Thunder Get Blownout In First Game Without Westbrook

[Gangstar8]

Worse than the lakers Timberwolves

Towns and Wiggins trash

 

[Rekkapryde]

There's a reason why OKC was expected to be a top 5 seed before the season. This roster isn't as bad as it's made up to be

 

[IVS]

LMAO! Its against the Wolves. I mean cmon

 

[Swagnificent]

Don't think this makes that roster supremely elite or something. The Wolves are top down a fundamental atrocity right now outside of Wiggins and towns scoring

Wiggins and Towns are actually the biggest problem. Those dudes only play for stats. They don't play winning basketball.

If you watch them play it's literally a game of your turn, my turn. They don't run an actual offense. They basically run two one on one sets.

Pathetic basketball.

 

[Swagnificent]

Wiggins 1-dimensionalness and both of their complete lack of defense can't be ignored, but they're the only reason this team isn't getting beaten by 40 every game.

Wiggins is actually a willing and decent passer. He's just not asked to playmake. Rubio dominates the ball on that team and runs the offense.

You are right about his defense and rebounding though. The dude is allergic to crashing the boards. He just floats around on the perimeter unless he has the ball in his hands.

 

[boskey]

OUTSIDE THE FACT
THAT OLADIPO HAS NEVER AVERAGED OVER 18 PTS
AND ADAMS HAS NEVER AVERAGED 8 REBOUNDS.

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HIS OWN TEAM LIKE ORLANDO?




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Thank you. People have been gassing Oladipo to downplay Russ all season. Like he didn't have his "own team" in Orlando and didn't get traded for 3rd or 4th option Serge Ibaka

 

[Supreme365]

they played one game without Westbrook and beat the lottery bound timberwolves by 2 points is this suppose to say something

 

[Supreme365]

Cuz the roster isn't trash. Don't think for a second Adams isn't a 12 rebound guy and dipo isn't 20ppg scorer.

 

[NoHalfWay]

OUTSIDE THE FACT
THAT OLADIPO HAS NEVER AVERAGED OVER 18 PTS
AND ADAMS HAS NEVER AVERAGED 8 REBOUNDS.

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HIS OWN TEAM LIKE ORLANDO?




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They do it to themselves

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

Oladipo took a serious backseat to westbrook this season. I always thought he could be a star on his own team.

like Orlando Magic?

If anything Westbrooks greatness rubbed off on him, hes alot better on the Thunder

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

like Orlando Magic?

If anything Westbrooks greatness rubbed off on him, hes alot better on the Thunder

This is bullshyt

 

[King Jove]

@DonKnock you a fool for this one breh

 

[DonKnock]

Don't think this makes that roster supremely elite or something. The Wolves are top down a fundamental atrocity right now outside of Wiggins and towns scoring

The Thunder are second in defensive efficiency in the clutch, and that is with Westbrook playing quantifiably the worst defense of any starter in the league

 

[The God Poster]

Because sadly Thibbs is out there trying his hardest to win every game. Check all his studs minutes per game. Look at the fact that he refuses to rest Rubio and give Dunn a chance to get some run. And when he does he refuses to run anything through him.

Isn't that the goal

Fact is his best players lack playmaking & defense.

 

[DonKnock]

Rockets fans rooting for a team that's the 3 seed & the only thing on their minds is what if Russy wins MVP & how can they make it seem like he ain't really doing shyt


Did anybody make a thread when Harden took that game off against the Suns & Patrick Beverley put up 26/8/9 while Eric Gordan, Lou Williams, & Troy Williams all dropped 20+ or is this different for some reason?

Yes, it's different because the narrative is that Harden has great role players and Westbrook has guys that are lucky to not be in the D-League.



It doesn't go against that narrative that Harden's role players could win a game against the 2nd worst team in the league without him.

The Suns also held out 3 vets (Bledsoe, Chandler, Knight) in that game vs. Minny playing all of theirs last night.