Quote Originally Posted by Roger S View Post
What did the offense look like Russ's first few years here? Remember we are in rebuilding mode here. Not in championship chasing mode like the years you chose to compare this team to.
You're missing the conversation. People on this board were saying the offense is better without Russ. Neither I nor anyone else was comparing, for example, of early career Russ vs. early career Shai. However, if you want to do that, OKC had the #9 offense in Russ' 1st and 2nd years... so it was still dramatically better. To be clear: This is the worst offense in OKC history by a wide margin. OKC has had a top 10 offense every season except for 2014-2015 when it was #12. And, yes, it's only been 7 games... but I promise you this Thunder offense will not approach a top 10 offense.

Having said all that, I am not at all knocking this current team. I'm loving watching them and I'm going to be sad when we trade Gallo, which absolutely kill the offensive spacing, and maybe others because this team won't be very competitive after that point. Enjoy the team now!