Bryce Simon
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first heard Nov 2024
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That is fascinating, Alex, because I was thinking about that last night. I was like, I'm going to go on slam and jam and say that I think OKC is creating better looks. And I bet somebody is going to throw stats at me that say I'm wrong. And so luckily you said it and I didn't have to. I can just agree. No, I'm I think they got some good.
Like, do you think how often does OKC give up a look that they don't want to give up? You know what I mean? Like how many of those are like, I'm not saying you strategically leave Jade McDaniels open in the corner, but you, it's the NBA. You have to give up something. Right. And it's just like, in regards to that, I just, I think OKC is relentless.
And I think they dictate what they want from you outside of Julius in the first half game one. And aunt did, you know, aunt's going to get his at times. Cause aunt's incredible. Like aunt is, is really, really good. And I, I actually thought his process was OK last night. I think he had like six assists and no turnovers. Is that right? I think he had no turnovers. Yeah, no turnovers last night.
So it's just I agree with you. And I don't know how they class it and maybe it just seems like OKC does contest everything would be my issue with that stat. But maybe I'm off. Maybe I just think that that's what happens and it's not what's actually going on.
Listen, I usually support Gobert. I just don't think it's been great. And this was like I said earlier, I just it's not always the defense. It's that he can't punish anybody on the offensive end. You know, he just he struggles to catch the ball. And then if he does catch the ball, he struggles to actually put it in the basket. You know, he's averaging three and a half points on three.
38% from the field. He averaged less than 10 in the series before and eight in the series before that. And even the percentages aren't great because you know where every shot attempt is coming from. And what you said about the mid-range is something I thought about Like, okay, he's deterring them from getting to the rim against a lot of teams. That matters a lot.
Does it really matter against an SGA J dub led Oklahoma city thunder team? That is perfectly fine. Pulling up at 15 feet and knocking down that shot consistently. We even saw it when they went zone three different times. three different times when, when Minnesota went zone Caruso did it back to back.
And then Chet did it in the third quarter, got to the middle of the zone and felt very comfortable hitting a little shot from eight to 10 feet before he could get, they they're just very smart about not attacking him where he can make more of an impact.
Um, yeah, I don't mind them going to that. Like with that lineup, you have, you know, you're essentially playing five out. You have five guys that can really attack off the bounce, can shoot it. Um, I mean, that's probably what you have to find here in terms of like, you got to find a way to score the ball if you're, if you're Minnesota. Right.
Um, and then hope that OKC has a game where they, they don't make shots. Cause I think if OKC makes shots, like, they're winning. Like they're just going to win because they're that good.
My thing is, again, this OKC, I know I sound like I'm giving OKC a lot of credit, but like I think they deserve it because it's not just the players, but the way that they were, you know, constructed and how Dagnall makes decisions, which I've really loved his rotate. I've really appreciated. OK, I'm playing this hot hand like what Kinrich played yesterday.
He came in and played a little bit more in game one, scored like eight points. He goes to him in game two. It doesn't look as good. And then he only plays him two minutes and keeps him out. Like I just, I always appreciate that diagonal. It seems to have a really good pulse on that stuff.
But to your, to answer your question, I don't know that there is something specifically that just going to really cause the thunder issues because they can match it. You want to go small? We'll go small. We have the guys that can defend you on the perimeter and, And so I just struggle to figure, I understand Minnesota trying different things.
I just don't know if they're going to find one that has consistent success throughout a series.
So here's the thing. So think about that. Like, that's a good change up, right? Like, let's throw out Daniels and not Dante Nas. And offensively, that's really interesting. Defensively, run around, scramble, put two on Shea, scramble out of it, whatever. Guys, if that's not your identity, that's something that works for a couple minutes, not for a couple games. You know what I mean?
It's like whenever people were saying, hey, Minnesota should go zone because it worked for Denver. I went back through and looked at all of my Minnesota game notes. And I'm not saying I like take... great notes always on zone possessions, but usually I make note of it for a team because it shows up.
And I'm like, Sam, I don't have a whole lot of notes on zone being something they were great at or whatever. It's like, so then you try to go to it in the biggest moment of the season. How much confidence do the players even have in that strategy, let alone the coach? So it's hard to get away from your identity at this point in the season whenever there's more on the line now than at any point.
So I tracked two possessions of it in game one. One, they immediately gave up the baseline cut to Hartenstein and he got the lob. The second one was a tough J-Dub mid-range. So like whatever, that's neutral possession defensively. In this game, like I said, I already highlighted the Caruso back-to-back ones. Chet had one.
They gave on the very first one after a timeout, they gave up a wing three-point attempt to Dubb. He misses, but then Kaysen got an offensive rebound and then I think scored a layup off of the offensive rebound. I think they had two good possessions when they went to it in the third quarter. They forced back-to-back three-point attempts that were contested from Oklahoma City.
Also, real quick, Andrew, I've texted you about this. As good as OKC is, and they are awesome, And for as much as this is a dribble pass shoot team, they might be the worst lob throwing team in the NBA. Right or wrong? Yes.
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