2019-20 OKC Thunder Regular Season Thread

[Pillendreher]

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The good thing about Durant is he’s completely consistent. He’s never changed the narrative for leaving in hopes to find approval.

Whatever he says is fine by me as long as it paints Presti in a bad light.

[ThunderBolt]

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The good thing about Durant is he’s completely consistent. He’s never changed the narrative for leaving in hopes to find approval.

Whatever he says is fine by me as long as it paints Presti in a bad light.

So whats the deal? Are you going to stick around and be a thunder fan? Presti isn’t going anywhere unless he chooses. You have mentioned presti breaking up the young core of Harden ,Durant and Russ. That’s fair but why stick with them through last year? The post KD teams never stood a chance at winning a title.

[Old Man Game]

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The good thing about Durant is he’s completely consistent. He’s never changed the narrative for leaving in hopes to find approval.

Dude is pathetic. He just can't shut up about it. if asked it would be nothing for him to just say 'I've addressed that in the past I'm choosing to move on.' That's what 99.9% of all other players would do in similar circumstances. But Durant knows that decision was where he went from being almost universally adored to being one of the league's villains and he just can't deal with it.

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[spearsy23]

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The good thing about Durant is he’s completely consistent. He’s never changed the narrative for leaving in hopes to find approval.

Dude is pathetic. He just can't shut up about it. if asked it would be nothing for him to just say 'I've addressed that in the past I'm choosing to move on.' That's what 99.9% of all other players would do in similar circumstances. But Durant knows that decision was where he went from being almost universally adored to being one of the league's villains and he just can't deal with it.

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It's honestly like he's trying to find that one answer people will finally get behind.

[Pillendreher]

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The good thing about Durant is he’s completely consistent. He’s never changed the narrative for leaving in hopes to find approval.

Whatever he says is fine by me as long as it paints Presti in a bad light.

So whats the deal? Are you going to stick around and be a thunder fan? Presti isn’t going anywhere unless he chooses. You have mentioned presti breaking up the young core of Harden ,Durant and Russ. That’s fair but why stick with them through last year? The post KD teams never stood a chance at winning a title.

With those teams I could at least rally behind Russ and talk myself into the star potential finally being realized. With him gone and the same people still in charge, I'm just not feeling it anymore, like at all. This is my "take a big step back and hope for a change" season. Said hope is futile though, of course.

[ThunderBolt]

Spoiler:

Whatever he says is fine by me as long as it paints Presti in a bad light.

So whats the deal? Are you going to stick around and be a thunder fan? Presti isn’t going anywhere unless he chooses. You have mentioned presti breaking up the young core of Harden ,Durant and Russ. That’s fair but why stick with them through last year? The post KD teams never stood a chance at winning a title.

With those teams I could at least rally behind Russ and talk myself into the star potential finally being realized. With him gone and the same people still in charge, I'm just not feeling it anymore, like at all. This is my "take a big step back and hope for a change" season. Said hope is futile though, of course.

I guess I just look at it that sports for all fans and franchises is more often disappointment than satisfaction. It sucks that we didn’t win an nba title with that core. It’s sucks worse being the Minnesota Timberwolves or New York Knicks. But I get what your saying.

[Pillendreher]

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So whats the deal? Are you going to stick around and be a thunder fan? Presti isn’t going anywhere unless he chooses. You have mentioned presti breaking up the young core of Harden ,Durant and Russ. That’s fair but why stick with them through last year? The post KD teams never stood a chance at winning a title.

With those teams I could at least rally behind Russ and talk myself into the star potential finally being realized. With him gone and the same people still in charge, I'm just not feeling it anymore, like at all. This is my "take a big step back and hope for a change" season. Said hope is futile though, of course.

I guess I just look at it that sports for all fans and franchises is more often disappointment than satisfaction. It sucks that we didn’t win an nba title with that core. It’s sucks worse being the Minnesota Timberwolves or New York Knicks. But I get what your saying.

I'm just trying to stick around so I can "come back" when I feel like it. I was a massive soccer fan in my teens and I couldn't get enough, watched every game possible, recaps from other European leagues, etc. But I kind of stopped once the NBA took over my interests and I haven't looked back since...

Yet as of right now the NBA is not fun for me, not in the slightest. All this fake drama, constant gossip, the trend towards 3pt bombing, Presti still drafting unskilled wings and just being himself - I just need a break.

[ThunderBolt]

I'm just trying to stick around so I can "come back" when I feel like it. I was a massive soccer fan in my teens and I couldn't get enough, watched every game possible, recaps from other European leagues, etc. But I kind of stopped once the NBA took over my interests and I haven't looked back since...

Yet as of right now the NBA is not fun for me, not in the slightest. All this fake drama, constant gossip, the trend towards 3pt bombing, Presti still drafting unskilled wings and just being himself - I just need a break.

If we hadn’t gotten shai in the trade, I would probably feel the same way.

[jambalaya]

Durant's comment was reasonably accurate, especially for the final few years.

[ThunderBolt]

Did anyone hear any updates about the severity of Bazley's knee sprain?

[ThunderBolt]

Horne breaks it down fairly bluntly-

Terrance Ferguson bolted out of the Thunder locker room before the media could even ask him a question. Ferguson, who was playing in just his third game since missing eight games for personal reasons, declined comment to The Athletic before leaving. Teammate Deonte Burton followed after him, saying Sunday wasn’t the right day...

After leaving the locker room, Ferguson did eventually come back and apologize for darting off so quickly. He explained to The Athletic that his decision on the play, to pass to Schroder instead of shooting immediately, was about percentages.

Attacking off the dribble, Ferguson hasn’t been much more effective, scoring on just 5-of-13 shots NBA.com defines as “driving layups.” That’s below the league average of 46.3 percent in the restricted area on those shots, but again, the real issue is Ferguson has only 27 shots in the restricted area all season. That’s 12th on the Thunder and fewer than Luguentz Dort has taken (39). Ferguson has played in 21 more games than Dort.

After Sunday’s game, Ferguson also explained that he passed up the shot because of a couple of factors. He was ready to receive a return pass from Schroder on a quick back-and-forth but was also anticipating Schroder possibly using a ball fake move to set himself up for a 3-pointer. Schroder ball-faked into a 3-pointer on the possession before Ferguson passed up the shot.

Ferguson’s explanation makes sense but is also a self-indictment of the confidence he lacks at a critical stage of his development.

[Old Man Game]

Horne breaks it down fairly bluntly-

Terrance Ferguson bolted out of the Thunder locker room before the media could even ask him a question. Ferguson, who was playing in just his third game since missing eight games for personal reasons, declined comment to The Athletic before leaving. Teammate Deonte Burton followed after him, saying Sunday wasn’t the right day...

After leaving the locker room, Ferguson did eventually come back and apologize for darting off so quickly. He explained to The Athletic that his decision on the play, to pass to Schroder instead of shooting immediately, was about percentages.

Attacking off the dribble, Ferguson hasn’t been much more effective, scoring on just 5-of-13 shots NBA.com defines as “driving layups.” That’s below the league average of 46.3 percent in the restricted area on those shots, but again, the real issue is Ferguson has only 27 shots in the restricted area all season. That’s 12th on the Thunder and fewer than Luguentz Dort has taken (39). Ferguson has played in 21 more games than Dort.

After Sunday’s game, Ferguson also explained that he passed up the shot because of a couple of factors. He was ready to receive a return pass from Schroder on a quick back-and-forth but was also anticipating Schroder possibly using a ball fake move to set himself up for a 3-pointer. Schroder ball-faked into a 3-pointer on the possession before Ferguson passed up the shot.

Ferguson’s explanation makes sense but is also a self-indictment of the confidence he lacks at a critical stage of his development.

That's well said. Horne's writing appears to have improved now free of the yoke of the Oklahoman's conservative style.

[Old Man Game]

Did anyone hear any updates about the severity of Bazley's knee sprain?

It's the thunder so I suppose the next we'll hear of it will be 'he'll be re-evaluated in 6-8 weeks' or possibly, "Darius Bazley underwent successful surgery today."

[ThunderBolt]

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Horne breaks it down fairly bluntly-

Terrance Ferguson bolted out of the Thunder locker room before the media could even ask him a question. Ferguson, who was playing in just his third game since missing eight games for personal reasons, declined comment to The Athletic before leaving. Teammate Deonte Burton followed after him, saying Sunday wasn’t the right day...

After leaving the locker room, Ferguson did eventually come back and apologize for darting off so quickly. He explained to The Athletic that his decision on the play, to pass to Schroder instead of shooting immediately, was about percentages.

Attacking off the dribble, Ferguson hasn’t been much more effective, scoring on just 5-of-13 shots NBA.com defines as “driving layups.” That’s below the league average of 46.3 percent in the restricted area on those shots, but again, the real issue is Ferguson has only 27 shots in the restricted area all season. That’s 12th on the Thunder and fewer than Luguentz Dort has taken (39). Ferguson has played in 21 more games than Dort.

After Sunday’s game, Ferguson also explained that he passed up the shot because of a couple of factors. He was ready to receive a return pass from Schroder on a quick back-and-forth but was also anticipating Schroder possibly using a ball fake move to set himself up for a 3-pointer. Schroder ball-faked into a 3-pointer on the possession before Ferguson passed up the shot.

Ferguson’s explanation makes sense but is also a self-indictment of the confidence he lacks at a critical stage of his development.

That's well said. Horne's writing appears to have improved now free of the yoke of the Oklahoman's conservative style.

Agreed. He also seems to go in to greater depth than Brett Dawson did when working at the athletic.

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Bummer. I never even saw the replay where it happened. Guessing he just landed wrong. I really thought he made some nice moves the last few games even if he didn't finish the shots.

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about to be the 5 seed tomorrow

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If Nerlens could keep his fouling at bay, he would probably go for 15-12-2-2 in the same minutes as Adams... while providing a bit of floor spacing, more activity and better defense

Just do it Billdoh

God I hope there’s a deal or three team deal to get Adams to the Celtics, Spurs or Kings in the offseason and we give Noel a decent 1+1 prove it as a starter deal

[ThunderBolt]

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This is lame.

[Balkman32]

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This is lame.

They just need to convert his contract. I wonder what they are waiting for now that the trade deadline has passed. Maybe they will wait to see if they can be players in the buy out market and what Dre's status is moving forward.

[Balkman32]

It's honestly like he's trying to find that one answer people will finally get behind.

This guy is a joke. There was a tweet yesterday that showed the Thunders 3 point % the playyoffs before KD left. There were 6 guys on that Thunder roster that year that shot it better than KD did in the playoffs. KD shot 28% from the 3 point line in his last playoff run with the Thunder. You are not going to win many playoff series when your best player shot 28% from 3. But, yeah there weren't enough guys around you. Durant is as soft as Charmin.