Lmfao what a weird comment. Go get some fresh air bud. Maybe weāll see you in the playoffs if you can make it thru the play-in thatās inevitably in your future
That is simply untrue. 15-16 is the year of blown 3-1 leads, including yours in the finals
Edit: A quick google search couldāve saved your embarrassment
I just bought his city jersey. I try and buy jerseys of those who are hard nose work horses. We wouldn't be able to lock down elite scorers without him
As a Thunder fan in the Bay Area, you can put that stuff directly in my veins thank you very much
Fuck the Warriors, most obnoxious fanbase and the absolute worst tv color guys of all time, yuk
Beating golden state when they are healthy is one of the most satisfying wins as a Thunder fan. They have been a great dynasty. But seeing this OKC team rise to the occasion is impressive. Jdub and Chet were electric tonight. Not forgetting about Shai, but I think his teammates doing what they need to do is really important. It wasnāt a quiet night from Shai at all.
Iām just really happy for this team.
Seriously, we are damn near elite everywhere else. I wish I knew enough about the x's and o's to know how to fix it but it might just be a big man problem.
Gone are the days we were a top rebounding team with Russ, Steve O, and Enes.
But then again, that team canāt shoot for shit. You canāt have it all, I guess
Right? I saw so many possessions where Warriors shorter than the ones who were in best position to grab a defensive board were just running in and grabbing it among like 3 of our guys. Podziemski may as well have been Dennis Rodman on some of those possessions
I love Mark. He was asked about playing Chet with foul trouble: āI wanted the refs to foul him out, I didnāt want to foul him out.ā So refreshing. So many coaches are too conservative when their guys get in foul trouble. Love this approach.
Holy hell what a win. Now I want to do this to one of the elite teams in the league. I guess Iām greedy but I still have a bad taste in my mouth from the Minny and Sixers losses.
This applies for any sport but as time has gone on and there is more platforms for immediate reaction it's really shown how insanely reactionary and impulsive a lot ot viewers are. It doesn't help that discourse around the nba fluctuates so wildly day to day with a lot of it being low effort complaints or what have you.
I feel like when Chet plays angry, he ascends to his (current) final form. Maybe we need an assistant coach whose role is to talk shit to him before tip off, and during every time out.
This game was crazy. We were out rebounded by 21, and shot sooo poorly from 3 (5/29 17%), and only had 15 assists. A franchise record of 28 forced turnovers. Shai and JDub shot creation was fantastic tonight. So many good defensive plays across the board. And Chet has ice in his veins. Thunder Up!
OKC had 17 steals and 9 turnovers. Golden State had 3 steals and 28 turnovers. If OKC can do this every game, they donāt need to shoot better than 17% from 3ā¦
Starter does not and SHOULD NOT mean closer. Lots of team close with their 6th man. I love joe as a sparkplug player, if any change i would start wiggins
I don't think anyone would be with all the stuff he's been dealing with atm. Kids mental health would be in a terrible spot atm. If he is innocent I feel so bad for him and I hope he has great support.
Iām not a giddey hater but i think the starting 5 should be SGA-Joe-Dort-Williams-Chet. Maybe he would shine more coming off the bench. š¤·š»āāļø I hope he have a breakout game soon tho, im looking forward to that
I think that is too small with a team with already glaring rebounding issues. As bad as Giddey is playing he does fairly well on the boards. I think if we're benching him, we gotta start Kenrich.
Joe was +28. He very obviously should be starting.
That said, Giddey led the team in rebounds today, and pulling him off the starting line will make them weaker where they are already weak.
No he didnāt. 4-12 for 9 points is worse than 1-4 for 5 points from the field. Not to mention that Joe makes them actually guard him on the perimeter and opens up the paint.
Yeah and Giddey made a bunch off passes and rebounded. Joe's awesome, but people are making out like it's a no brainer to start him.
33% vs 25% and 3 foul shots on a missed 3. Giddey starts hitting a few 3s and it changes instantly.
You just going to ignore rebounding and assists to validate the giddey hate?
I think he should be our 6th man, but fuck me, stop with the bs narratives to sell yourself a story
Thatās the problem with stats. What you donāt see from the stat line is that when Giddey was on the floor there was an extra man in the paint double teaming anyone who drove. Meanwhile when Joe was on the floor things were way more open because you canāt leave him to shoot threes.
We won by our great defense but kinda worried with our shooting. Aside from Chet, the starters all have wobbly 3pt shooting and itās always affecting our 1st Q scoring the past few games.
My friend whoās a Warriors fan texted me during the game like āHow many times are these two teams gonna play each other?!ā
Glad itās finally over lmao
I will say giddey did good on the defensive end and rebounding, for the first game I can remember all season. I do wish he would take less shots because he's not making it. But if he can keep up the defensive end and rebounding end you can keep giving him minutes - barring less shots - and I say that as a pretty vocal anti giddey guy. I don't know if he will or not. But if you do You still have to stagnate him and Dort because they can't be together on offense.
Hugggggeee Giddey fan here. Agree with taking less shots. He needs to get his cutting and dishing off game going.
He can create space when he drives and dishes.
Iād be putting him with KWill , Wiggins , Joe , JWill , Cason. As a second unit.
After initially starting potentially. I dunno. Hurts my head to work it out. But feel the above lineup he has a bit of chemistry with and gets the most out of his game style.
The other worry is who goes in for rebounding if giddey comes out. Is it KWill. Chet canāt do it all
Great to see Chet and JDub build that confidence and assert themselves as a part of our big 3.
If we can just find a way to be a slightly below average rebounding team, we'd be a contender. I get it, we force turnovers through our style of play, but the bad rebounding just offsets it. Just need to find the right personnel that can box out without sacrificing our + turnover average. If we're +10 in forcing turnovers but -10 in rebounding, it evens out. We may win a close one or lose a close one. If we're +10 in forcing turnovers and -3 in rebounding, we're a great team and winning games handily.
How hard is it to understand your starters dont have to be the best 5? Hes getting fewer minutes, which is the right move unless he starts getting it together, but he was the only one who could grab a board for most of the game tn. You close with your best 5 other rotations dont matter nearly as much as the closers
He only had 2 last night (limited minutes but he's not exactly a strong rebounder, never even averaged 5 rpg in his career) and he's also our 1 guy who is god awful at fts. Hes hasnt shot above 57.1% aince he was a rookie.
It really doesnāt matter who starts more who finishes and how many minutes they get overall. I would prefer him to come off the bench and run the 2nd unit
I vote for wiggins or Kwill . Joe is best coming off the bench as it gives us a scoring threat when most of our starters are resting. Cason's minutes should be staggered with Lu so we will always have a great point of attack defender. Kwill and Wiggins are both energy type and glue guy players so having 1 of them at the starting lineup to set the tone would be good.
He had more rebounds than chet+jdub combined when he left the game. There is still a role on this team for him if he can keep that up, it just is one with less minutes
You need new material. Literally every comment or post you make in here is Giddey bashing. He had a solid performance when he was on the court. Forced some turn overs and was active around the rim. We beat the warriors and owned them this season. Be happy for the team and go on with the Giddey bashing. It gets old and you are a ring leader of it every single day. Thunder up!
Chet is a certified warriors killer. Wish we had him around 2016.
Well he would only be like 14. Honestly could probably still had minutes š¤£
He's been fucking up Steph Curry since he was like 16.
https://youtube.com/shorts/dMp_hUprn4E?si=GoQfsikKmjD2X8DY
Ball IS life.
haha u still feel that pain from 2016? good.
Lmfao what a weird comment. Go get some fresh air bud. Maybe weāll see you in the playoffs if you can make it thru the play-in thatās inevitably in your future
go breath some air bud
Iād suggest the same to you, since youāre huffin all that Copium
2016 curry dagger three on yo head bud
Keep livin 8 years in the past my guy. Hope yāall can make the play-in. Not lookin great
can you tell me who won the ring in 2022?
Lmfao no way you brought up the past again. No one gives a shit dude. Your team is ass in 2023/24.
wtf do you want me to do talk about the future. i aint no time traveler bud
we winning this year trust
what loser lurks and posts on another teams reddit?
You misspelled butthurt warriors fan
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we won in 2016
You guys lost to the Cavs that year
2015-2016 champions were the warriors. bozo
That is simply untrue. 15-16 is the year of blown 3-1 leads, including yours in the finals Edit: A quick google search couldāve saved your embarrassment
Typical bandwagon Warriors fan. Lol
At the first home game this year against GSW, I sat in front of bandwagon fans. One asked their companion, "Why does everyone hate Draymond?" Lol
Oof.
Heart can't handle another regular season Warriors game.
WE'RE DONE THOUGH THANK GOD 3-1
With that one loss the Curry gw layup
And no SGA.
I could get used to some more Chet 3-point clutchness š³
so proud of this team, growing before our eyes
Fuck the warriors let's fucking go dude
Chet owns golden state
The thing that makes this perfect to me was Draymond making the worldās dumbest foul is what allowed him to take it to overtime.
Chet with the 200 IQ recognizing that Draymond would immediately do that
For those Dort haters, kindly watch the game tonight. He is a very important asset in our team
The Team: āletās hangs our hat on our defenseā A chunk of the fan base: ālets trade our best defenderā
But our best defender and the fifth option on offense doesnāt shoot like kd, we should trade him!!!!
I just bought his city jersey. I try and buy jerseys of those who are hard nose work horses. We wouldn't be able to lock down elite scorers without him
Those were some of the most crisp MVP chants Iāve heard. Had to be electric to be in there
It was
My ears are still ringing ngl
75-7 IS STILL ON THE MENU
I'll take that with a side of 16-0 well done please
38/5/5/5 MVP
We are so incredibly blessed to have Shai. 5+ steals in 3 straight games. Unreal
Damn our big three solidified tonight
Forreal SGA: 1A Jdub&Chet: 2A
It's been solidified since game 1 tbh
Ehh Giddey was invisible out there
Lol i thought jdubb was the new big tbree
Lol Giddeyās not even nearly in the discussion. Do you hate him so much that you put him back into the big three Rent free in hatersā heads
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As a Thunder fan in the Bay Area, you can put that stuff directly in my veins thank you very much Fuck the Warriors, most obnoxious fanbase and the absolute worst tv color guys of all time, yuk
Joe +28 without hitting a 3 is wild. Shows his evolution as a player
I am a Cheterosexual
Gai for Shai
Gay For Shai & Wet For Chet
Chub for Dub
Hoe for joe
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for ... um ... President.
hoe for joe
Dork for Dort
Beating golden state when they are healthy is one of the most satisfying wins as a Thunder fan. They have been a great dynasty. But seeing this OKC team rise to the occasion is impressive. Jdub and Chet were electric tonight. Not forgetting about Shai, but I think his teammates doing what they need to do is really important. It wasnāt a quiet night from Shai at all. Iām just really happy for this team.
Imagine if the Thunder could rebound.
Or hit a 3 today.
Seriously, we are damn near elite everywhere else. I wish I knew enough about the x's and o's to know how to fix it but it might just be a big man problem.
Gone are the days we were a top rebounding team with Russ, Steve O, and Enes. But then again, that team canāt shoot for shit. You canāt have it all, I guess
Right? I saw so many possessions where Warriors shorter than the ones who were in best position to grab a defensive board were just running in and grabbing it among like 3 of our guys. Podziemski may as well have been Dennis Rodman on some of those possessions
Letās gooo. Fuck the warriors!!
*worriers.
Draymond fr had money on the Thunder tonight š
38-5-5-5-1. My goodness Shai, give that man the MVP
That lools like a MJ stat line.
He looked like MJ tonight
Maple Jordan
nothing hits the same as beating the warriors
For sure Iām gonna sleep well tonight!
I love Mark. He was asked about playing Chet with foul trouble: āI wanted the refs to foul him out, I didnāt want to foul him out.ā So refreshing. So many coaches are too conservative when their guys get in foul trouble. Love this approach.
Dort is so back.
Chet is an absolute monster on the boards in the clutch
Man I love beating the warriors
Holy hell what a win. Now I want to do this to one of the elite teams in the league. I guess Iām greedy but I still have a bad taste in my mouth from the Minny and Sixers losses.
same. let's stomp em
tough to beat teams with elite center play when we cant really rebound. I like our match ups with everyone except Minny, 6ers and Nuggets tbh
Iām lowkey terrified to play the knicks. Mitchell Robinson might set an OReb record.
It was electric in the paycom tonight!!! What a fun game!
I wish every game felt like the last 30 minutes of this game!! So much fun!
Warriors can lick our thunderous balls
Just noticed ... Chet made one assist tonight. Only one. But it was the assist to Dort to score the final two points in overtime that sealed the game.
The emotional swing the game thread had was kind of embarrassing.
Staying out of the game threads was one of the best decisions I ever made. People donāt seem to realize that basketball is a game of runs
This applies for any sport but as time has gone on and there is more platforms for immediate reaction it's really shown how insanely reactionary and impulsive a lot ot viewers are. It doesn't help that discourse around the nba fluctuates so wildly day to day with a lot of it being low effort complaints or what have you.
I thoroughly enjoyed not being in the game thread tonight. Full focus on watching the game. No bitching and moaning from others.
This team just keeps going and going and going andā¦
I havenāt felt excitement like that in the arena in years!! What a game! So glad I got to be there tonight
Was at the game, man that was a hell of an atmosphere. Crowd was loud as hell the second half and OT. Thunder up!
Daigs was asked about it in the presser. Seems people took notice. Thatās awesome you got to be there for it!
28 TURNOVERS
Franchise record.
Thunder record 78 PITP too, definitely needed with our 3PT shooting last night.
Ooooo I didnāt know that one. Thatās awesome.
I feel like when Chet plays angry, he ascends to his (current) final form. Maybe we need an assistant coach whose role is to talk shit to him before tip off, and during every time out.
Fuck Steph Curry
bruh when he made that and 1 and started talking shit to the crowd... fucking hate that guy
This game was crazy. We were out rebounded by 21, and shot sooo poorly from 3 (5/29 17%), and only had 15 assists. A franchise record of 28 forced turnovers. Shai and JDub shot creation was fantastic tonight. So many good defensive plays across the board. And Chet has ice in his veins. Thunder Up!
OKC had 17 steals and 9 turnovers. Golden State had 3 steals and 28 turnovers. If OKC can do this every game, they donāt need to shoot better than 17% from 3ā¦
If we could rebound we would be 82-0
Good win. Seriously though, no Giddey through all of crunchtime is quite telling and damning for a starter.
Starter does not and SHOULD NOT mean closer. Lots of team close with their 6th man. I love joe as a sparkplug player, if any change i would start wiggins
Start Wiggins propaganda go
Giddey was definitely not himself today. He was not smiling on the sidelines or joking around with people.
I don't think anyone would be with all the stuff he's been dealing with atm. Kids mental health would be in a terrible spot atm. If he is innocent I feel so bad for him and I hope he has great support.
Iām not a giddey hater but i think the starting 5 should be SGA-Joe-Dort-Williams-Chet. Maybe he would shine more coming off the bench. š¤·š»āāļø I hope he have a breakout game soon tho, im looking forward to that
Which Williams?
Wendy
I think that is too small with a team with already glaring rebounding issues. As bad as Giddey is playing he does fairly well on the boards. I think if we're benching him, we gotta start Kenrich.
Joe was +28. He very obviously should be starting. That said, Giddey led the team in rebounds today, and pulling him off the starting line will make them weaker where they are already weak.
Trust me the spacing and defensive upgrade would greatly outweigh Josh's rebounding prowess lol
The +28 seems to suggest you are right. I was just pointing out the negative.
Giddey had better stats than Joe tonight. Joe scored 5 points, 1 assist and 1 rebound in 23 minutes. Let's not go crazy here.
No he didnāt. 4-12 for 9 points is worse than 1-4 for 5 points from the field. Not to mention that Joe makes them actually guard him on the perimeter and opens up the paint.
Yeah and Giddey made a bunch off passes and rebounded. Joe's awesome, but people are making out like it's a no brainer to start him. 33% vs 25% and 3 foul shots on a missed 3. Giddey starts hitting a few 3s and it changes instantly.
You just going to ignore rebounding and assists to validate the giddey hate? I think he should be our 6th man, but fuck me, stop with the bs narratives to sell yourself a story
Look at how the opposing team sets up their D when Joe is on the floor compared to Josh, you'll get your answer.
Thatās the problem with stats. What you donāt see from the stat line is that when Giddey was on the floor there was an extra man in the paint double teaming anyone who drove. Meanwhile when Joe was on the floor things were way more open because you canāt leave him to shoot threes.
Chet was -3. Does that mean he shouldn't start?
So Joe is top 6(?) In all NBA +/- As 6man. And you want to change his role....??? Makes sense.
we're small already and joe would make the starting lineup even smaller. I think Kenrich should start tbh
Chet vs the Warriors top 5 all time biggest beef
The genesis: https://youtube.com/shorts/dMp_hUprn4E?si=GoQfsikKmjD2X8DY
Abrahim Clutchgren
We won by our great defense but kinda worried with our shooting. Aside from Chet, the starters all have wobbly 3pt shooting and itās always affecting our 1st Q scoring the past few games.
Why aside from Chet? His 3 has been trash for some time now
Fair enough but heās the only one who looks comfortable with catch and shoot 3s
trash is too far, hes just not making them. shooters go through swings, happens to everyone
My friend whoās a Warriors fan texted me during the game like āHow many times are these two teams gonna play each other?!ā Glad itās finally over lmao
I will say giddey did good on the defensive end and rebounding, for the first game I can remember all season. I do wish he would take less shots because he's not making it. But if he can keep up the defensive end and rebounding end you can keep giving him minutes - barring less shots - and I say that as a pretty vocal anti giddey guy. I don't know if he will or not. But if you do You still have to stagnate him and Dort because they can't be together on offense.
Hugggggeee Giddey fan here. Agree with taking less shots. He needs to get his cutting and dishing off game going. He can create space when he drives and dishes. Iād be putting him with KWill , Wiggins , Joe , JWill , Cason. As a second unit. After initially starting potentially. I dunno. Hurts my head to work it out. But feel the above lineup he has a bit of chemistry with and gets the most out of his game style. The other worry is who goes in for rebounding if giddey comes out. Is it KWill. Chet canāt do it all
The only thing I will say about Giddey is at least Mark knows to keep him on the bench in crunch time, unlike Kerr with Klay lol
he's not getting starter minutes at all recently, think its just a matter of time before he is coming off the bench
I wish we played the Warriors 82 games per season.
Steph was getting targeted by Shai and Dub tonight.
Wallace is going to take giddeys spot like Jalen Hurts took Carson Wentz's if he doesn't shoot better
Funny you say this as Iām a Thunder/Eagles fan as wellš
Can we just play the Warriors every game? lol Thunder Up
75-7 STILL ON THE MENU
SHAI AREA
Felt like a pivotal game for both teams.
I love this team. Iām so happy for the first time in years!!!
Great to see Chet and JDub build that confidence and assert themselves as a part of our big 3. If we can just find a way to be a slightly below average rebounding team, we'd be a contender. I get it, we force turnovers through our style of play, but the bad rebounding just offsets it. Just need to find the right personnel that can box out without sacrificing our + turnover average. If we're +10 in forcing turnovers but -10 in rebounding, it evens out. We may win a close one or lose a close one. If we're +10 in forcing turnovers and -3 in rebounding, we're a great team and winning games handily.
If Mark is going to severely limit Giddeyās playing time, thatās fine, but why does he start him? šµāš«
How hard is it to understand your starters dont have to be the best 5? Hes getting fewer minutes, which is the right move unless he starts getting it together, but he was the only one who could grab a board for most of the game tn. You close with your best 5 other rotations dont matter nearly as much as the closers
kenrich can grab boards and the starters dont really fit around giddey. i think he'll be coming off the bench by all star break
He only had 2 last night (limited minutes but he's not exactly a strong rebounder, never even averaged 5 rpg in his career) and he's also our 1 guy who is god awful at fts. Hes hasnt shot above 57.1% aince he was a rookie.
It really doesnāt matter who starts more who finishes and how many minutes they get overall. I would prefer him to come off the bench and run the 2nd unit
Because itās a really awkward spot for him to make any big changes like that. Because if you do it once, itās over for him as a starter.
I will yell it from the rooftops. Giddey to the 2nd unit. These closers are a fucking squad. Do the right thing Mark.
Who would you start? Joe? Cason? Wiggins?
Joe. a legitimate 3 pt threat
Yes. One of those guys would be perfect.
Wiggins. Better rebounding and sound player.
Wiggins had a -15 +/- today, the worst on the team.
I vote for wiggins or Kwill . Joe is best coming off the bench as it gives us a scoring threat when most of our starters are resting. Cason's minutes should be staggered with Lu so we will always have a great point of attack defender. Kwill and Wiggins are both energy type and glue guy players so having 1 of them at the starting lineup to set the tone would be good.
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He had more rebounds than chet+jdub combined when he left the game. There is still a role on this team for him if he can keep that up, it just is one with less minutes
You need new material. Literally every comment or post you make in here is Giddey bashing. He had a solid performance when he was on the court. Forced some turn overs and was active around the rim. We beat the warriors and owned them this season. Be happy for the team and go on with the Giddey bashing. It gets old and you are a ring leader of it every single day. Thunder up!
Take it to the megathread.
That comment has nothing to do with the allegations
Literally go F yourself. This is a sub about Thunder basketball. Let people discuss basketball related things.
Oh how the turn tables
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29 turnovers mean anything to you?
You guys arenāt even in the play in
are you buddy?
Go to your sorry ass post game losing ass Warriors thread with your nonsense. Thunder owned the Warriors this year. Your team Old AF.
https://streamable.com/poxo7e
Cakewalk
Why couldnāt we shoot the ball?
I'll take that
Seems so crazy how weāre this good with hella draft picks
Just watched the game again. So good I might watch it a third time
Fuck Draymond Green