What's going wrong with the Oklahoma City Thunder? 

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Oklahoma City Thunder has lost five of their last eight games.

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There's obviously no animosity among the Thunder's three superstars but clearly having too much respect hurts as well. Right now all of them are hurling up approximately the same number of shots (17 FGA) but that doesn't help, somebody has got to lead the team.

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Both Melo and George have insisted that Westbrook is the leader because they came here to play with him. The reigning MVP isn't exactly the player you want taking a majority of the team's shots, he's more of a playmaking distributor who can drive hard to the basket. And that's where part of the problem lies - Westbrook is averaging 5.0 turnovers a game, tied for the second in the league (James Harden leads with 5.1)

The issue lays in the fact that neither of these players are spot-up shooters, all of them need the ball in their hands for a few seconds before they take the shot or make their move.

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