THUNDER SQUAD SHOW: Should OKC Bring Jalen Williams OFF THE BENCH? + NBA Playoffs ADVANTAGES
Oklahoma City Thunder news and rumors today with Tyler Jones, Rylan Stiles, Derek Parker, and Jeremy Lamb discuss the possibility of bringing Jalen Williams off the bench when he returns from injury. There are a lot of Oklahoma City Thunder rumors going around on what Mark Daigneault should do regarding the Jalen Williams injury news when J-Dub returns. Plus, what advantages do Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, and Ajay Mitchell bring to the OKC Thunder compared to the rest of the teams remaining in the NBA Playoffs? Also, there were plenty of Jared McCain highlights in Round 1. Will McCain keep it up in the Western Conference Finals? Meanwhile, we also breakdown what is going on in the San Antonio Spurs vs. Minnesota Timberwolves series, and who the OKC Thunder could face in the Western Conference Finals. Find out more on the Oklahoma City Thunder Squad Show with Tyler Jones, Rylan Stiles, Derek Parker, and Jeremy Lamb, on the Locked On Podcast Network!
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Yes. Off the bench.. limited minutes.
I was literally thinking the same thing yesterday. At least at first, why not? Mitchell shines better as a starter and Dub will shine off the bench.
I think they shouldn’t mess with the starting lineup . Ajay has been too good. JDub probably can’t be 100% until some amount of time playing.
Leave the starting lineup alone.
JDub off the bench; he’ll be rusty. Keep Ajay starting why tinker w/ something that is working?
Listen Derrick Parker and I know I spelled your name wrong and I don't mean no disrespect, but you were wrong one time before will you made a comment about the Spurs and here you go doing it again so stop it just stop it start being realistic. The San Antonio Spurs are better team than the Oklahoma City thunder just face those facts and you're going to get an opportunity to see how great and it starts from game one on. Stop making stupid comments start being realistic
On the other hand, Ajay might help us even more coming off the bench. He is so great!
Reduce Dort’s role. Mitchell is a more well rounded version of Dort.
That's ridiculous. Ajay has been great but JDub was essential to getting through the playoffs last year. Bringing off the bench because Ajay was awesome against a short handed Lakers is short sighted. We can give him plenty of minutes but JDub is a main reason for their success in huge games. The games in the next series are about as big as it gets. We need him in the starting role.
This series would be better western finals weve seen some years. Wenbayama looks like a better scorer then Holmgreen timeline, Maybe Caruso, Dort, Mitchell, Wallace can slow Fox, Castle transition pace better than Dub health condition. Wherever let Wenbayama score+30, Thunder has multiple players bench to hold outside arch and good Lucky Spurs, see what Hatstein can defend.
What about the Jan 13th game, OKC beat Spurs by @ 20! no Hart no Dort, but Spurs had everybody
I've been hard on Lamb. But today he brought thoughtful takes.
Thunder Up! ⛈