greatest to ever do it.
1:04.4	And we're doing it with the locked on local experts.
1:06.7	I have two of the best with me as always from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast, senior NBA writer
1:10.1	from the Action Network.
1:11.6	It's Matt.
1:12.9	But not in the association again last night, even though like a lot of it was like craziness where the heat wind up blown a lead and losing to a Cavs team, missing everybody.
1:23.4	Yep.
1:23.7	The thunder smoking, just smoking everybody under the sun. Then Yok it with 55. It's crazy. We just get great nights of games every night now, Hayes. From the Lockout Bulls podcast, Bears and Bulls creator for Bleacherport. Sorry, go ahead. No, you're fine. It's been, it's been, this season just continues to be fun every single night. And that's not something that I take for. I know we say it like three times out of a five, five episode week, but like it just really is. There's such good games on every single night. One of the more anticipated games of the season going into it was Thunder Lakers last night. The Lakers coming into last night's game hot, having won sixth of their last seven. Luca Dantich playing like an MVP level. Austin Reeves,
2:05.1	playing like an MVP also, JJ Redick, getting enough out of that defense, and then they run
2:10.3	into the Oklahoma City Thunder, who walloped them in a very uncompetitive game. They led by as
2:16.6	many as 37 points in this one. SGA set out
2:19.4	the entire fourth quarter after scoring 30 points in his first 29 minutes. The defense overwhelmed
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