Pretty much because when he does pass they miss anyways he is a bit dejected, hopefully having j wil back soon helps as he is a stretch big who forces the other team to play the perimeter a bit more

They weren’t doubling that much. Mostly just Camara or Jrue with Clingan at the rim

Yeah unfortunately that’s what they have a JDub for

He needs to start getting better at 3s not just middys or at the rim.

They’ve been doing these “series” type games since around Covid. They just don’t do it super frequently

i’ve seen it in previous years

Less airport travel is always good

The same team same arena is a new thing this year after proving to lessen the overall stress on players bodies. Both teams were better prepared and it gave a somewhat playoof felling

they started doing it a few years ago to limit travelling and preventing back-to-backs in two different cities. i dont like it as a fan but i guess its better for players

Emulating baseball to help w the injuries

I would love to see more of this, I just wish It was on a Friday Saturday next time, I would have been able to go.

It’s awesome because last season Shai cooked him. He put in the work this summer

Toumani is a great defender. Not just against Shai.

Wonder why Herb fell off. Camara is what I thought Herb would be

Should win first team all defense this year and should have won last year

He’s the best, Sperms fans will say it’s Castle, but he’s only good because he’s allowed to hang on to Shai all game and has the best rim protector of all time behind him. Camara actually plays legal defense and does a phenomenal job on Shai

he’s legit the best perimeter defender in the league right now. and he was playing ACTUAL defense and not just grabbing and hounding on SGA

yea it’s tou, herb jones, and NAW (probably dort now too)

After herb jones he is the best

Camara and Jrue are elite defensively. Camara has been better offensively than I was expecting too.

They’ve looked great against everybody except the Spurs

I think maybe he just picks his battles night to night and gets the easy Ws needed to weather the storm until guys start recovering.

I mean his scoring has fallen off too stuff he usually makes just isnt there

It’s a survival mode for OKC right now. West is just so stacked man!

if only they had the assets to make a move

Oh boo hoo hoo we’ve been hearing how deep they were for years now yall want us to feel bad for them

He’s never had a consistent 3 ball but so far this season it hasn’t been looking great

Blazers have several really gifted defenders to throw constantly at Shai. It showed in this series. Shai looked really uncomfortable at times and more annoyed than usual.

Camara is an all-NBA defender who is 6’7 and really good at denying passes to Shai.

Jrue Holiday. Nuff said.

Cissoko is a up and coming defender with the Blazers.

Deni, when he’s not carrying the offensive load, was once considered a lockdown defender. He still has moments of great defense.

He was 39.5% this season before these two games.

Very impressed with how well y’all were playing with rookies contributing.

Sure. But all the OKC homers over the last 2-3 years have been saying he’s a goat and top 5 all time.

If he were, he wouldn’t be playing so poor.