Everyone would be wise to take a step back and exercise some patience in this situation… There’s just too many unknowns, and so many questions out there.
It may take a few days or even a week or two, but the facts will come out. Take a step back and breathe.
Dort has a huge cult following. Fans were chanting his name.
I’m a Thunder fan.
Gotta give major props to Orlando for their success and loving how they are locking teams down with the top ranked defense in the league.
What are other precedents with the NBA for what type of punishment to expect if this is proven true?
It’s gotta be at least a lengthy suspension from the NBA. Any examples of how the NBA had responded previously? The first name that came to my mind was Chris “Birdman” Anderson about ten years ago.
Chet is top 20 in PER, Win Shares, WS/48, BPM and VORP.
Please stop.
Yes, it is clearly Shai, Chet and Jalen, in that order.
This trio is 4.5 years younger than what the Celtics have in Tatum, Porzingas and Brown. Chet and Jalen still need a 1-2 years to develop and the Thunder don’t have the same high end players behind their core. But as the roster matures, continues to stockpile talent and make future moves, they’ll likely be at a similar level in a couple of years.
Let me get this straight.
Shai is literally top three in the NBA in PER, WS, WS/48, BPM and VORP, not to mention the highest rated non center (Jokic and Embiid) in the league.
His team is tied for the fourth best record with the third best point differential and yet he can’t get a sniff on the first, second or third team?
Your list should be revised.
Yep, Jalen had ten 4th quarter points and was instrumental in their comeback. Sorry that he’s out tonight.
It’s early but it is quite possible he’s already a top 40 player in the league and possibly higher based on some advanced metrics.
I don’t see them maintaining this winning percentage.
In fact, I see them going something like 10-8 for the rest of this calendar year and that would put them at 17-12. That is on pace for 48 wins, which would surpass my preseason expectations.
OKC should be ranked in the top ten in most any power rankings right now because they are tied for the 7th best record, 6th best point differential and, according to Basketball Reference, they are currently ranked both 8th in offensive and 8th in defensive efficiency.
Their schedule is quite difficult over the next couple of weeks, so we’ll see how the second youngest team in the league responds.
Grant Williams probably thought Dennis was Chris Rock.
Yep, I was angry yesterday with Bally’s too, because I was forced to upgrade my app on my phone at tip-off (even though I had just been on a few minutes before the start of the Detroit game) and then my app wouldn’t open for the rest of the night. Tonight it finally accepted my password on my phone after being off of it for a day.
So I get home to watch it on delay only to be automatically logged out and then it wouldn’t accept my password. It still hasn’t allowed me to log into my TV at home. So frustrated. I paid for the entire season up front or else I would’ve just cancelled my subscription. It’s one issue after another with this POS company and app.
What about a defensive lineup of Chet, Kenrich, Jalen, Shai and Cason/Dort.
Julius Randle is A.
Basketball Reference has five advanced stats and this is where Chet Holmgren ranks in each of the five: 16th PER, 9th Win Shares, 7th WS/48, 12th BPM and 13th VORP.
We’re only twenty percent of the way through the season and advance stats identify Chet as no worse than a top 20 player this season. In fact, his aggregate score of all those advanced metrics has a ranking of 11.4.
Is he already a top twenty player?