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The OKC Thunder are currently averaging 50/41/87 AS A TEAM (alien.top)
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After the draft, Chet said he thought he could be 50/40/90. Did he bring this dream to the rest of OKC?

The Oklahoma City Thunder are shooting a blistering 55.5% from 2, 41.0% from 3, and 86.7% from the line. This is the recipe for their hot start despite being consistently out-rebounded night after night.

Is Chip Engelland a god after all? Obviously this has to come back to down Earth at some point, right?… right?

Source: https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/OKC/2024.html

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[–] tree-hugger@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

OKC looking st0rmy

[–] The1Drumheller@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Chip Engellend for assistant coach of the year

[–] siphillis@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

So glad we let him walk to save a few pennies.

[–] Todemax@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I cant say for sure that we are this good efficiency-wise but for sure we are a damn great free throw shooting team. Our worst starter at free throws is Giddey and I really don't even think hes that bad at them. Shai and Chet look like they could easily average 90+% for a long time, JDub looks like an upper 80's free throw guy at worst and I don't see Lu being any worse than upper 70%s.

Then on the bench you have these dawgs like Cason Wallace who as a rookie hardly misses any shots in general when he takes them much less misses any free throws (I think he might literally be 100% this season on them no joke). Isaiah Joe doesn't miss anything really either. Goddamn big man Jaylin Williams has a nice free throw stroke to go along with his pretty good three point shot. Aaron Wiggins is an efficient mofo. Micic seems solid enough at the line. Even Dieng when he plays makes free throws. Its quite crazy to see. I think we legitimately have a chance to be one of the greatest free throw shooting teams ever.

Oh yeah Kenrich is godawful at free throws though he seems to be the outlier.

[–] jocro@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I cant say for sure that we are this good efficiency-wise

Oh I can - we're definitely not this good. That 41% mark from deep is not just leading the league this year, it's on par with the 15-16 Warriors and the SSOL Suns as the second or third highest percentage of all time. They'll definitely cool off a little.

The guys to monitor will be Lu and Chet, who are both en fuego at 46% at pretty high volume right now. Lu's form does look better and Chet has great touch, but I'd be amazed if they both finish above 40%, honestly even high 30s would be a success as far as I'm concerned.

[–] YouWannaSeeADeadBody@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Lu is also taking only open 3s, compared to past seasons where he was heaving off the dribble a lot though. Although im sure it still comes down

[–] Fitaleidoscope@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At what point do we start to consider them dark horse championship contenders?

[–] butterbeancd@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Once they figure out how to rebound consistently.

[–] Cloudz777@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Someone tell me this is sustainable please

[–] siphillis@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

They are currently the most efficient scoring team in NBA history. They're a whopping 1.9 TS% better than the 2017 Warriors. I wouldn't rule it out, but there's a lot of season left.

[–] Mobile-Entertainer60@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Probably not if only because the entire rotation except Kenrich and JWill have been healthy, and stars missing games leads to role players getting inefficient looks. That said, it's not a stretch to say this is the best-shooting Thunder team ever.

[–] catfish_dinner@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

this is sustainable

[–] scofieldslays@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

it's not.

[–] pkeller001@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I would say not but even dropping off a good amount the Thunder will still win a lot of games.

[–] bweeek@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Not a chance. That said, they are generating a ton of wide open looks - 3rd in the league in shot frequency with closest defender 6+ feet away

[–] -vinay@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I got you fam. This is for sure sustainable

[–] rice_bledsoe@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

S u s t a i n a b l e

[–] AnkitPancakes@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Our offense is great, our defense is better

[–] siphillis@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At what point do we start to consider them dark horse championship contenders? They have all the pieces.

[–] ionospherermutt@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I’m so ready for Wolves-Thunder in the western conference finals. A rematch of last years final play-in game.

[–] RumpOldSteelSkin@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What happens when you take 'Where Did He Come From Where Did He Go' Isaiah Joe out of the equation?

[–] Johnpecan@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Why is Adam Silver allowing this to happen?!?

[–] No_Brilliant5888@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You'll rarely take a bad shot with SGA is on your team

[–] JerseyBoyzSports@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Okc is going to be great for years . They are drafting really well and Sam presti the GM makes really good trades . Hes top3 active GMs on my list . And they have so many draft picks left . Once these guys develop they will be a problem for the rest of the league .

[–] 123-4321@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Derek Harper approves this thread title

[–] imthinkingdescartes@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

how the hlel

[–] pninify@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Maybe even crazier is they are only 6th in offensive rating despite that cuz they turn the ball over and are last in offensive rebounding.

[–] fuqqkevindurant@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

No, we dont have to come back down to earth. smokes more hopium

[–] Deusselkerr@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You look at their roster and you really can't see what "win now" move they could make that would really be worth it. Giddey and several firsts for a better point guard? He's playing really well and is cheap as hell. Literally what move could they make? A big man? It would have to be an MVP level guy and they aren't available.

Dort + Bertans + picks for Siakam maybe? It's really hard to say what they should do