Comments on: Thunder 92, Hornets 88

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:21:50 +0000

Nick-Your comments are usually in agreement to what the players and maybe coaches already know, but you really don’t have any opinion except to agree. That only shows you have no idea or comments as how to improve the team. It is good the Thunder won that game, but if they did not win, you are probably clueless to WTF just happen. It shows you are a moron! What is good to know is what people think about things, not all people agree, if not, it will be a perfect state.

By: Thursday Bolts – 12.13.12 | Daily Thunder.com

Thursday Bolts – 12.13.12 | Daily Thunder.com — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:37:37 +0000

[...] Darnell Mayberry: “Three things are all you need to know about this game. They are what defined this contest and ultimately made it more competitive than it perhaps should have been. Ball movement. Missed shots. Small ball. In short, the Thunder didn’t move the ball well at all in the first half, which led to an out of tune offense and one missed shot after another. Following that first-half fiasco, the Thunder finally played small, allowing it to defend better, pick up the pace and generate easier baskets. That, in a nutshell, was the ballgame.” [...]

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:33:16 +0000

Rich, let me get this straight. You want the Thunder organization to take notes from Darnell about how to improve their team and coaches? With all due respect to Darnell, WTF are you talking about? They have the best record in the league. They went to the Finals last year by beating a team that everyone in the world thought was unbeatable. They went to the WCF the year before that. They aren’t perfect, but I say we give the organization and coaches a teensy bit of credit. The organization has put together a team that will compete for a championship this year. The coaches seem to have managed the players into the best offense in the league and in the top 10 defenses. What exactly do they need to be taught?

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:19:39 +0000

From DM’s; . In the first game at New Orleans, the Thunder racked up 31 assists, a season-high. That led to 54.1 percent shooting and a 15-point blowout that wasn’t as competitive as the final margin indicated. In the second game at New Orleans, the Thunder registered 21 assists, shot 50.6 percent for the game and cruised to a 21-point victory. Tonight, the Thunder had five assists at halftime and couldn’t buy a bucket. That was a byproduct of hero ball. The ball movement was there at the very start of the game. But it quickly vanished. On far too many possessions, Thunder players tried to do it alone. It led to wild shots and, as a result, the worst offensive half we’ve seen this season.

More evidence of how ineffective the big lineup was: Brian Roberts, a 27-year old rookie who went undrafted in 2008, scored 16 points. Perkins and Ibaka combined for 13. Point being, again, the Thunder wasn’t stopping them and OKC couldn’t take advantage of its bigger bodies at all in the post.

•Brooks on why he stuck with his big lineup: “We had a lot of success doing a lot of things this year, playing big, small, with different combinations on the floor. That’s the fun part of coaching this team. We’ve got opportunities to change it up game-to-game, quarter-to-quarter. But our big lineup is really good, Perk and Serge protecting the basket and getting rebounds and helping our guards guard in pick and rolls. But there’s going to be times in an 82-game season you have to change things up, and I thought Kevin was going to give us the extra offensive energy and efficiency that we needed when he was at the 4.”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:15:15 +0000

Yeah TK I’ve read few sports sections through the years and I get they have opinions. That is why any fan can be a sportswriter, you only need an opinion, no true knowledge needed. Brooks took his team to the finals last year, lost his 3rd best player just before the season started and his team has the best record in the league. I am comfortable saying he knows better how to make substitutions than a sportswriter, with all due respect to dm’s opinion. If dm wants to provide insight tell me why brooks does what he does. I couldn’t care less what Darnell would do if he was coach.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:03:16 +0000

Want to thank Darnell about the “OKC Thunder Power Lunch chat with Darnell Mayberry” every Thursday, as it was informative and quick response Q and A with him! It was a narrative to his keen observation on the subject; NBA basketball, specially from the outside perspective of the Thunder. I just hope that the Thunder is taking notes on it and somehow follow it to guide them for a better team and coaches.

By: Ed Lova

Ed Lova — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:26:29 +0000

Looks like that rotation has gotten the Thunder the best record in the league so far. Why doesn’t everyone take a chill pill and take your World Champion Kendrick Perkins hater glasses off…

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:05:49 +0000

Kevin get a clue. Sticking to our rotation regardless of match up has plagued us for a while now. Finals were a good example. Before we went small we were getting killed by the worst team in the league smh!

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:24:18 +0000

KD a poser? That made me chuckle..

Thanks.

By: Lynn1

Lynn1 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:00:29 +0000

Dang, to read Darnell, you’d think Coach Brooks beats Reggie with a bull whip every other day and call his Mother names.

Hey, how do you get Maynor back in playing form ( who needs all the minutes he can get ) and get Reggie quality minutes also ???

There’s only so many minutes.

And that second unit has needed the minutes to integrate KMart. I gotta think developing Reggie has been on the back burner, Coach has had bigger fish to fry.

What do we expect , to pull a Pops move and sit the starters for an entire game ?