The four-core team averaged 79 points per game, was only 22 years old, and was the most successful team to rebuild in the past three years
On January 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Thunder sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Green Army, the result of this game is estimated to be known to everyone, the Green Army once fell behind by 15 points in the fourth quarter, they relied on Tatum and Boshen to chase down to only 2 points, but the Thunder's young players withstood the pressure, they relied on solid free throws, and finally defeated the opponent 127-123, ushered in a 5-game winning streak and ended the opponent's 6-game winning streak.
In this game, Tatum scored 30 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists, Porzingis got 34 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Brown scored 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
On the side of the Thunder in this game, their four less play was also very good, Alexander shot 14 of 22 from the field, 3 of 5 from three-point range and got 36 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal, Holmgren scored 14 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks, Jalen Williams got 16 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and he scored 8 points in the final quarter is the key to the team's victory. Giddey had 23 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in the game, and the four cores combined for 89 points, which was also very good.
After the Thunder win, they are now in second place in the West with a 23-9 record, and they can not rely on luck to get to this position, but with a record and prestige with excellent play, in the past two weeks, they have defeated the Timberwolves, Nuggets, Clippers and Green Army, the championship favorites, because of their excellent play, today the Thunder media also posted pictures to ask: Is Presti the right person to rebuild?
For now, Presti is indeed the right person to rebuild, he is the general manager of the Thunder, and the Thunder single-handedly selected three people when they were three young, and all three of them became MVPs, but because of 6 million, he made the Thunder miss the best chance to win the championship, and if he spent an extra 6 million to keep Harden, the Thunder may have a chance to create a dynasty. After the three young men left the team one after another, the Thunder began a new rebuild.
Wei Shao left the team in exchange for Paul, George in exchange for Alexander, in the 19-20 season thought that this season the Thunder would begin to rebuild, but they did not do this, but let Paul teach Alexander how to win, under Paul's guidance Alexander rose quickly, and then in the summer of 20 Paul was traded to the Suns, and the Thunder began to rebuild. In the 20-21 season, the Thunder were second-to-last in the West, but they only won the No. 6 pick in the first round, and the team got Josh Giddey.
In the 21-22 season, the team is still the second-to-last in the West, but this year they won the list of picks, got Holmgren, and got Jalen Williams with the No. 12 pick, last season Alexander and Giddey relied on excellent play to lead the team to the play-offs, this season the team proved that they have completed the rebuild with excellent performance, as far as it is now, looking at the entire league in the past 3 years of rebuilding of the team, the Thunder is the best, compared to the Pistons, Rockets, The Magic and Walkers are more successful.
Presti is still continuing his excellent draft vision, Giddey sacrificed data for the team this season, transitioned to play 3D, he did a good job, so far this season can average 12.2 points, 6 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, shooting 45%, three-point shooting rate 36%, he is only 21 years old, he used to be a main point guard player, and last season he also averaged 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists per game, if it were not for the sacrifice of data, it is estimated that he would be able to play a star-level performance this season.
The team used the No. 12 pick in the first round to get Jalen Williams, who averaged 17.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1 steal per game this season, with a shooting rate of 52% and a three-point shooting rate of 43%.
Holmgren's season is actually his first season, he was reimbursed last year due to injury, so far this season he has averaged 17.6 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.7 blocks per game, shooting 54% from the field and 40.7% from three-point range, in terms of the top three picks in the 22nd class, Holmgren is the existence with the highest ceiling, he has a chance to compete with Wemban's league face in the future, and he is only 21 years old this season.
This season, the 25-year-old Alexander has played in the top ten in the league, he can average 31.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 2.6 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 55%, three-point shooting rate 33%, according to this play, he has a chance to win the regular season MVP this season. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Thunder? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.