2024-2025 OKC Thunder Games Thread

bbms · Post #861 » by **bbms** » Wed May 14, 2025 9:20 pm

i have to say in the russ era and kd era i used to feel more the crowd in the broadcast, playing along, don't know if it's just me

Post #862 » by **Dadouv47** » Wed May 14, 2025 9:21 pm

just saw that a potential game 7 is on sunday...an extra day of rest isn't good for us

Post #863 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu May 15, 2025 1:00 pm

Thunder up!

Kizz Fastfists · Post #864 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Thu May 15, 2025 1:32 pm

Thunder won back-to-back must win games. I would prefer they come out strong and close it out, but if it goes to game 7 in OKC I'm not going to be overly concerned about it.

Post #865 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu May 15, 2025 1:51 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:Thunder won back-to-back must win games. I would prefer they come out strong and close it out, but if it goes to game 7 in OKC I'm not going to be overly concerned about it.

I'm super concerned about a potential game 7. I'm on the wrong side of it and Vegas disagrees with me but I like our chances to win game 6 a lot more than game 7. Denver experience in game 7 + an extra day of rest for Jokic is huge.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #866 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Thu May 15, 2025 3:36 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:I'm super concerned about a potential game 7. I'm on the wrong side of it and Vegas disagrees with me but I like our chances to win game 6 a lot more than game 7. Denver experience in game 7 + an extra day of rest for Jokic is huge.

I don't bet on games I have a rooting interest in, but if I were to bet on the game I'd take OKC and the points. I see it as OKC comes out and blows Denver out playing like they did in game 2 of the series to close it or it ends up being close and going to the wire.

bbms · Post #867 » by **bbms** » Thu May 15, 2025 6:25 pm

starters + jaylin williams skyrocketed in performance. +42.4. legit.

caruso - hartenstein - sga - dort - jdub is the 5th most utilized lineup in this series and is -18.4. stinker.

Zagor · Post #868 » by **Zagor** » Thu May 15, 2025 6:47 pm

bbms wrote:caruso - hartenstein - sga - dort - jdub is the 5th most utilized lineup in this series and is -18.4. stinker.

That's crazy because on paper, lineup should work. It has both defense and offense.

I would try more often SGA, Cason, Wiggins, JDub and Chet. Play fast and play hard, Denver with Jokic can't run so much.

Xatticus · Post #869 » by **Xatticus** » Thu May 15, 2025 6:52 pm

bbms wrote:starters + jaylin williams skyrocketed in performance. +42.4. legit.

caruso - hartenstein - sga - dort - jdub is the 5th most utilized lineup in this series and is -18.4. stinker.

I'm not a fan of the Dort/Caruso/Hartenstein lineups due to the dearth of offense. They aren't liabilities to the offense independently, but when played together it really saps our dynamism at that end. Dort and Caruso aren't threats when attacking a closeout. Wiggins and Wallace are more dangerous in those situations because they are threats to finish around the rim.

Big nick · Post #870 » by **Big nick** » Thu May 15, 2025 7:07 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:Thunder won back-to-back must win games. I would prefer they come out strong and close it out, but if it goes to game 7 in OKC I'm not going to be overly concerned about it.

Kizz I rarely agree with you and I don’t with this take but sure hope you are right. We just are playing bad they can’t figure out the zone most all of our losses this year was because of the zone. For the life of me I don’t understand why coach didn’t work everyday on breaking the zone. We just stand on the perimeter and wait for Shai to do something the ball needs to by passed in the perimeter and back out for a shot or driven inside then outside for a shot. Come on man figure this out we have the players to do this. And ij shouldn’t see the court again this series.

bbms · Post #871 » by **bbms** » Thu May 15, 2025 7:24 pm

Zagor wrote:
bbms wrote:caruso - hartenstein - sga - dort - jdub is the 5th most utilized lineup in this series and is -18.4. stinker.

That's crazy because on paper, lineup should work. It has both defense and offense.

I would try more often SGA, Cason, Wiggins, JDub and Chet. Play fast and play hard, Denver with Jokic can't run so much.

those are three players that denver decided to ignore on defense stacked together

Post #872 » by **Dadouv47** » Thu May 15, 2025 8:12 pm

Read on Twitter

sure

Post #873 » by **Dadouv47** » Fri May 16, 2025 2:33 am

Jdub is a mess

Post #874 » by **Dadouv47** » Fri May 16, 2025 2:59 am

SGA was good on offense but overall we were terrible. Give this version of Shai (without the stupid fouls) and I like our chances on Sunday

Chet wasn't bad either. Cason was very good too. Wiggins is really struggling the last couple of games and no comments on JDub.

Post #875 » by **ThunderBolt** » Fri May 16, 2025 3:25 am

Dadouv47 wrote:Jdub is a mess

He’s been soft his whole career.

Zagor · Post #876 » by **Zagor** » Fri May 16, 2025 7:55 am

Horrible game in offense, very sloppy and out of focus. Even after 12-15 years, some things in OKC don't change, bad shooting produce bad spacing. Offense is then onedimensional.

You just have to execute in playoff or you are going on fishing.
Dub, Joe, Wiggins, Chet, Dort......they can't hit a pool.

I still have same opinion about Chet and Dub, they are not max players. They have too big flaws in their game for max contracts.

I'm not optimistic about next game. Shooting is a problem whole series.

Post #877 » by **Dadouv47** » Fri May 16, 2025 10:40 am

Finally some casual NBA fans understand that almost our entire offense is about Shai. Speaking of him, I'm pissed at the NBA for not giving the MVP trophy before. He might get after being eliminated that's stupid.

Post #878 » by **Dadouv47** » Fri May 16, 2025 2:15 pm

I love JDub but I said before the all star selection that he didn't deserve it that much and he's showing it why now. He was selected because he was the second best player on a all time great regular season team. Chet is not that reliable offensively either but he's still better than JDub on both ends of the floor.

Presti won't pull the trigger but Jdub isn't irreplacable and there are some trades involving him that could make sense. Can't trade Chet because of his unique skillset and Cason is way too valuable and his trade value won't match what we brings to our team.

We knew the lack of a second option offensively could be a killer for OKC in those POs and unfortunately it might be the main reason of not advancing to the WCF if we lose. It was fair to run it back this season with this core but can't wait every year with the excuse that they are young and gonna improve because JDub is showing exactly how he played all season (bad shot selection) even if he was more confident the regular season.

Cleveland was smart adding a guy like deandre Hunter. He would have been a nice fit in OKC too. There are other non stars offensive players that could help us a lot. Don't mind about defensive liability because we have enough skill on that end to afford it.

Post #879 » by **ThunderBolt** » Fri May 16, 2025 2:26 pm

Go after Giannis with a deal centered around J Dub, Hartenstein and picks. Unless Dallas wants to trade the number one pick, I don't see many options to beat that.

Post #880 » by **Dadouv47** » Fri May 16, 2025 2:47 pm

Has any team already won a championship with a worse second offensive option than Jdub (or Chet) ? 2011 Mavs?