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Remember when Tony Parker went out in an elimination game in OKC and Ginobili ran the offense with a broken foot and still won? Did Ibaka play that game?
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What happened to your Knicks and Nets, son?
Remember when Tony Parker went out in an elimination game in OKC and Ginobili ran the offense with a broken foot and still won? Did Ibaka play that game?
got.
ibaka looked plenty healthy when flying around goaltending shots in game 6
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damn nigr, respect.
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Not unless they make a blockbuster trade. Durant is just too soft to carry the team.
No. That team is on a downward spiral.
game recognize game... oh wait...hmmmdamn nigr, respect
The favorite to win it all is not OKC but has to be, as always, the team with Lebron James on it.
The Servant doesn't have it in him to win a le as the best player on a team. He proved that to me when he choked in the 4th and OT of game 6 in the WCF. The Servant is going to be this generations Karl Malone. Just like Malone he will put up great numbers and just like Malone he will always choke in the clutch come playoff time.
lol, it will never be the rockets
Probably not better than last season.
lost 3 veteran rotation players (Sef., Buttler and Fisher)
PG-Westbrook/Telfair
SG- Jackson/Lamb/ Morrow
SF-Durant/P. Jones /Roberson
PF-Ibaka/Collison/
C-Perkins/Adams/McGary
alot of young players on roster with minimal experience. Lamb, Jones, Roberson, & McGary.
if Jackson starts then the bench would look like;
Telfair-Lamb/Morrow-PJ III-Collision-Adams
based on roster talent I'd put them behind S.A., Dallas and LAC.
They will still probably finish first or second in the regular season.
they lost Butler, Sef, and Fisher, but none of those guys are really net positives for that team, at least against us in the playoffs, so i dont really see those as "losses." If Jeremy Lamb improves more and serge is at 100% they could be better. Morrow is better than Butler, at least for what OKC needs. guy is a filthy shooter, but thats really all he brings to the table
Fisher couldn't stop making shots and making plays against us, tbh... Butler was big in the Grizzlies series... I think they're going to miss some of that vet leadership, especially in the playoffs, but we'll see...
I also think Perkins might be on his way out before the regular season is over... He's a $9m expiring, a good trade chip, especially if Adams keeps progressing...
fish was hitting 3's, but overall he was 38% from the field in the WCF while being a defensive liability. morrow is better than butler at this point, and Perkins may or may not be of use based on the matchups. he's a pretty terrible player who can be useful in certain instances. with Adams getting better and drafting another big, Perkins is expendable, and you'd think they can get a solid pickup for an expiring deal that big.
As difficult as the Rockets enter the playoffs.
That media-driven ship sailed about 7 years ago.
lolz Westbrick et al.
of the Lamb, Morrow,Telfair trio only Lamb has ever played in the postseason (100 minutes over 11 games) those 3 are unproven on playoff teams.
Morrow can flat out shoot but isn't a good defender.
Fisher, Butler and Sef all had plenty of experience and while none of them played great (or even good for that matter doing the postseason) its a bit of a risk in replacing them with such a unproven players.
I could see Perkins coming off the bench by the end of the season, in favor of Adams. Perkins drags down their offense (O Rtg of 88 ) but boosts their defense( D Rtg of 104). He still is valuable against teams like Houston, Memphis and San Antonio with Howard, Z-Bo, and Duncan.
Ibaka at 100% certainly makes them much tougher to beat especially defensively. Its probable that OKC drops off defensively with as many as four new rotation players ,and Perkins taking on a smaller role, which could lower their ceiling. Also Sef. was the best perimeter defender on the team and its going to put more pressure on WB to defend opposing point guards (Parker, Paul, Lillard, Lawson, Curry) and still but up big numbers on offense.
They are still a predictable offense with plenty of isolation's sand 77% of their total offense spread between 4 players not to mention OKC problems with turnovers.
I also think that they are more vulnerable to injuries with weak depth, Durant logging heavy minutes (38.5 mpg) ,& Westbrook's style of play and knee issues.
Dumb head........ As usual.One of the worst posters on these forums, period. That dude has to be a troll or just flat out sucks with his takes 100% of the time.
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