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56% pick Thunder to win
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http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014.../teams/okc-sas
Surprised to see Elhassan picked us. Usually always picks against us, including against Lakers last year and also had Blazers in 6 this year.
Adande i Guttierez are well known Spurs haters
Where are Barry and Legler on these this year? They would pick MethKC no doubt.
Interesting to see that ESPN has 16 experts, when actually 3-4 at most know what they're talking about.
No surprise Heat fans picked against the spurs... Adande, Izzy Gutierrez, fat boy Windhorst, Haberstroh
As long as Romo don't show up to the games... We good
All but one of the analysts that matter picked the Spurs which gives me hope...
All of these predictions are moot until Ibaka's status is determined. If he's even slowed down and his effectiveness is limited by the calf, the Thunder are in trouble tbh.
that sweat hog windhorst hasn't removed lebrons schlong from his mouth since Cleveland
Just surprised that the spurs have several people picking them to win this series.
He has already been listed as probable. I think that means he is fine. May be wrong, but that is how I am interpreting it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mugen
I think it is telling that the "experts" are about evenly split on the series. So is a lot of Spurstalk, tbh.
All that says to me is that none of us know…except maybe for Tony Brothers…he might know.
Thus the quotes around "experts." :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by will_spurs
Marc Stein knows his shit
True :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by Budkin
It's Thunder in a rout (5 or 6) or Spurs in 7 b/c of HCA. I don't see us routing the Thunder in 5 or winning game 6.
it is irrelevant
Okc in 6 or spurs in 7 I'll take spurs
Pelton?Quote:
Originally Posted by Robz4000
The fuck? :lmao Legler is a huge spurs homer. He jizzes over the spurs ball movement, experience, and coaching prowess like every fucking year. He's even said that of all the current top teams he'd love to play for the spurs because everyone gets involved. Do you actually watch ESPN or do you just like making shit up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Budkin
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Originally Posted by Mal
Adande loves the Spurs
This. I swear SF are the most sensitive bunch of fansQuote:
Originally Posted by _JaG
Elhassen is the one who constantly picks against the Spurs and he's always wrong. He's trying to reverse jinx us.
Pretty sure he's too stupid to even know what a reverse jinx is.Quote:
Originally Posted by DesignatedT
It's funny how people think these analysts pick winners based on who they "like."
They're trying to pick the winner. They don't pick a team they think will lose, just because they like them. In the same way, they aren't going to pick against the Spurs (thinking they'll win) just because they are "haters."
I remember this same shit in the 2012 WCF.
So ridiculous, my gosh. 56% of them are HATERS, HATERS, HATERS!!! The other 44% are the only ones that know what they're talking about.
tbh if I was a mod I would just delete threads relaying ESPN "Expert" opinions
Wonder what their picks are now re: Ibaka?
https://www.clipular.com/c/660162930...3bwU7YPgFiML3o
This is on espn's website.
Wow. Beyond wrong. What the hell did they find out between 'probably' this morning and 'out for the duration' this afternoon?Quote:
Originally Posted by EVAY
Might want to be changing those Thunder calls, experts.
stein is really the only one i care about the opinion of and he picked spurs
The white analysts are split 50/50 on the Spurs.
Black analysts are 2/3rds in favor of the Thunder.
Legler just said he originally said spurs in 7 now just said spurs in 6
Legler was all Spurs in 7 , but with the news on Ibaka he sees it going Spurs in 6.Quote:
Originally Posted by Budkin
I just heard Broussard on the radio and he said he only picked the Thunder in 6 because he can't picture them beating us in a Game 7. FWIW, Scott Van Pelt, who interviewed him, tried to waffle against his initial pick for us to win the Championship, but stuck to his pick in the end and sees us winning in 7. Broussard even mentioned that if Ibaka is out for an extended time (this was before news broke out that he's done for the playoffs) that may hurt us because they'll play small ball and that would take Splitter out the game.
Updated picks:
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That's dumb thunder small ball is effective because serge is at the c when they go smallQuote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
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Originally Posted by Kidd K
Who cares?
Spurs in 5, not counting ref-determined games.
It's a statistical observation. Relax.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
That can't be the final update. No one in their right mind would pick OKC now that Ibaka is injured--not even Gutierrez or some other joke analyst.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
You're severely underestimating Gutierrez. Anyway, he votes what he wants. He wants a Miami three-peat and knows it's less likely to happen if the Spurs are Lebron's opponent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uriel
No one remembers if you vote with the crowd. They remember if you were the maverick and you're right.
Damn rat looking bastard Gutteirez.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mal
Looks like a cross dresser to me. Short hair for wigs, shaped eyebrows, cock-sucking shaped mouth... fits the bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sean Cagney
I can see that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by NASpurs
Gutierrez co-hosts a radio show with Bruce so he gets his daily dose of Spurs basketball. For an outsider he's probably reasonably well informed.
Gutierrez is probably one of the worst basketball analysts who has ever been featured on ESPN. I would honestly trust any spurstalk poster from Kool on up to generate a more coherent analysis than Gutierrez has ever produced in his life.
Stein?Quote:
Originally Posted by Robz4000
:lol wowQuote:
Originally Posted by NASpurs
Nah, he picked the Spurs. It was Thorpe iirc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
agree, mark stein is awesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by heyheymymy
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Originally Posted by DesignatedT
That's not even their championship! That's the Sonics! Thieves!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aztecfan03
Original ESPN analyst picks:
Then Ibaka is ruled out for the series and the picks change:Quote:
Originally Posted by Budkin
Do these guys get to change their picks back now? :wowQuote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
experts?
I had Thunder in 6 with a healthy Ibaka.