fukk op first off. Talking like a casual only seeing the scoreboard.
They're three ball dominant players, PG can play off ball but the others have never done it long term.
It takes a while to figure out how to play together and they've shown flashes of being an elite team but unable to keep it consistent.
However I don't think these hatin ass nikkas watch the games because it's clear to see that they have shown what they can do, but are having severe problems sustaining it.
It is and both isn't like the miami heat situation. It took awhile for them to really figure out how to dominate with similar style players, but the problem is OKC doesn't already have a champion who knows how to win or a LeBron.
So they're gonna take longer than miami. It would be different if they showed they had absolutely no idea or havent played well at all.
Take the Golden state game for example, that should be them for an 82 game season, even though that type of play is hard to recreate over and over again.
Russ needs to go full mvp mode again taking the lead while PG can be a second playmaker who is a perfect two way compliment to russ. He's been wayyy too passive to try to keep PG and melo happy, but that won't help if they're losing. The dream is to have him be what he was last season but with actual all stars.
Melo should spot up with the starting lineup and then get alot of his buckets with the second unit. Him and felton can work great together. He doesn't have to come off the bench, but it would help if he played with them more. Melo has shown signs of changing his style but decade old habits die hard. He can do it but he's gotta let that ego go and just go for championship only mentality.
PG has been great, defensively he is a fukking monster. I think a big problem is none of these dudes can hit shots anymore.
I'm seeing PG and russ miss shots I saw them hit easily last year, same exact situations too. I think Russ having a kid and just not shaking off a lot of rust has affected him slightly. I think they'll get there but they need to improve their shot selection alot.
The team requires more motion on offense as well. Noone is moving around off ball but pg and robes and that makes it difficult when the defense doesn't really have to guard one of russ/melo. When they do ball motion it's worked beautifully every time, problem is they only do it for like a quarter and then revert to old habits.
This is one month into an NBA season. There is still plenty of time, they just gotta nut up and kill off the old habits once and for all and this can be a championship contender.