Can a young team win an NBA championship?
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2024
- Are the Oklahoma City too young to win an NBA title? Do they need more experience? This detailed film breakdown and scouting report explores OKC's dominant regular season, their offensive versatility, coaching and more in comparison with other good young teams in NBA history and the youngest NBA title contenders of the 3--point era.
**All ages in the video are weighted by minutes played, based on player ages on February 1st of a given year.
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That OKC Team back then is still the biggest What If in NBA HISTORY..
The stat about their starters having combined less playoff experience than rookie Jayson Tatum is nuts haha
As a Thunder fan, I can say that a lot of us aren't concerned with whether they win it this year. They've already more than surpassed our expectations. Unlike most teams, we have several more years of this to look forward to.
When they go "small" around Chet, I think the shortest player on the floor is Jalen Williams at 6'5. Every other OKC player on the floor is in the 6'6-6'8 range. In the words of Jalen Rose, "they're not playing small. They're playing perimeter."
I would love to see a video detailing what separates the regular season from the playoffs. I know it’s an intuitive thing we all know but still it’d be a informative watch with your insight.
It's in theory possible just really really hard and hasn't been done before. The closest a young team got was the Orlando Magic in 1995. Nick Anderson choking on free throws destroyed them mentally though and they weren't the same after game 1 and got swept. Edit: Didn't realize the 77 Blazers had that young of an average age. TIL.
If any really young team could win a championship while being really young, I'd expect this young OKC team to be able to do with how poised they've been against top tier team's.
You are the best basketball RUclips channel by a mile, honestly. Great analysis, great editing, great music, great everything.
All I know is that we’re headed towards a Denver/Oklahoma series and I’m so ready for it.
The thing is OKC plays like a bench of vets who love basketball and their leader SGA is one of the smoothest poised dogs I've seen.
The trio of SGA, Holmgren and JDub is as good as any other in the NBA and when you have that kind of firepower you've got a chance to win any playoff series. SGA is their leader and that dude ain't gonna be scared once the playoffs start in fact I think he'll even take it up a notch. They've got enough pieces to the puzzle to win a championship right now but Daigneault is going to have to come with some defensive schemes to offset a size disadvantage they'll face. I have confidence he can do it because he's a great coach.
It's not the their age that gives me pause; it's the fact that this is their core's first REAL playoff push. Shai played one playoff series, and the only real notable teammate from then that's still around is Lu Dort. It'd be fine if they got to the 2nd round a bunch of times or if they lost a bunch of times in the 1st round, but that's not the case.
Every young team who eventually won it all/made the finals had to get bounced in the playoffs once or twice. Bulls, lakers, thunder, warriors. It's like a rite of passage!
New thinking basketball brings me so much joy. Every time
The OKC GM is such a genius...
Love your analysis as always, Ben- we would love a Wemby vs. Chet pt 3 breakdown 👍👍👍😅
Playoff defense are just different. they allow more physicality. let's see how well these young teams handle them.
That Williams pass at
Great vid, cant wait for the playoffs
Sam Presti is a top 5 GM of all time. He is a genius.