Everyone's been asking, so fuck it! A thread of @okcthunder player Pokemon comps :
Aaron Wiggins. (@Aaron_Wiggins_ ) Pikachu. Pikachu has "quick attack" & "agility" in his bag like Wiggin's cutting game. "thundershock" = spot up range game. Not yet Raichu.. not enough mins/opps
@KevinButlerOKC@AndrewKSchlecht -Otega had flashes of dog energy but for the most part looks like his defense can be more polished
- Barnhizer is okay but he’s way too hesitant on open shots and he needs to fix his hitch in his shot. Still liked his energy
@KevinButlerOKC@AndrewKSchlecht That said:
- Mara is a good passing big but needs to be more aggressive. He’s pass first as he’s looking for cutters and not making the defense react
- Stirtz looked okay. Defense is shaky… I’d love to see more shot creating from him but understand coward was on him
Is there any chance we have a consolidation trade coming for a wing like Trey Murphy?
Mara in a group of sorber, Chet, Jay will & potentially hart
Stirtz with McCain, Ajay, topic
It feels like we may package a couple of dudes for Trey Murphy or someone like him.
@CAlmanza1007 Lmao as a Thunder fan, this ain’t it fam… the noise was about Chet’s unwillingness to shoot/be aggressive. Also Wemby is their 1A… apples and oranges
The narrative around FTA differential advantage is far more applicable to this year’s Spurs and their playoff run vs. last year’s Thunder.
This is prior 5 year NBA finalists in their playoff runs looking at FTA differential vs. drives on a per game basis
Other interesting takeaways:
- Celtics had highest FTA differential per game, driven by them not fouling the other teams (19.3 FTA/game vs this year’s Spurs 26.5)
- 🫡 to the Warriors championship run. Only recent champion to lose the FTA differential battle in playoffs
@BrandonRahbar I wouldn’t even entertain a response my dude… Chris finch just stays big mad at the Thunder because he can’t figure out how to beat them. Getting desperate for excuses and insinuating that he has a “roster construction” problem. He’ll probably get canned soon