The OKC Thunder ARE GREAT But There’s One Problem…
So one team I realized have been a bit hard on in my previous videos has been the OKC Thunder this team is definitely one of the best teams in basketball right now however there’s two question
Marks about this team that I want to break down and talk about in today’s video so if you guys enjoy the video then make sure to give a like And subscribe and hit the notification Bell if
You’re new to the channel the Thunder beat the LA Clippers on Thursday night by a score of 134 to 115 and snapped the Clippers AME winning streak the biggest reason for that is the fact that Kawhi
Leonard missed that game for the Clippers and it was his first missed game of the season and also the fact that they replaced him in the starting lineup with Amir coffee who has been the Clippers sixth most inefficient player this season so that certainly played a reason and why OKC was able to
Grab that win however OKC can’t control who did and didn’t play and also I really thought that the Thunder’s composure was impressive for a young team the Thunder held a 19-point lead multiple times in the first half yet La got back into the game and the Clippers came back and took
The lead in the third quarter Josh giddy suffered an injury late in the second quarter but the other four Thunder starters and most specifically Shay gilis Alexander played great which helped the Thunder end the third quarter with their then largest lead of the night with that injury you’d
Probably assume that Josh gidy will miss some time and honestly that might be the best thing for the Thunder if you’re a DieHard basketball fan or you just stay in the loop you’re probably
Aware of the allegations around Josh Giddy and for the sake of the video I won’t get into them but in my eyes with those allegations and the injuries I believe this could be a blessing in disguise and
Show the Thunder that they should probably get rid of him the reason I say that is that the Thunder in lineup has had a net rating of plus 6.4 this season which isn’t bad since of course it is at
Least a positive rating but if you replace giddy with Aaron Wiggins the lineup improves as in 14 minutes that lineup has a wild 56.3 net rating which is so good that you’d have to assume that it would decrease drastically in more minutes played together however one guy that’s another
Possible long-term replacement is Isaiah Joe and with Joe out there in the lineup they’ve garnered a 32.1 net rating in 29 minutes played which is definitely a more sizable amount of time played than the lineup with Wiggins has seen so maybe the Thunder have found out a way to only improve their
Already solid team now one flaw that could arise from that is that this move could have worsen their already average or just Okay bench shooter the OKC Thunder this season have had one of the best defensive ratings in the entire NBA coming in with the third best defensive rating in the league
However their bench unit has struggled defensively finding themselves in the lower half of the league in terms of bench defensive ratings as they come in with the 16th ranked ra rating of 562 and just being slightly better offensively with a 60.7 offensive rating I will say that Thunder
Looked great in the second half last night while only playing eight guys so this might work out great for them but of course it’s only been two quarters of play since the giddy injury happen so we’ll see what happens moving forward however I wonder how much of an effect this will have on
The Thunder players as you can see here the huge discrepancy in minutes played by their starting lineup opposed to all of their other lineups that they’ve sent out this season their second most played lineup has played the fewest minutes for a second most used lineup in the entire NBA
So crazy stuff and definitely something to watch and we’ll see if this has an effect on the team going forward now the Thunder beat the Clippers without Kawai in their last game but winning by 19 points is definitely something they should still be commended for however the team has played
The 15th easiest schedule in the NBA this season definitely an improvement and a bit of a jump from when I showed how they had played the 10th easiest schedule in my previous video however they still got an impressive win over the Denver Nuggets last Saturday and while Coldwell Pope was injured for
The Nuggets I still think that’s a solid win for the team however they’ll face the t-wolves Knicks nuggets once again and then the Celtics all within the next 14 days and I think this is their shot to
Show whether they’re a legit team or not even if they’ll be doing so without one of their starters in Josh giddy overall I think this Thunder team is tough and I think the onew punch of Shay and
Chad hren is going to be tough to deal with and impressive for years to come we’ll see if they do in fact look better without Josh Giddy and if that’s a blessing in disguise and also just how
Legit they truly are with their average level of competition that they faced so far they can prove that they’re for real though like I said over the next 14 days and we’ll see how this upcoming six
Game stretch goes for them anyway though let me know in the comments what you think about the thunder any players or any topics I talked about today and of course if you enjoyed the video then
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So one team I’ve realized I’ve been a bit hard on in previous videos is the OKC Thunder. This team is definitely one of the best teams in Basketball right now, however there’s two major Question Marks about this team as of right now that I wanna breakdown and talk about in todays video.
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great video
I disagree with trading Giddy but I want to see him lead the 2nd as the #1 ball handler and Joe start.
Chet needs help it was obvious today against the lakers
Get rid of Josh
Thumbnail and title contradict each other
Second in the west and you want to change the team 😂 call up all the analytics you want , you see this take everywhere. Straight up Giddey haters
Honestly okc would be so much better if they had a 3&d wing like a Paul George or Mikal bridges
The way I see it we have the perfect potential big three. Chet is a stretch big who's already an elite shot blocker shooting close to 50/40/90. SGA is a combo guard who is already a top 10, maybe even top 5 player. And J Dub is a combo forward who is a glue guy who can do practically anything. They are all two way players. They all have size and length. They can all play two positions perfectly and even a third at a decent level. It's a perfect combination. And given the young players we have, the ones we can draft, and the assets we can trade for and the man in charge who almost never fails, we can legit have multiple attempts to build around them and fail, and still have enough assets to try again.
How about having so many players 20-22 years-old. What are the odds they will mature physically and with experience or doesn’t that matter?
You can't just plug in another players stats like that. Giddeys stats went down because chet joined and took some of those opportunities away, like a team should. Before chet giddey was putting up solids and pretty consistent with the triple doubles or near to.
You put another player in there and either their stats get overriden by chets or chets goes down.
Agreed that Giddey is below par on the current starting roster, however, the team needs a Giddey to handle the ball in the absence of Shai. They could play him off the bench, but the other starters are very strong and the manner in which he facilitates makes the other 4 even better, creating a perception of even more of a capability gap. He can also create his own offense. With the OKC team at the current age, you'd stick with Giddey another season or two and watch his development. Bringing a better player into the line-up just takes away opportunities for the other young stars to accelerate their growth, as most really good players need lots of ball in hand.