Oklahoma City Thunder Regular Season 2015-2016 Part 2

Cuban_Linx · Post #181 » by **Cuban_Linx** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 9:27 am

bondom34 wrote:Yeah.

PJ Tucker. That's a guy I'd target in a trade.

I actually traded away Dion and DJ so I could get him on 2K. It's nice to have smart two-way role players on the team when you're trying to win a title. Wish Presti would agree with that.

KD35Brah · Post #182 » by **KD35Brah** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 9:30 am

Anyone else see the post about Singler being the worst player in the NBA make it to the front page of Reddit?

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/3vqw8w/kyle_singler_is_the_worst_player_in_the_nba_and/

Pillendreher · Post #183 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 2:23 pm

bondom34 wrote:Waiters, Mr. Consistent.

Dion Waiters, oh my gosh. You were 0 of 7 against Atlanta last Tuesday and looked terrible. Then, you were 6 of 9 against the Heat on Friday and looked fantastic. Now, it's Sunday against the Kings, and you shot 2 of 12. To me, it was obvious that Waiters had a matchup with Darren Collison and thought he could get whatever shot he wanted. And, to be fair, Waiters missed a couple of nicely selected shots.

But Waiters only had two assists in 27 minutes of play. Waiters wasn't very involved in the offense, either. Only three of Waiters' shots came on a pass, and two of those were his only makes!

http://www.welcometoloudcity.com/2015/12/7/9859786/durant-makes-late-stand-thunder-push-past-kings-98-95

That's what our basketball guru's talking about - consistency.

Btw: I'm fairly certain that the coaching staff has made a bet - who can produce the worst lineup in NBA history. Did we really play

Westbrook-Waiters-Roberson-Singler-Adams

? That's 4 really bad offensive players simultaniously on the floor. And we got a +35.8 in 2 minutes :lol:

I don't know what the **** Billy is doing. We lead by 17 with 3 minutes to go in the 3rd and with 2:31 to go in the 4th we're down 7 against the **** Kings?! Are you **** kidding me? Why on earth is Singler out there? Why not bring McGary and Payne instead of Dion and Kyle freaking Singler?! It's just insane.

Post #184 » by **bondom34** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 2:31 pm

Pillendreher wrote:
bondom34 wrote:Waiters, Mr. Consistent.

Dion Waiters, oh my gosh. You were 0 of 7 against Atlanta last Tuesday and looked terrible. Then, you were 6 of 9 against the Heat on Friday and looked fantastic. Now, it's Sunday against the Kings, and you shot 2 of 12. To me, it was obvious that Waiters had a matchup with Darren Collison and thought he could get whatever shot he wanted. And, to be fair, Waiters missed a couple of nicely selected shots.

But Waiters only had two assists in 27 minutes of play. Waiters wasn't very involved in the offense, either. Only three of Waiters' shots came on a pass, and two of those were his only makes!

http://www.welcometoloudcity.com/2015/12/7/9859786/durant-makes-late-stand-thunder-push-past-kings-98-95

That's what our basketball guru's talking about - consistency.

Btw: I'm fairly certain that the coaching staff has made a bet - who can produce the worst lineup in NBA history. Did we really play

Westbrook-Waiters-Roberson-Singler-Adams

? That's 4 really bad offensive players simultaniously on the floor. And we got a +35.8 in 2 minutes

I don't know what the **** Billy is doing. We lead by 17 with 3 minutes to go in the 3rd and with 2:31 to go in the 4th we're down 7 against the **** Kings?! Are you **** kidding me? Why on earth is Singler out there? Why not bring McGary and Payne instead of Dion and Kyle freaking Singler?! It's just insane.

The Net ratings for the bench :lol:

http://stats.nba.com/game/#!/0021500303/advanced/

This is not a good team. I keep saying it, but man its not.

Pillendreher · Post #185 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 6:00 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f7z_zxQ4c8

This is us after Presti gives Dion the max.

EDIT:

Oh, the Thunder are worried:

Post #186 » by **bondom34** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 6:14 pm

I'd recommend you attempt to maybe put a better team around the 2 stars you've got. Or not play the terrible players you've acquired as much.

Oh, and the fact that Donovan doesn't see a need to stagger KD/Russ's minutes? Yeah, that's brilliant.

I've gone from optimism, to mild pessimism, to slight apathy.

Pillendreher · Post #187 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 6:53 pm

Yeah, it's like I don't care anymore. I was 100% sure they'd lose after that 4th quarter performace just like I knew they'd lose to the Heat. After 20 games, we know what we're in for and I for one don't care that much anymore.

Post #188 » by **bondom34** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 7:02 pm

Pillendreher wrote:Yeah, it's like I don't care anymore. I was 100% sure they'd lose after that 4th quarter performace just like I knew they'd lose to the Heat. After 20 games, we know what we're in for and I for one don't care that much anymore.

I feel pretty much the same. I care, but man I was so pumped coming into the season and looking at the team, it feels like they peaked in game 1. Waiters is who we thought he was, Singler's worse, DJ worse, the only guys who improved are Adams and Kanter (well maybe Russ too, he's still playing at last year's level), and KD is back. Yet somehow they've regressed. Yet you say anything on reddit about Donovan and get downvoted like mad lol.

I still love this team, but Presti goofed I think.

Pillendreher · Post #189 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 7:14 pm

It's so frustrating because the talent is there. Can you honestly say that the Warriors have more talent? No, not really. It's just that they play to their strengths and they play smart. We on the other hand have Waiters and Singler out there paired with Augustin - a 3-man-lineup that was -47.5 last night and has been -1.4 over the course of the season.
Now I don't think that Dion, Singler and Augustin are all as bad as they look right now, but with the current rotations they are really, really bad. And that's on Billy to fix.

Post #190 » by **bondom34** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 7:20 pm

I think Dion is just that bad honestly. Singler can be better, but hasn't been in OKC. DJ is just undersized, I like him but he's so small it kills his defensive capabilities.

Cuban_Linx · Post #191 » by **Cuban_Linx** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 8:08 pm

KD35Brah wrote:Anyone else see the post about Singler being the worst player in the NBA make it to the front page of Reddit?

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/3vqw8w/kyle_singler_is_the_worst_player_in_the_nba_and/

Shooting splits of 23.5/20/50. Those numbers don't even add up to 100.

Jesus Christ I'm done :lol:

Pillendreher · Post #192 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 9:40 pm

bondom34 wrote:I think Dion is just that bad honestly. Singler can be better, but hasn't been in OKC. DJ is just undersized, I like him but he's so small it kills his defensive capabilities.

Yeah I guess you're right about Dion. His 3P-Shooting and his FT-Shooting has been better, but he's still an well below-average player.
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Thabo Sefolosha · Post #193 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 9:58 pm

Anyone up for this?

Pillendreher · Post #194 » by **Pillendreher** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 10:28 pm

Yeah, I'm not seeing anything.

KD35Brah · Post #195 » by **KD35Brah** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 11:31 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/673998380322848768[/tweet]

kdthunderup · Post #196 » by **kdthunderup** » Mon Dec 7, 2015 11:41 pm

As frustrating it has been at times this season we still need to remind ourselves its only been 22 games into the whole season. I feel people are mostly dissapointed about how we didn't transform into a completely different team like Golden State did in one off season.

A lot can happen over the course over a season and we are ranked #3 in the West which isn't that bad considering how bad the start of the season has felt.

spearsy23 · Post #197 » by **spearsy23** » Tue Dec 8, 2015 2:13 am

kdthunderup wrote:As frustrating it has been at times this season we still need to remind ourselves its only been 22 games into the whole season. I feel people are mostly dissapointed about how we didn't transform into a completely different team like Golden State did in one off season.

A lot can happen over the course over a season and we are ranked #3 in the West which isn't that bad considering how bad the start of the season has felt.

I'm actually disappointed that we did transform into an entirely different team, one that doesn't look like they have any common sense, desire, or direction.

spearsy23 · Post #198 » by **spearsy23** » Tue Dec 8, 2015 2:14 am

Phydeounix wrote:

Anyone up for this?

If anyone other than Hinkie and Philly isn't then they're mentally challenged.

KD35Brah · Post #199 » by **KD35Brah** » Tue Dec 8, 2015 2:14 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ErikHorneOK/status/674027843416891393[/tweet]

spearsy23 · Post #200 » by **spearsy23** » Tue Dec 8, 2015 2:41 am

KD35Brah wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/ErikHorneOK/status/674027843416891393[/tweet]

This is a freaking rookie, kid who barely plays, and just a high school jersey retirement. I don't know if other teams do things like this and I just don't hear about it, but it always seems like we have such a great group of guys who really care about each other. Even of we're not playing particularly well it's nice being able to enjoy who they are off the court. Oh, and we're 3rd in the west despite not playing well, so you know, we're a bit spoiled :lol: