>Also you failed to mention the individual stats of the
>starting players for okc like you did for AtL, and they have
>lower team shooting stats than OKC
>
>Paul : 48 fg percentage / 37 percent from 3
>Danilo : 44 fg percentage / 41 percent from 3
>Shai: 47 fg percentage / 34 percent from 3
>Schroder : 47 fg percentage / 38 percent from 3

It's funny, you list all this off and negate that OKC has a legit threat in the middle. Atl is piecemealing their C position with back ups, 3rd stringers and rookies who may end up being role players. Adams is a contributor to their spacing and allows for them to get better shots. Anytime CP3 drives, it's a threat. It was the same way for Westbrook. He probably got like 70% of his assist off of Adams when he was there. Also Paul is great at ball distribution so he helps get the team betters shots. However, this doesn't address what you stated, which was that with Drummond they are title contenders and that's false. Drummond is a marginal upgrade from Adams. Even with their shooting. It's not like his presence will make them shoot better.

>That’s great shooting from their starters. It’s their
>bench players that bring the team stats down, especially
>diallo and dort. That’s why overall teams stats dont really
>paint a true picture of the team
>
>That group shoots close to 50 percent from the field and close
>to 40 percent from 3! That’s why they are lethal in the 4th
>and can score points from anywhere.

Trae, Huerter, Hunter and Collins take most of ATL's 3's
37%, 40%, 33% and 35%. Add Teague and that's 50%. So the guys that can shoot will be on the floor with Drummond. To your point, it's the bench (and Reddish) that brings down their shooting.

Now, the overall FG%'s, OKC has an edge but...OKC also has a REAL center, which is what ATL needs. That's why they drafted Fernando and signed Len last yr. Drummond makes it all come together for them. It'll open the floor and give them better shooting looks as Drummond is a lob threat at all times. Not to mention he'd improve their defense a lot.

ATL is young and needs a few vets to build with. Drummond makes a ton of sense for them going forward. Next year, they'd be a top 6 team in the East. OKC will soon have to replace one of their biggest assets (Paul) and him and Danilo aren't all that reliable (injury prone). Which would be cool if they were younger but being 35 and 31, makes no sense to try to add Drummond to that as some kind of piece to a finals run. Especially for future picks.