01-08-2020, 06:38 PM
My only worry about Adams is in the past 2 years he wore down in second half of season. Mostly from taking a beating. He started off year slightly dinged up but after mid Nov he’s been really healthy and it shows.
I fully expected a roster blowup and most local fans did too. SGA is way better than I ever thought. Dennis is playing great.
But CP is playing way better too. I read he has 109 clutch points most in NBA. But also to show how much he hated Harden this is more clutch points in 37 games than he had in 2 full years with Houston. If they had this version they likely win title in one of those years.
I fully expected to hate CP too. Did not really like him at all. He said some things at time of trade as well. But then once season started he turned on a switch and has been nothing but all team. No complaining. No not trying. He has actually embraced teaching the youngsters. He’s trying to get me to like him again and its starting to work. I looked for any excuse to not like him under assumption he would be a locker room problem. Het nothing. In fact he is having fun. He is always praising other players. He bought tailored expensive suits for the whole team. Last Sat we played in Philly so he took players and staff to Philly football game on Sun. All paid by him. Everyone was welcome not just players.
I think in Houston he was always second dog to Harden het got blame when it went bad. They did not see ehe to eye. Here, he has no pressure and has no team mate like Harden. And I think he is trying to prove he still has it. For whatever reason he is meshing with his team mates.
As for Adams, had we blown it up I only wanted him to go to Mavs. I really like him and his humor. He’s still learning too. Great pick and roll guy. But now I feel better we keep roster as is and maybe make small moves. We do need to pace his minutes though.
This season came out of nowhere for me. I had no hopes of making playoffs (and its still not a given, young players can hit rough patches in long season). So its fun with no expectations. Billy is actually a good coach too but walked into a tough deal. Now he has his players that came into his system (vice him walking into vet players who are going to be harder to change).
This is crazy when looking back over the years withe talent yet this years team is doing pretty good all things considered. I figure if we make playoffs we can rough up Lakers or Clippers a bit in first round before we bow out. Lots of ball left too.
https://twitter.com/ThunderDigest/status...5247063041
I fully expected a roster blowup and most local fans did too. SGA is way better than I ever thought. Dennis is playing great.
But CP is playing way better too. I read he has 109 clutch points most in NBA. But also to show how much he hated Harden this is more clutch points in 37 games than he had in 2 full years with Houston. If they had this version they likely win title in one of those years.
I fully expected to hate CP too. Did not really like him at all. He said some things at time of trade as well. But then once season started he turned on a switch and has been nothing but all team. No complaining. No not trying. He has actually embraced teaching the youngsters. He’s trying to get me to like him again and its starting to work. I looked for any excuse to not like him under assumption he would be a locker room problem. Het nothing. In fact he is having fun. He is always praising other players. He bought tailored expensive suits for the whole team. Last Sat we played in Philly so he took players and staff to Philly football game on Sun. All paid by him. Everyone was welcome not just players.
I think in Houston he was always second dog to Harden het got blame when it went bad. They did not see ehe to eye. Here, he has no pressure and has no team mate like Harden. And I think he is trying to prove he still has it. For whatever reason he is meshing with his team mates.
As for Adams, had we blown it up I only wanted him to go to Mavs. I really like him and his humor. He’s still learning too. Great pick and roll guy. But now I feel better we keep roster as is and maybe make small moves. We do need to pace his minutes though.
This season came out of nowhere for me. I had no hopes of making playoffs (and its still not a given, young players can hit rough patches in long season). So its fun with no expectations. Billy is actually a good coach too but walked into a tough deal. Now he has his players that came into his system (vice him walking into vet players who are going to be harder to change).
This is crazy when looking back over the years withe talent yet this years team is doing pretty good all things considered. I figure if we make playoffs we can rough up Lakers or Clippers a bit in first round before we bow out. Lots of ball left too.
https://twitter.com/ThunderDigest/status...5247063041
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