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Post#821 » by bbms » Wed May 14, 2025 2:36 am

i can't take this coach anymore
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Post#822 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 2:46 am

bbms wrote:i can't take this coach anymore


what was wrong? minutes distribution was fine (Dort played a bit too much). He played a lot of minutes with only one big. Shai was trash again offensively.
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Post#823 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 2:47 am

you want Caruso/Wallace to play more minutes than Dort and that's what happened (if Dort keeps playing like this he shouldn't be playing at all that's for sure)
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Post#824 » by bbms » Wed May 14, 2025 2:50 am

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bbms wrote:i can't take this coach anymore


what was wrong? minutes distribution was fine (Dort played a bit too much). He played a lot of minutes with only one big. Shai was trash again offensively.


after the game i'll count the number of unique never tried lineups he's used

that first sub was criminal. he never used that. he went completely away from what was working. only to come back to it when clawing and scratching from behind only to take it off and then, once again clawin and scratching from behind, putting cason in.

he's playing this game like it's any other game. just experimenting.
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Post#825 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 2:50 am

I have seen OKC Westbrook getting destroyed by our fanbase for better games/series than what Shai is currently showing us...even his decision making is terrible (only his defense is fine).
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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#826 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 2:52 am

bbms wrote:
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bbms wrote:i can't take this coach anymore


what was wrong? minutes distribution was fine (Dort played a bit too much). He played a lot of minutes with only one big. Shai was trash again offensively.


after the game i'll count the number of unique never tried lineups he's used

that first sub was criminal. he never used that. he went completely away from what was working. only to come back to it when clawing and scratching from behind only to take it off and then, once again clawin and scratching from behind, putting cason in.

he's playing this game like it's any other game. just experimenting.


he went with one big on the floor which are the best line up OKC played all season
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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#827 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 2:56 am

We knew coming into the postseason that our offense was gonna rely on Shai hitting his shots and the other players to contribute with 3's and so far both of those factors are really bad. Never seen Shai taking so many bad decisions and forcing stupid turnovers.

Shai played well offensively in 2 of 9 playoff games so far...that's a BIG problem when your option #2 and #3 are not elite offensive players.
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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#828 » by bbms » Wed May 14, 2025 2:56 am

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what was wrong? minutes distribution was fine (Dort played a bit too much). He played a lot of minutes with only one big. Shai was trash again offensively.


after the game i'll count the number of unique never tried lineups he's used

that first sub was criminal. he never used that. he went completely away from what was working. only to come back to it when clawing and scratching from behind only to take it off and then, once again clawin and scratching from behind, putting cason in.

he's playing this game like it's any other game. just experimenting.


he went with one big on the floor which are the best line up OKC played all season


absolutely not about 1 or 2 bigs. we were 10-2 with two bigs remember? we've had two bigs successful lineups this series. it's marginal but the starting five is winning this series despite dort being a complete liability (this is one in two lineups by dort that's been successful, the other is the starters but jaylin for hartenstein). it's about cason wallace + alex caruso. the series that dort -has had, the series isaiah joe has had. no absolutely reason to play them all that much. he gift wraped denver a lead and most importantly he gift wrapped them CONFIDENCE and drained the thunder's.
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Post#829 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 2:59 am

bbms wrote:
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bbms wrote:
after the game i'll count the number of unique never tried lineups he's used

that first sub was criminal. he never used that. he went completely away from what was working. only to come back to it when clawing and scratching from behind only to take it off and then, once again clawin and scratching from behind, putting cason in.

he's playing this game like it's any other game. just experimenting.


he went with one big on the floor which are the best line up OKC played all season


absolutely not about 1 or 2 bigs. we were 10-2 with two bigs remember? we've had two bigs successful lineups this series. it's marginal but the starting five is winning this series despite dort being a complete liability (this is one in two lineups by dort that's been successful). it's about cason wallace + alex caruso. the series that dort -has had, the series isaiah joe has had. no absolutely reason to play them all that much. he gift wraped denver a lead and most importantly he gift wrapped them CONFIDENCE and drained the thunder's.


we did well in the one big man line up game 4 in Denver (he used a similar line up). But yeah you shouldn't play Joe and Dort at all.
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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#830 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:15 am

yeah Dort should be on the bench that's criminal to let him there
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Post#831 » by bbms » Wed May 14, 2025 3:16 am

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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#832 » by ThunderBolt » Wed May 14, 2025 3:21 am

I think I’m going to do a Michael Jordan mid career retirement on my thunder fandom. It’s just not fun anymore.
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Post#833 » by Kizz Fastfists » Wed May 14, 2025 3:30 am

ThunderBolt wrote:I think I’m going to do a Michael Jordan mid career retirement on my thunder fandom. It’s just not fun anymore.


What's not fun about it? Presti builds a team for the regular season to make the playoffs. The team makes the playoffs. Presti did his job. Presti gets to have a press conference about internal growth and development and the team being where it needs to be and they will arrive when they show up to arrive at the moment of arrival to show up. Wash, rinse, repeat.
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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#834 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:30 am

everything aligned for us to win a championship but we have guys missing some easy lay ups
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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#835 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:31 am

JDub game 3 was a fluke
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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#836 » by bbms » Wed May 14, 2025 3:34 am

it took this idiot 3 quarters to bring in jdub cason caruso wiggins hartenstein

one of the thunders most successful lineups

enough said

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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#837 » by Kizz Fastfists » Wed May 14, 2025 3:35 am

bbms wrote:it took this idiot 3 quarters to bring in jdub cason caruso wiggins hartenstein

one of the thunders most successful lineups

enough said

fire this clown


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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#838 » by Dadouv47 » Wed May 14, 2025 3:39 am

bring another second option even if it means trading JDub
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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#839 » by bbms » Wed May 14, 2025 3:40 am

dort in

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Re: 2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread 

Post#840 » by bbms » Wed May 14, 2025 3:47 am

i've never criticized dort in my whole life iron balls

bailing out this clown

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