I’ll say this about Shai, JDub, and Coach Mark’s comments in the postgame presser:
‘Honest, direct, spot on, and what I knew I would hear from these three guys. It’s why I respect them.’
All of the questions asked were what I would describe as good questions minus the obligatory Pre-K nonsense Little Nick Gallo is paid to ask by Sam Presti and Clay Bennett.
Why the Thunder organization after sixteen years still suscribe to this mode of self fluffery is beyond me? It’s even worse than the fathead Robert Allen roaming Mike Gundy’s sideline. These are actually two of the things Jim Traber and I would agree upon.
You know, basketball is like life, man. Sometimes it doesn’t go your way. It can knock your ass down…sometimes hard. But this is where you as a group find out about yourselves. Discover as a collective group how to get better each time you take the floor.
But from an objective, extremely knowledgeable, confidant NBA blogger like myself who can take the step back unlike the Little Nick Gallos of the NBA landscape please consider the following.
If I were coaching this team…these are the things I would emphasis to my team moving forward:
1 Chet didn’t play.
2 Despite the fact we were horrid our defense still held the Bucks to 97 points.
3 I as your coach have to do a better job implementing an offensive scheme on nights when we’re not creating live ball turnovers and shooting the three very well. What I’m saying here is that on these rare nights… we need to learn how to beat the other five best teams in the league playing at a slower pace and not jacking threes when they’re not falling.
4 Run back faster. Play harder. Nah, man. That was just for Little Nick Gallo and Royce Young. I’m just shitting with you there.
Keep your head up, Thunder. Just learn from this and GET BETTER!
God is good, guys. It’ll be okay.
MJ