when you think of it, theyve gotten away with murder the past 3 years with their defense bullshit. 67 wins, 56 wins, a championship and 25-3 start the past 3 years. With SGA(who isn't some out of the world talent we've never seen, he's very good and an MVP) but Joker isn't even close to any of those starts, and hes better than SGA.
His robin, JDub isn't some out of this world history will remember him type player. Hes very good, i actually like him, one of the few thunder players i like. but is all nba 2nd or 3rd team his ceiling? probably. so theyve got 2 all nba players, and a string bean 7 footer that can easily disappear from games as he can impact them. Their role players dont have a single 6th man candidate. they know their role and they play it well. but enough to win all of these games night in night out? OKC frustrates the hell out of you with their football style defense, get you out of your game, often play victim on the other end when you try to input the same defense they do and thats how we end up where we are right now. one of the least respected best teams I can think of.