OKC Thunder 2022-23 Regular Season Discussion

[mr570]

Pretty sure any frustration here is from time to time rather than every single game that he played last season .

You must not have been around much last season.

[ThunderBolt]

Pretty sure any frustration here is from time to time rather than every single game that he played last season .

You must not have been around much last season.

Saying player sucks and and believing/ hoping he gets better aren’t mutually exclusive things. Pretty much every player on this team has shown flashes, poku included. He also really sucked at times last year. Terrance Ferguson showed flashes too. I hope Poku has permanently tuned a corner

[slick_watts]

close to a neutral point differential for the season after that game.

[jake_swivel]

Anyone notice giddey is doing better at not flailing his legs on his jumper? Poku’s release seems higher too.

[mr570]

Pretty sure any frustration here is from time to time rather than every single game that he played last season .

You must not have been around much last season.

Saying player sucks and and believing/ hoping he gets better aren’t mutually exclusive things. Pretty much every player on this team has shown flashes, poku included. He also really sucked at times last year. Terrance Ferguson showed flashes too. I hope Poku has permanently tuned a corner

Right well if you mean the latter while saying the former then maybe say it. Don't really remember the hate Poku got being qualified with much of anything. But this is getting to be a circular conversation and I'm pretty over it.

[Old Man Game]

I watched the Knicks broadcast today. It's Mike Breen and Walt Frazier of course. I think it's safe to say SGA made a believer out of both them. They were signing his praises in terms normally reserved for the faces of the league. It was especially good to hear from Breen since that's as close to an ESPN game as we'll get this year.

[Mr Thunder Nick]

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Josh Giddey in the Garden

22 points
11 assists
10 rebounds
10-14 shooting
2-4 from deep
77 TS%

He joins Wilt to be the only player to have triple doubles in their first 2 MSG games. And that with a lot of common minutes with Shai.


For all the criticism on Josh. He is only 20 years old. Give him a chance. I still say that he was a steal in last years draft.

[ThunderBolt]

I watched the Knicks broadcast today. It's Mike Breen and Walt Frazier of course. I think it's safe to say SGA made a believer out of both them. They were signing his praises in terms normally reserved for the faces of the league. It was especially good to hear from Breen since that's as close to an ESPN game as we'll get this year.

It's crazy how people that claim to follow the nba are unaware or surprised at what he's doing. His year last year wasn't as bad as some people think. He hurt his numbers with his step back three, had some injuries but finished the year strong.

[Devilanche]

Pretty sure any frustration here is from time to time rather than every single game that he played last season .

You must not have been around much last season.

Pretty sure I been around here alot more than you though.

I didn’t see much of trade him/ don’t give him any minutes rant around here .

Were there some he suck post ? Yes there was but that because he did suck last season. But it wasn’t by the the same few people every time he did play extended minutes.

[slick_watts]

poku is contesting ~11 FGA inside of 6ft per 36 minutes, and allowing -10% FG on those attempts. similar to numbers of clint capela and evan mobley. maybe not sustainable, but he's been trending in this direction since his rookie season. i still think he has his highest defensive potential as a swiss army knife off ball destroyer, and a lot of these contests are on help defense as you would expect.

will be interesting to see how this progresses. i'm not sold on poku's recent efficiency surge offensively, especially his 3pter, but his usefulness and role as a defensive role player at minimum is starting to take shape imo.

[Dadouv47]

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I like this line up

[Dadouv47]

20 shots from OKC, only two from Dort while being on the floor all the time. That's a nice feeling.

JDub was the most NBA ready player from the 2022 Draft after Banchero.

[jake_swivel]

poku is contesting ~11 FGA inside of 6ft per 36 minutes, and allowing -10% FG on those attempts. similar to numbers of clint capela and evan mobley. maybe not sustainable, but he's been trending in this direction since his rookie season. i still think he has his highest defensive potential as a swiss army knife off ball destroyer, and a lot of these contests are on help defense as you would expect.

will be interesting to see how this progresses. i'm not sold on poku's recent efficiency surge offensively, especially his 3pter, but his usefulness and role as a defensive role player at minimum is starting to take shape imo.

He’s always been a good weak side defender when he contests. But when I first watched his tape from fiba, his defensive motor and awareness were his worst characteristic. All while pointing at teammates where they were supposed to be. It’s been interesting watching him grow in this regard. Real unexpected for me.

[cjmcallist]

Poku took over the game for like 3 minutes tonight - both ends of the floor mid 3rd quarter. It was incredible.

Giddey struggling tonight, but still showing flashes.

[Dadouv47]

Oh well we couldn't win but still a good performance. Glad Poku's injury wasn't serious...he played really well and it looked very bad while he was down.

[ThunderBolt]

I’d like to see Jalen Williams consistently get more field goal attempts.

Also, I think the front office needs to show shai they are committed to building a winning team around him sooner rather that later. We’ve got plenty of ways to get him so help and keep our best young pieces.

[Dadouv47]

I’d like to see Jalen Williams consistently get more field goal attempts.

Also, I think the front office needs to show shai they are committed to building a winning team around him sooner rather that later. We’ve got plenty of ways to get him so help and keep our best young pieces.

Do you mean trading for a very good player? The only issue to me is that u gotta give playing time to develop youngs like Jalen, Mann, Giddey, Poku (and Chet next season). I'm still pissed about the Dieng pick because he's a project and we have no time for that if we want to be a good team in 1 or 2 seasons. If a good young player is available, we should still go for it.

[ThunderBolt]

I’d like to see Jalen Williams consistently get more field goal attempts.

Also, I think the front office needs to show shai they are committed to building a winning team around him sooner rather that later. We’ve got plenty of ways to get him so help and keep our best young pieces.

Do you mean trading for a very good player? The only issue to me is that u gotta give playing time to develop youngs like Jalen, Mann, Giddey, Poku (and Chet next season). I'm still pissed about the Dieng pick because he's a project and we have no time for that if we want to be a good team in 1 or 2 seasons. If a good young player is available, we should still go for it.

Yes, trading for one but not just for the sake of acquiring talent. If the fit is ideal and we can keep the our top 3-4 prospects, I’d do it. The player needs to also fit the timeline. I’m not interested in a Chris Paul to the suns situation. Most of the players I want aren’t available, making it an unrealistic scenario but you never know. The kings traded Halliburton.

[Devilanche]

poku is contesting ~11 FGA inside of 6ft per 36 minutes, and allowing -10% FG on those attempts. similar to numbers of clint capela and evan mobley. maybe not sustainable, but he's been trending in this direction since his rookie season. i still think he has his highest defensive potential as a swiss army knife off ball destroyer, and a lot of these contests are on help defense as you would expect.

will be interesting to see how this progresses. i'm not sold on poku's recent efficiency surge offensively, especially his 3pter, but his usefulness and role as a defensive role player at minimum is starting to take shape imo.

He looks like he is earning his minutes , which was one of the big thing about him last season.

With it being a new role etc , it’s probably going help his overall development to be a decent roleplayer.

[Devilanche]

I’d like to see Jalen Williams consistently get more field goal attempts.

Also, I think the front office needs to show shai they are committed to building a winning team around him sooner rather that later. We’ve got plenty of ways to get him so help and keep our best young pieces.

Do you mean trading for a very good player? The only issue to me is that u gotta give playing time to develop youngs like Jalen, Mann, Giddey, Poku (and Chet next season). I'm still pissed about the Dieng pick because he's a project and we have no time for that if we want to be a good team in 1 or 2 seasons. If a good young player is available, we should still go for it.

I think Dieng has shown enough that he might be knocking on the rotation next year .

I don’t see anyone that may be available that might be a realistic target. I’m tempted to let the team play it out and do a trade in the offseason.

Trading for someone might means everyone need to readjust their role. Doing it in the offseason could let us see how much everyone can grow with a bigger role than they should going forward (once Chet is back)