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OKC matches up terribly with Miami, tbh..
It would go 5, at most, tbh..
Last edited by JohnnyMax; 12-13-2013 at 02:57 PM.
OKC matches up terribly with Miami, tbh..
It would go 5, at most, tbh..
Heat would sweep the Thunder, easily.
He wins
Heat win in 6 games with a bad knee Wade, sweep if Wade looks like he did in 2012.
i think a lot of it hinges on how westbrook/wade look at that time. if there's any ambiguity, side with lebron. but yeah, as harlem said, okc doesn't match up well with miami. they think floor spacing is their advantage, with a guy like ibaka spotting up opening lanes up, but miami matches up perfectly. perkins is still on okc and you really can't play him vs miami. you can't really play a lumbering big man against the heat unless he is a scoring threat on every possession. this is why hibbert and duncan did well despite their limitations on perimeter/pick and roll defense. perkins, adams don't fit that mold. and if ibaka is your center and is matched up on bosh, lebron is gna destroy that interior
Wade was a corpse in the 2012 playoffs... homie was getting his knees drained left and right. The Heat's big 3 haven't all been healthy since their first season together.
Miami's length = No free jumpers for OKC.
OKC has no one to slow down Miami.
5 games max.
Wade was great against OKC in the Finals
Durant would be too worried about his stats and Westbrook would be chucking the game from the Thunder... Heat sweep the series in OKC.
Isn't he done in february?He wins
Didn't even remember that. Only remember him sucking everywhere else
you always need a quality big, even one not as efficient offensively as he is defensively (like TC and Hibert), to beat the heat or at least draw a close combat with them imho. Sadly fakeass Ibaka ain't no one fitting that criteria tbh
Heat sweep in 5
Heat in 4.... Durbeta is petrified of facing LeBron, always has been....
Wade had a 41 point 10 rebound game against the Pacers...3 straight games scored 28+ to close the series out
I'll have to go back and rewatch some of it. I don't care about the numbers, he was still injured. Didn't look like Dwyane Wade. When you say "great" and "Dwyane Wade", the third part ain't gonna be "22ppg." If Lebron has a 22ppg series it's regarded as terrible.
OKC would be the easiest finals opponent for Miami out of all the top west teams, tbh.
Exactly, Miami could well sweep the Thunder.
Westbrook would have to be installed as the Number One with Durant getting into the back seat. That will not happen. Ipso facto:::they will not ringPERIOD
teams need an offensive paint presence to beat miami. that is their one weakness, and you have to exploit it. again and again. okc can't really do that unless westbrook gets into the lane mercilessly
I don't think a team with Westchuck being the pants wearer will ever win a championship tbh. Durant was born and deemed to be a lifelong #2 while Westchuck has alpha genes written in himself, but imho Westchuck is more like a Baron Davis type of guy. Dude can certainly lead a team but I'd never expect such a team to go very far in the playoffs. Meanwhile, Durant can be a Scottie Pippen to a great player and build a dynasty together, but Westchuck is far from being a great player of that caliber tbh.
I hate the Heat but I would say heat easy. OKC is full of talented yet mental midgets.
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