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JUST GET RID OF THE NBA IF WEMBY/BRUNISHER DOESNT SAVE US THIS SEASON. ONLY NERDS THINK THIS IS WATCHABLE MAN
Bad faith video. The reason the thunder are hated so much is because they don’t need to do this fouling shit to win, because they ARE GOOD. When Wemby is being held by Hartenstein the whole game with many no-calls (don’t even get me started on the Castle hair pull) we get pissed off as viewers because OKC shouldn’t be winning when they aren’t playing like they played in game 3. You wouldn’t be able to make this video in the same style covering game 2 instead because you’d see Hartenstein holding Wemby the whole time
We still gotta see what happens game 4
I've been waiting for a modern nba dynasty. Perhaps we've finally found one?
I guess “best team” and “fun to watch” are two different things now in the nba.
Everyone is too good when you're playing 8 on 5
No one can debate OKC's talent, depth and coaching. The fact that they're playing dirty on top of that just doesn't sit right with me. I know objectively they're a good basketball team. I just have a hard time rooting for them because of their antics
OKC defensively is what the 2014 Spurs were offensively.
The pressure OKC puts on ball-handlers is on another level.
And considering his number of drives and usage rate, SGA is the ball-handler and scorer with the fewest mistake to date.
Thanks to this, OKC always has the upper hand in the battle for possession.
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Love this analysis, thunder ball is just too beautiful. Thank god we get to watch this art
We, the internet delegation, admit the Thunder, are a great team, and no one is denying that. However, the delegation wants to let the Thunder know that if you are so great, there should be no stomping on feet, no pulling hair, and no flopping
They are good but at what against the SAS? They are good at flopping and hacking and holding. Big time cheats. If the refs start calling all their cheating the SAS will come back.
UNESCO team. 😭
The hack and flop boys!
SGA the Most Valuable Flopper🤣
I love watching the Thunder. They have amazing hands, connectivity, IQ, and very rarely over help. They have tremendous defenders that can play on and off-ball. They are an incredibly physical team for 48 minutes, and it gives the refs a serious problem on how to officiate it. It is easily the best defense I have seen in my lifetime, but I truly do not think the refs have figured out how to call them yet.
The calls have been wildly inconsistent across games (and even across quarters, like G3 Q3 which took an hour to finish). It is not on the Thunder to change the way they play if the refs are going to allow Ihart to maul Wembanyama and allow Shai to push off and fling himself into defenders for a call. The officials have not set a bar for how much contact is allowed and who is allowed to initiate the contact, and I think that is the bigger frustration than the ultra talented team that is playing to the whistle. I'll be interested to see how game 4 is called.
theyre both great and annoying to watch , i cant in good faith takeaway from any of their success but i will complain LOUDLY! 🤣
I’m well aware yall are good lol…but I watched Castles locs get pulled with the ref staring directly at them live…the little things like that make yall unenjoyable to watch. I also watched the ref help Hartenstein up off the floor which I don’t think i’ve ever seen in a playoff game let alone in the NBA. That one is kinda subjective on how you look at it but eh, I just wanna watch good basketball is all.
One thing that rarely gets mentioned is OKC’s coaching and organizational mindset. It’s unique nba team that is coached like ncaa/euroleague teams. If you play well you will get rewarded. If you don’t you are benched, simple as that. They close games with different lineups, they don’t have predetermined units and dedicated minutes. If you look denver, minnesota, clevelend, lakers they all have predetermined rotations in playoffs.
5 vs 8 is always too good for OKC.
its not because shai 'falls down a lot'. opening up the video with a strawman is such bait.
Alex Caruso Jump and then in the other side they can fould every posesion anyway….. so OKC for the win …. c-mon bro you have a great channel not ruined cheering for this cheater team bro
Bruh, why are all of my favorite basketball channels completely ignoring what the Knicks are doing?!?
WAW. Weak Ass Wemby. Flopper too