据ESPN 消息报道，雷霆即将聘请奇普-英格兰德（Chip Engelland）担任球队的助理教练。英格兰德被视为NBA最棒的投篮教练之一，他为马刺效力了17个赛季之久。在他任职期间，他在帮助科怀-伦纳德和托尼-帕克等球员改善投篮做出了巨大的贡献。
该消息报道后，国外的雷霆球迷欢呼雀跃，直呼这是篮球史上最美的事情，这对于波库，吉迪和吉昂等球员意义重大。
[1]“我认为这绝对是一场胜利”
I see this as an absolute win
[2]“是的。你们真是个天才。对于我们马刺球迷来说，这是悲伤的一天。”
It is. You guys got an absolute gem. Sad day for us Spurs fans.
[3]“这是有史以来签约助教，我最为兴奋的一次”
This is the most excited I’ve been for an assistant coaching hire ever
[-]“蒙蒂-威廉姆斯？老实说，我觉得如果那场车祸从未发生，我觉得我们就能赢得冠军”
Monty Williams??? I honestly think we would've won the chip that year if that tragedy never occurred
[5]“我的天啊！当得知他离开马刺时，我就在想‘（如果他加盟球队）那会很棒，但这不会发生哈哈。’有传言说勇士在追求他，我很确定他和科尔来自同一所高中。”
“太赞了！不得了的休赛期！”
Oh shit! When it came out that he was leaving the Spurs I thought "that would be nice but lol not happening." There were rumors that the Warriors were after him, I'm pretty sure he went to the same high school as Kerr.
Hell yeah! Awesome offseason!
[-]“我也是这么想的，很高兴我们抢先签下他。 ”
I thought the exact same thing. Really glad we snagged him.
[7]“巨大的胜利”
“注：普雷斯蒂是马刺出品，现在他们挖走了他们的教练，笑抽我了”
Massive W
Side note: Presti was a San Antonio product and now he’s poaching their staff from them lmao
[-]“因为布福德快要退休了，然后并不想像以往那样掌管大局”
Because Buford is almost retired and doesn’t want to control as much as he used to.
[9]“休赛期最重大的签约”
BIGGEST SIGNING IN FREE AGENCY
[10]“普总是真正的更佳总经理”
Presti truly the best GM
[11]“这是真的吗？如果是真的话，我一直在为这一天的到来祈祷，是他开发了伦纳德的投篮。”
Is this true? I having been praying for this day if it is. He is the one that developed kawhi's shot.
[12]“吉迪将在未来一个赛季成为MVP”
Giddey MVP in a season
[13]“休赛期最棒的一笔操作”
BEST MOVE OF THE OFFSEASON
[14]“这对吉迪，吉昂和多尔特来说是个好消息”
Great news for giddey dieng Dort
[-]“还有贝兹利和波库”
Bazley poku too
[16]“奇普+切特”
Chip & Chet
[17]“奇普会把波库变成一头怪兽”
Chip will turn Poku into a monster
[18]跟队记者Brandon Rahbar：“雷霆聘请了NBA最伟大的投篮教练之一。”
“对这支年轻的重建队伍来说真是个不可思议的聘用。”
OKC hired one of the greatest shooting coaches in the NBA. Fantastic hire for this young rebuilding squad.
[19]BR：“安德烈-罗伯森即将复出，并入选NBA更佳阵容。”
Andre Roberson about to come out of retirement and make All NBA.
[-]球迷随后跟评：“很快我们就会在讨论‘出名的神射手安德烈-罗伯森"”
soon we'll be saying "noted sniper Andre Roberson"
[-]“这是篮球史上最棒的事情。”
Best thing that could ever happen in basketball.
[-]也有球迷泼冷水：“他是教练，不是魔术师。”
He's a coach not a magician.
[22]Joe Mussatto：“这对雷霆来说是个重大的收获”
Huge get for the Thunder
