Do SGA & the Thunder Have Any Weaknesses? | ALL NBA PODCAST
Adam Mares and Tim Legler break down another loaded night in the NBA, starting with the Clippers cutting Chris Paul and exploring which contenders could use the future Hall of Famer. They dive into Giannis’ shocking trade request from the Milwaukee Bucks and what it means for the Eastern Conference landscape. The guys highlight Collin Gillespie’s breakout stretch and inspiring backstory before turning to the Celtics’ big win over the Knicks led by rookie spark Jordan Walsh. They also react to the OKC Thunder’s victory over the Warriors despite a monster performance from Pat Spencer, debating whether Oklahoma City has any real weaknesses and how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has somehow leveled up again. To close the show, they draft which young stars they’d build a franchise around, including Cade Cunningham vs Anthony Edwards and Jalen Brunson vs Donovan Mitchell.
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00:00 – Intro
03:28 – Chris Paul cut from the Clippers
11:42 – What team could use Chris Paul?
13:26 – Giannis requests a trade from the Milwaukie Bucks
17:33 – Collin Gillespie has been on FIRE and has a great back story
25:06 – Celtics get a big win over the Knicks with help from Jordan Walsh
32:45 – The OKC Thunder defeat the Golden State Warriors in spite of a huge game from Pat Spencer
39:06 – Do the OKC Thunder have ANY vulnerabilities?
46:19 – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has gotten even better this year
53:33 – Who would start your team with: Cade Cunningham or Anthony Edwards
57:22 – Who would start your team with: Jalen Brunson or Donovan Mitchell
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28 Comments
Raptors have to take out the Lakers this week to wake all the media up. Moving as a complete basketball unit in the north.
Is Adam FINALLY admitting how dominant and unbeatable OKC is? I know he loves his Nuggets, but he’s gotta know they have no chance.
I disagree with the notion you have to play to be a voice and leader. It's all about how the message is delivered. Otherwise players like Jeff Green on the Rockets and UD on the He a t would have been out way earlier.
CP3 to the Rockets
Let’s get point god to OKC and get him a ring. Just to make them older also 😂
Answer to questions. 2nd one: Apparently few if any weakness.1st question: can anyone stop them?
Anyone can be stopped by unforseen circumstances.
The 73-9 Warriors. Draymond Green's stupid move suspension. Andrew Bogut's subsequent injury and Steph Curry bad ankles because the Warriors maybe wanting too much to surpass the Jordan Bulls 72 win regular season record.
No one can predict such things happening but the mindset of keeping your eye on the ball (getting a ring) and doing the right things to make that happen should be why they put the blinders on and ignore the noise around the edges.
With the current talent they have and future number of picks they need to play the long game. Stay healthy. Do so and record numbers of titles over say a decade or more and several future 1st ballot hall of famers will make all other feats irrelevant.
Not guaranteed but not impossible if done right. 0:08
Media is going to stop OKC by just talking how unbeatable they are, bring in the bad omens
I could listen to Adam and Tim talk about basketball all day. Thanks guys for the content and keep it up!
trent redden is the name u won’t hear … ty lue protecting his job
Gillespie was incredible against OKC recently, and you could see Shai showing his respect after the game. There were a few occasions where he was troubling Shai while defending him, swiping at the ball etc. He has great confidence and works hard. I don't know every player in the NBA, and I hadn't heard of Gillespie before, let alone heard his story about his path to the NBA, so I just assumed he was some guy I hadn't heard of before who had been established in the league for years. This is the kind of guy that makes Sam Presti look like a genius when he finds them for OKC. A great find for Phoenix.
SGA is the best player in the league. Kobe 2.0
Love the Gillespie story. Small World is that Quade Green originally started OVER SGA at Kentucky until SGA finally beat him out in January.
About Shai’s stepback 3 this season… It was a thing last year and it was clanking like crazy and he just kept shooting them. I was like “oh no”🤦
For what was “oh no” last season it’s “oh damn” now 😂
Brunson over Mitchell is wild😅
The MVP is very clear to anyone watching the games. Look at Jokic choking away games, at home, to the Bulls and the Kings – getting beaten on defense and offense by the 37 year old Russell Westbrook. It's hard to watch. Though his box score looks great, what matters is if it translates to wins.
While SGA has been willing his team to every W that is remotely close – the midrange barrage against Portland the other night, or the takeover vs Golden State, or the 2 double OT games to start the season. Those are losses for OKC if you replace Shai with any other player in the league – that's why he's the MVP.
OKC is on the tier of the KD warriors and the 96 bulls. Most fundamentally sound defensive of all time. If they are healthy they obliterate anyone in today’s nba
I’m with you guys for the most part on the Thunder, but they have had the easiest schedule in the entire league so far. They will have a 4-week stretch in Jan-Feb where they’ll play a legit good team almost every game. That’s when we’ll be able to tell if 70 is a “lock” and if they can challenge the record.
ant and cade are literally my two favorite players, i go back and fourth all the time who i’d rather build my team around – too funny
Always appreciate this pod, especially the Adam & Tim episodes. Thanks for the thoughtful and enthusiastic discussion around OKC. I’ve heard some NBA overview-type pods recently act like there’s nothing to talk about, and the hosts seemed pretty dismissive or even disgusted by their success. I’m a new NBA fan: only started watching during the playoffs last year, relatively team agnostic, as I only recently moved to the Cleveland area, and I fell in love with OKC. They really are good dudes with a great coach and of course the mind blowing Sam Presti. I’m just excited to see great basketball being played by likable people. I appreciate all I’m learning from everyone at the All NBA Pod!
Also LOVED the “Would You Rather Wednesdays” segment! Looking forward to more fun and impossible choices! 😊
OKC didn't have Lu, AC, and Hart for that game so that's most likely why they sagged a bit on D in some stretches.
I’d pick Cade. The bigger, more versatile player who has a greater long term upside who can run a team compared to a smaller player in Ant whose dynamic style is too dependent on his athleticism that’s going to decline over time. A franchise has a longer future with Cade than Ant. Cade’s next step is to become a better shooter, and that just takes more practice, definitely something he can acquire.
sga weakness is competent unbiased referees 😂😂😂 not someone who will give him 20 freethrows a game
OKC’s biggest weaknesses are lack of size and physicality & SGA being a liability defensively. SGA is great offensively no question but if you make him work on both ends he’ll get worn out. Teams are gonna hunt him on D the same way teams hunted Steph in the playoffs, they want to wear them 2 out. It’s pretty clear that the Lakers are a bad matchup for OKC bc of their size and physicality, everyone saw it last year when they whooped them by 30 w Bron & company doing a number on them
I'm preparing now to have a better view at the next OKC THUNDER parade next year than I did this year. My wife and I met coach Mark Daigneault this summer at a store. I told him, congratulations on your success, keep it up, all gas no brakes coach. I told him I apologize, I'm a little star struck, he laughed 😅 and said, "it's okay, I'm just buying ice". We took a picture with him. The Thunder is the best thing that ever happened to Oklahoma in a long time 🍸💯💫
"Want to" that's the key.
You cant' buy "want to".
i’m with Legs. Ant’s 3pt volume while shooting +40% and playoff experience gives him the edge
Yes. They aren't unbeatable. Last season they won at game 7. In playoffs there's urgency and toughness
@31:30 Poor Producer James 😂… Missed on every single one of his picks