Mark Daigneault Explains the Reason for OKC Thunder's Success

The Oklahoma City Thunder have seen another 16-win leap, but their bench boss Mark Daigneault boils it down to a simple, yet complex, reason why.

Apr 10, 2024; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault | Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports

The Oklahoma City Thunder held their final practice of the regular season on Saturday ahead of game 82 against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Fresh off win no. 56 this season, the Thunder have yet again made a 16-win improvement. It is uncommon for teams to take leaps of this magnitude, but Daigneault has a simple reason.

Stacking days has been a company line of sorts, but it makes sense. You have to build on each success and learn from each setback, and surprisingly, this young team has been able to do that.

At practice, Daigneault was asked how such a young team is able to stack days and not get bored of the process "We have a young team, but I think we have uncommon people," The Thunder bench boss said.

Mark Daigneault: “We have a young team, but I think we have uncommon people.”

The age of a player doesn’t always indicate their maturity level or ability to perform in high pressure circumstances and do the little things needed to be successful.
— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) April 13, 2024

Mark Daigneault talked a lot this morning about stacking days. The concept, what it’s gotten the Thunder. Asked about its origin, he broke it down to its core. pic.twitter.com/cJzj7xKKZc
— Joel Lorenzi (@jxlorenzi) April 13, 2024

"Any time you want to accomplish anything, you have a big goal, if you want to accomplish that goal you have to start peeling back the layers of how you ladder up to that goal...Winning a playoff series, you are going to have to boil it all down to today, this moment, this opportunity," Daigneault said.

Up next, the Thunder take on the Mavericks on Sunday afternoon to conclude the regular season and find out their fate for the NBA Postseason.

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