You failed to mention that Westbrook and James Harden, as well as Durant, will all be re-united in the All Star Game also. Will be great to see them together again.

Here’s hoping the Thunder beat the Spurs to get back to home court advantage in the conference playoff, by getting the hometown crowd all rev-up and ready to support their local team.

Another thing to watch is seeing if the Thunder can get the monkey off their backs by watching videos on how Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks beat the Heat twice and Wizards, Clippers, Detroit, Boston, Utah, Portland, Milwaukee Golden State, Chicago and Memphis beat the Heat once!

So far the Thunder has not been successful with the Heat yet and really needs to focus on how to defend and be offensive minded to take are of the trio.

Maybe the Thunder has now have the right combinations with the second unit doing just fine and getting better acclimated to get things going.

Harden likes to drive the ball with a slow and quick motion to the basket or hesitation drive, while Westbrooks style is just drive hard and see what happens. That is, get to score, get blocked, be charge offensively or just land to the floor without a call or simply called a Kamikaze style of playing ball.

Harden distributes the ball and does not hold the ball too long, while Westbrook is the opposite.

Harden is a shrewd player with a combination of lay-ups, jumpers and three pointers, while Westbrook is more of an instinctive player that suits a shooting guard than a point guard.

Both players can rebound and quick with stealing the ball, but Harden is a passer and will give up the ball for an assist.

Westbrook this couple of games has been more mature with the ball, giving out assists, passing it and wants to win the game rather than be the highest scorer, but lose the game.

We shall see how the next half of the season turns out, but it all depends on the coach, players and Presti!

They are hesitant to say that Westbrook can bring this team to the level last year. According to them Westbook needs to involve all the team members and making people around him better. He has not done that todate. Now comes the point where he (needs to be) like, ‘Oh, I’ve got to make the guys around me better.’

Another part that needs to change is Brooks pattern of substitutions. If he cannot change on the fly, it will not be a good match-upfor the Thunder. Like, “I look at Scott Brooks,” said Steve Smith. “You can’t keep playing Perkins if you’re playing the Heat, who plays small ball, and he can’t take advantage.”
Barkley agreed.

Go for mismatches, strengths nd weakness of the opponent cmparin the Thunder’s own. Lay it all on the line with his players on how to get the best of the game or fall short doing it.

The Thunder, Kenny Smith said, might struggle not having a secondary playmaker to complement Kevin Durant.

“Will Westbrook be that guy? Because (Harden) was the playmaker,” Smith said. “That’s going to be difficult, because the value of James Harden doesn’t show in the regular season. It’s only going to show in the playoffs. And he’s a big-time scorer, a big-time player, as we see.”
Steve and Kenny agreed that the Thunder should look for help before the trading deadline passes in two weeks.

“For Oklahoma City,” said Kenny Smith, “anything less than getting back to the Finals is not going to be a successful season.”
Barkley, of course, got the last word. “Nah,” he said, “they got to win it.”

With that in my mind, how’ll Prest do it and who are the available prospects to fill the gap for point guard and center positions?