Chet Holmgren with a big game 1 performance: 24 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 3 BLK
Chet Holmgren with a big game 1 performance: 24 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 3 BLK, 0 TOV, 9-17 FG, 2-2 3P, 4-4 FT, +10
SGA 18/3/6/1/2 8-15 FG, 2-3 FT
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401871326
Very underrated player just because Wemby exists
Legit a top 3 rim protector in the league (Wemby Rudy and Chet) by most metrics and combining that with his ability to space the floor makes him a guy that elevates the ceiling of any team
Lots of people say “well he’s not a 1st option” but I’d rather have a player that elevates a good team to great than a mid-tier 1st option that gives a 35 win team 45 wins it’s the exact same as the discourse with Klay and Draymond back in the day comparing their impact to more ball-dominant players
I had to learn to appreciate Chet’s skillset because he does a lot for the team.
And he doesn’t care about touches. Sometimes I wish he was more aggressive, but he just plays in the flow of the game and plays his role as a #2 pick
It’s one of his best qualities. He typically opens the game with 10 straight points and finishes with 5 the remainder. Never demands anything and never complains. Get blocks, get dunks, smoke weed.
Any time you mention Chet you get “well he’s not Wemby”. People completely ignore Chet’s skill, it’s crazy. He’s the 2nd best rim protector in the league and has gotten a lot better on offense. He hasn’t even hit his ceiling either. The fake Wemby beef and comparisons have killed any conversation about Chet himself.
Chet is a really good player but he’s not even close to being the same caliber of rim protector as Wemby or Gobert. I’m not even positive that he’s the 3rd best rim protector either
You deadass just proved my point by comparing him to Wemby bro lol
That was amazing
You can’t make this shit up lol. I comment saying you can’t mention Chet without Wemby comparisons and he replies me comparing Chet to Wemby. Unreal
Bro just walked right onto that fuckin’ rake like a Looney Tune. lmao
Allowed sub 48% at the rim this season which is lower than Gobert and Wemby btw lol
Player who gets to choose his contests has a better success rate, news at 11!
So Wemby, who was at 53.8%, and Gobert, who was at 54.2%, are considered no question top 3 defenders but Chet, who was at 47.7%, somehow isn’t?
Where’s your logic? Because Chet is great in overall DFG%, rim defense, is capable of defending on the perimeter, and is one of the best drop coverage bigs in the league
Bro is sensitive that Chet is passing Gobert as a rim protector and ranked higher than him in DPOY voting
You can tell he is a hater of chet. Chet is better then Rudy ever was. Rudy is Hella uncoordinated and can’t even make a free throw.
Because they have massively different roles, I have no interest in getting caught fighting the Thunder circlejerk I should have saved this for a different thread.
Acting like you’re getting unfairly blitzed when you haven’t provided any stats or evidence on why Chet isn’t a T3 defender, im so sure lol
I guess Chet’s best defender in the world if I want because “vibes” LMAO
You’re the one claiming that Chet is a better defender than a unanimous DPOY and a 4x DPOY and you brought a single stat to the table. Learn ball
No one said he was better than wemby.
And Gobert as good as he is, he isnt as good as he was 2⁄3 seasons ago. Chet vs Gobert is a legitimate conversation.
?????
Who else would be 3rd??
Trae Young, you all just forgot because he was injured this year.
He is way.better then Rudy
Remember we were an 8th seed, and Chet as a rookie brought our floor to the 1 seed. He is everything to this team
werent you a 1st seed w chet missing most of the season?
He missed 50 games yes. But that team had more experienced, Hartenstein/Caruso additions and pretty much every player was better than in the 23⁄24 season.
Chet was the only legit big in that season. Last year we had hart and jaylin was starting to round into a decent option.
Not the same situation
so chet… didnt bring you guys to 1st seed
Team jumped from 13th defense to 4th just by adding him (only major addition). The team also didnt have a single playable big the season prior (we had a wing starting at C).
Chet was the biggest difference between that playin team to a 57 win team, plus the internal growth of the young guys.
Comparing OKC 23⁄24 to 24⁄25 is a bad faith argument, those teams were not close in terms of solutions, experience and talent
The narrative bro
Pretty sure we were 10th actually the year before he played
no shame in being an elite supporting piece on a team that actually wins. lots of guys in nba history could’ve achieved a lot more if they were willing to play that role.
To the wemby point, its really dumb when peoples response to a good chet game is “wemby better”. Well yeah wemby is top 3 in the league obviously lol
If Wemby didn’t exist he absolutely gets more credit for his play. I think his opponent FG% when matched up with them was actually lower than Wemby at a higher volume as well.
The thunder wouldn’t be where they’re at without him. He also played the 3rd most games out of all of them and he does it at a high level. That 24-58 tank season was worth it.
Per regular season stats, Chet is statistically the best rim defender in the league
Tbf they ask way more out of Wemby than Chet I feel like
sure he’s just referencing opponent FG% at the rim when guarded by Chet
Chet doesnt even get to play most of his minutes at his best position
Rudy and Wemby don’t play more than half their minutes with another rim protector in a guy like Hartenstein however and another big in Jay Will. Heck I cbf checking the minutes but I’d say less than 5-10% of Wemby or Rudy’s overall minutes were with another big all season.
OKC has a defensive twin towers combination that is the best in the league and run rotations like Cleveland. Chet still has great numbers when another big is off but that shows you how much energy he gets to conserve with other bigs in the lineup, it helps balance out their lineups and something the Spurs and Minny wish they had.
He led the league in DFG% at the rim this season and last (30 games).
In his rookie season, while playing the 5 full time and surrounded by a worse defensive team, he had elite numbers too. For reference (and im not saying he is a better rim protector than Wemby, because he isnt), in his rookie year he contested 2 more shots than wemby this season (6 vs 8) and had 3% better DFG%. Just to put in perspective how great he was playing as a 5 in his rookie year without as much help.
Chet is just an outstanding defender
I remember having a lot of conversations in the offseason about how if you replace Chet with Paolo OKC would still win a ring. Too many people think getting the highest ppg players make a team elite.
He’s played 3 seasons of NBA and OKC have been 1st seed all 3 times.
In that first season he played, OKC had no other bigs and he played 92⁄92 regular season and playoff games in a year where he played his first NBA game. He was close to or as important as SGA to reach that record that season.
He’s the perfect addition to an contending team. Just a net positive in so many areas of the court.
Yeah I’ve seen it since he was at Gonzaga, he really doesn’t mind playing second banana and will still play hard even if he’s not getting all the touches someone of his skillset might normally get. He’s a great culture guy too, and I think he started some of the things like brining teammates to post-game interviews (he did that at GU too). He’s a really ideal second man.
We are seeing how rudy is helping twolves win. Rockets should have traded for Jaden
Rudy is overrated
Chet is this generation’s Bosh, right? Could be first option for a team with a first-round playoff exit as its ceiling, or 2nd/3rd option for a championship team. Underrated by fans who don’t see the breadth of his skillset and all the ways he can contribute to winning.
If Chet plays like this all playoffs, the Thunder are winning the title without breaking a sweat.
I think they’ll still sweat against the Spurs/Wolves but def would pick Thunder in the series
HE STEPPED UP TONIGHT IF WEMBY DIDNT EXIST HE BE DPOY REMEMBER THAT FOLKS
CHETTYSBURG ADDRESS
His 3P shot has improved a lot this year. It looks like he’s stopped doing the pump fake and drive and just committed to shooting over the defender closing out.
his shot was so damn slow last year in comparison
It was slow this year too. He changed his form and has gradually sped it up as the season has gone on.
I think he also just embraced he is 7’ and will probably just shoot over whoever is contesting so just commit to the shot.
Phoenix Game 1 buzzer beater at the end of the 1st was perfect for the speed and arc of his shot.
Pepperidge Farm remembers
Ausar imo
I mean can just count the votes to know so don’t need opinions
Horrendous take
How is it horrendous look at his defensive metrics
Chet averages more blocks, is second in defensive win shares near guys like amen Thompson, Wemby, Derrick white. Ausar falls 27th in this advanced statistic. Chet of course averages 3 times the blocks, and fosters a paint presence that led his team to be 1st in defensive team efficiency.
I also hate typing this out as a okc hater, but some of you have such horrendous takes that need to be corrected
Ausar has a higher defensive epm than chet though, and other defensive metrics. Not everything is rim protection.
DPOY voting us out and Chet was a clear 2nd. 239 points with Ausar 3rd with 60.
Chet gets underrated because Wemby exists. People wanna act like a dpoy level defender who can space the floor and give you 17-20 a night on 55% shooting is a bad player somehow.
He’s underrated cuz he’s got no rizz. Same reason SGA isn’t the face of the league.
Rough thing to read this
Truth hurts lol
Why?
Cause it’s dumb as fuck
Yes it’s dumb as fuck that chet is laughed at for the most well known thing any him is being Wemby’s bitch when he himself is an all star but that’s basketball fans for you lol
Ur right, those 2 are the pinnacle of cool.
Go to sleep nephew
Y’all lost some rizz losing to the hobbled timberwolves
Chet’s 6 dunks tonight were just one off his season high and tie the most by a player against the Lakers this season
Yo if you wanna dunk the ball play against deandre ayton
Chet love in r/nba ?? We’re so back
I’ll be shocked if this hits 1k upvotes
Yeah currently at 300 r/nba ain’t gonna let that happen lol
If this was a Wemby statline in a win it would get 2k upvotes
It is what it is 🤷♂️
Better than that bum Pilgeous
Fry
Stole his powers, Shai changed up his gimmicks this year.
Chet putting up that line with zero turnovers in a playoff game is crazy and shows how composed he already is under pressure.
the zero turnovers is such an improvement from him. last year this time he’d get a rebound and go coast to coast just to dribble it off his leg out of bounds. experience matters.
Dawg sometimes he looks like Leatherface running down the court dribbling. Just so out of control and wacky looking lol. So glad he refrained from that tonight. It typically never ends well
Having spacers with him out there so defenders don’t hound him when he drives has been a huge difference. McCain and Joe out there with him with either Shai or Ajay opens the driving lanes up for him a lot. Makes it more comfortable to rise up and shoot over smaller guys too.
And not just zero turnovers but zero fouls too. Dude was laser focused.
Chet was more impactful than wemby was in g1 of their respective series.
100%
Im deciding if I want to try to “well actually 🤓” this or not.
Ive decided no. Chet played better. The defense will rest.
Great game from Chet
One of the most underrated aspects of his game is his ability to fill the stat sheet without the team really running any specific plays for him. Everything he gets is in the flow of the game or created by him finding mismatches or spacing the floor well. Incredible game from him.
Best player on the floor tonight really good from Chet
Can’t even hate on okc anymore, literally nobody is gonna be able to stop them for the next 4-5 years
I wouldn’t even call this a big game. It’s a normal Chet Holmgren performance. He is cracked and way better than Wemby.
And you wonder why people hate thunder fans
If he was #1 option and built team around him he would have the same or better stats then wemby.
I watched a #1 option Chet game once when SGA and Jdub were out and he dropped 3 points.
Congrats, you’ve posted the dumbest comment I’ve ever seen on this subreddit
I knew a couple Thunder fans would go overboard. Its their night. They can have it lol
Making me reconsider my opinion of him. Always saw him as an Aaron Gordon/Derrick White elite role player, but he seems to be able to create for himself and have a versatile offensive bag. I think he earned his all-star selection. Obviously a lock for 1st team all-defense.
Do you wear prescription eyeglasses?
Some people will just out themselves on this forum with how little ball they know. It’s truly amazing.
I really hope San Antonio makes it bc I want to see Chet vs Victor
I’m surprised LeBron is guarding him
This was a great game from our boy Abe! I hope he continues this performance!
Pedestrian three blocks
0 goaltends tho
i remember seeing a post saying he has won a championship in every team he’s played since elementary or high school. Guy’s just a winner.
Noone in these first two matchups can stop him.
somebody explain to me what JJ was thinking putting Austin Reaves on Chet
Wemby fans finna downvote this to hell
Lol feels like when I wake up tomorrow our post-game thread will be on page 2, far below the Cavs thread and below the Wolves from yesterday too.
Tune in next time to find out!
I love Chet. Great game tonight
3 blocks is not impressive. Not this week.
Damm he sucked then
Obviously /s but add 10 to make the news