The Oklahoma City Thunder are a versatile and position-less bunch. Taking a modern NBA trend and perfecting it. What is the value of playing this style and when did it start? We talked to players around the NBA to figure it out.
You don't have to unearth a letter a 16-year-old Sam Presti penned to the Boston Globe to understand his teambuilding strategy with the current Oklahoma City Thunder .to wear Celtic green is a great tidbit - he has been much more blatant about the direction he is taking this Thunder team.
This has been a shift in the NBA that most attribute to the Golden State Warriors who rattled off a dynasty in the 2010s by splashing triples and playing Draymond Green at the five. “My second year in Cleveland after that playoff run, we went to the Finals, then that next year it was like alright the league changed," Nance told Inside the Thunder"I got drafted as an undersized power forward and now I was starting playoff games at the five."
“A lot of mental preparation, a lot of film, lot of experience honestly. It is a check-in and figure out what the game needs at the time I check-in. Just try to bring that whatever it is. Whether it is energy, rebounding, physical inside presence whatever it may be," Nance Jr revealed to Inside the Thunder about the taxing process of preparing to defend a multitude of positions.
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