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Username Post: Muscala Free Agency        (Topic#23160)
Bison137 
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12-12-20 09:45 PM - Post#317990    
    In response to jkrun80

All in 17 minutes of the first half. They used all new players in the third quarter. Mike started the first half.

Highlight: https://twitter.com/okcthunder/status/133 792124532...





 
jkrun80 
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12-19-20 02:32 PM - Post#318130    
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Mike had another good night with 13 pts in 18 min on 5-10, 3-6 shooting.

 
Bison137 
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12-19-20 03:09 PM - Post#318131    
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  • jkrun80 Said:
Mike had another good night with 13 pts in 18 min on 5-10, 3-6 shooting.



Also four blocked shots. It will be interesting to see if Mike gets many minutes once the real season starts.




 
vic42 
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12-19-20 06:28 PM - Post#318133    
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Let's hope Coach Mark Daigneault, former HC assistant, appreciates the value a PL player brings to the team!

 
Bison137 
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12-26-20 11:58 PM - Post#318270    
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Good night for Mike as OKC won their delayed opening game. In 18 minutes, he hit 3-4 on twos, 2-4 on threes, and 2-2 on FT's for a total of 14 points. Also 2 boards, 1 assist, and 2 steals.

Here is video of Mike hitting a crucial three as the shot clock expires in the fourth quarter:

https://twitter.com/Bucknell_MBB/status/1 343031879...




 
nh2032 
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12-27-20 07:53 AM - Post#318272    
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Should be a lot of minutes available for him this year.

 
Bison137 
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01-06-21 11:42 PM - Post#318726    
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Another good game for Mike. He hit 6-9 overall, including 5-7 on threes, ending up with 18 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 assist in 21 minutes. Thunder won by a point at New Orleans. Made three long threes in a 45 second span in the fourth quarter.

Mike is averaging about 10 ppg in about 18 mpg. Hitting 65% on twos (small sample) and almost 39% on threes.

Game highlights: https://www.nba.com/thunder/video/highlig hts-pelic...

A lot of Muscala highlights.




 
HuskyColonial 
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01-06-21 11:58 PM - Post#318727    
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It’s starting out as the best season of his career. He’s the first or second guy off the bench every game.

 
Bison137 
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01-14-21 10:42 PM - Post#319318    
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Mike had missed a few days with a rib injury. Had a decent game last night in a loss to the LA Lakers. Only hit 1-6 on threes (a rare poor night from beyond the arc) - but hit 2-3 on twos while netting 7 points, 4 boards, and 1 assist in 18 minutes.




 
Bison137 
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01-16-21 01:26 AM - Post#319357    
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OKC won in OT tonight, erasing a 22 point deficit with Mike a major contributor in the OT. He hit two long threes, one breaking a tie and the second, with about 50 seconds left, extending the lead from one point to four points. He played 27 minutes - ending with 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 block.




 
MrPhillie 
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01-16-21 12:50 PM - Post#319365    
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Love to see this!

 
Bison137 
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01-16-21 01:22 PM - Post#319366    
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Here is a video of Mike's 27-footer with 52 seconds left that pushed the lead from one point to four. It ended up as the game-winner.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/kyb40g /highl...

Looking at the box score, I see that OKC trailed by 15 points with 5:30 left in regulation. Amazing comeback.




 
HuskyColonial 
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01-26-21 08:23 AM - Post#319754    
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Last night may have been Mike’s best game as a professional. 23 points in 21 minutes and a career high 6 3-pt buckets in the win.

 
Bison54 
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01-26-21 08:49 AM - Post#319756    
    In response to HuskyColonial

Yes, a great game for Mike. The Thunder won against a CJ McCollum-less Portland team. CJ is out with a stress fracture of his foot....don't know if it it was the same foot as the injury that cut his senior year short at Lehigh. It would have been great to see tWO PL POYs go against each other. Anyway, kudos to Mike. He's getting a lot of minutes this year and is a good fit with this team. Al Horford DNP so Mike made the most of this opportunity to play.


 
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01-26-21 08:53 AM - Post#319757    
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  • HuskyColonial Said:
Last night may have been Mike’s best game as a professional. 23 points in 21 minutes and a career high 6 3-pt buckets in the win.


That's interesting because he was 1-9 in the previous game. I also saw in the box score that C.J. McCollum is out with a broken left foot. I think that is the same foot that he broke his senior year at Lehign.

 
Bison137 
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01-26-21 11:41 AM - Post#319774    
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Yes, Mike's 3-point shooting has been a roller coaster. He was 1-9 in the previous game, then 6-8 last night. In the previous game, however, he pulled down 8 rebounds - one short of his career high - to offset the misses.




 
HuskyColonial 
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01-27-21 07:15 PM - Post#319837    
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I haven’t seen Moose play in a couple of years. Does he ever try to score with his back to the basket anymore?

 
Bison137 
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01-27-21 07:54 PM - Post#319838    
    In response to HuskyColonial

In the OKC offense, Mike spends 90% of his time beyond the arc, either in a pick and roll/pick and pop role - or else on the weak side waiting for a catch and shoot three. But he sometimes gets closer to the basket. For example:


https://twitter.com/johnhollinger/status/ 135408237...

Muscala Career Highlights ( a lot of dunks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yFi6BSP14



But here are his more common types of shots:

https://twitter.com/thunderball1223/statu s/1354090...

https://twitter.com/FOXSportsOK/status/13 534581844...





 
MrPhillie 
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01-27-21 09:51 PM - Post#319839    
    In response to Bison137

From what I saw, Mike has been used almost exclusively as a 3-pt shooter since he went to Philly. Personally, I wish he was given an opportunity to do more, but I suppose it has earned him quite a few million dollars.

 
HuskyColonial 
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01-27-21 10:26 PM - Post#319841    
    In response to MrPhillie

Thanks for the analysis and this makes a lot of sense to me. He’s too small to play the 5 and not athletic enough to start at the 4 in the modern NBA. Yet if you’re 6’10” and can move fluidly and shoot from behind the arc? You’re going to provide value to a roster. I also think he’s a little better than that based on what I saw from him with his brief stint in Philadelphia. Important to note that even night he doesn’t shoot well don’t diminish his value. Because he’s shown he can get hot, it creates mismatches.

I’m really happy with Mike’s career. Anyone who plays in the NBA is in the elite of the elites even more than the NFL.

Edited by HuskyColonial on 01-27-21 10:28 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
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