Peak OKC Thunder Will Destroy the NBA

Peak OKC Thunder Will Destroy the NBA

You can easily point to a number of reasons as to why a lot of people tended to overlook the potential impact that Chad homr brought with him into the NBA well for one there’s the fact that he shares a rookie class with one of the most generational prospects ever in

Victor wanyama plus it also didn’t help the chat joined a Thunder team that already featured the best young in the entire Association but whatever the case may be not only is Chad currently looking like The Runaway winner for the 2024 Rookie of the Year award but is

Also having one of the most remarkable rookie seasons in NBA history and it’s crazy that he doing all of these while already being arguably the second most impactful player for a young OKC Thunder team that currently owns the third best record as well as the third best point

Differential in the entire NBA well to start off chat’s raw numbers are already impressive as it is almost halfway into his rookie season is averaging more than 17 points more than seven rebounds and almost three blocks per game making him one of only 12 rookies in NBA history to

Average at least 17 points in two blocks per contest and well nine players in that exclusive list are Hall of Fame big man which include hakem aluan David Robinson Shaq and Tim Duncan while the other remaining two guys are reigning MVP Joel embiid and rookie Phenom Victor

Wanyama but apart from the basic stats the advanced numbers make chat stand out as well when looking into two of the most reliable player value metrics used in the NBA currently the estimated plus minus rating or EPM projects Chad as a top 10 overall player this season while

The Bucs plus minus metric or BPM also projects him as a top 20 player in the entire league making him the only rookie to crack the top 50 of the list so basically all indications point to Chad hren even deserving an All-Star recognition next month which if he gets

Would make him the first rookie All-Star since Blake Griffin back in 2011 who by the way was another red shirt rookie just like Chad hren but what’s even crazier is that if the season ended today it also wouldn’t be a surprise if Chad’s teammate Shay gilders Alexander

Won the MVP award as SGA is currently averaging more more than 31 points and almost 55% shooting from the field all while having a steel rate n of 3% making him the first player since Prime Michael Jordan to put up those numbers and because of this the natural thought for

Many has been to slot hren in as sga’s potential long-term sidekick but instead of projecting him as simply a second star for OKC in this video Let’s dive deeper into why Chad homr is actually primed to be a superstar and why his Poise to join SGA in the MVP race for

Years to come so let’s get to it well sure it might be too premature to predict an MVP type player trajectory for Chad hren especially now that is still just about halfway into his rookie season but if any I think that kind of prediction might even be conservative

Considering that the current 4.6 bucks plus minus rating that chat’s putting up is actually tied with Tim Duncan as the sixth best BPM rating by any rookie in NBA history over the past 50 years only behind guys like Michael Jordan David Robinson arvita sabonis Chris Paul and

Magic Johnson to put it simply the company surrounding rookie chat homr is genuinely outstanding which potentially says a lot about his career trajectory but then again to be fair a lot of people would also emphasize that Chad actually benefits from The Experience he gained learning during his red shirt

Season and also from the experience of playing with much better teammates than say someone like Victor wanyama but then again those things also apply to a lot of those rookies in that historical BPM list that we looked at earlier cuz as a rookie Tim Duncan played with David

Robinson also Joel embiid was drafted in 2014 but didn’t make his NBA debut until two years after and even Magic Johnson played with three Hall of Famers during his rookie season in any context though Chad hr’s play in both ends of the floor has been incredible so far he’s

Currently shooting an insanely efficient 62% on two-pointers and almost 40% on three-point shots on pretty solid volume all while producing a 65% true shooting percentage which is also on Pace to be the highest true shooting rate by any rookie in NBA history well again it isn’t his fault that his percentages are

Being boosted by his tailor made fit with the OKC Thunder system most specially with how Chad’s skill set perfectly complements the dynamic driving and scoring game of Shay gilis Alexander with chat being able to perfectly function as a legitimate play finishing seven-footer who can double as either a stretch big man from the

Perimeter or as a lob threat around the basket here watch how Chad initiates a side dribble handoff pick and roll action with Shay at this angle Chad’s Defender has no choice but to act as a helper giving Chad the open Lane to just rise up and finish off the beautiful lob

Pass from Shay then this time you can see Chad setting a high screen and with the double team coming for Shay Chad already knows that he’s going to be all open popping out to the three-point line but as todge Gibson tries to recover on him Chad uses a pump fake to get a

Better shot as he easily drains the 16t jumper but the thing is the Brilliance of chat doesn’t just come out because of him playing with one of the top guards in the entire league in fact chat’s offense appears to be just as efficient when he plays on the court with Shay as

When he plays without him in fact Chad’s true shooting percentage and his assists count for 75 possessions actually even increases when Shay is on the bench and speaking of his assist numbers what I like most about Chad given the ball in his hands more is the fact that he

Actually displays so much potential as a playmaking hub with so much Advanced Vision and passing flash for someone who’s actually 7 ft tall just like in this play you can see Chad and isolation defended by Tatum on the mid post he could have forced the issue and used his

Size advantage to get in the lane right here but he recognizes the open Baseline so he sets up Isaiah Joe on the back door cut with a beautiful bounce pass then this time Joe finds Chad around the elbows and while everything is in motion Chad could have easily hit Jay Dub with

A pass as he cuts to the Lane but Chad recognizes the open weak side shooter so he instead slings the pass to Aon Wiggins for the wide openen three-pointer well without a doubt Chad is already a potent piece of OKC’s offense but his impact on the other end

Of the floor might be even more profound as Chad already serves as the backbone of the number seven ranked defense of the OKC Thunder who by the way were ranked number 13 defensively last season with mostly the same Personnel under the roster and sure individual defense is

Very tricky to measure but right now both the traditional and advanced tats support how Chad hr’s impact has changed OKC so much in that end as so far Chad ranks fourth in blocks per game and third in sharp blocking rate in the entire league at the very least he

Already deserves a look as the first rookie to make an all NBA defensive team since Tim Duncan 26 years ago but then also for big men like him one profound way to measure defensive impact is by looking at how effective one is at defending the rim and Chad has already

Proved that he’s one of the best in the league at doing that despite his slight frame this season Chad has defended the second most shots per game at The Rim only behind Joel embiid and opponents are also shooting just under 52% from that area would chat as the nearest

Defender that’s also a top eight Mark in the entire NBA tied with Victor Wan banama also with Chet serving as their last line of defense it’s no coincidence that the OKC Thunder currently lead the entire league with the lowest opponent shooting accuracy around the basket in

This play you can see Jason Tatum being defended by Wiggins one-on-one while OKC plays a little bit of a zone at the back now it looks like Tatum’s going to have an easy driving lane but then Chad just jumps out of the weak side to get the

Emphatic block right at The Rim securing The Possession for OKC then in this play you can see Chad putting a body on nicoa yic at the post but then yic kicks it out to Murray and as Murray sees daylight on his Drive Chad leaves yic

For a while to jump in and to swat the Airborne shot right on top of the basket although despite the immediate success that Chad homeruns having just like any other rookie he’s just definitely getting started in terms of what he’s been displaying in terms of his skill

Set of course he’s had to share the ball with some talented shot creators in OKC but still one area where we might be expecting to see a lot more from him in a few years is a shot creation at least in terms of volume Well Chad has only

Made one pullup three-pointer so far in his career and overall only 27% of his made shots have been self-created but in comparison Victor wanyama isn’t actually much better at 28% well to be fair that’s actually a healthy mark for a center in terms of self-creation rate

But it’s still not quite what you expect from a guy who’s being compared to some of the best offensive big man in history still this just might be purely because of all the touches he had to share in OKC cuz when he has the ball in his

Hands Chad has still been showing a deep bag in a lot of juice off the dribble enough to project him as an above average shot Creator moving forward especially for a seven-footer in this play you can see Chad using the entire package against Kyle Anderson oneon-one he creates separation with the behind

The back dribble he hesitates and then he just uses all that size and length to bulldoze his way to an easy finish at the basket then here coming from the handoff from bton Chad is forced to be switched against LeBron here he doesn’t even give LeBron enough time to square

Up as he just pulls back and creates enough space to launch the unguardable 20ft jumper well we can’t tell what Chad homr would become a few years from now but for sure starting his career such that all his historical comparisons are practically Hall of Famers should be

Very terrifying for the rest of the NBA especially considering that his also teammates with someone like Shay gilis Alexander who’s looking like a top five if not a top three player right now this young Thunder team already currently have two of the best two-way players in

The entire NBA and when Shay and Chad are on the floor together the Thunder have been outscoring opponents by almost 14 points per 100 possessions which is a top six Mark in the entire NBA among all twom man pairings with at least 500 minutes shared on the floor this season

Only behind tandems from other contending teams like the Denver Nuggets the Celtics the 76ers and the LA Clippers well right now Shay Gil just Alexander’s Brilliance working in perfect Synergy with guys like Jay dub Josh giddy Lou Dort and a young but deep bench has already caused the Thunder’s

Championship window to be wide open but more than that the rapid rise of Chad hren has made it apparent that OKC isn’t just ready to contend this season but they’re also primed to dominate the NBA for at least the next 10 years but do you guys actually think

That the OKC Thunder already has what it takes to make a deep playoff run this season feel free to drop your thoughts in the comment section below and again if you’re new to the Channel please consider subscribing as well this has been balls and I’ll see you on the next one peace

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The OKC Thunder are now officially one of the best teams in the NBA and might finally be back to being contenders. One big debate has been should OKC make a big trade this season? But after Sam Presti has orchestrated the Thunder’s rebuild which has resulted in the biggest draft pick collection in NBA history, the OKC Thunder now have an MVP candidate in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. But rookie Chet Holmgren is also looking like the runaway winner for the rookie of the year award while also putting up All-star numbers. Together with Shai and Holmgren, the Thunder’s young core also features elite two-way player Jalen Williams, supersized passing wizard Josh Giddey and defensive menace Lu Dort. Will the Thunder actually trade for Lauri Markkanen for a deep playoff run?

In Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren, OKC already has a potential superstar tandem that could dominate the NBA for years. But the Thunder also have a deep bench which features Isaiah Joe, rookie Cason Wallace, Kenrich Williams, Ousmane Dieng, Aaron Wiggins, Vasilije Micic, Jaylin Williams, and Davis Bertans. The big question though is could OKC already make a championship run and battle with teams like the Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Phoenix Suns, Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat, or LA Clippers in a playoff series? Thunder coach Mark Deaigneault has used some unconventional lineups and because of it, Oklahoma City has already defeated the Celtics, Nuggets and Timberwolves. The OKC Thunder have officially arrived.

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