POLL What team is the biggest obstacle to the Thunder?

[DJ Fieri]

Vote and more importantly, discuss.. ..

It is a sports message board after all.

 

[tlance]

I think it is the Thunder.

None of these teams are on their level. It is going to be about their health and their lack of post season experience.

If they play their best basketball they will win the West.

But that is not a given.

 

[trojanfan12]

In order....

Nuggets: Lots of recent playoff and title experience. Joker will be a problem. They can be pretty physical as well. Lots of length.

Warriors: They will have Steph looking for 1 last run and Playoffs Jimmy will be looking for his first. If Dray doesn't overdo it with his shenanigans...he could get in the Thunders head a bit.

Lakers: Similar to the Warriors...Lebron looking for 1 last title and Luka seems to have re-energized him. We just saw Luka take a team to the finals last year. They'll also get physical with the Thunder. Problem will be...can Jaxson Hayes continue to develop and can he and the Lakers bargain basement bigs at least be competitive with Hartenstein and Chet? They can match and maybe exceed OKC's length.

End of the day though...agree with tlance. If OKC is able to play at their best...they're coming out of the West.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I will say it now, the biggest x-factor in the west playoffs is Jamal Murray. Can he play to the level of when they won it all? If so, Denver can compete with anyone in the west. The bench still has its’ worries though

LA is a problem for anyone but the other guys will need to step up to another level

Only other teams that can compete at the highest level in the west might be GS if we get playoff Jimmy, but still a big if and I small chance of this happening.

OKC, Denver and LA

 

[thunderc]

I’m looking forward to these back to back games with the Nuggets coming up. The last few times the teams have met it’s been apparent that the Thunder are just way too deep for the Nuggets, they have a title though and will get the Thunders full attention. I actually think Porter and Gordon are the potential difference makers against the Thunder. No chance without big outings from those 2.