Gulp... he stopped Kobe at only 8 points over his season average (in a couple less minutes). I'm not huge into the raw +/- thing, but when you're rocking a -29 and the rest of your players are like 10-15 points better, you've had yourself a pretty crummy game.
OKC is as good a place as any for Thabo to get a decent start. He should fit in nicely next to Durant with his defense and unselfishness on offense. Barring other people getting traded in front of him, I don't think Thabo was ever going to workout here, so I'm happy to see him get a chance to play some heavy minutes. He always seemed like a nice guy.
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Blogs/CourtsideBlog.asp?GAME_ID=29061&LEAGUE_CODE=NBA I really like what Presti is doing with the team. A healthy Chandler would have been a very solid pickup for them. (fWIW - Chandler is averaging 12/13 in his first 2 games back.)
Maybe all Thabo needs is court time as "Brooks" suggests. I'll be happy for Thabo if he develops into an All Star talent...but pissed at the same time. We will see how Thabo's career develops on.
44.8 TS% and 9.6 PER as a Thunder? 92 O-Rtg. -12 adjusted differential. I'm not too worried about Thabo blowing up into a superstar. Looks like he sucks still, and is actually doing worse than he did with the Bulls this year, just more minutes to suck in.
Someday you'll learn to put stats in context and I seem to remember somebody else who had a 23 PER in his first six games. That turned out to be a fluke, too, didn't it... Thabo has actually looked very improved game over game.
