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If the coach is feeling a little imaginative, OKC's already lethal attack could become even more potent. After all, we're talking about the sixth-most efficient group in the NBA Still, with Durant At the least, it falls shy of this team's ceiling by a considerable amount.
There are a number of offensive weapons more than ready to shine in a small-ball system if Brooks would allow it. Even if the coach isn't ready, Perkins' injury may have forced Brooks' hand, as Mayberry suggested:.
The numbers certainly say we should. In minutes of shared floor time, the pair has led OKC to a blistering Neither player is the most disciplined combined 6.
But they get more than they give away, thanks to an otherworldly combination of quickness, speed and an insatiable drive to attack. Serge Ibaka is a matchup nightmare at the 5. If he isn't overwhelming with athleticism, he's frustrating foes with a deft shooting stroke that now extends past the three-point line He's also strong enough to withstand the interior abuse at the opposite end, holding centers to a respectable Throw in the fact he's torching those same centers to the tune of a He can race around plodding centers or simply finish over the top of those still standing in his way.
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Perkins and other Stevens critics question whether Stevens can challenge and ramp-up Smart and the team. Perkins contrasted it against the relationship Russell Westbrook and Scott Brooks share in Washington, which survived a rocky start to allow the Wizards to make the playoffs.
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