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Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:03 am
by Crow
Starters with Joe instead of Giddey plays 1 minute per game. Should try 10-20 and see what happens.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 6:35 pm
by Crow
Thunder are a 3rd seed right now but only 2 games above being in the 8th seed.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:01 am
by Crow
7 of next 8 games are at home but pretty tough schedule. What will the W-L split be? After that, it is 22 H - 28 R.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:44 am
by Crow
11 man rotation right now.
2+ first round picks expected next summer.
Who doesn't play next season?
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:48 am
by Crow
Conceivably, there could be reasonable deals for Santi Aldama or Gordon Hayward.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:50 am
by Crow
Thunder have surprised me... and just about everyone else.
But it is still a pretty long way to April.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:21 am
by Crow
First 3 FGM game of Micic's season.
Thunder destroyed on the boards tonight.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:13 pm
by Crow
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:49 pm
by Crow
Adding Hayward, Biyombo, possible a new 2way guy and maybe more.
Minutes allocation and lineup management will need new checks.
Biyombo is an adequate rebounder but not elite.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:15 pm
by Crow
2 way guy added a few minutes ago is Flagler.
In G league he had far lower FTA rate but also far lower turnover rate. Intentional by player and / or organization or just what happened?Flagler in conference play / harder competition shot lower 3pt fg% in 3 of 4 years. Affected or random can't immediately say. A super lightweight as a rebounder. Time will tell if these are important clues or not.
Last roster question til summer is probably does Poku remain on roster or get waived? But Sarr isn't totally secure.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:33 am
by Crow
35 pt loss tonight.
Down to 4th seed at the moment.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:47 am
by Crow
Fwiw, the month to month trajectory of the defensive ratings of all 5 starters has been steadily down all season, with just a few 1 month pauses (and one tiny upstick).
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:22 pm
by Crow
The 7 game stretch before Sunday had worst W-L record of season at 3-4. 2 recent wins gets out of that. Plenty of time left for good and / or bad streaks to affect seeding.
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:21 am
by Crow
Will 11+ man rotation whittle down to 9? Fine tune the 9 in coming weeks or just change to it in playoffs?
Re: Thunder lineup analysis and other commentary
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:11 pm
by Crow
Hayward tenure seems more likely to disappoint than please or please more than expected imo.
Defense probably limits minutes or net effective minutes. Shots will have to given up by others to amount to much and I kinda doubt folks will or will be forced to.
What happens in next few months will determine if Thunder try to retain or have much chance to do so. I start out skeptical on both.