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What does that mean, if the defense regresses?
Not much, they’re still going to be awesome because the offense is likely to improve. But it might shorten the margin. The Thunder offense was statistically good but schematically solvable last year. They’re not ultra-dynamic yet with Chet Holmgren and JDub still developing.
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