What are the Thunder's ceiling with Paul George added?

[CarltonJunior]

Show me some post where im stanning russ fakkit. I don't think i even posted in his mvp or mvp acceptance threads

westbrook is a god.

in 15 games.

hate per 36 but he basically plays 36mpg
21ppg, 13rpg, .616 ts%, 25 per


bu bu bu bu westbrook don't make other players better.

Westbrook has

• more assist
• Same rebounds
• better defender
• more steals per game
• less turnovers per game
• leading his team to 1-2 in the west

Kobe has

• a better shooting percentage
  
  he dress better too

If qualified (he doesn't) the gawd would be leading the league in ppg at 28.6. Next would be harden.

Goat

Westbrook putting up prime LeBron numbers the last 10 months, just goat . He's only been assisted on 14% of his buckets, no other pg is in that stratosphere of greatness. Averaging 30pts,7.5 rpg, and 9.3 assist is just crazy for a point guard .. he's also shooting 61 ts% right now

http://i66.tinypic.com/25gw87p.jpg

that's my hof pg

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

Yeah but russ goat.

 

[Loose]

None of that is stanning i don't think you understand what a Stan is . I don't defend everything when it comes to russ or any one on my team

 

[SunZoo]

3 seed.

We going shampionship if they somehow flip Kanter for Melo.

 

[Flywin Lannister]

Last year Westbrook was able to carry them to the 6th seed with a bunch of rookies, adams with no spacing and oladipo being hit or miss alot.

With paul george, an actual backup pg, and a decent 3 and D player in 2pat do you think they could make some noise in the playoffs?

Obviously not finals, but do you think they could hit WCF now?

I'm thinking optimistically, but I see them surprising everyone this year.

Nice subject OP.

In my view, they will likely get as far as last year in the Playoffs because of these 3 factors:

1. Thunder basketball regular season vs Thunder basketball playoffs
Even though the hero, 1-man show ball that (even though it is amazing, almost unbelievable, to watch when executed how only he can) works on-and-off to win games during the regular season, it simply doesn't pack the same punch during the Playoffs where defense wins championships and FG% takes a hit. Westbrook is amazing and exactly what the league needs, but it takes more than that to win a ring. Their coach is solid, but is yet to come up with something to solve the riddle of the better teams he faces in the Playoffs.

2. PG = PG
PG didn't just become The Closer Of The League because of a trade. I may be wrong on this, but I remember a stat shown during the 2017 Playoffs that said 'Paul George is 0/15 in deciding shots when the game is under 1 points with under 30 seconds to go' or something. Think about that. The STAR of the Pacers: 0/15. Only time he hit a game winner recently was in this commercial I was watching. That's not a joke, that is a fact.

3. Depth because of weak management
The Thunder will go down in history as the team that had them all and let them all walk. Letting Harden walk was problem #1. Then Reggie Jackson left. Allegedly stinginess played a role.. KD infamously walked and this leaves 1 star on the team. Now it is 2 stars, but again: as lethal as PG can be, historically he doesn't deliver when it matters. From everything I have seen from him, because of his offensive contribution he has been marked 'the star' but he is basically a great scorer, not a leader or complete difference maker.

I see them going as far as they went last time. I also see that as a reason for Westbrook to want to change teams (KD potentially winning another ring would likely only add to that want).

 

[Miggs]

On a unrelated note I copped a pair of PG1s,not bad

 

[L&HH]

Getting beat by the warriors like every other team in the NBA

I mean reeally. The NBA will likely be at a standstill the next 3 years unless Curry or KD gets injured which isn't necessarily out of the realm of possibility considering their history.

 

[Da_Eggman]

None of that is stanning i don't think you understand what a Stan is . I don't defend everything when it comes to russ or any one on my team

Calling a dude god and goat is stanning a bit no

 

[Loose]

Calling a dude god and goat is stanning a bit no

Nah. I'm a thunderfan first. Stanning is making a thousand threads on a player like kobe lebron mj etc stans do

 

[Mensch Fontana]

6th seed. It doesn't matter Westbrook is gonna Westbrook

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

Nice subject OP.

In my view, they will likely get as far as last year in the Playoffs because of these 3 factors:

1. Thunder basketball regular season vs Thunder basketball playoffs
Even though the hero, 1-man show ball that (even though it is amazing, almost unbelievable, to watch when executed how only he can) works on-and-off to win games during the regular season, it simply doesn't pack the same punch during the Playoffs where defense wins championships and FG% takes a hit. Westbrook is amazing and exactly what the league needs, but it takes more than that to win a ring. Their coach is solid, but is yet to come up with something to solve the riddle of the better teams he faces in the Playoffs.

2. PG = PG
PG didn't just become The Closer Of The League because of a trade. I may be wrong on this, but I remember a stat shown during the 2017 Playoffs that said 'Paul George is 0/15 in deciding shots when the game is under 1 points with under 30 seconds to go' or something. Think about that. The STAR of the Pacers: 0/15. Only time he hit a game winner recently was in this commercial I was watching. That's not a joke, that is a fact.

3. Depth because of weak management
The Thunder will go down in history as the team that had them all and let them all walk. Letting Harden walk was problem #1. Then Reggie Jackson left. Allegedly stinginess played a role.. KD infamously walked and this leaves 1 star on the team. Now it is 2 stars, but again: as lethal as PG can be, historically he doesn't deliver when it matters. From everything I have seen from him, because of his offensive contribution he has been marked 'the star' but he is basically a great scorer, not a leader or complete difference maker.

I see them going as far as they went last time. I also see that as a reason for Westbrook to want to change teams (KD potentially winning another ring would likely only add to that want).

Here's the thing about PG closing.
The reason he doesn't have to is because he has Russell Westbrook, who fukking thrived in the fourth and close games. Westbrook taking the last shot probably won't be a problem especially if he's hitting them like last year. Pg just needs to (at the very LEAST) run the team when Russ sits, which we know he is grossly overqualified for.

Also, yes the one man routine doesn't work as well in the playoffs, except it kinda did vs the rockets. I watched the series, and Russell and fukking roberson of all people were putting them up before russ sits and the lead would collapse every single time.
Defensive wise, they're now one of the scariest teams in the league. If defense wins championships, we're up there considering we have elite perimeter defense.

The Thunder are definitely matched up well enough against elite teams like the spurs and rockets. They have an even better lineup than they did in 2016 except slightly weaker in the SF department.

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

On a unrelated note I copped a pair of PG1s,not bad

Might have to check these out forreal

 

[GodrieSwerving]

Warriors will fall off eventually like every superteam. Give it two more years.

But this year they only need to be good enough to keep George, WCF is the goal.

no other super team ever had 4 All-NBA caliber all under 30 and hey enjoy playing together tho so I doubt they'll fall off soon plus I doubt PG stays in OKC

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

no other super team ever had 4 All-NBA caliber all under 30 and hey enjoy playing together tho so I doubt they'll fall off soon plus I doubt PG stays in OKC

All it takes is a couple cracks.

Will it happen this year? no, id put my money on No.

Will it continue for 5 years like people are saying? Absolutely fukking not.

 

[Leavingtheecstasy]

3 seed.

We going shampionship if they somehow flip Kanter for Melo.

If a deal with the rockets don't get done I could see a way for presti to slip in a deal.

We have a pretty elite defensive lineup, we just need another scorer for firepower.

It seems melo and the knicks dont wanna be involved with each other any further, eventually melo will have to cave.

I think superteam with russ and George is convincing enough.