An OKC Thunder Season Preview with Judson Walden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2024
- An OKC Thunder season preview that asks the following and more!
How different does the starting lineup look to closing?
How tenable is Chet and IHart together?
Is Jalen Williams capable of taking on more usage?
Can the team sustain the shooting from last year?
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As you said Hartenstein was 14th between Tatum (13th) & Booker (15th) for EPM Rtng. For Def EPM IHart was 2nd. Only J.Isaac was ahead of him & Isaac only played 58games.
Incredible player, as we alluded to I am slightly worried that he compromises the offensive set up/backs Chet into a corner from a creation POV that he might not quite be ready for.
Super exciting acquisition, I just hope that he isn’t a guaranteed starter/closer.
@TheDropStep_NBA Good pts. Especially about the concerns w/ Chet guarding on the perimeter. I don't want Chet playing the '4' the majority of time. Hartensteins screens, Off reb, passing & floater will be very helpful, but we cant forget how great OKC played last yr when the Thunder played w/ Chet & four guys 6'6 & under. Their transition game will be slowed down w/ IHart. NTM Daigneaults played exclusively a '5-out' O' the entite season. For end of game l/u's OKC needs to mix & match Caruso, Dort, IHart & I.Joe to fill those last 2 spots.
@@kevinscott9242 Couldn't agree more - If you've got time I'd watch some of Chet at Gonzaga where he played the 4 next to Drew Timme in the front court.
Led the conference in FG% - took 3 3's per game and made 39% of them, casually averaged 3.7 Blocks per game too - if the Thunder play a combination of Caruso, JDub, Shai, Dort, Wallace in those first 3 spots you can have them play super aggressive knowing you have Ihart AND Chet to erase anything at the rim.
It's the offensive side of the game for me, more difficult diet of 3's, slightly more mobile defenders on Chet if IHart is in the game, will need to tighten the handle/bully in A Gordon style to maximise double big lineups.
There is no if. Shai is definetely not the best iso creator in the game. The guy who eliminated him is.
I’m inclined to agree - love Luka - in the past when Dallas had that five out look he was unstoppable in isolation it’s just last year particularly post deadline I felt like he was always in PNR because either Gafford or Lively were on the floor whereas Shai got to operate in isolation a ton because Chet can pop to the perimeter.
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Shai was better the whole series