“Weak connection” The secret is a historic elite defense of OKC

Oklahoma City – When Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartentein stressed three years, $ 87 million The contract knew he had the opportunity to compete for the championship in 2024-25. This is underway in its decision-making process as a free agent. Hartenstein knew him to add it to Talented defense Thunder, which contains all the stars forward Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren, would give Oklahoma a significant advantage in the Western Conference.

Add a group of guards in a defensive mixture, like Veteran Alek Caruso and Lu Dort, and Hartanstein says that a unique defense of lightning separates them from any other team in the NBA.

“I think our defense is special, because we do not have weak connections. Usually, the team can somehow go out and hunt one player. We really don’t have much,” Hartenstein said. “I can only adapt to me to any needs of the team. Why I’m different that I can play different coverage and I can play different roles in the whole defense. And I think more people can do it.

“Guys like Dub, Caruso, Cason, Lu, Chet, I think, probably appoint the whole team, who can cross from a particular defense style. I think that seemed particularly,” Hartanstein concluded.

Success gave the lightning defense at the elite level.

Mark Daigneault Says Sam PRESS Rays affected by Thunder

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Thunder The main coach Mark Daigneault discussed his relationship with Sam PRESSThe ThunderAult’s promotion after the Promotion of Daignealt is in the main coach and finally signed Thunder Center Isaiah Hartenstein. Daigneault says that his relationship with the transition was always smooth because of his longtime history, because Mark was the main coach of Oklahoma City Gi League before he became an auxiliary coach.

“When I started as a chief coach, I was already six years old in the organization. So it’s a relationship with six plus years we’ve already had,” Daignealt said. “I knew me well. I knew him well for a long period of time in a lot of different situations. It was not a relational sense. It was a continuation of an existing relationship that he had already had – which he had already had.”

The history between the two undoubtedly relieved the transition for Daigneault.

“Many challenges come from philosophical differences,” Daigneareault added. “And I was as he raised here in professional basketball. I didn’t work anywhere else in Pro basketball before coming here.”

Now Daigneault makes the first NBA final appearance of his career.