@GridHoopReels Exactly… also, it’s not even about “stopping” wemby. It’s about keeping him occupied on defense and limiting his paint touches. Thunder win in 5 if we have a big on him game 1.
@BenHowardOPT Thank you for sharing this. NBA fans think everyone plays 82 games for 40 minutes a night lol. The Thunder have thrived at playing 1 and 2nd year guys a lot in the middle of the season to give players rest and to give their young guys reps.
I think the mara pick for okc is a great pick. Literally a defensive stretch that can lock up post players like Chet and stretch the floor probably better than Chet andddd he’s 7’3. Not saying he’s a wemby stopper but man id love to see the matchup.
Just imagine…
The Thunder are getting blown out in Game 5 of a 2-2 series, and Shai, (who in the previous series threw a vicious elbow and didn’t even get fined for it), whispers something to Dort and JWill, and they proceed to check in and throw two cheap shots on a key player in garbage time.
Now imagine Shai skipping media availability after the biggest loss of the season.
What would the discourse be?
There’s a double standard with Wemby!
@D2Timxs@HoodiiBron I’ll agree his shot selection is pretty dog water this series but I also credit that to Castle being able to play football on him so he’s taking a 20 footer instead of a 14 footer every middy… I liked the side actions they were doing tonight to get him moving downhill.
@Carson_OKC He hasn’t been this inefficient in a long time. That’s hard for a player to handle especially a player like Shai who thrives on making shots… he’s also spending so much energy just getting the ball. Both are having a mental toll
@D2Timxs@HoodiiBron Triple. Teamed. 1 guy guarding SGA, wemby shaded to his side. And another player playing his drive. He either forces a shot over 2 guys or makes the right basketball play and passes to his teammates which I guess is the wrong read now…
Mainstream media consensus was that nba needed to bring back the midrange and physical basketball and then a team with an all time great midrange scorer and a physical defense comes along and it’s just nothing but hatred you can’t make it up