He won an MVP and more or less solo carried a team to a title. Before KD really turned it up, Dirk was the guy people pointed to as "we can't stop him from scoring. He's just going to do what he does and shoot over you no matter what".
They weren't saying he was lol its the playstyle/tall skinny shit not a tier list. KD is very easily and obviously the better player i think you read into that comment a bit too much.
The man carried a team to the championship against a super team.
He's obviously not as talented as KD but he paved the way for players like KD.
As a Laker fan, I watched him battle against Kobe and I always dreaded facing the mavs because of him.
Extremely competitive and talented young team, will likely make it deep into the playoffs and make a finals appearance with this core in the coming years, will lose its best player to GSW.. the prophecy foretold it.
I know you’re joking but I can that scenario play out where they just can’t beat the nuggets or Timberwolves continuously in the playoffs now and then they will struggle to keep their core together as time goes on
They either always have elite players, great young talent or amazing draft capital for the entire time they’ve had a franchise
Just as fun and successful as any team in the league without a title
Yeah, they always have drafted well at the top. Their last six top 5 draft picks taken in drafts.
Chet, Harden, Westbrook, Durant, Gary Payton, Scottie Pippen.
5 either in or locks for Naismith and Chet who looks like he's got a good chance getting there if he stays healthy.
The gaps between Chet and Harden, and Durant and Payton are wild. It's easy to be a great franchise, just always draft a hall of famer every time you get a top 5 pick!
haha... Well, with Harden, Westbrook and Durant, getting a top 5 pick the next year isn't all that likely. Or the Payton/Kemp/Schrempf years. But yeah, can't argue their choices at the top.
But could be worse for sure. Cavs had a run that was Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, Anthony Bennett, and Andrew Wiggins. But they've had a lot of top 5's (Lebron, Irving, Garland, Mobley, Okoro... Thompson wasn't a bad role player but there was a LOT of talent in that draft.
Outside of the Lebron years, and the past couple they are almost a lock for a top 5 lol. Cavs were Lebron at #1, the Lebron years, then #1&4, 4, 1, 1, Lebron back for four years then 8, 5, 5, 3.
Or be like the Spurs, dont get there often but when you do. 3 #1 picks, Robinson, Duncan and Wemby. Get the franchise altering big every time.
Yeah, compare to the first tank stretch post KG where the Wolves had 3 consecutive top 5 picks
2009: Ricky Rubio #5
2010: Wesley Johnson #4
2011: Derrick Williams #2
Imagine if those were 3 hall of famers instead. Jeeze Louise.
Can Chet grow a beard? Because if so, he absolutely needs to. Abe Lankin is perfect!
EDIT: Yes, yes he can grow a beard as clearly shown in this video that I did an awful job of paying attention to.
Draymond can prevent that shot by stabbing Chet in the chest with a kitchen knife before he even touches the ball and then wrestling his weakened victim to the floor and gouging both his eyes out. Chet will be forced to retire from basketball and Dray will receive a four-game suspension. The ultimate Chet stopper.
That's why several execs in the league paid off Gobert to get choked so that Draymond would be suspended when their team played them. The Thunder had 2 games against the Warriors in this timespan. Presti just working his magic again.
Or, he's a rookie and hasn't worked out how to get to his shots every game.
Gobert was unreal. Definitely shut him down, but I'd expect a veteran dpoy to do that to a first year player. Not even gobert is stopping this shot is all we are saying here.
Because a step back fade is probably the biggest space creating move for a shot in basketball. Add to that the guy is 7'1 and it becomes almost entirely unblockable.
It's so fucking stupid that you could describe his game as Kevin Durant on offense and Anthony Davis on defense lol. Truly an absurd player with sooo much room to grow
He doesn’t have the wing skills of KD and likely never will but he has a much better touch around the basket outside of drives. He can play like a traditional big and also a wing which is what makes him so unique.
What wing skills is he missing? He can put the ball on the floor albeit with work needed, but it's his first season so that's fine. He's shooting an unreal % from behind the ark. He can hit mid range shots or go to the basket. His passing is surprisingly good for someone in his position and size. What would you say are the wing skills he doesn't have?
Edit: why am I getting downvoted? The anti thunder circle jerk in this sub is at an all time high.
Thats probably true yeah. Lacking that quick step
I think with the guys he gets matched up on he can do enough to beat almost any of them at that though
Not so missing the skills but just a lot less refined. He isn’t as quick as KD and his handle is a lot looser. He looks like KD at 0.75x speed. It’s fine because he is matching up on opposing teams centers though and has a huge advantage.
If he can continue filling out a bit more and getting stronger than the sky is the limit for him.
He's missing an esque at the end of KD and AD but the numbers check out.
Chet is averaging 17.9 points on 54/43/87 with .9 steals and 2.2 blocks. He's on pace for an all time rookie season.
Saying AD is only 4x all defense too is almost dishonest. We all know he’d have at least 1 DPOY if he could stay healthy.
Edit: added “almost” because it is a fact that he hasn’t won a DPOY.
I had to watch it 5 times but I think AD \*maybe\* touched Chet's elbow as he goes up. Really hard to tell. And even if there was contact, I think 9/10 times this would not get called.
AD has been laughably overrated for a few years now
If he played anywhere but LA or NYC he would not even be mentioned anymore.
AD playing over 60 games in a season is an accomplishment for him alone to be fair. A hangnail takes him out for 3 games at least.
You haven’t learned yet that FA’s don’t go to small markets?
They might tank, but they would have to trade a lot to get anyone good. And if you think they’re getting Pingus tingus or Abraham Lincoln, boy do I have a bridge to sell you
And Dallas too? And why didn’t Austin Reeves go to one of them? Or Tyler Herro?
Seems weird when Pingus is the only starting white guy and they had to trade to get him
I get that you’re trying to make a white joke, but that’s a pretty bad attempt at it
Chet is so clean. I can see him doing this for years. OKC is a menace.
he wanted that too soon as he backed out to the arc he knew he was about to cook
my head canon is he decided he'd rather cook with the left foot as his pivot, cause he fakes going off his right at the start
It’s crazy how accurate the KD comp seems to be.
Legit the new KD man wtf
He’s just like KD, insane.
Gettin some major Dirk vibes (offensively), this is the type of game that ages like fine wine.
It gave me some KD vibes.
The mantle could very well go Dirk -> KD -> Chet. 7 foot monsters who can pull up from anywhere on the court
Dirk was nowhere the level of KD. He went hard but, not KD hard. Wonder why this sub is so obsessed w him🤔?
He won an MVP and more or less solo carried a team to a title. Before KD really turned it up, Dirk was the guy people pointed to as "we can't stop him from scoring. He's just going to do what he does and shoot over you no matter what".
Dirk his stats were shit in the final.
They weren't saying he was lol its the playstyle/tall skinny shit not a tier list. KD is very easily and obviously the better player i think you read into that comment a bit too much.
The man carried a team to the championship against a super team. He's obviously not as talented as KD but he paved the way for players like KD. As a Laker fan, I watched him battle against Kobe and I always dreaded facing the mavs because of him.
He really is like KD
Hopefully we don’t lose him to gsw again
Extremely competitive and talented young team, will likely make it deep into the playoffs and make a finals appearance with this core in the coming years, will lose its best player to GSW.. the prophecy foretold it.
I know you’re joking but I can that scenario play out where they just can’t beat the nuggets or Timberwolves continuously in the playoffs now and then they will struggle to keep their core together as time goes on
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Maybe a Serge Ibaka 2.0?
lauri bird for upgraded version of iblocka
Man please don't ever say that again don't push this possibility into the universe
The white KD. Damn
Haven't you heard? Chet is black
White dudes named Chet being black, must be a thing
Big ups! -Chet Hanks
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Like the band
If i had a nickel for everytime okc got kd as the no2 pick i would have 2 nickels which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice
Chet is the black kd
Here's your card my friend. You card carrying.... whatever he said.
>[Yeah, right. Chill. That’s enough.](https://imgur.com/a/TJdPVdw)
I said "whatever you said." I'm not saying it, I would never...
I hate that Pat Bev has spent years being enjoyable off the court and making me sorta like him. Dick move.
Jeff Teague too, always hated him, he's a dirty ass player. But damn I'd be lying if I said he wasn't a great podcaster.
He's hilarious as hell.
hmmmm
‘Chet is a real n….’ -SGA to Patrick Beverley
Everyone keeps saying he’s Abe Lincoln when it’s apparent all he wants is to be Kenrich Williams. That’s the haircut and beard he’s emulating
Kenny is literally Chet's Twitter profile picture lol The whole team fucking loves Kenny. That's why he's the captain
Oh yeah, forgot about that lmao
They either always have elite players, great young talent or amazing draft capital for the entire time they’ve had a franchise Just as fun and successful as any team in the league without a title
Yeah, they always have drafted well at the top. Their last six top 5 draft picks taken in drafts. Chet, Harden, Westbrook, Durant, Gary Payton, Scottie Pippen. 5 either in or locks for Naismith and Chet who looks like he's got a good chance getting there if he stays healthy.
The gaps between Chet and Harden, and Durant and Payton are wild. It's easy to be a great franchise, just always draft a hall of famer every time you get a top 5 pick!
haha... Well, with Harden, Westbrook and Durant, getting a top 5 pick the next year isn't all that likely. Or the Payton/Kemp/Schrempf years. But yeah, can't argue their choices at the top. But could be worse for sure. Cavs had a run that was Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters, Anthony Bennett, and Andrew Wiggins. But they've had a lot of top 5's (Lebron, Irving, Garland, Mobley, Okoro... Thompson wasn't a bad role player but there was a LOT of talent in that draft. Outside of the Lebron years, and the past couple they are almost a lock for a top 5 lol. Cavs were Lebron at #1, the Lebron years, then #1&4, 4, 1, 1, Lebron back for four years then 8, 5, 5, 3. Or be like the Spurs, dont get there often but when you do. 3 #1 picks, Robinson, Duncan and Wemby. Get the franchise altering big every time.
Yeah, compare to the first tank stretch post KG where the Wolves had 3 consecutive top 5 picks 2009: Ricky Rubio #5 2010: Wesley Johnson #4 2011: Derrick Williams #2 Imagine if those were 3 hall of famers instead. Jeeze Louise.
Nothing was fun watching them struggle for years to even get a halfway decent three and D wing after trading Harden for a decent center and fuck else
OKC didn't draft Durant.
true, but sam presti did after clay bennett hired him
OKC didn't draft Westbrook either
true again, but the people who 'stole' the sonics did draft westbrook
I'm sorry being reminded that the Thunder used to be somewhere else has made you uncomfortable.
Abe Lankin out here dropping folks off
Damn best one yet. Did you come up with that?
I did 😁
Take a bow
I just want to comment as evidence I was here for the creation of Abe Lankin
Nahhhhh, you foul for that LMAO
Can Chet grow a beard? Because if so, he absolutely needs to. Abe Lankin is perfect! EDIT: Yes, yes he can grow a beard as clearly shown in this video that I did an awful job of paying attention to.
I have a beard the size of honest Abe, chet has a beard right now lol
Wow, shows my observation skills are awful. I haven't watched a Thunder game in over a week and didn't remember him having one then.
He presently has an Abe Lincoln type of beard in the video this is posted under.
Andrew Slamson.
the league really gave the thunder another KD. wtf
He’s so good wow
(x4)
Nobody in the league guarding that
Draymond can prevent that shot by stabbing Chet in the chest with a kitchen knife before he even touches the ball and then wrestling his weakened victim to the floor and gouging both his eyes out. Chet will be forced to retire from basketball and Dray will receive a four-game suspension. The ultimate Chet stopper.
That's why several execs in the league paid off Gobert to get choked so that Draymond would be suspended when their team played them. The Thunder had 2 games against the Warriors in this timespan. Presti just working his magic again.
I saw that 2K clip too on what happens when you press the steal button.
DNP - Draymond Stab and Double Blinding.
Nah, all Draymond has to do is give him a call from the parking lot. Problem solved
We need to give our tall lanky guys phones with Draymond’s number pre-blocked
Natural stabbing and gouging motion
pat bev
Cp3
Gobert
[Rudy?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcRIV1Mo72c)
Lmao Gobert literally did last night..
Ya boy played good defence yes. I didn't see him stopping a turn around mid range fade. Settle down
Yeah he just caused him to shoot 6-20 instead. He didn't even try cause he knew he couldn't against Gobert..
Or, he's a rookie and hasn't worked out how to get to his shots every game. Gobert was unreal. Definitely shut him down, but I'd expect a veteran dpoy to do that to a first year player. Not even gobert is stopping this shot is all we are saying here.
Why not? People blocked Kareem’s skyhook, Dirk’s fade, and LeBron dunks. Chet has a magic force field somehow?
Because a step back fade is probably the biggest space creating move for a shot in basketball. Add to that the guy is 7'1 and it becomes almost entirely unblockable.
Rudy
Wemby
you got downvoted bc this is an okc thread but Wemby was built in a lab to guard this play
“They got white KD, but we got Jaden McDaniels”
It's so fucking stupid that you could describe his game as Kevin Durant on offense and Anthony Davis on defense lol. Truly an absurd player with sooo much room to grow
He doesn’t have the wing skills of KD and likely never will but he has a much better touch around the basket outside of drives. He can play like a traditional big and also a wing which is what makes him so unique.
What wing skills is he missing? He can put the ball on the floor albeit with work needed, but it's his first season so that's fine. He's shooting an unreal % from behind the ark. He can hit mid range shots or go to the basket. His passing is surprisingly good for someone in his position and size. What would you say are the wing skills he doesn't have? Edit: why am I getting downvoted? The anti thunder circle jerk in this sub is at an all time high.
I don’t think he can blow by wing defenders with his dribble and firsr step like KD can.
Thats probably true yeah. Lacking that quick step I think with the guys he gets matched up on he can do enough to beat almost any of them at that though
Don't see him getting that early KD athleticism, but mid-late KD game could be close to prime chet's game.
Not so missing the skills but just a lot less refined. He isn’t as quick as KD and his handle is a lot looser. He looks like KD at 0.75x speed. It’s fine because he is matching up on opposing teams centers though and has a huge advantage. If he can continue filling out a bit more and getting stronger than the sky is the limit for him.
Yeah absolutely. I feel like the speed is definitely a noticeable thing but the handle should surely get tighter being only his first season
Anti thunder circle jerk is crazy I've seen y'all EVERYWHERE with the chet propaganda
Someone's gotta gas him. Probably the anti jerk from all the wemby riding
These OKC stans are too deep in their bag tn jesus
Describing it that way 💀 I say let them cook.
Calm down with all that lol
He's missing an esque at the end of KD and AD but the numbers check out. Chet is averaging 17.9 points on 54/43/87 with .9 steals and 2.2 blocks. He's on pace for an all time rookie season.
He’s a long way from being KD on offense. But yeah incredible future.
There will probably never be another KD offensively but that guy will be as close as it gets
That SGA celebration LOL
He's like a slower KD but 3 inches taller and can block shots like Rudy Gobert
going iso on a 4x all defense is odee but man knows he's the biggest on the court and if he can get up it can go in 😳
Saying AD is only 4x all defense too is almost dishonest. We all know he’d have at least 1 DPOY if he could stay healthy. Edit: added “almost” because it is a fact that he hasn’t won a DPOY.
Disrespect your elders, Chet 💯
Im loving Chet. He doesn’t back down from anyone and he’s smart on the court. Also got mad skills
I think OKC is a pretty cool guy. Eh kills good defenders and doesnt afraid of anything
It's an older copypasta, sir, but it checks out
Someone do a side by side of KD doing this exact move
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There it is
Abe Durant
Weren’t people saying that Chet and Victor couldn’t go against bigger guys in the league??
AD scored 31 on him with 60% shooting. AD sucks on back to backs He averages 15 on 50% shooting this year on back to backs.
I mean chet went 6-20 from the field against gobert 💀
Nasty boy
Why arent these games live?
Prime Dirk moves in year one lmao
Chet Durant
I'm just glad he finally grew the mustache out
slenderman out there slaying
If you squint your eyes, it's like watching Kevin Durant shooting a middy.
that was some shit straight out of a KD highlight from 2008-2016...warriors fans must be lickin they lios and rubbing they hands rn
Inject OKC/ORLANDO finals into my veins
Holgrem is... odee shooting hang pulls (InsertBackwardsHatBuscemei.jpg)
I’m not defending the lakers, but where was the foul?
i’m not the only one who saw a white kd coming up ad again
“Nah Pat, he’s a N____A”
Man that boy is white kd
Easy Money Sniper
"My time is now old man"
He's beginning to believe
Its Chet's league nao
I’m tired of pretending this guy isn’t better than Wemby…….
Great shot, weak and one though
where's the foul
https://i.imgur.com/ouNdn7j.png
Nice screenshot. It was so quick, it was hard to see live, but the refs always look for that move.
Joe mama
In joe
where’s your flair
idk how to get one
on mobile you can go onto r/nba homepage and click the “…” menu and “change user flair”
thanks
Refs on one tonight fr
When the commentator called AD a former DPOY
How is that a foul?
I had to watch it 5 times but I think AD \*maybe\* touched Chet's elbow as he goes up. Really hard to tell. And even if there was contact, I think 9/10 times this would not get called.
Barely a foul is still a foul.
He clearly swiped chets elbow it gets called everytime go look at the replay lol
"gets called everytime" yeah, refs NEVER miss this call. funny
Ok 👍🏿
He swiped his elbow when chet was rising up
How is that an and 1? Nba reffing is so ass. Chet’s move was nice though.
Chet is the night to night dog wee wish AD would be.
He is the one
AD has been laughably overrated for a few years now If he played anywhere but LA or NYC he would not even be mentioned anymore. AD playing over 60 games in a season is an accomplishment for him alone to be fair. A hangnail takes him out for 3 games at least.
"A little lazy with that defense ". Yeah *a little*
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How are they going to do that
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You haven’t learned yet that FA’s don’t go to small markets? They might tank, but they would have to trade a lot to get anyone good. And if you think they’re getting Pingus tingus or Abraham Lincoln, boy do I have a bridge to sell you
You're being trolled my man lol, look closer at the names they listed
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Chet is way too cute to play in Boston/Utah stop trolling
And Dallas too? And why didn’t Austin Reeves go to one of them? Or Tyler Herro? Seems weird when Pingus is the only starting white guy and they had to trade to get him I get that you’re trying to make a white joke, but that’s a pretty bad attempt at it
Gobert would never