2018-2019 OKC Thunder Regular Season Pt 1: A Renewed Hope

Thunder Up · Post #81 » by **Thunder Up** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:12 am

Terrence Ferguson should be out of the rotation
Diallo should be starting
Abrines and Noel should pick up Ferguson's minutes

Post #82 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:17 am

Thunder Up wrote:Terrence Ferguson should be out of the rotation
Diallo should be starting
Abrines and Noel should pick up Ferguson's minutes

I could definitely see bildo giving Noel minutes at the two.

Dn4sty · Post #83 » by **Dn4sty** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:17 am

Time to start scouting Zion or RJ?

For those of you who don’t know, this is sarcasm

Post #84 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:18 am

Dn4sty wrote:Time to start scouting Zion or RJ?

For those of you who don’t know, this is sarcasm

Should it be?

Dn4sty · Post #85 » by **Dn4sty** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:24 am

Knrstz wrote:
Dn4sty wrote:Time to start scouting Zion or RJ?

For those of you who don’t know, this is sarcasm

Should it be?

Yeah. Zion would be perfect, because RJ wouldn’t see the floor over Diallo

Dn4sty · Post #86 » by **Dn4sty** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:25 am

When is Jerami Grant trade eligible? Dec 15th or Jan 15th?

Post #87 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:26 am

Dn4sty wrote:When is Jerami Grant trade eligible? Dec 15th or Jan 15th?

Jerami Grant will be this generations Nick Collison. He’ll be on the 2028 roster.

RalphSampsonJr · Post #88 » by **RalphSampsonJr** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:54 am

Dn4sty wrote:When is Jerami Grant trade eligible? Dec 15th or Jan 15th?

Dunno who would want him at the moment. 10 mil to be poor at shooting defending annd rebounding?!

Post #89 » by **bondom34** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:44 am

https://theathletic.com/605123/2018/10/22/terrance-ferguson-is-struggling-but-heres-why-hes-unlikely-to-lose-his-starting-spot-for-now/

Pillendreher · Post #90 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:17 am

Read on Twitter

Good question.

Pillendreher · Post #91 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:27 am

https://www.change.org/p/okc-thunder-fire-billy-donovan?recruiter=907028050

Let's do it.

Pillendreher · Post #92 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:30 am

Post #93 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:40 am

Pillendreher wrote:

Read on Twitter

Good question.

Zach Lowe was reading our game thread.

Pillendreher · Post #94 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:56 am

Knrstz wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:

Read on Twitter

Good question.

Zach Lowe was reading our game thread.

I've been suspecting for a long time that these media people have been using our knowledge for themselves.

Pillendreher · Post #95 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:11 am

After 3 games played, there is one guy on the whole roster with a positive On/Off ORtG and a negative On/Off DRtG:

Diallo at +18.4 On/Off ORtG and -5.2 On/Off DRtG.

I know it's just 3 games and this is probably meaningless going forward, but this is indeed matching what I've been seeing so far. The bench has been much better defensively than the starters and Diallo has been the sole brightspot so far.

Old Man Game · Post #96 » by **Old Man Game** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:22 am

Early but you have to question how much negative press a 20 year old can handle before it impairs his development. Not entirely sure starting Ferguson is even really good for him, big picture.

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Old Man Game · Post #97 » by **Old Man Game** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:25 am

Pillendreher wrote:After 3 games played, there is one guy on the whole roster with a positive On/Off ORtG and a negative On/Off DRtG:

Diallo at +18.4 On/Off ORtG and -5.2 On/Off DRtG.

I know it's just 3 games and this is probably meaningless going forward, but this is indeed matching what I've been seeing so far. The bench has been much better defensively than the starters and Diallo has been the sole brightspot so far.

That's interesting. Totally backs up the eye test. One guy plays with what appears to be complete confidence. The other looks completely stuck in his own head.

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Pillendreher · Post #98 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:28 am

Old Man Game wrote:Early but you have to question how much negative press a 20 year old can handle before it impairs his development. Not entirely sure starting Ferguson is even really good for him, big picture.

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Donovan is killing his spirit just like he did with Sabonis. Neither belonged out there as starters, yet the team stuck with them because they wanted to prevent the very thing they're causing. It's not Ferguson's fault that he's raw and just not good right now. It's up to the coach to recognize that. Imagine showing up to work every day and your boss is constantly making you do things you just cannot do on a very public stage. That's not going to work out for you nor your colleagues.

Post #99 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:37 am

I think ferg just isn’t any good. Start him, bench him, send him to the G league...I’m not sure it matters. He’s the most unathletic looking athlete I’ve ever seen.

Old Man Game · Post #100 » by **Old Man Game** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:02 pm

Knrstz wrote:I think ferg just isn’t any good. Start him, bench him, send him to the G league...I’m not sure it matters. He’s the most unathletic looking athlete I’ve ever seen.

He can definitely jump high. We've seen that. But he seems to have trouble using it to actually impact the game. When's the last time you saw him grab a rebound over a bigger player for instance? Or even tap out a contested rebound amongst a scrum of PFs and Centers? You know, the sort of stuff Russ and Wall do fairly regularly. He seldom does stuff like that. And forget about dunking in traffic. Him being very weak physically appears to really hold him back.