Oklahoma City Thunder: Biggest strengths and weaknesses for 2017-18

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Strength: Russell Westbrook and Paul George

The Thunder have two superstars on their team, Russell Westbrook and Paul George. This means if all else fails they can just hand the ball to these two players.

George is a team player also. We saw that when he infamously passed up the final shot in Cleveland during the playoffs and gave it to the open teammate. Both Westbrook and George are team guys and their egos are not big. They are here to help the team win first, not hurt the team.

Having a helping hand for Westbrook will be big to keep him fresh, whereas last season he easily had the highest usage rate in NBA history among players that logged at least 2,000 minutes.