Random NBA Observations 2015 - 2016

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@Gil Scott-Heroin

You watch them in/out way more than I do but what's really holding OKC back?

Is it just bad habits?
They got a number of issues. The offense is still largely give KD or Russ the ball (or Waiters when they're out) and have them iso or come off a pick while everybody else stands around. So when those two got it going they can beat anyone but if they're struggling or the defense is over aggressive in taking the ball out of their hands they still don't have the personnel to take advantage. They got another coach who again likes to sit both Russ and KD at the same time. They still haven't found that fifth guy they can depend on. Waiters has been solid on D but still inconsistent on offense even though he's been a lot more reserved this year and his jumper is still not where it needs to be. Roberson a damn good defender but has absolutely no jumper. Singler has just been all around horrible. It'd help to if they had a center that wasn't either a complete zero on offense or defense.
 
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@Gil Scott-Heroin

You watch them in/out way more than I do but what's really holding OKC back?

Is it just bad habits?
They've only just recently found their groove (10-2 over the last 12 games - second best record over that stretch).

Credit to @Kd35brah for posting these earlier.





Inconsistency from the second unit is the main thing - they've been playing better as a team on both ends of the court lately. But there'll be games where as you saw tonight when Waiters and other role players are not contributing anything of value and the opposition's bench comes to play. 3-pt shooting when Morrow's out of the rotation is a problem too.
 

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Reminds me of gestural abstraction where a bunch of paint is just splattered and smeared everywhere and it's called art. Harden's game would be like pornstars shooting paint capsules outta their rectums onto a blank canvas.

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And they'll sell them for 200 Million each:wow:
 
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