OKC Thunder 2023-24 Regular Season Discussion

[Kizz Fastfists]

Ummmm Chet?

Sengun cant shoot the 3 that well which means Shai and JDub don't have the space to operate as effectively. I think he is a really good player but he doesn't suit our style of play or system on either end.

Sengun is too much in the mold of Jokic and Sabonis to fit in OKC. Remember, it only took Presti a season to decide he didn't want a big man like Sabonis.

[Old Man Game]

Extremely confident SGA should be a bigger name. Some of the moves he's had tonight look like prime Kobe.

[1bigfan13]

Ummmm Chet?

Sengun is too much in the mold of Jokic and Sabonis to fit in OKC. Remember, it only took Presti a season to decide he didn't want a big man like Sabonis.

I don't agree with that. I think they liked the skills that Sabonis brought to the table.

In order to acquire a player of Paul George's caliber you have to give up picks and/or a player with high upside. That's the only reason he was shipped off after year one.

[ThunderBolt]

Extremely confident SGA should be a bigger name. Some of the moves he's had tonight look like prime Kobe.

The NBA and media are so much different than NFL. NFL has no problem marketing small markets and their stars. Whereas yesterday ESPN wants to talk about Chris Paul’s return to the warriors like they’re getting back an MVP candidate.

[Old Man Game]

Extremely confident SGA should be a bigger name. Some of the moves he's had tonight look like prime Kobe.

The NBA and media are so much different than NFL. NFL has no problem marketing small markets and their stars. Whereas yesterday ESPN wants to talk about Chris Paul’s return to the warriors like they’re getting back an MVP candidate.

All season long anything warriors gets time disproportionate air time. I've heard about Their rookie Poziemski way more than Wallace, even though Wallace is playing well on one of the best teams in the West, for instance.

[RingoKid]

Ummmm Chet?

Sengun is too much in the mold of Jokic and Sabonis to fit in OKC. Remember, it only took Presti a season to decide he didn't want a big man like Sabonis.

I don't agree with that. I think they liked the skills that Sabonis brought to the table.

In order to acquire a player of Paul George's caliber you have to give up picks and/or a player with high upside. That's the only reason he was shipped off after year one.

Why hang on to Domas as Padwan when Presti had Adams the Jedi ?

[RingoKid]

I'm liking Hayward as the wily vet building chemistry with the youngers.

Hope he stays healthy!

[Kizz Fastfists]

I don't agree with that. I think they liked the skills that Sabonis brought to the table.

In order to acquire a player of Paul George's caliber you have to give up picks and/or a player with high upside. That's the only reason he was shipped off after year one.

Why hang on to Domas as Padwan when Presti had Adams the Jedi ?

Why not keep Sabonis as your first building block in your obviously needed rebuild instead of trading him to never win a playoff series with PG13? Why not trade Russ, Adams and Dipo for assets and rebuild when everyone knew OKC was done when KD left? Adams is as much a Jedi as Jaylin Williams. How many all-star games has Adams made? How many has Sabonis? Sabonis was the better player on the day he was traded than Adams was. Better rebounder, better ball handler, better for winning and Indiana needed a building block back for PG13 not a mediocre veteran.

He could have move Russ to LAC for picks and he would have been set up in the 2018 draft to take some kids like Luka, SGA, Trae, etc. I couldn't have been the only one pissed at the time that Presti made that stupid trade. Yes, there is a long post record on this board of me being pissed about what Presti did in that off-season it isn't hindsight it was foresight. Something Presti has proven he lacks when it comes to NBA and evaluating the Thunder. Unless you want to tell me that this year's Thunder team isn't a .500 team and Presti was right when he said this team sucks and isn't in a position to add to it in the off-season.

[OKC2008]

My godness, it's a constant complaining about everything in OKC present, past and future.. how boring

[RingoKid]

I don't agree with that. I think they liked the skills that Sabonis brought to the table.

In order to acquire a player of Paul George's caliber you have to give up picks and/or a player with high upside. That's the only reason he was shipped off after year one.

Why hang on to Domas as Padwan when Presti had Adams the Jedi ?

Why not keep Sabonis as your first building block in your obviously needed rebuild instead of trading him to never win a playoff series with PG13? Why not trade Russ, Adams and Dipo for assets and rebuild when everyone knew OKC was done when KD left? Adams is as much a Jedi as Jaylin Williams. How many all-star games has Adams made? How many has Sabonis? Sabonis was the better player on the day he was traded than Adams was. Better rebounder, better ball handler, better for winning and Indiana needed a building block back for PG13 not a mediocre veteran.

He could have move Russ to LAC for picks and he would have been set up in the 2018 draft to take some kids like Luka, SGA, Trae, etc. I couldn't have been the only one pissed at the time that Presti made that stupid trade. Yes, there is a long post record on this board of me being pissed about what Presti did in that off-season it isn't hindsight it was foresight. Something Presti has proven he lacks when it comes to NBA and evaluating the Thunder. Unless you want to tell me that this year's Thunder team isn't a .500 team and Presti was right when he said this team sucks and isn't in a position to add to it in the off-season.

Presti was never gonna trade russ if russ didn't want to be traded. Adams was robin to russ batman and was far more complementary for russ style than Bonis.

Russ and Adams were the show in OKC after KD slithered off to GS. Russ doesn't win MVP without Adams.

Russ doesn't average triple doubles and put bums on seats with a sophomore Domas still learning the trade and sponging up the big man game off Adams.

Adams was clearly the Jedi...

https://www.landofbasketball.com/games_between/steven_adams_vs_domantas_sabonis.htm

All star games and hall of fame crap don't mean **** and No...no one knew OKC would crater after KD left. Just like no one knew how washed Melo was playing alongside russ and PG13.

[slick_watts]

another blowout win with the starters posting a negative point differential. i wonder what the record is for something like that. i might check it if it keeps happening.

jalen williams is something.

[Old Man Game]

another blowout win with the starters posting a negative point differential. i wonder what the record is for something like that. i might check it if it keeps happening.

jalen williams is something.

People said Josh played good because he got some buckets. Meanwhile SGA barely touched the ball the first several trips of the game. Just dumb to set aside possessions to 'get Josh going' when you have better players that could use those possessions.

[slick_watts]

another blowout win with the starters posting a negative point differential. i wonder what the record is for something like that. i might check it if it keeps happening.

jalen williams is something.

People said Josh played good because he got some buckets. Meanwhile SGA barely touched the ball the first several trips of the game. Just dumb to set aside possessions to 'get Josh going' when you have better players that could use those possessions.

yeah they hid sengun on him, and that actually hurts more since jabari smith is so physical and chet has to deal with him.

[Bremzi]

It feels like SGA JWill and Chet have been getting big minutes and everyone else is hovering in the 15-20 mpg range. It might be just me but there’s more lineups without Giddey/Dort or both. This should be good in preparing for the playoffs by having several wrinkles in who to play with the big3.

[Old Man Game]

How do you post a photo on here?

[Big nick]

Looks like i cant watch the game tomorrow night on direct TV. Anyone know where I can stream it?

[ThorThunder]

Today is game day and I'm excited

[shakes0]

took me two days and avoiding this forum//spoilers, but I finally finished Tuesday's game last night after work. Team sure has hit it's second wind. A few weeks back it looked like the team and chet especially was hitting a wall, but I guess that 8 day all star break was all they needed to re-energize the battery. Been flying ever since.


What can be done to tweak the rotation to improve the team's overall effectiveness? I'd really like to see how Joe looks in the starting lineup for an extended period. Why not put him in there and give Giddey more bench minutes and more time on the ball with the second unit?

Or how about something really radical and remove Giddey and Dort and replace them with Joe and Hayward? Is Dort's defense too valuable for that?

I'd like to see more shooting and floor spacing in the starting lineup so the lane is more open for SGA, JDub and Chet to operate.

[Xatticus]

Extremely confident SGA should be a bigger name. Some of the moves he's had tonight look like prime Kobe.

The NBA and media are so much different than NFL. NFL has no problem marketing small markets and their stars. Whereas yesterday ESPN wants to talk about Chris Paul’s return to the warriors like they’re getting back an MVP candidate.

It's just different. The NBA made a decision to heavily market its stars a long time ago. There are so many downsides to this and the problem has snowballed into something grotesque. I generally detest the NBA, but I love basketball, so I still follow it. I might give up on it entirely at some point though.

[shakes0]

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