2019-20 OKC Thunder Regular Season Thread

[ThunderBolt]

It kind of looks like we've finally reached the end for Ferguson.

[Old Man Game]

It kind of looks like we've finally reached the end for Ferguson.

It's rough. He's still just 21. But it just feels like his career is just treading water at the moment. I think he either makes a leap next year or he's probably out of the league/occasional 10 day guy the season after. Just speculating here but it seems like his family/off court stuff (child custody case) have probably not helped anything.

[Old Man Game]

I think your best case for bazley is something like prime nic batum, and that would be fantastic.

Donovan had a quote the other day (before the game that Nerlens was suspended for for missing the covid test) that they think Bazley might eventually be able to be a sort of utility player, even small ball center, which would be really interesting considering the guy can put it on the floor a bit.

[ThunderBolt]

It kind of looks like we've finally reached the end for Ferguson.

It's rough. He's still just 21. But it just feels like his career is just treading water at the moment. I think he either makes a leap next year or he's probably out of the league/occasional 10 day guy the season after. Just speculating here but it seems like his family/off court stuff (child custody case) have probably not helped anything.

He still has a deer in the headlights look a lot of times. I suspect he has to know that things aren't going well and with each foul, turnover and missed shot, his confidence continues to decline. I know he's still young but every Bazley and Dort have made more progress in a few months than he's made in three years, and Bazley and Dort aren't even good yet.

[getrichordie]

Yeah, this comes as no surprise that Ferguson is looking like he has one foot out of the door... maybe he can go back to the NBL, wrap up and compartmentalize the off-court stuff and improve his shot and handles and work his way back to the NBA.

[bondom34]

I haven't said anything but the idea that Bazley might be better than Shai is wild. If he ever has a year as good as Brandon Clarke just had its a massive improvement.

[getrichordie]

You even said it was wild when I said Grant is going to be good role player for us. Hell, everyone thought Grant was going to amount to nothing. I was the only one saying to give Grant time and watch what he can become...

I was also the guy who advocated for trading for Dinwiddie the season before he started getting noticed. People thought I was crazy...

I also was first to point out that Westbrook is declining while many just thought he was having shooting struggles. I pointed to his legs and many thought that it was a non-issue.

[bondom34]

lol no.

I'm really not sure if you read this place. You also advocated trading for multiple crap players.

Edit: I'm cutting out the actual examples but people here know you. The takes have been the worst on the forum for a long time

So yeah if you're going on that card that's not a great idea.

[getrichordie]

lol no.

I'm really not sure if you read this place. You also advocated trading for multiple crap players.

Edit: I'm cutting out the actual examples but people here know you. The takes have been the worst on the forum for a long time

So yeah if you're going on that card that's not a great idea.

Please do point out the crap players I wanted to trade for.

We've all had bad takes, sure. I'm sure you have yours too, bondom.

Worst on the forum, eh? Lol. You mean takes that you disagree with?

[bondom34]

lol no.

I'm really not sure if you read this place. You also advocated trading for multiple crap players.

Edit: I'm cutting out the actual examples but people here know you. The takes have been the worst on the forum for a long time

So yeah if you're going on that card that's not a great idea.

Please do point out the crap players I wanted to trade for.

We've all had bad takes, sure. I'm sure you have yours too, bondom.

Worst on the forum, eh? Lol. You mean takes that you disagree with?

Edit: You know what, sorry. It's not worth doing this over

[bondom34]

Oh fine a few, took 2 minutes.

Edit: not posting them on second thought. Its not worth it but the search function works man. And if you're gonna brag on a few things you get right, that's a weird one. Everyone gets stuff wrong but most don't take victory laps when some of these were just bad examples.

[bondom34]

lol no.

I'm really not sure if you read this place. You also advocated trading for multiple crap players.

Edit: I'm cutting out the actual examples but people here know you. The takes have been the worst on the forum for a long time

So yeah if you're going on that card that's not a great idea.

Please do point out the crap players I wanted to trade for.

We've all had bad takes, sure. I'm sure you have yours too, bondom.

Worst on the forum, eh? Lol. You mean takes that you disagree with?

Quoting again, that wasn't nice and apologies. It's not because we disagree. I disagree with plenty of people but the lack of logic is infuriating and that's what's being called out

Leaving it there, sorry if it was rude.

[Old Man Game]

Speaking of Clarke and Bazley, I hadn't really considered this, but now that his name has been brought up, I hope this isn't another Perry Jones (young guy with AAU pedigree/accolades) over Draymond Green (4 year college player, presumed little upside, fact he could play ignored) situation where we look back for years and regret it.

I don't think it'll be that bad because I don't think Clark is ever an all star but seems like the potential exists for a similar sort of fact pattern having us beating our heads against the well for years to come.

[ThunderBolt]

Speaking of Clarke and Bazley, I hadn't really considered this, but now that his name has been brought up, I hope this isn't another Perry Jones (young guy with AAU pedigree/accolades) over Draymond Green (4 year college player, presumed little upside, fact he could play ignored) situation where we look back for years and regret it.

I don't think it'll be that bad because I don't think Clark is ever an all star but seems like the potential exists for a similar sort of fact pattern having us beating our heads against the well for years to come.

It really was such an odd decision at the time considering we still had Russ and PG on the team. The more seasoned rookie made sense.Its kind of hard to even make the argument that the front office just loved Bazley or they wouldn't have taken the risk of losing him when trading down. I'm not as down on Bazley as others but its a hard decision to defend if we believe what Presti says that he didn't know George wanted to leave until he got the call a few days before the trade.

[getrichordie]

Speaking of Clarke and Bazley, I hadn't really considered this, but now that his name has been brought up, I hope this isn't another Perry Jones (young guy with AAU pedigree/accolades) over Draymond Green (4 year college player, presumed little upside, fact he could play ignored) situation where we look back for years and regret it.

I don't think it'll be that bad because I don't think Clark is ever an all star but seems like the potential exists for a similar sort of fact pattern having us beating our heads against the well for years to come.

Keep in mind that the decision was made to pick Bazley over Clarke BEFORE George and Westbrook were traded.

I think we will be singing a different tune about Clarke in a couple of years. He was never a good 3-point shooter at college level and isn't one now.

Yeah, he's hitting 38% but that's on 1.1 attempt a game. His FT% isn't great either. I think Bazley has shown he has significantly more upside than Clarke.

Clarke came in more polished, so it's not surprising he's doing better than a lot of younger players. We've seen this story before. Older guy comes in and is ready to contribute and looks better than younger guy. A few years later, the younger guy makes the team that drafted him look smart.

In regards to Green, a lot of people will tell you that he really isn't a great fit with a lot of teams. He certainly wouldn't have been a great fit for us.

[spearsy23]

I also was first to point out that Westbrook is declining while many just thought he was having shooting struggles. I pointed to his legs and many thought that it was a non-issue.

Uh.......

[Old Man Game]

Billy winning Coach of the Year in his first year without having to coach the personification of a square peg in a round hole, Rusell Westbrook, must be pretty sweat for him on a personal level.

[ThunderBolt]

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So basically Russ is playing really good somewhere else and Billy wins COY without him.

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So basically Russ is playing really good somewhere else and Billy wins COY without him.

It really seems like the change was good for everyone involved. Russ needed to get a new dynamic and Billdoh finally got to do his thing without worrying about managing personalities.

[ThunderBolt]

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