need someone to tell me if that’s good or not

OKC don’t play their best players in the starting lineup though.

Their best 5 (with Jdub out) would be Shai, Wallace, Caruso, Haternstein, Chet.

Damn, I thought it was just our defense that was atrocious last series. The Laker defense is definitely bad, but the Thunder’s depth is just at another level.

apparently everything and anything is the refs fault tho

So many people asking why spurs were chucking 3s, its cause they were exhausted af

Yeah were cooked. Even if the starters are going toe to toe, as soon as Wemby sits, its lopsided af.

Yep. It’s true of everyone, but especially Wemby. You just can’t expect your 8 foot tall dude to play a billion minutes in game 1, in a physical series, and keep it up for the rest of it.

It’s a bit of the Jokic problem. He’s so fundamental to us being a great vs good team, that you basically can’t get a backup center for him.

They’re so good and I hate it

with future draft picks in the bank, gotta give it to Presti, what a beast he has built out of young talent

and they have 2 lottery picks in this very deep draft lol it’s not fair

• league history.

The ghost of Daryl Morey

He was a +28 against a fully healthy Spurs. Kill me.

caruso winning wcf mvp is they end this in 5 right?

lakers legend Alex Caruso 💔

They’ve got him motoring around like Curry out there and it’s so fun. Guy went 2-10 from 3 today and that didn’t cause him a seconds pause and kept chucking.

I hear Jason Kidd is available

Against 28 other teams, Spurs ball movement would have been enough to generate a plethora of open looks. OKC’s ball hounds legit just get there in time to contest and make them second guess. You can tell that Vassell can get into the zen space to not be unbothered, but it’s not consistent. Champangie, wow did I expect more from him.

You’re right, there was a moment late in the 4th when the spurs were still trying to claw back where SGA was the only starter on the floor. With how the Spurs are guarding SGA, it’s no wonder the bench is going to cook.

As hype as this stat is, I have to agree. A big part of the insane bench numbers is half our starters being black holes orbiting Shai.

Well tbh it further pushes the case for some teams to bench 1-2 of their starters and save them for later. But a lot of starters’ ego will not allow that. 

Nope. Caruso has 63. Spurs bench has 64. lmao.

career highs of 33, 41, and 25 respectively.

would they get starter minutes on a really really good team tho?

Mike Muscala sends his regards

To be fair, most of his shots were coming off of the SGA doubles, so his defender was almost always out of position as soon as he got the ball.

We need to cut it out with this doubling SGA nonsense. It’s just not working.

you put jdub in touch with kyrie and get him to think he needs to get out of sga’s shadow? lol not sure what else you even can do

I SGA wins 5 chips and 5 finals MVP’s where does that place him on the list?

You hope you fleece a team for 5 FRPs in a single trade

Sam Presti straight up deserves a retirement banner in the rafters when he leaves. Can’t think of a more impactful and perseverant GM than Presti. Dude knows how create a winning franchise. Even crazier considering it’s one of the smallest markets in the NBA.

This has been the direction for smart teams for a long time now, which is crazy when you see how often teams still sell out a promising core and their entire warchest for an aging “superstar”.

You put their bench in the east and they make the 2nd round

you’re right kinda worded it wrong

it’s a record for both franchises

if only shai could see 0 spurs jerseys in front of him like the bench guys here when he tries to shoot instead of 2

Shai got hard doubled every time. Stop doubling him and lets see how much he scores.