2018-19 Oklahoma City Thunder Preseason | October 3rd - October 9th

Post #121 » by **slick_watts** » Mon Oct 8, 2018 12:58 pm

Pillendreher wrote:One thing I forgot to mention: Seems to me our PnR has been very, very Adams heavy. When Grant was in there, he was playing very perimeter oriented. I can't even remember them running a PnR with him. Have they run a classic PnR with Noel yet? What about a PnP with Patterson? Those are things they should be looking at as well imo. Adams can't be the only big that is going to the basket.

we've done both. but our proclivity to do either is hampered by not having rw around. schroeder not as good. felton, well, you know.

noel screens like grant does.

Pillendreher · Post #122 » by **Pillendreher** » Tue Oct 9, 2018 10:27 pm

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Post #123 » by **slick_watts** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:42 am

i've read and heard some hot takes this preseason on dennis schroder's alleged renewed defensive prowess but i don't see it. he did ok against calderon and mostly against young i guess. he gets rubbed out on screens all the time and takes really poor angles when he's isolated. this won't matter that much as backup pg but concerning minutes he's going to play next to westbrook? i still don't see how that's supposed to work on defense. he seems way worse than westbrook on defense to me.

spearsy23 · Post #124 » by **spearsy23** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:53 am

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getrichordie · Post #125 » by **getrichordie** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:03 am

Can someone explain to me what is going on? Patterson hasn’t taken a shot and we just look like we are all over the place defensively.

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Post #126 » by **bondom34** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:29 am

getrichordie wrote:Can someone explain to me what is going on? Patterson hasn’t taken a shot and we just look like we are all over the place defensively.

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He's taken 3 shots. But not watching just checked the score so can't say more lol

Post #127 » by **slick_watts** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:34 am

bondom34 wrote:
getrichordie wrote:Can someone explain to me what is going on? Patterson hasn’t taken a shot and we just look like we are all over the place defensively.

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He's taken 3 shots. But not watching just checked the score so can't say more lol

schroder and george are mostly either shooting out of pnr or going to adams. westbrook is better at finding shooters. they need to start patterson and keep doing so at least until rw comes back.

Post #128 » by **ThunderBolt** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:47 am

Can we get a little bit justifiably excited about Diallo now?

Thunder Up · Post #129 » by **Thunder Up** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:55 am

Start Hami, f*** it... he's outperformed his peers on the team in the pre-season and brings high energy and activity / movement with a purpose... worst that happens is he's bad and goes to the bench for Ferguson, TLC, or Abrines after a handful of games

Post #130 » by **bondom34** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:09 am

Knrstz wrote:Can we get a little bit justifiably excited about Diallo now?

Yeah I think so. He's promising.

Post #131 » by **bondom34** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:11 am

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Thunder Up · Post #132 » by **Thunder Up** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:31 am

Burton is a more athletic, poor man's Draymond

Post #133 » by **ThunderBolt** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:49 am

Between this game and the SL buzzer beater, I think both Royce and slick would agree that burton is clutch.

spearsy23 · Post #134 » by **spearsy23** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 2:52 am

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Post #136 » by **bondom34** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:01 am

1. Yeah Tim!

2. I think I might start Diallo til Robes gets back

Post #137 » by **retrobro90** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:02 am

Diallo/Burton will probably get most of tonight's press but the unsung hero of the night for me would be Timothe. He's normally sorta low motor/energy but tonight he looked like he gave a damn and it showed. Shot didn't fall but really aggressive attacking the paint and in transition. Played good D despite fouling out in the 4th. Also had a nice baseline slam.

Old Man Game · Post #138 » by **Old Man Game** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:10 am

We've seen this story enough the last few years to know that no matter how promising a rookie looks in preseason he'll probably end up being a foul magnet in the regular season and so marginalized in the offense that he'll have a hard time doing much of anything positive. All that said, I like what we've got to build on in Diallo. The guy has a lot better feel for the game than Ferguson already.

DoubleJ13 · Post #139 » by **DoubleJ13** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:17 am

If Hami could be a reliable shooter, he'd have Fergs spot taken.

Thundershock88 · Post #140 » by **Thundershock88** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:13 am

Trying not to get my hopes up, but this is one of the deepest teams we have ever had. If Diallo and Burton become key contributors, we are in solid shape going forward. We really need 1 more star. It would be ideal if Hami becomes that guy.