Thunder: Not worried here

[Monster1776]

Now you think I'm Sam Presti?

Sam Presti has put a bankrupt franchise into significant playoff runs the past 3 years; again, your lack of common sense and intelligence is stifling.

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

Sam Presti has put a bankrupt franchise into significant playoff runs the past 3 years; again, your lack of common sense and intelligence is stifling.

And traded away a franchise player while keeping Ibaka and Perkins, one of which will eventually be traded or amnestied anyway

[Monster1776]

And traded away a franchise player while keeping Ibaka and Perkins, one of which will eventually be traded or amnestied anyway

Again and for the last time, y'all were swept out of the first round and we're still competing for the WCF even with our point guard out. Either get back to me with facts or continue to blather on like a foolish parrot like Thread used to.

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

It's all good Monster. I'll live with that. You live with one of the worst trades in historyPERIOD.

[Clipper Nation]

I'll own that. Now you own Griffin is the biggest failure at PF in historyPERIOD.

Nope.... Serge Ibricka is

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

Nope.... Serge Ibricka is

Damn it CN

[OKC]

Lame thread. Most of these Laker and Heat fans on here haven't even been to the damn state of FL or CA, much less even sat their ass in the arena. Just jersey buyers who sit on their couches and act like they have some stake in the team and get some weird sense of self worth from it. Then they wanna attack other fans for what their team's front office does, as if that's any reflection on an OKC fan. OKC would be much stronger with Harden on the roster. Do we really need 12 pages to come to that conclusion?

[Venti Quattro]

Still not worried, thunderup?

[thunderup]

It ain't over.

[Thebesteva]

It ain't over.

[Phillip]

lol thunderup
lol got

[HI-FI]

thunderup with the log in/log out bads.

[Clipper Nation]

It ain't over.

thunderup with the quick one post to dodge Houdini-act accusations bads, tbh

[Splits]

It ain't over.

It was over when:

[whitemamba]

thunderup gettin bukkaked

[Monster1776]

It was over when:

Pretty accurate. Who knew Westbrook had such an influence over the offense.

[exstatic]

It was over when:

It was over when Harden was traded. It might have dragged on another round, but they weren't returning to the finals without the triplets.

[Monster1776]

Still not worried, thunderup?

Obviously it's time to start looking at next year; but far stranger things have happened in the playoffs before.

[jeebus]

We won't play as bad.

Martin needs to be acclimated to the rotation and Brooks needs to play lamb and have better rotations.

Despite all this the Spurs still needed a last second shot from Tony Parker, with Tim Duncan playing out of his mind. And don't even mention Ginobili, he won't play at a higher level anymore, he's beyond the word "old".

Plus, 1st game of the season. Not worried at all

spur fans and thunder haters alike getting happy about an opening game loss

weak minded basketball fans

The number of conclusions being drawn after 1 game is a little stupid. Of course OKC is not as good right now as they were last year. 1 game under our belts with Westbrook playing like a complete idiot. Martin still isn't aclimated to our offense because the only thing he's seen to this point is Westbrook playing like an idiot. The guy had to be standing around thinking to himself..WTF is RW doing? Martin isn't going to make the plays Harden did, but he can score the points. It's up to Brooks to find some combinations that work. I believe with time this will occur. Gotta get some low post scoring though...whether this be Ibaka improving in that area or PJ3. I think PJ3's development could be very important and Ibaka definitely must step it up offensively.

I do think their ceiling is as high this year as it was last, if not a little higher. Of course having a higher ceiling and reaching it are two different things. Having a high ceiling means I just think there's the potential there for them to be better than last year. The reason I think this is due to the fact that I think Martin is equal to Harden offensively in terms of scoring. Notice I didn't say I think he's overall as good as Harden, just that he can replace Harden's points. The other reason is Ibaka, who I think will show very good offensive improvement this year. The other factors are that Maynor is healthy and then there's PJ3. PJ3 could be the wild card. I'm sure someone will come on here and call him a scrub rookie, but this kid has HUGE potential. Very very smooth shoother, incredibly athletic and long.

I believe you're wrong. OKC is a different team without Harden, but they aren't any worse. I truly believe that. People look at Harden's two games in Houston and make individual comparisons to him and Martin. Of course Harden is the superior player overall, but in OKC's system, he's no more effective than Martin will be.

Well, yes, but this isn't a Martin for Harden swap where Martin is expected to go in and do exactly what Harden did. He can't and won't. But he can provide the same scoring output as Harden would have. It's just that the adjustments will have to be made. The dynamic of the team is different now, lineups will change, but with the players they have I believe they are potentially just as good, if not better.

lol thunder

[Clipper Nation]

In a way I guess what I'm hinting at is that PJ3 could potentially replace the playmaking that Harden offered. I think PJ3 is potentially a tough, tough cover. He's a poor man's KD, if you will.

One of the worst takes I've ever seen

[jeebus]

local area fast food restaurants and buffets are on lockdown to not allow Porkins access.

[HI-FI]

the thread that keeps on giving.

[spurraider21]

Steven Adams

[jeebus]

one year anniversary tbh

[Michael Jordan.]

Harden with a smooth 34