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I actually think Eric Gordon would be having another bad season if he were on OKC. And you could see someone like McDermott feasting on Houston. Obviously those are hypotheticals but role players always excel in D'Antoni's system (because everyone touches the ball and is encouraged to shoot)My point is that Russell teammates are conditioned like that because they aren't talented enough for the thunder to win games w/o Russ dominating the rock. If from day one he only focused on getting his players open shots (Which he did A LOT this year also) the Thunder would miss the playoffs because those players don't have the skill to convert on those shots. you could talk Rhythm & "confidence" all you want but there's a big difference in deferring to Lou Will & Eric Gordon vs Oladipo & Roberson. the guys just aren't scorers.