OKC Thunder 2023-24 Regular Season Discussion

Clav · Post #21 » by **Clav** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:11 pm

Opening at Chicago in a couple of hours. Lets go!!!

Post #22 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:49 am

No Micic or Bertans? Weird

Like Dieng so far...he's making some mistakes but he's less scared

Kizz Fastfists · Post #23 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:22 am

Bertans is unlikely to see much playing time due to the contractual consequences. He'll be saved for when injures force them to play him. They want to limit him to 60, or less, regular season games. If they limit Bertans to 60 games they can trade him as a $5M cap hit to a team with a couple of 2nd round picks. If he plays 62 games he jumps to $16M next year which would be much harder to find someone to take that cap hit. Unless we are operating under the assumption that Presti plans on sitting on cap space forever instead of trying to win a championship in the near future.

bbms · Post #24 » by **bbms** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:42 am

this thunder can compete at the highest level

Post #25 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:51 am

Shai is a superstar.
JDub is great.
Chet is struggling.
Dieng improved a lot.

...and I like the fact that Dort is taking less shots (won't last)

jake_swivel · Post #26 » by **jake_swivel** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:09 am

Post #27 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:13 am

50% from 3 is obviously not sustainable but Cason and Dieng shot mechanic looking good is encouraging. Glad Shai took more 3's too.

Post #28 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:25 am

Glad Presti drafted Wallace like I always wanted him to.

Post #29 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:40 am

Happy if we can win one of the next two games (@Cleveland, against Nuggets).

Post #30 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:47 am

Very difficult to draw some conclusions after one game but it looks pretty clear that our coaching staff wants us to take more 3's.

I had no clue before the season how we would give enough playing time to our guards and it looks even worse now.

Micic not playing is another mystery. Still think Presti signed him to trade him rather sooner than later.

It was a very good game for us but Chet was terrible. I think he will bounce back against the Cavs even if facing Mobley isn't an easy task.

Post #31 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:51 am

Rockets lost by 30. That coin flip in the next lottery is gonna be stressful. Hope we get lucky for once. Thought we could get pick 8 or 9 after they signed Van Vleet and Brooks but they are a mess.

Old Man Game · Post #32 » by **Old Man Game** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:55 am

I had the game on but didn't get to really "watch" it because of other responsibilities. but it sounded like we just sort of manufactured a win. An encouraging start.

Post #33 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:59 am

Read on Twitter

I don't miss him

Post #34 » by **slick_watts** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:19 am

i don't think chet was terrible in this game. most of his time defensively with vuc on the court was spent on the perimeter. we played some weird zones. it was an odd defensive game plan that resulted in chicago jump shots. he got bodied a bit but that's gonna happen. his presence on any pnr discourages forays into the paint so much more than any player we've had since ibaka. he made two threes, made some nice passes. but the highlights anyone will see is the vuc dunk and one drummond play.

Old Man Game · Post #35 » by **Old Man Game** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:26 am

Dadouv47 wrote:

Read on Twitter

I don't miss him

I'll never get used to seeing these posts with that dumb "X" with that cheesy font that looks like something off of Axe body spray or some other such cheap wal-mart level cologne for middle school age boys.

Devilanche · Post #36 » by **Devilanche** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:29 am

Dadouv47 wrote:Shai is a superstar.
JDub is great.
Chet is struggling.
Dieng improved a lot.

...and I like the fact that Dort is taking less shots (won't last)

Good to know about Dieng .
Chet was our whole of last season. Give him time.

I can live with Dort being 4th or 5th most in shots .

Devilanche · Post #37 » by **Devilanche** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:30 am

Dadouv47 wrote:Rockets lost by 30. That coin flip in the next lottery is gonna be stressful. Hope we get lucky for once. Thought we could get pick 8 or 9 after they signed Van Vleet and Brooks but they are a mess.

Give them time to win themselves into a pick for us .

Post #38 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:01 am

Dadouv47 wrote:

Read on Twitter

I don't miss him

Players respect him like they respect the towel boy.

bbms · Post #39 » by **bbms** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:52 pm

curious to know what's up with micic

i'm bullish on him

cason had the game he needed to start with confidence

not worried with chet at all. he's going to oscillate offensively all season, but the defensive impact is already popping up

Mr Thunder Nick · Post #40 » by **Mr Thunder Nick** » Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:29 pm

Very good game from OKC (Shai,Giddey,JDub,Joe;Wallace;Dieng).

But don't overate this victory, because Chicago is not a good team and have poor coaching.