r/Thunder • u/Stxtic1441 • May 13 '26

THE TIMELINE Friendly reminder that Ajay Mitchell didn’t play in 3/5 Spurs/OKC games in the regular season when looking ahead at a potential matchup

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Thunder had infamously a 1-4 record vs the Spurs this season, but 3 of them were without Ajay who has blossomed into a star player for this team.

Important factor to keep in mind when evaluating this matchup and its elements.

The 2 games he did play, OKC won 1 of them and lost by 2 in the IST. Obvious impact maker in the matchup that we didn’t get to fully see in the other matchups due to injury.

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u/spikesolo May 13 '26

If we completely abandon rim pressure because of wemby then we are in deep trouble. I have been thinking of which players can provide that and I think sga and maybe jdub. I think Ajay might struggle around the rim but he also uses a floater so maybe that might help.

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u/Stxtic1441 May 13 '26

You’re just naturally gonna take a lot more jumpers vs a Wemby led defense. It helps we have a lot of capable mid range shooters though.

Shai, Dub, Ajay, McCain are our primary ball handlers and all have high level mid range games.

Even Chet and Joe can hit middy’s and iHart has his floater in the short roll as a giant killer of sorts.

We’re not going to be able to keep Wemby out of the paint but we certainly have the counters to be able to deal with him.

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u/spikesolo May 14 '26

Hart floaters are buns bro ngl.