Thunder roster vs Spurs Roster comparison

[$pursDynasty]

OKC are dominant champs and are deep but how deep? I might be biased but when I compare the top 10 players on their roster to ours. I see advantage Spurs. Since their top player and ours play such different positions. I went Shai vs Fox (adv Shai), but then Wemby vs Chet (adv Wemby), Jalen vs Castle (adv Jalen), Dylan vs Ajay (adv Dylan), Devin vs Aaron Wiggins (adv Devin), Barnes vs Hartenstein (push), Keldon vs Isaiah Joe (adv Keldon). Add in Champagnie, Kornet and Sochan vs Dort, Wallace and Williams. I don't see the Thunder advantage besides time on task. A fully healthy Spurs roster hasn't played one game together yet. Sure Shai is better than Fox but that difference is closer than the distance between Chet and Wemby, Jalen is better than Castle right now but after that one the Spurs win or push each comparison to me. Or am I wrong? Is it Thunder by a mile, Thunder but it's close, a virtual tie or advantage Spurs? Honestly I think slight advantage Thunder but only because of longevity. By the end of the year if healthy I say advantage Spurs.

 

[wemvp]

We shall see.

The advantage the Thunder have is fit. They've found a way to fit their pieces together into a well oiled machine. We are still a work in progress figuring out how to fit Wemby into the great team offense of the last 12 games, and how to properly defend the 3 pt line when Wemby's in the game to protect the paint. We're still a work in progress and only 24 games into getting the team developed with big pieces missing 40+ games so far combined.

The team last season matched up well with them. Lost to them on the road by 8 and beat them at home by 6 in Oct/Nov. Lost again in March, but Wemby was gone and the team was in tank mode so that tells us nothing.

Both teams are better this season, the Spurs drastically improved, but it should be a closer matchup than OKC has been having recently around the league. They're just so much farther along tbe development curve and are close to a finished product while we're just starting the development curve. If we manage to win 2 of these 3 over the next 3 weeks against them? That will speak volumes to the truly epic ceiling this team has and our matchup advantages against them no one else has.

 

[O_V]

SGA is twice the player Fox is. Nothing else matters.

 

[Biggems]

SGA knows how to draw fouls, get to the line and make FTs.....our guards do not.

 

[Exstatic]

SGA is twice the player Fox is. Nothing else matters.

Nope.

 

[Exstatic]

SGA knows how to draw fouls, get to the line and make FTs.....our guards do not.

Do you even watch?

Fox/Steph/Dyl 12.1/15.7

SGA/Ajay/Jalen 15/15.5 skewed by Jalen shooting 1.000 in 6 games

SAS 20.9/26.3

OKC 20.6/24.7

 

[O_V]

Nope.

I can't tell if you're agreeing that nothing else matters or that twice the player isn't enough.

 

[Ariel]

Short term the comparison is silly, as their depth is much greater and they all fit much better together. With that said, long term I do believe they aren't far ahead talent wise at the top, which is what matters because there is going to be a lot of roster turnover in the next couple of years. As long as Wemby remains healthy and Harper and Castle stay on track, I think the Spurs long term top 4 (Wemby, Harper, Castle, Fox) should at the very least be on par with OKC's counterparts (SGA, JDubb, Chet, Cason Wallace). Hopefully Spurs continue to grow and the front office takes notes on what Presti has been doing to put together a winning roster around their core via their low profile draft pickups (second round + undrafted), free agency and trades. That alongside great coaching and player development has been where they've separated themselves.