Thunder: Scott Brooks...

[Splits]

It takes time to adjust Splitty. I don't expect the Thunder to lose their two best players (by far)....and keep a .500 record. No coach....not even Pop....could just snap his fingers and get the "others" to pick up the slack left by those two guys.

I agree with a lot of people in this thread....3 wins so far (with the KEY losses of KD and Westbrook) isn't really that bad. Could it be 1 or 2 games better? Sure. Could it be 9-6 like dumbjohn suggested? Not so sure about that one....

It comes down to subs uting Pop vs subs uting Pop + his system. Pop + system and that's a .500 team. Pop in a vacuum, I agree with you.

[100%duncan]

It comes down to subs uting Pop vs subs uting Pop + his system. Pop + system and that's a .500 team. Pop in a vacuum, I agree with you.

Pop will not have a system 12 games into the season. And Pop doesn't just bring the system because the players make the system. Heck I can't even pin-point a player better than Danny Green with that roster.

[Malik Hairston]

Ya, not sure what OP is talking about, they have one of the worst rosters in the league, at the moment..

Jackson is literally their only reliable shot-creator..

[scanry]

, that roster is so awful I'm actually surprised they have won 3 games. It could have been more but obviously they won't win any close games with that roster.

Steven Adams

Them Honkies overrated Adams big time last season (and Collison in 2012).

This is an ideal time for the CBA to revise the max contracts tbh. The role players would look like this without max players tbh.

[MI21]

Them Honkies overrated Adams big time last season (and Collison in 2012).

This is an ideal time for the CBA to revise the max contracts tbh. The role players would look like this without max players tbh.

Future hall of famer Steven Adams

[DMC]

A decent coach would make better use of Jackson/Ibaka/Adams

Didn't you lose to the tiest team in the league? Just curious.

[DMC]

Ya, not sure what OP is talking about, they have one of the worst rosters in the league, at the moment..

Jackson is literally their only reliable shot-creator..

And you're using "reliable" as lightly as you possibly can without saying "questionable".

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

I thought Ibaka could step up in situations like this one but apparently not. Jackson is their only creator, as mentioned, and he's chucking at Westbrook level. Their roster is and they don't have a system, so 3-12 is about right even with a very favorable schedule so far.

The only team that could lose their 2 best players and still be around .500 are the Spurs.

[Splits]

Future hall of famer Steven Adams

next Laimbeer

[JohnnyMax]

Reggie Jackson = Kevin Love

He's putting empty stats and one of the games they won was without him.

[Franklin]

Didn't you lose to the tiest team in the league? Just curious.

They didn't lose to the Sixers imho, but still

[FkLA]

dumbjohn2oo8 strikes again tbh.

[BatManu20]

Good news for them is that they play the Jazz, Knicks, Sixers, Pistons, and Bucks next, so they should win at least 3 or 4 of those tbh.