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Jon Krawczynski

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

You saw what the Thunder were able to do with Shea in getting him two spots and getting him good looks against a very good defense. The Thunder are a great defense, there's no question, but I thought that Chris Finch probably didn't do a good enough job of scheming things to get Ant clean looks, but also Julius Randle, Jaden McDaniels, Nikhil Alexander-Walker, all these guys who were very,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

pretty darn good in game four were nowhere to be found in game five, like absolute no shows for the first half. And it was five on, it was one on five for Ant and just no one's going to beat that Thunder team that way.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

pretty darn good in game four were nowhere to be found in game five, like absolute no shows for the first half. And it was five on, it was one on five for Ant and just no one's going to beat that Thunder team that way.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

pretty darn good in game four were nowhere to be found in game five, like absolute no shows for the first half. And it was five on, it was one on five for Ant and just no one's going to beat that Thunder team that way.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

Yeah. I mean, I do think that there is room for internal improvement. I mean, with Jade McDaniels, Nas Reed, you know, those guys are really young guys that I think will improve upon, uh, this experience and, and figure things out. Jaden was, I thought very good for most of the series, but today was obviously not very good from a shooting standpoint. Um,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

Yeah. I mean, I do think that there is room for internal improvement. I mean, with Jade McDaniels, Nas Reed, you know, those guys are really young guys that I think will improve upon, uh, this experience and, and figure things out. Jaden was, I thought very good for most of the series, but today was obviously not very good from a shooting standpoint. Um,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

Yeah. I mean, I do think that there is room for internal improvement. I mean, with Jade McDaniels, Nas Reed, you know, those guys are really young guys that I think will improve upon, uh, this experience and, and figure things out. Jaden was, I thought very good for most of the series, but today was obviously not very good from a shooting standpoint. Um,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

But I do think that also what we have seen from this front office with Tim Connolly is he's aggressive. He will make big trades. He will he will tinker. He will do more than tinker. And I do think that going forward, one of the biggest priorities that they have in this summer is to find another ball handler that can break a defense down.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

But I do think that also what we have seen from this front office with Tim Connolly is he's aggressive. He will make big trades. He will he will tinker. He will do more than tinker. And I do think that going forward, one of the biggest priorities that they have in this summer is to find another ball handler that can break a defense down.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

But I do think that also what we have seen from this front office with Tim Connolly is he's aggressive. He will make big trades. He will he will tinker. He will do more than tinker. And I do think that going forward, one of the biggest priorities that they have in this summer is to find another ball handler that can break a defense down.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

Ant was really the only one that had any chance of doing that against the Thunder. It seemed like Nasri, Julius Randle, Nikio, they forgot how to dribble sometimes. And so I think they need to somehow, some way, I don't know how they do it, but they have to prioritize getting someone who can get their own shot and really make that happen.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

Ant was really the only one that had any chance of doing that against the Thunder. It seemed like Nasri, Julius Randle, Nikio, they forgot how to dribble sometimes. And so I think they need to somehow, some way, I don't know how they do it, but they have to prioritize getting someone who can get their own shot and really make that happen.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

Ant was really the only one that had any chance of doing that against the Thunder. It seemed like Nasri, Julius Randle, Nikio, they forgot how to dribble sometimes. And so I think they need to somehow, some way, I don't know how they do it, but they have to prioritize getting someone who can get their own shot and really make that happen.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

And Thunder have a way of making you forget how to dribble, too. Yeah. Yeah. They know they are incredibly incredible defensively. But I mean, we did see like in game three, we saw the difference it makes when you when Ant had some, you know, someone else to help him. And, you know, a 40 point win. Now, would they have done that all the time? No.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

And Thunder have a way of making you forget how to dribble, too. Yeah. Yeah. They know they are incredibly incredible defensively. But I mean, we did see like in game three, we saw the difference it makes when you when Ant had some, you know, someone else to help him. And, you know, a 40 point win. Now, would they have done that all the time? No.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

And Thunder have a way of making you forget how to dribble, too. Yeah. Yeah. They know they are incredibly incredible defensively. But I mean, we did see like in game three, we saw the difference it makes when you when Ant had some, you know, someone else to help him. And, you know, a 40 point win. Now, would they have done that all the time? No.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

But I think that if he had guys who were consistently making shots and were able to help carry some of the playmaking load, they would have just been so much harder to guard. And I just think that they were way too easy to guard. this, you know, in this series and, and, um, it made it, you know, it made Mark Dagnall's work and job pretty easy, like takeaway number five and we'll be just fine.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

But I think that if he had guys who were consistently making shots and were able to help carry some of the playmaking load, they would have just been so much harder to guard. And I just think that they were way too easy to guard. this, you know, in this series and, and, um, it made it, you know, it made Mark Dagnall's work and job pretty easy, like takeaway number five and we'll be just fine.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

But I think that if he had guys who were consistently making shots and were able to help carry some of the playmaking load, they would have just been so much harder to guard. And I just think that they were way too easy to guard. this, you know, in this series and, and, um, it made it, you know, it made Mark Dagnall's work and job pretty easy, like takeaway number five and we'll be just fine.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Thunder advance to NBA Finals

And, and so the priority in the off season has to be able to find someone or get that improvement internally from McDaniels, uh, you know, to, to, to get ant a wingman capable of creating, uh, like from the perimeter. Yeah.