Full marks! The signing of 18+10 centers by the 87 million Thunder in 3 years is not good news for the Mavericks

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2024-07-03 16:05Posted in Beijing Sports Creators

In the regular season of the 23-24 season, the Thunder averaged 120.1 points per game. Looking at the league, it is second only to the Pacers and Celtics. However, the average score of 52.5 points on the inside is on the same level as the Jazz, Spurs, Raptors and other fish belly.

To some extent, the Thunder's offense is strong, and it is strong on the outside.

Speaking of which, we have to mention Chet Holmgren.

As an interior lineman, this 50.4% of interior shots accounted for Alexander's 46.7% is not much higher. Of course, it is understandable to consider Chet's thin figure. In other words, if the Thunder want to get close to the inside scoring problem in the short term, they have to solve it from the outside.

After the NBA free agent market opened, the Thunder signed Isaiah Hartenstein for 3 years and 87 million.

Putting aside the youthful Rockets and Nuggets periods, whether in the Clippers, Cavaliers or Knicks, Harden has been able to maintain his data at an average of 8+8 per game. Of course, this is not the main reason for getting a big contract.

Against the Bucks, Harden had a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds. Among them, 8 of 9 shots on the offensive end, you must know that the Bucks have two top basket protectors, Brother Alphabet and Da Lopez.

If a game is too fortuitous. In fact, Harden shot 69.4 percent from the field and 52.1 percent from the ground up all season.

As a contrast.

Jokic's two-point values were 70.2% and 61.7%; Sabonis Jr. 69.7% and 47.8%. In other words, in terms of inside finishing alone, Harden is close to the top even if he is not the top.

The Thunder's completion of reinforcements is not a good thing for the Mavericks.

If the Celtics became the public enemy of the league when they won the championship, then as the champion of the West, the Mavericks were the public enemy of the Western team.

Judging from the Mavericks' efforts to recruit Klay and offer him a three-year contract, the Dallas must still have ideas for the new season. This is one of them.

Second, in the playoff vs. Mavericks matchup, the Thunder averaged only 42.0 points per game in the six series, which is a big drop from the 52.5 points in the regular season.

The Thunder were eliminated by the Mavericks 2:4, largely because there was a problem with this interior offense.

Admittedly, adding a Harden can't make the Thunder's interior offense the same level as the Nuggets and Timberwolves, but don't forget that Harden's interior finishing is no problem, and he joined as a free agent. To put it bluntly, there is no loss reinforcement on the existing basis.

To sum up, at least from a data point of view, the Thunder has strengthened the weak link, so the gap with the Mavericks is narrowing. Potentially, the Mavericks' ability to defend their Western Conference title is getting harder.

Then again, considering that there are no loss of players and draft picks, the Thunder's operation to sign Harden can give full points.

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