Heard Thundering with Brett Dawson

About Heard Thundering with Brett Dawson

Brett Dawson brings you analysis, insight and some entertainment from the Thunder Beat, breaking down the news of the day and the state of the team with a rotating cast of guests. With more than 20 years of experience covering basketball at the pro and college level — including the Thunder at previous stops — Brett will give you context beyond breaking news and take you inside game results, personnel moves and more. Follow his work at SelloutCrowd.com and email him at brett@selloutcrowd.com.

Publisher

The Sellout Crowd Network

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Sept 2023

Latest episode

1 Mar 2024

Latest episodes

19 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Mar 2024

   ESPN's Tim MacMahon on the Thunder's past, present and future

   A warm “Howdy, partner” to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, who joins me this week to talk about the Thunder’s rebuild – where it started, how it’s going and why it’s so far ahead of schedule. Plus, we dig into MacMahon’s recent story revisiting the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for Paul George trade and examine SGA’s MVP chances. Episode highlights: 2:50 How Tim viewed this Thunder rebuild, and how it’s compared to his expectations. 15:50: How Josh Giddey fits now and how that might change in the long term. 26:00: MacMahon on his story revisiting the trade that sent Paul George to the Clippers for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. 32:00: Why Chet Holmgren was just what OKC needed… and some trivia about his season that you might not know. 36:30: SGA for MVP? Where he stands now and what he might need to set himself up for a win in the future. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Social media: Bobby Howard Director of Content: Mike Sherman

2. 

   16 Feb 2024

   Brett Dawson and Brandon Sowle look ahead to OKC Thunder's post-All-Star stretch run

   Is there a real MVP push in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s immediate future? How much will Gordon Hayward play? And how much do those minutes eat into Josh Giddey’s? Brandon Sowle joins me on this week’s episode to break down all the Thunder’s post-All-Star storylines. Episode highlights: 3:14: Our takeaways from the Thunder at the All-Star break. What’s surprised us most about where OKC is through 54 games. 9:00:The Thunder in awards races. What are Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s MVP chances? Is Jalen Williams a Most Improved Player candidate? Has the Rookie of the Year ship sailed for Chet Holmgren? Is Mark Daigneault the Coach of the Year favorite? 22:15: The Josh Giddey of it all. How much is the defensive strategy on Giddey gumming up the Thunder’s offense? What do the numbers say? How much does Gordon Hayward address the problem? 33:45: Should Gordon Hayward start? 44:45: Where does the Thunder finish in the Western Conference standings? Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Social media: Bobby Howard Director of Content: Mike Sherman

3. 

   16 Feb 2024

   How the Thunder's playoff rotation could shape up | Heard Thundering with Brett Dawson

   With the NBA trade deadline looming, Jon Hamm joins me to talk about the state of the Thunder, the pecking order of the team’s playoff rotation and what kinds of pieces OKC might need to add if it’s looking to deal. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane

4. 

   24 Jan 2024

   Chet vs. Wemby: Is the NBA Rookie of the Year race heating up?

   It’s only January and the online discussion of the NBA Rookie of the Year race already is exhausting. To cut through all the side-choosing, Matthew Tynan — who’s covered the Spurs and the NBA at SB Nation, Bleacher Report and The Athletic and now writes about San Antonio at matthewtynan.substack.com  — joins me to talk rationally about Chet Holmgren, Victor Wembanyama and whether playing on a good team matters more than putting up big numbers. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Social media team: Michael Martin, Bobby Martin Director of Content: Mike Sherman Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

5. 

   18 Jan 2024

   Telling Chet Holmgren's unique Minnesota origin story | Heard Thundering with Brett Dawson

   This week, Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis will retire Chet Holmgren’s high school jersey, and it got me thinking about what it must have been like to see Chet play in those formative days. There’s a story there, and in Minnesota nobody tells a story like Chip Scoggins. The award-winning columnist from the Minneapolis Star Tribune joins me to talk about the days when people told him he had to go see the skinny kind from Minneahaha — and what he saw when he did. Show highlights (02:39) Scoggins remembers the first time he saw Holmgren and thinking "What in the world? I had never seen anything like this." (9:21) Scoggins noticed Holmgren's toughness from the start. "You're not going to bully him." (10:55) Holmgren's high school days were "a traveling circus." (20:30) Comparisons with Kevin Durant when it comes to their frame and skill. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Director of Content: Mike Sherman Guest information Chip Scoggins on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/chipscoggins Minneapolis Star-Tribune: https://www.startribune.com/chip-scoggins/6370598/ Related stories Chet Holmgren’s dunk sends the stat geeks down a rabbit hole: https://selloutcrowd.com/okc-thunder/2023/12/29/chet-holmgrens-dunk-sends-the-stat-geeks-down-a-rabbit-hole/ How the Thunder’s Chet Holmgren is adjusting to physical play and thriving at center: https://selloutcrowd.com/the-latest/2023/11/24/how-the-thunders-chet-holmgren-is-adjusting-to-physical-play-and-thriving-at-center/ More from Brett Dawson Website: https://selloutcrowd.com/ Personal website: https://brett-dawson.com/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/selloutcrowd_ | www.twitter.com/bdawsonwrites Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/selloutcrowdcom/ Sellout Crowd on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Sellout-Crowd Subscribe to Brett Dawson Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Brett-Dawson Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/38Bc4NlKdHEoFeVMcDsRiC?si=45f310fa4e5c411e&nd=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heard-thundering-with-brett-dawson/id1707909462 Amazon Music https://selloutcrowd.com/the-latest/2023/11/24/how-the-thunders-chet-holmgren-is-adjusting-to-physical-play-and-thriving-at-center/

6. 

   11 Jan 2024

   Heard Thundering: How the Thunder can get better without trades

   The trade conversation is getting louder among Thunder fans, but improvement doesn’t always require personnel changes. This week, Sellout Crowd colleague Jon Hamm joins me to talk about how OKC can get better with just the players it has. Producer: Michael Martin Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

7. 

   4 Jan 2024

   Heard Thundering: Examining OKC's timeline with guest Brandon Sowle

   Brandon Sowle returns to the podcast to join me for a chat about the Thunder’s recent run of signature wins, the moments in calendar year 2023 that set up the current OKC resurgence and what might lie ahead in 2024. Trades, big and small? A playoff series win? A longer run? We’re considering it all. Producer: Michael Martin Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

8. 

   22 Dec 2023

   The Thunder-Clippers connection and SGA's LA days with Clippers beat writer Andrew Greif

   Andrew Greif of the Los Angeles Times joins me to talk about the ways the Thunder and Clippers are connected, most closely by the future draft picks L.A. owes OKC. And we discuss rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: What Andrew saw when he covered the young SGA – and how the Clippers struggled to deal him to the Thunder, even as the key cog in a superstar deal. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

9. 

   14 Dec 2023

   Heard Thundering: Fred Katz on the Thunder's arena deal and SGA's MVP chances

   IS SGA THE MVP? Conversations with Fred Katz can go anywhere. The plan this week was to talk about the Thunder’s new arena deal and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s MVP candidacy, and we did that. But not without touching on OKC hotels, Oscar Robertson and Alex Abrines. That and more with The Athletic’s Knicks beat writer, who maintains close ties to the Thunder beat. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

10. 

    7 Dec 2023

    Heard Thundering: Jason Timpf on how OKC's pieces fit and what's missing

    Jason Timpf isn’t just an insightful podcaster, hosting Hoops Tonight on The Volume podcast network. He’s a former college basketball player who understands the ins and outs of a team and how pieces fit together. He joins me this week to talk about exactly that. We discuss why Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren work so well together; whether Jalen Williams gives OKC a legit Big Three, and some players who might fit if the Thunder hits the trade market. And a lot more. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

11. 

    1 Dec 2023

    Heard Thundering: Playing OKC fact or fantasy with Brandon Sowle

    On this week’s Heard Thundering, Brandon Sowle of NBA Top Shot joins me. In the spirit of his old OKC podcast, Thunder Heads, we’re playing a game. Join us for a few rounds of Thunder Fact or Fantasy, judging just how real we think OKC’s fast start really is. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

12. 

    9 Nov 2023

    Living in the basketball now with Yahoo’s Dan Devine

    Dan Devine of Yahoo Sports is the creator and host of “Devine Intervention,” which he describes as a self-help podcast posing as a basketball show. He joins me to talk about this new venture, how hoops can help us help ourselves and, most importantly, how a Thunder fan can enjoy the moment without stressing about the future. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane

13. 

    2 Nov 2023

    It’s tournament time in the NBA

    NBA TOURNEY TIME The NBA season has a brand-new twist. The In-Season Tournament is a chance for the league to make some money, sure, but it’s also an opportunity for a different kind of regular-season stakes. How will the Thunder approach it? Who’s the favorite? Who has the best tournament court? Michael Martin joins me to talk about it all. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane

14. 

    25 Oct 2023

    The Ringer’s J Kyle Mann on the fun-to-watch future of the Thunder

    The Ringer’s J Kyle Mann has done some fun work on the watchabilty of the Thunder — and that was before it added Chet Holmgren. He sees OKC’s offense as almost musical, a mix of rhythms that could add up to a hit sooner than expected. He joins me to talk about watching the Thunder’s ascent, how Chet changes their trajectory and what the future might hold. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

15. 

    25 Oct 2023

    What Chet Holmgren vs. Victor Wembanayama showed us about the Thunder’s young core

    Let’s overreact to a preseason game! It’s hard not to when it’s the Chet Holmgren-Victor Wembanyama showdown we saw in the Thunder-Spurs opener. Sellout Crowd’s Michael Martin joins me for one last look at Chet-Wemby and a breakdown of the annual NBA general managers’ poll.

16. 

    4 Oct 2023

    Breaking down Thunder media day and the start of training camp

    Media day has come and gone, training camp has started and the Thunder is barreling toward the start of the preseason, with a game just days away. That means there’s lots of basketball to talk, and Jon Hamm joins me to do just that. We’ll talk media day takeaways, early camp observations and look ahead to a possible preseason meeting with Victor Wembanyama. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

17. 

    27 Sept 2023

    Hot topics: What we want to hear at Sam Presti’s preseason press conference

    It’s talkin’ season! Most NBA training camps – including the Thunder’s – open next week, but first the media gets a chance to chat with the key figures. Up first is general manager Sam Presti. Jon Hamm joins me to talk about what we figure will be the topics of the day. We’ll discuss some of the (many, many)  possible questions and what answers Presti might give. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

18. 

    21 Sept 2023

    Should OKC pay for a billion dollar arena? Let’s talk about it

    Let’s talk about arenas. We’re going to do that a lot around here in the coming months (and probably years). If you listen to economists – and I’ve done that some this week – they’ll tell you that taxpayers shouldn’t foot the bill for billionaires when it comes to building state-of-the-art arenas. But there’s a value beyond the financial for cities. There’s civic pride and team spirit, and these days losing a team is a real threat to markets unwilling to build. The Thunder aren’t threatening to leave OKC, but that doesn’t mean other cities won’t come calling. What to make of it all? My Sellout Crowd Jenni Carlson joins me to make some sense of it all. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane

19. 

    18 Sept 2023

    Brett Dawson is on the Thunder beat again: What's that's like, what to expect, how's the team

    It’s pilot season. Not so much on TV, where the writers are on strike. But certainly at Sellout Crowd, where we’re premiering a whole bunch of podcasts. “Thundering Herd” is the latest, and the goal is to give you some insight and perspective on the Thunder and to have a good time in the process. But in the first episode, I’ll mostly talk about a subject I’m less comfortable with: Myself. Like any pilot, this is mostly about establishing the characters. I’ll give you a sense of what to expect from the podcast and the rest of my coverage. We’ll talk about my previous seasons on the Thunder beat, what I’ve been up to since and why the timing was right for a return. Producer: Jacquelyn Musgrove Creative Director: Michael Lane Subscribe on Youtube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings