Looking forward to the rest of the year, the Thunder are somewhere between the 4th and 10th best team in the West. Despite their talent on paper, I don't think they will ever have more cohesiveness than the Warriors, Rockets, and Spurs. Their point differential indicates that they should be closer to the 4th seed in the West (rather than the 9th), but they have always tried to coast on talent alone and sorta suck at the X's and O's. I think any team with Carmelo is destined to disappoint. Figuring out a system to maximize Westbrook, George, and Melo should take at least a few months, if not more than a year. And I don't think they ever found a good system to balance Westbrook and Durant. After Roberson and Adams, the rest of their team is pretty bad.
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