Game 48: Oklahoma City Thunder (28-20) @ Phoenix Suns (20-27)

[SunsRback4Good]

Who: Oklahoma City Thunder @ Phoenix Suns

When: Fri, Jan 31st @ 7:00pm (10ET), FSNAZ

Where: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ






Oklahoma City Thunder starting lineup:

C- Noel

F- Gallinari

F- SGA

G- Dort

G- Paul


Reserves: Schroder/Muscala/Diallo/Bazley




Phoenix Suns starting lineup:

C- Ayton

F- Bridges

F- Oubre

G- Booker

G- Rubio




Reserves: Saric/Jerome/Carter/T. Johnson

[hollywood6964]

Starting Bridges is a must, SGA will be tough as nails.

[WeekapaugGroove]

Starting Bridges is a must, SGA will be tough as nails.

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Hopefully they do. With the OKC matchup I don't see why they wouldn't because I think oubre or Bridges would be fine on Gallo.

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[ImNotMcDiSwear]

Adams is the perfect test for Ayton. Toughest, strongest center in the league. Ayton's gotta put his back to him, work to get close, even against the best. Even if you miss, you'll get close, and you might draw contact. Don't settle for that flat jumper. Because YOUR game is in the paint. GET IT, BEAST!!!

[hollywood6964]

Starting Bridges is a must, SGA will be tough as nails.

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Hopefully they do. With the OKC matchup I don't see why they wouldn't because I think oubre or Bridges would be fine on Gallo.

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Yeah gal looked to shoot from the perimeter anyway. He'll only go inside occasionally, n more on broken plays n offensive rebounds. We just need our bench to come back. No baynes n cam really hurts. Even frank if hes hitting shots against second units can provide 4-5 minutes a couple times a game. Suns have had the injury bug all god damn year.

[spanishninja]

hopefully NEW ALL-STAR booker will have another great game.

[Qwigglez]

Please keep the starters the same.

[ThunderBolt]

Phx gets a nice extra rest day before this one. It feels like okc has been playing a game every other day for the last month. Adams and Noel are both playing but not 100%. Noel has a broken face and bum ankle but looked good last game. Adams has been pretty limited since Capela hocked checked how a while back. Ayton could have a big game of muscala gets minutes.

No injury for either side charm-

Spoiler:

[hollywood6964]

Phx gets a nice extra rest day before this one. It feels like okc has been playing a game every other day for the last month. Adams and Noel are both playing but not 100%. Noel has a broken face and bum ankle but looked good last game. Adams has been pretty limited since Capela hocked checked how a while back. Ayton could have a big game of muscala gets minutes.

No injury for either side charm-

Spoiler:

It's not ya beauty, it's ya booty.

[ATTL]

Phx gets a nice extra rest day before this one. It feels like okc has been playing a game every other day for the last month. Adams and Noel are both playing but not 100%. Noel has a broken face and bum ankle but looked good last game. Adams has been pretty limited since Capela hocked checked how a while back. Ayton could have a big game of muscala gets minutes.

No injury for either side charm-

Spoiler:

Are thunder buyers or sellers at the deadline? Alot of people here mention Danilo a a option either for trade or summer signing.

[ThunderBolt]

Phx gets a nice extra rest day before this one. It feels like okc has been playing a game every other day for the last month. Adams and Noel are both playing but not 100%. Noel has a broken face and bum ankle but looked good last game. Adams has been pretty limited since Capela hocked checked how a while back. Ayton could have a big game of muscala gets minutes.

No injury for either side charm-

Spoiler:

Are thunder buyers or sellers at the deadline? Alot of people here mention Danilo a a option either for trade or summer signing.

That’s the million dollar question. Most people seem to think okc will move any of Gallo, schroder, Adams and cp3 if the offer is worth it. If not, they are content to hold on to players. I’m sure some of that is posturing but nothing would surprise me. Gallo and Schröder are more likely to be moved than Adams and Paul.

[bigfoot]

Phx gets a nice extra rest day before this one. It feels like okc has been playing a game every other day for the last month. Adams and Noel are both playing but not 100%. Noel has a broken face and bum ankle but looked good last game. Adams has been pretty limited since Capela hocked checked how a while back. Ayton could have a big game of muscala gets minutes.

No injury for either side charm-

Spoiler:

I think two Spalding tattoos with the Adam Silver signature would make her an "official" NBA fan.

[Ghost of Kleine]

Phx gets a nice extra rest day before this one. It feels like okc has been playing a game every other day for the last month. Adams and Noel are both playing but not 100%. Noel has a broken face and bum ankle but looked good last game. Adams has been pretty limited since Capela hocked checked how a while back. Ayton could have a big game of muscala gets minutes.

No injury for either side charm-

Spoiler:

Are thunder buyers or sellers at the deadline? Alot of people here mention Danilo a a option either for trade or summer signing.

That’s the million dollar question. Most people seem to think okc will move any of Gallo, schroder, Adams and cp3 if the offer is worth it. If not, they are content to hold on to players. I’m sure some of that is posturing but nothing would surprise me. Gallo and Schröder are more likely to be moved than Adams and Paul.

What kind of return do you think they'd consider fair or palatable for each individually, Considering that Schroder still has 3 yrs at 15 million per for a quality backup guard.

And Gallo is going to be an unrestricted free agent. Just curious as I think they'd both be awesome acquisitions, But for the right price.

[bwgood77]

Are thunder buyers or sellers at the deadline? Alot of people here mention Danilo a a option either for trade or summer signing.

That’s the million dollar question. Most people seem to think okc will move any of Gallo, schroder, Adams and cp3 if the offer is worth it. If not, they are content to hold on to players. I’m sure some of that is posturing but nothing would surprise me. Gallo and Schröder are more likely to be moved than Adams and Paul.

What kind of return do you think they'd consider fair or palatable for each individually, Considering that Schroder still has 3 yrs at 15 million per for a quality backup guard.

And Gallo is going to be an unrestricted free agent. Just curious as I think they'd both be awesome acquisitions, But for the right price.

Too much money for too long for Schroeder...and it eats up cap space. He'd make as much as Oubre, more than Ayton or any other 2nd year player, and only $2 million less than the starter. He got that contract when Atlanta thought he was a starting PG, and he was not an effective one, and seems to have a low bbiq. Not sure his D is all that great either.

[ThunderBolt]

Are thunder buyers or sellers at the deadline? Alot of people here mention Danilo a a option either for trade or summer signing.

That’s the million dollar question. Most people seem to think okc will move any of Gallo, schroder, Adams and cp3 if the offer is worth it. If not, they are content to hold on to players. I’m sure some of that is posturing but nothing would surprise me. Gallo and Schröder are more likely to be moved than Adams and Paul.

What kind of return do you think they'd consider fair or palatable for each individually, Considering that Schroder still has 3 yrs at 15 million per for a quality backup guard.

And Gallo is going to be an unrestricted free agent. Just curious as I think they'd both be awesome acquisitions, But for the right price.

Schroder expires next season. His defense has been legit good this year. He was actually a very good defender in his early years at Atlanta and has shown it again this year. He’s no Andre Roberson but he’s been pretty solid. It’s a matter of effort for him and he seems to be motivated. He’s not a great facilitator. I don’t think either Gallo or Dennis has a huge value for a return. We’ll see if Dennis’ performance continues. I wasn’t a fan of his at all until this year. Gotta give him credit though. He’s been good.

For Gallo, the initial thought was a first. A lot of people guess that the thunder don’t really want anymore picks around 20-30. I don’t know that I believe that. There has been nothing leaked about what okc front office really wants for anyone.The theory is maybe a younger player instead of more picks. The thought is that okc has no pressure to deconstruct a playoff team so any team coveting a key player needs to make it worth it. I would guess something similar is wanted for Dennis but I wouldn’t be too picky personally.

[Revived]

OKC is a super good team. Way better than their record imo. I would take them in the West over any non LA team.

Their not gonna miss as many 3s as Mavs did. I hope we can lock down and make it a competitive game.

Keep an eye on Dennis Schroder who has developed into an excellent efficient 6th man scorer. I wanted Okobo to our 6th man Barbosa type but Schroder is already there. If OKC decides to sell (which honestly I don’t think they should because they can seriously win a playoff series or two) then we should go after Schroder instead of Gallinari imo. Unlike Gallo, Schroder is dependent and durable having only missed significant amount of games in his rookie season.

He’s under contract for another year too.

[WeekapaugGroove]

Everyone assumes OKC will sell and maybe they will if they like a deal but I could actually see them go the other way and try to add a wing before the deadline. They're one good wing away from being a tough out in the playoffs and they have more picks the upcoming drafts than they can roster.

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[bwgood77]

Everyone assumes OKC will sell and maybe they will if they like a deal but I could actually see them go the other way and try to add a wing before the deadline. They're one good wing away from being a tough out in the playoffs and they have more picks the upcoming drafts than they can roster.

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Yeah, unless they can get a really nice asset, I don't see a real reason to sell. If nothing else, for your fans and revenue, you should want to make the playoffs, since if they did miss, which probably wouldnt happen anyway since they are 7 games ahead of the 9th place team, and wouldn't sell everyone, they would still not get a great pick with their own pick. Even if they missed the playoffs after selling, they'd almost certainly be in the 14th slot or near it, so it wouldn't be like when they were tanking to get their previous stars.

[RunDogGun]

Please keep the starters the same.

This is a must. We already know its our best lineup, waiting until we are in a hole to go to it. Start strong, finish the half with that group. Start the third with it, and finish the game with it unless you don't need to do so.

We can always bring in the slower Saric later in the game.

[Qwigglez]

Please keep the starters the same.

This is a must. We already know its our best lineup, waiting until we are in a hole to go to it. Start strong, finish the half with that group. Start the third with it, and finish the game with it unless you don't need to do so.

We can always bring in the slower Saric later in the game.

Yeah I don’t feel it hurts our bench that much because Mikal wasn’t an offensive punch there anyway. It’s probably a good idea to have our most optimal lineup in as much as possible.