@mitchy5280 @neverbeenequal The Hawks had no true superstar. This thunder team does. That alone makes that comparison invalid

@PG_ARUL @ThunderChats A massive size advantage against LA compared to last season vs Dallas. Last season Dallas was far scarier for OKC than OKC vs LA this year

@PG_ARUL @ThunderChats No you have about one guy to give six fouls who’s a total liability in a playoff series otherwise. Pretending otherwise is insane. Not to mention Hayes will be barely playable in his own right against OKC’s centers

@AhmariMc11 @BradeauxNBA They could’ve kept all 4. Role player salaries played a big part in the break up and ownership wouldn’t pay for how expensive that team would’ve been. Kendrick Perkins contract is one of the worst Presti ever gave out

@NoStoppingEli So what every player who shoots a high volume has magnet ball games. Thunder still have the best defense by a wide margin in every single metric and pose the biggest defensive challenge to LA out of any team

@Tella1Truth @Carrrlllii Hartenstein being one of the better defensive centers in the league while averaging a double double

@homelesspolster @WfromDeBall So much harder to three peat in the nfl than NBA. Can’t ever have an off night for 3 seasons in the NFL whereas you get 7 games series in basketball

@your_awannabe Just a ring. I’ll always love Russ and he’ll still be my favorite player ever but Shai would undoubtedly be the GOAT

@PG_ARUL @ThunderChats *Worse shooting series last season. No idea when it comes to career

@PG_ARUL @ThunderChats Has a better defense in the west again LA’s offense?

@PG_ARUL @ThunderChats Hayes and Len are non factors and you know that, pretending otherwise is disingenuous. Hartenstein has one of the best defensive ratings of any center this year

@clickthatfollow @prollywontmiss Which proves leaving Cleveland was the right decision then?

@PG_ARUL @ThunderChats Not really. Hartenstein and Chet against Koloko and Hayes is a laughable mismatch. DFS and Vando is fine but it’s not enough to stop Shai. OKC has the best perimeter defense in the league by a decent margin, they’re built to slow down Luka and Reaves. LeBron is the only scary one

@Spideraxe30 I feel like the item is a necessary evil, but 25 armor and 12% reduction was just way too strong. Honestly could even go back to 20 armor as well and it’d still be pretty strong

@OMGItsShweeb @Spideraxe30 I thought Tabi’s was super shit when they nerfed it to 8%. They had to buff it back not too long after

@S75701094 @Duckbeak1210 @stepbackshai I’m aware that both teams have haters lol. But how much of it is actual analysis vs hating. OKC is a defensive team. How does that not translate to slower playoff games?

@arkaavs Holmgren and Hartenstein vs Hayes and Koloko LMAO

@S75701094 @stepbackshai Yeah but teams don’t really get regular season merchant labels after a singular playoff run. Mavericks were way way better than the average 5 seed and that series was a play away from going to 7. That’s not too terrible of a series loss