The Most Electfiying Team In NBA History PRESENTS: OKC THUNDER SEASON THREAD

[Jesus Is Lord]

Let me help this wack season thread, especially seeing that you post more in Lkaers related threads than in YOUR OWN team thread.





The worst thing that can happen to this Thunder season is something that’s reared its head in every single game thus far. That’s egos creeping in and causing players to believe they’re better than. Tonight, much like the first two nights of the 2012-13 season, there was a ton of barking among Thunder players. At the end of the first quarter, Thabo Sefolosha and Russell Westbrook had to be separated from exchanging words as they walked to the bench. It was a show of anger that surprisingly was also seen from the same two as they walked off the court at halftime Friday night. Later, Durant chewed out Serge Ibaka for failing to grab a rebound. And of course there was the usual head-shaking between Ibaka and Kendrick Perkins whenever the paint went left unprotected. The problem is everyone has an opinion and everyone is sharing it. It can’t be that way. There should be two voices on the court. Durant’s. And Westbrook’s. Everyone else needs to fall in line. What’s happening now is that everyone is acting like they know best, almost like they’re the reason for the team’s success, like their poop doesn’t stink and the man’s next to them does. And you can’t help but wonder how much of the attitude has to do with last year’s success and whether it will soon subside or only fester and grow fangs.


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[Loose]

Let me help this wack season thread, especially seeing that you post more in Lkaers related threads than in YOUR OWN team thread.





The worst thing that can happen to this Thunder season is something that’s reared its head in every single game thus far. That’s egos creeping in and causing players to believe they’re better than. Tonight, much like the first two nights of the 2012-13 season, there was a ton of barking among Thunder players. At the end of the first quarter, Thabo Sefolosha and Russell Westbrook had to be separated from exchanging words as they walked to the bench. It was a show of anger that surprisingly was also seen from the same two as they walked off the court at halftime Friday night. Later, Durant chewed out Serge Ibaka for failing to grab a rebound. And of course there was the usual head-shaking between Ibaka and Kendrick Perkins whenever the paint went left unprotected. The problem is everyone has an opinion and everyone is sharing it. It can’t be that way. There should be two voices on the court. Durant’s. And Westbrook’s. Everyone else needs to fall in line. What’s happening now is that everyone is acting like they know best, almost like they’re the reason for the team’s success, like their poop doesn’t stink and the man’s next to them does. And you can’t help but wonder how much of the attitude has to do with last year’s success and whether it will soon subside or only fester and grow fangs.


Thunder Rumblings Blog | Oklahoma City Thunder | NewsOK.com ... hunder-95/

I read that shyt daily we dont need your help and that piece is old as fukk.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

I read that shyt daily we dont need your help and that piece is old as fukk.

Yeah I KNOW it's old as fukk but so is this corny thread. No one posts in here playboi, I'm just helping

 

[Loose]

Yeah I KNOW it's old as fukk but so is this corny thread. No one posts in here playboi, I'm just helping

We dont have a bunch of bandwagon riders, maybe they'll come in droves when kobe retire

 

[CantStop]

We dont have a bunch of bandwagon riders, maybe they'll come in droves when kobe retire

you think sabo and durant are staying in okak city? :smugstern:

 

[Loose]

you think sabo and durant are staying in okak city? :smugstern:

Have them til to 2017 , and 2018, we doing good over here

 

[KingpinOG]

With OKC's need for a big man, I have always wondered why they don't try and make a trade for Anderson Varejao. The Cavs are rebuilding and looking to move Varejao. His hustle, defense, and rebounding would fit in perfectly with the Thunder. Look at his game logs, he has been a monster this season.

Couldn't OKC package Perry Jones and a first round pick to get him? I think that would be a good trade for both teams.

 

[Loose]

With OKC's need for a big man, I have always wondered why they don't try and make a trade for Anderson Varejao. The Cavs are rebuilding and looking to move Varejao. His hustle, defense, and rebounding would fit in perfectly with the Thunder. Look at his game logs, he has been a monster this season.

Couldn't OKC package Perry Jones and a first round pick to get him? I think that would be a good trade for both teams.

funny thing you bring that up, every one has been saying we should make a trade for varejao and i agree with you. pj3 probably has little to no trade value , remember he dropped because of his health concerns we could probably trade lamb, maynor and perkins... and the pick but idk if i would do all that just for varejao

 

[cfountain]

anything that will give Scott Brooks less of a reason to play Perk is cool with me

dude acts like he doesnt know what the hell a timeout is

like he doesn't notice the team goes on runs when he's not on the floor.

 

[SHO-NUFF]

i dont need to post in here every 5 minutes, we kinda used to winnin, so........
im in the coli all throughout the day tho

i love the thirst tho, please dont waste anymore time askin bout killa kev, and mr. messaround; the Lakers got the juice now

 

[Loose]

By no means has this year’s second unit been bad.
The Thunder’s B Team just hasn’t been very good, and definitely not nearly what it was last year.
Yet Thunder coach Scott Brooks has spent the first nine games trying to manage his bench mostly the same way he has in year’s past, when he could rely on the craftiness of James Harden to carry the load.
But those days are gone. The Thunder has changed and its bench must now evolve.
Brooks is in the process of plotting that transformation, and he has a plan that could work. It’s an adjustment that has the potential to bring more balance to the bench unit while establishing additional harmony in the star-studded first string.
The idea is to sub out Kevin Durant earlier.
It’s a strategy Brooks told me following practice today that the coaching staff began kicking around earlier in the day.
By sitting Durant earlier, the Thunder can accomplish three things: most importantly a more sensible rotation that relies less on only Eric Maynor and Kevin Martin to create, secondly, an opportunity for Westbrook to run as wild as his heart desires for longer stretches and, lastly, more rest for Durant.
Early in games this year Brooks has trusted his second team as much as he did a year ago, playing that unit consistent minutes without either Durant or Westbrook. But the bench has only been marginally successful without the help of one of its All-Star teammates. That’s now about to change, Brooks said, starting with Friday’s game at New Orleans and likely continuing back inside The Peake on Sunday against Golden State.
How Brooks tweaks his lineups will be interesting to watch. In the past, he’s been rigid with his rotations and that steadiness has been seen again this season.
Durant, for example, has played the entire first quarter in seven of the first nine games. The only time he’s exited in the first quarter was at San Antonio, with just 21.4 seconds showing on the clock, and at Detroit, when the play-by-play shows Brooks allowed Westbrook, on his birthday, to switch roles with Durant.
In those nine games, Durant has received rests between 3 minutes, 55 seconds and 5 minutes, 50 seconds before checking back into the game midway through the second quarter. The most common respite is around 4 1/2 minutes.
Where the Thunder has struggled thus far has been in those gaps where neither Durant nor Westbrook are on the floor. A study of first-half lineups shows the Thunder has played 37 minutes, 8 seconds without Durant or Westbrook on the floor. Oklahoma City is a plus-two in those minutes, a figure that is boosted largely because of a season-best plus-eight in the home win over Detroit.
On the year, Brooks’ preferred bench unit of Maynor, Martin, Thabo Sefolosha, Nick Collison and Hasheem Thabeet is a net minus-one.
That minimal success is what Brooks seeks to change and is why Durant will soon see a shakeup to his substitution pattern.
“Obviously his points are going to go up,” said Kendrick Perkins of Durant. “And his shot attempts. I mean, anything can help. I just feel like at this time we can’t afford not to have Russ or Kevin on the court.”
The strategy is not a new idea. Coaches have long staggered rotations. But the Thunder generally prefers for Durant and Westbrook to play the bulk of their minutes together.
What we might see Brooks do is sit Durant at the two- or three-minute mark and let Westbrook begin to play the entire first quarter. Durant could then return to start the second quarter and lead the bench while Westbrook gets a breather. Or we could see Durant sub out even earlier in the opening quarter, perhaps with four or five minutes remaining, and return later in the period, say immediately after the under-three-minute timeout. He then would stay in the game to start the second quarter and possibly repeat the pattern in that period.
Dallas coach Rick Carlisle is quite possibly the master of the latter pattern, yo-yoing forward Dirk Nowitzki in and out of the lineup in an effort to both get him rest and create more favorable matchups. A typical night for Nowitzki includes subbing out with anywhere between four and six minutes left in the first quarter. He generally returns with 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 minutes remaining in the period before staying in for the start of the second. That gives Dirk anywhere between three to five game minutes of rest depending on the flow of the game, not to mention the usual rest from the three-minute mark timeout and the quarter break that must be factored in.
It’s unlikely Brooks would be that radical. But even on a smaller scale it could benefit Durant, who’s hovering around 39 minutes per night for the fifth straight season. Nowitzki, as he continues to climb that dreaded hill, hasn’t averaged more than 34.5 minutes in the past two seasons. But by staggering Durant’s playing time, Brooks can preserve Durant’s court time while also getting him more rest during games.
Most importantly, the second unit will go from having Harden as its anchor to the reigning three-time scoring champ.
Not a bad trade off.

 

[cfountain]

The Thunder’s best lineup by far this season has been the go-to crunchtime lineup: Westbrook, Martin, Sefolosha, Durant and Ibaka. Per 48 minutes that lineup is on average a +26.9 so far this season and overall, a +14 in 25 minutes. OKC’s next best two lineups: Sub Collison for Ibaka and that group is a +13 in 15 minutes and sub Maynor for Westbrook and Collison for Ibaka and that group is a +11 in 14 minutes.

but Brooks refuses to use it more

 

[cfountain]

at Perk

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

Westbrook's BIG slam brings the Thunder! - YouTube


But that boy Westbrook, though.....

 

[Loose]

probably didnt deserve that win but