The OKC Thunder remained unbeaten at 2-0 after dispatching Donovan Mitchell and his gang. I am feeling the potential of this young team led by Shai Gilgeous Alexander. I noticed SGA during the FIBA how careful he was with his shots, especially during crucial times. Now he is averaging 30 plus points and is above 50% on his field goals.
All are talking about Wemby these days and I heard his NBA debut garnered high television ratings with millions of viewers. Meanwhile, Chet Holmgren is doing his thing in OKC well even if he is not the main man. Earlier against the Cavs, he made 7 huge blacks as his team won big in a close entertaining game.
I have not watched their games yet, but it seems like these young OKC team has already a good start... or are they?
They will be facing the Nuggets next. I'm curious on how Holmgren will defend the MVP. How he can stop him, or can he stop him. For sure, Jokic will focus more on passing rather than shooting in the paint because he's against a taller defender than him. He can shoot at perimeter though, but let's see.
SGA is the one that's playing at his best right now, and just by looking at his first 2 games, I think he will likely have a better season than it was last year. This is also the reason why some analysts are predicting that the Thunder will get a higher spot than where they are last season. All eyes now are on Wemby, and they forgot Holmgren which is kind of similar with how Wemby is playing. He's just 2 inches shorter, but both of them are kind of the same in terms of talents.
Tomorrow/Later, they will battle against the Denver Nuggets and this will test them out big time if they will continue that winning streak.
There's also the Sacramento Kings versus the LA Lakers tomorrow, another young promising team. I will definitely not miss this one and I bet it will be a great game to watch and maybe bet a little bit.
I like the Thunder, but I'd still go with the Nuggets on this one. I don't know how they will stop Jokic. This might end up as a close one, but I go with the Nuggets. As for the Kings, and Lakers, as much as I want the Lakers to win, but they're on the road, and I see the Kings playing better on this one knowing that they just lost against Curry, and the Warriors.