Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 8:16 pm
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Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
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Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:01 pm
Is Adams going to play ? Gallo is out, noel out, Ferguson and Nader I think both of them are out
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:39 am
Steven Adams will play. Hope they are not rushing him back...
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:33 am
Will KAT beat his career high of 56 points? Probably not. But on pace to possibly do so.
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:39 am
Dort is for real
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:49 am
CP3 is on fire. He had some nice stretches in Houston but don't think he was better than he's right now (probably about the same)
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:55 am
No Gallo, SGA playing trash but we still manage to win easily against the Wolves (well, they are terrible).
Great to see Bazley/Dort/Diallo doing some nice things.
Great to see Bazley/Dort/Diallo doing some nice things.
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:24 am
CP3 is a bad man right now. No way I would give up some assets (even a 2nd round pick) to get rid of him;
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:28 am
Dadouv47 wrote:CP3 is a bad man right now. No way I would give up some assets (even a 2nd round pick) to get rid of him;
People who thought OKC should attach assets to get rid of him were never right. You can argue he is overpaid, but so are most players that have hit FA. CP3 is still a VERY good player and you win games with talent not worrying about your payroll. So if you are trying to a championship CP3 is a player you want.
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:35 am
Kizz Fastfists wrote:Dadouv47 wrote:CP3 is a bad man right now. No way I would give up some assets (even a 2nd round pick) to get rid of him;
People who thought OKC should attach assets to get rid of him were never right. You can argue he is overpaid, but so are most players that have hit FA. CP3 is still a VERY good player and you win games with talent not worrying about your payroll. So if you are trying to a championship CP3 is a player you want.
Yup. Don't get why a good team isn't trying to trade for him. Sure, his contract is really terrible, he's injury prone (won't even mention that he's old because he's aging well) but that's the risk you need to take if you are a good team but not good enough to win it all and may be able to do it with CP3 (thinking about Miami, Sixers and Utah)
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:44 am
Its nuts that Dort went undrafted. I'm not saying he's a first ballot hall of famer or anything, but UNDRAFTED? Not good enough for pick 60? That's asinine. This dude should have been picked in the 20-mid 30s range.
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:59 am
Old Man Game wrote:Its nuts that Dort went undrafted. I'm not saying he's a first ballot hall of famer or anything, but UNDRAFTED? Not good enough for pick 60? That's asinine. This dude should have been picked in the 20-mid 30s range.
He's better than Ferguson and it isn't close
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:30 am
I was pretty high on Dort last summer. My stream has freezing so I gave up and didn't that much of this game. Maybe I'll look at highlights tomorrow.
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:27 am
Old Man Game wrote:Its nuts that Dort went undrafted. I'm not saying he's a first ballot hall of famer or anything, but UNDRAFTED? Not good enough for pick 60? That's asinine. This dude should have been picked in the 20-mid 30s range.
Dort going undrafted wasn’t completely an oversight. We had an agent steer him to us. From an article this summer on the athletic-
Dort’s fall was among the night’s bigger surprises. On ESPN’s telecast, he was listed as Jay Bilas’ top available guard for most of the second round. Late in the event, the ESPN analyst said simply: “I figured he would’ve been taken way before this.” He wasn’t alone. CBS Sports’ final mock draft had Dort at No. 30, the final pick of the first round. Sports Illustrated had him 32, while The Athletic had him 36.
Dort’s agent, Chris Emens of Octagon, said entering Thursday two teams with late first-round picks and six with picks in the 30s had strong interest in Dort. In addition, he said they turned down four teams wanting to draft Dort in the mid-to-late second round because they either wanted to draft and stash him overseas or draft him and send him directly to the developmental G League.
As painful as it was, they decided that going undrafted and signing a full two-way contract — which means Dort will split time in the NBA (up to 45 days per season) and G League — was the best option, especially considering Oklahoma City’s reputation for player development.
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:40 pm
Thunder Up wrote:Old Man Game wrote:Its nuts that Dort went undrafted. I'm not saying he's a first ballot hall of famer or anything, but UNDRAFTED? Not good enough for pick 60? That's asinine. This dude should have been picked in the 20-mid 30s range.
He's better than Ferguson and it isn't close
i'm no fan of terrance ferguson but this is a bit premature.
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:28 pm
Thunder Up wrote:Old Man Game wrote:Its nuts that Dort went undrafted. I'm not saying he's a first ballot hall of famer or anything, but UNDRAFTED? Not good enough for pick 60? That's asinine. This dude should have been picked in the 20-mid 30s range.
He's better than Ferguson and it isn't close
I'd definitely take him over Ferguson.
Dort's only been in the rotation for roughly a month and he's already shown more growth and progression than we've seen from Ferguson in 3 years.
Hell, I even like Diallo & Bazley over Ferguson. I think they're both arguably better all around players. What I like most about all three of them is they don't play hot potato with the ball like Ferguson does. Those guys will actually put the ball on the floor and attack the rim rather than lazily hang behind the 3-point line like Ferguson.
I used to think it was Donovan's game plan that relegated Ferguson to simply hanging out on the perimeter....but watching these other guys play it's become pretty clear that being a do-nothing SF who only hangs out behind the 3-point line is a personal choice made by Ferguson.
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:55 pm
Cho Cho.....That is the playoff bandwagon. Get on board! 
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:27 pm
slick_watts wrote:Thunder Up wrote:Old Man Game wrote:Its nuts that Dort went undrafted. I'm not saying he's a first ballot hall of famer or anything, but UNDRAFTED? Not good enough for pick 60? That's asinine. This dude should have been picked in the 20-mid 30s range.
He's better than Ferguson and it isn't close
i'm no fan of terrance ferguson but this is a bit premature.
It's really not though.
He is not as explosive of an athlete, but he's still very athletic.
He is not built out of linguine.
He is every bit the perimeter defender, but much stronger.
He is not a pussy on offense, and is only a rookie at this point. When he gets the ball with a little space, he pulls the three and is not afraid to put the ball on the floor and attack the rim / set-up other teammates.
The only thing Ferguson has on him after three years in the NBA is his extra bounce, and his height that allows him to be a "SF" as well as SG
Re: Game 47: Oklahoma City Thunder (27-19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (15-30) - 8:00 PM ET
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 2:58 am
ThunderBolt wrote:Old Man Game wrote:Its nuts that Dort went undrafted. I'm not saying he's a first ballot hall of famer or anything, but UNDRAFTED? Not good enough for pick 60? That's asinine. This dude should have been picked in the 20-mid 30s range.
Dort going undrafted wasn’t completely an oversight. We had an agent steer him to us. From an article this summer on the athletic-Dort’s fall was among the night’s bigger surprises. On ESPN’s telecast, he was listed as Jay Bilas’ top available guard for most of the second round. Late in the event, the ESPN analyst said simply: “I figured he would’ve been taken way before this.” He wasn’t alone. CBS Sports’ final mock draft had Dort at No. 30, the final pick of the first round. Sports Illustrated had him 32, while The Athletic had him 36.
Dort’s agent, Chris Emens of Octagon, said entering Thursday two teams with late first-round picks and six with picks in the 30s had strong interest in Dort. In addition, he said they turned down four teams wanting to draft Dort in the mid-to-late second round because they either wanted to draft and stash him overseas or draft him and send him directly to the developmental G League.
As painful as it was, they decided that going undrafted and signing a full two-way contract — which means Dort will split time in the NBA (up to 45 days per season) and G League — was the best option, especially considering Oklahoma City’s reputation for player development.
That's awesome. I hadn't seen that.