Game 5 OKC VS Portland Trail Blazers 10/30 8PM CST

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[spearsy23]

That feeling when two starters combine to give you less production than the average NBA player.

[Dadouv47]

Shai <3

[1bigfan13]

I know Muscala was a cheap FA but he's been a huge disappointment as well. I thought he'd be able to provide some solid shooting from the 4 position but he's had a ton of wide open looks and hasn't hit any of them. Dude is shooting about 10% from 3 on the season.

[1bigfan13]

That feeling when two starters combine to give you less production than the average NBA player.

This had better be the last year that they run lineups like this out there. With all the assets we have there is not excuse for OKC to go into the 2020-2021 season with wing players who can't shoot in their starting lineup.

I'd like to move on from Adams as well but the reality is his $25M per year contract will make him difficult to deal considering the return being provided on the investment. He's a solid defensive anchor but I don't think anyone outside of Presti/OKC is stupid enough to hand a $25 million per year contact for a decent defensive C with a shaky offensive game.

[1bigfan13]

Those last two plays are perfect examples of what I said about Diallo's buckets vs Roberson's.

There is absolutely no way in hell Roberson makes both of those shots. The First shot was a lot easier but the second was pretty much all Diallo driving to the rim through traffic and making an athletic finish at the rim. He has shown the ability to be an independent scorer. Roberson on the other hand is completely reliant on someone else setting him up for the score.

Diallo is absolutely a better offensive player.

[spearsy23]

Those last two plays are perfect examples of what I said about Diallo's buckets vs Roberson's.

There is absolutely no way in hell Roberson makes both of those shots. The First shot was a lot easier but the second was pretty much all Diallo driving to the rim through traffic and making an athletic finish at the rim. He has shown the ability to be an independent scorer. Roberson on the other hand is completely reliant on someone else setting him up for the score.

Diallo is absolutely a better offensive player.

Creating your own offense isn't a plus when you're awful at it.

[1bigfan13]

Creating your own offense isn't a plus when you're awful at it.

Agreed. Lucky for us he hasn't been awful at it this year.

[1bigfan13]

The refs have really zeroed in on traveling this year. Seems like a lot of the players are still struggling to figure out what exactly they can get away with.

[ThunderBolt]

Paul has done a good job deferring to other but we need him to be somewhat aggressive to free things up for others.

[1bigfan13]

I know it's only game 5 of the regular season for both of these teams but you can tell that the Blazers aren't as dialed in as we're used to seeing them when Russ was in OKC. I guess not having an antagonist on the roster has them sleepwalking a bit, because Lillard is usually carving us up by now.

[1bigfan13]

Foul on Schroder for laying on the ground and McCullom tripping over him. GTHOH!

[1bigfan13]

Muscula has literally had 6 WIDE open shots and has missed them all. ~oof

[ThunderBolt]

Does our lame duck coach know about the coach’s challenge rule? Also, is the offensive game plan to just let Dennis do whatever he wants on offense?

[1bigfan13]

The amount of walks being called in the 4th qtr is ridiculous. Some of these calls are very ticky-tacky.

[ThunderBolt]

This is the new offense billy implemented. What a freakin joke.

[spearsy23]

This is the new offense billy implemented. What a freakin joke.

Russ is coaching the team from Houston.

[Dadouv47]

CP3 trying to coach our team. Not sure that's worth 40millions/year though

[1bigfan13]

Now that's the Damian Lillard I'm used to seeing against OKC.

[Dadouv47]

death, taxes and Lillard being clutch against us