Post#115 » by Clav » Mon Apr 8, 2024 7:54 am
Good luck to your Celts, Parliment. It worked out that both our squads made it to the finals... maybe in fitting fashion because our fandom here could have played a part to their success. May the best team win!
Some scouting for you, from my side as I've watched a handful of OKC Blue games.
OKC notes ? Dieng has been playing really well, Sarr is getting double-doubles, and we have a competent selection of guards to get scoring (Ramsey/Shackleford/Flagler). There's wing options but they are mostly defenders outside of Dieng.
The bad ? Defense is suspect with Ramsey on the court, skill level and clutch moments are a bit flaky, I think this team played above their calling all year. Lindy Waters III might be with the big club, so the shooting outside of some streaky guard play is suspect.
The good ? Sarr, Keyonte Johnson, and Dieng supply ample size and rebounding with adept offense at times. The guards, if hitting, are solid offensive options. They have played better in big moments during this small tournament and got hot at the end of the year, so kind of like Dallas now, they are not an easy out anymore.
Matchups - Queta has done well vs OKC during his time with the Stockton Kings, and if he's playing, Queta vs Sarr is a matchup to watch.
Walsh does what OKC's 2-to-3 wings do, but he does it better, a solid NBA player in his future. I think he plays a big part if Maine wins it.
Steward is a proven GL scorer, and I think this game comes down to the Steward/Walsh matchup vs Dieng/Ramsey for OKC, I give the edge to Maine but this should be a 2-1 Celts win. They were 2-0 vs OKC in the regular season, but those matchups also featured some players not getting huge minutes now. We will see how the bench matches up.
Cheers
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