The Thunder Bench

mbruty · Post #1 » by **mbruty** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:13 am

I have been extremely impressed with the bench of our Thunder. We saw it all start with Reggie Jackson as he assumed the Russ role in last season's playoffs, but this year he has stepped it up again and Jeremy Lamb and Steve Adams are doing wonderful things.

http://www.floorgeneral.com.au/okc-2/th ... bench-mob/

I wrote this and would love to get some discussion going on this thread about how well they are performing and whether this group can fill the void left when we had to move Harden on.

Let's go!

NaturalThunder · Post #2 » by **NaturalThunder** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 4:38 am

This will prove to be our deepest and most balanced roster since the team moved to OKC. Still going to have some ups-and-downs from the bench since there's so many young, inexperienced players. But this year and going forward over the next 2-3 years, we'll finally have a bench that can legitimately go 8-9 deep of quality players along with solid 10th and 11th men. And once Adams becomes more consistent and comfortable, we'll have 3 players off the bench (Reggie, Lamb, and Adams) who can add some scoring punch with some inside-outside balance.

Post #3 » by **wizkid27** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 2:59 pm

I was just thinking the same thing watching last night... fueled mainly by the great performances from Jackson and Lamb, but also my constant love for Collison and even being pretty impressed by what Fisher has given us this season (shocking), this is definitely the most balanced this roster has been.

Devilanche · Post #4 » by **Devilanche** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:10 am

If you been impressed with regular season fisher, i can't wait what playoff fisher would do for us.

theokie · Post #5 » by **theokie** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:50 am

Lamb got the bulk of the minutes tonight over Lamb, and honestly it makes sense. Lamb is a better stop up shooter, and is better at guarding SGs and SFs, and is a better rebounder. Playing Jackson when KD and Russ are on the floor doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Harrison Barnes was killing him tonight, i was glad to see Thabo finally checking in, but really surprised when Jackson went out and Lamb stayed out there. Smart move by Brooks.

Adams also had one of his best games in a while. 5 points (2-3 shooting), 7 rebounds and a block. He finally looked comfortable out there. Haven't heard anything on Perkins injury, so Adams might be getting a lot of minutes soon. A lot of tough big men coming up too.

gcates · Post #6 » by **gcates** » Sun Dec 1, 2013 2:05 am

theokie wrote:Lamb got the bulk of the minutes tonight over Lamb, and honestly it makes sense. Lamb is a better stop up shooter, and is better at guarding SGs and SFs, and is a better rebounder. Playing Jackson when KD and Russ are on the floor doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Harrison Barnes was killing him tonight, i was glad to see Thabo finally checking in, but really surprised when Jackson went out and Lamb stayed out there. Smart move by Brooks.

Adams also had one of his best games in a while. 5 points (2-3 shooting), 7 rebounds and a block. He finally looked comfortable out there. Haven't heard anything on Perkins injury, so Adams might be getting a lot of minutes soon. A lot of tough big men coming up too.

I was pleased to see Lamb out there in crunch time, and what's more is that he was able to stay on the floor despite not being involved much offensively late in the game, but he was contributing in other ways.

I think he's being underrated defensively by a lot of people. He competes hard and uses his length effectively to bother shooters, get in the passing lanes, and as we saw against Golden State, he is capable of defending the rim in help defense situations.

Big fan of Lamb and Jackson, and I'm really starting to like Adams as well. Was kinda neutral on him until last game, but he's a player for sure.