If the Thunder want to win games they need to:
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Find a BIG that can bang in the paint and still play ball the way the Thunder want to play and
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Cut Giddey’s minutes drastically.
If the Thunder want to win games they need to:
Find a BIG that can bang in the paint and still play ball the way the Thunder want to play and
Cut Giddey’s minutes drastically.
This whole “get rid of Giddey” narrative is giving me Harden vibes. How often are we gonna ask in a few years, “what if OKC never traded Giddey?” when he’s averaging 24/9/8 for the 2028 NBA Champion Chicago Bulls.
Giddey is too valuable an asset to give up on just yet. He has a lot to learn and improve on, sure. But he’s a serviceable player with the court vision of a seasoned veteran. At just 21 years old, we haven’t even seen the full potential of Josh Giddey. Let him play through this slump. Cutting his minutes won’t make him better, it’ll just shake his confidence and make him worse.