Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Washington Wizards 11/20/09

[slick_watts]

It's been effective on offense for sure, really spreads the floor as you could imagine. Defensively, they've had enough speed to make things difficult. Etan Thomas and Nenad Krstic haven't been effective at all in this game (Haywood has been blowing them up), so I think Brooks saw the flow of the game and went with it. They aren't playing great defense but scoring enough to keep the Wizards at bay..

I don't think this lineup would be effective on many other teams. Possibly the Warriors, Knicks, etc.

[slick_watts]

Well, that's the ball game. Scott Brooks made an adjustment in the fourth with the Wizards hanging around going with a small ball lineup and it definitely frustrated the Wizards. Brendan Haywood was killing us on the boards and down low, when we went small it really exposed him and took him out of the lane. Gutsy move by Brooks to go that way, and it worked out.

Some of the bench guys were not very effective in this game. Nick Collison, Etan Thomas had trouble keeping up with the Wizards. James Harden picked up the slack off the bench though and looked great shooting the ball.

Still a bit concerned with the minutes some of these guys are playing. Another 40 minute night for Durant, Thabo Sefolosha (who played great) with over 40 minutes.

Westbrook and Durant had great nights somewhat offset by the turnovers, five apiece.

Jeff Green had a monster first half but kind of disappeared in the second half. He was more effective in the small lineup.

The center play on this team is concerning. Haywood looked so good, I really want to get him this offseason he would be perfect for us.

[dream_catcher_9]

I think Haywood would be a very good pickup for us this off-season. I also like Pryzbilla but his offense kind of concerns me. I still think we need to draft a Center with our 1st rounder even if we grab one of those guys this off season.

[slick_watts]

Przybilla will be a lot cheaper than Haywood and would probably take a shorter deal. I have a feeling if Haywood continues to play like this he's going to price himself out of OKC's budget. He was dominating.