Westbrook injury..

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This facture in KD's foot could be the ac ulation of minutes over the last few years. There's a price to be paid for running players into the ground. I remember him in the playoffs the year Westbrick was out, it was noticeable.

If thee' one coach that can manage his players' minutes, it' Coach Popovich

[gameFACE]

It wouldn't surprise me to see both Acne and Westbrook back for the Christmas day game in SA only to have overconfident Spurs fan in their stockings, tbh

[kobyz]

They could finish 6-8 spot in the west and We might face them in the first round...

[Leetonidas]

OKC is going to suck ass until KD/RB return. Somalian Pirate and Abaka as your go to scorers. They better hope that KD and Westbrook aren't out too long and come back strong because they aren't going to win without them because their coach sucks fat . They already had ty depth and rode KD and Russ too hard anyway.

Doesn't matter where they are when they return though. Spurs will on them in the first, second, or third round imho

[024]

Season just started.. even if Westbrook and Durant are out 6 more weeks, the Thunder have plenty of time to catch up as Durant and Westbrook can both be back by Christmas. Not saying they will fully recover but this is all too early to tell. Besides, the Spurs can suffer just as many injuries near the end of the season that completely takes them out of compe ion.

Thunder will suck for a while so they will be at best ranked in the middle of playoff teams. If they can get healthy in the playoffs, they still have the same chance to knock out the Spurs.

[superbigtime]

Poor methheads. They are fukd.

[Sean Cagney]

Season just started.. even if Westbrook and Durant are out 6 more weeks, the Thunder have plenty of time to catch up as Durant and Westbrook can both be back by Christmas. Not saying they will fully recover but this is all too early to tell. Besides, the Spurs can suffer just as many injuries near the end of the season that completely takes them out of compe ion.

Thunder will suck for a while so they will be at best ranked in the middle of playoff teams. If they can get healthy in the playoffs, they still have the same chance to knock out the Spurs.

If they are 100% by then and playing well they will BE A VERY tough out. It is early now, time for them to get players back and go on a run. I don't rule any team out, especially not one with that much talent.

[tmtcsc]

The amount of fear for OKC is ridiculous. C'mon people, they beat us 4-2 three years ago when both teams were very different. The tide has changed now and the Spurs have a superior coach, roster and system. Enough already about possibly meeting them in the first round. Who cares when or if we play them?

If the Spurs are playing at their best and OKC is too, the Spurs will win. The Spurs are the better team by a significant margin. I'm not concerned about any team but San Antonio. Get Splitter and Patty back in the fold and run this thing back.

OKC? Sucks about the injuries but the Spurs had to deal with their share too.

[Sean Cagney]

The amount of fear for OKC is ridiculous. C'mon people, they beat us 4-2 three years ago when both teams were very different. The tide has changed now and the Spurs have a superior coach, roster and system. Enough already about possibly meeting them in the first round. Who cares when or if we play them?

If the Spurs are playing at their best and OKC is too, the Spurs will win. The Spurs are the better team by a significant margin. I'm not concerned about any team but San Antonio. Get Splitter and Patty back in the fold and run this thing back.

OKC? Sucks about the injuries but the Spurs had to deal with their share too.

I agree the Spurs are better when they are playing on that elite level than any team in the league, however it will not be as easy to repeat as you are talking here about nobody close to the Spurs and so on, the West is stacked and whoever comes out of the East if the Spurs make it there will be tough as well, no cakewalk. I wish it were that easy man, last year made it seem possible just to dominate round after round but honestly it's not that easy. Dallas got better as well, they took us to 7 last year. OKC took us to 6 games but they were a play away from a game 7 honestly! That was a close series when things settled down, could have gone 7.

[DPG21920]

No way they miss the playoffs. Let's say worst-case it is 8 weeks from now before they are fully healthy. That's about 30 games. I could see them going 23-7 if fully healthy, 19-11 with only Westbrook healthy, and 14-16 without either one. I don't think a 9-win difference will be enough to fall all the way into the lottery. They probably would have won around 60 with a full cast the whole year, so 51 wins should be enough for a 6 seed or so.

You think, over the course of 15-22 games, that an OKC team with no Durant/WB can be almost 500? I think that alone should win Brooks COY if that happens. If WB/Durant miss the next 20 games (which seems to be realisitc) and they are already 0-2, I can easily see something like a 5-17 record. That would mean OKC would have to win about 70% of all their remaining games just to make the playoffs if 50 wins stays as the cutoff.

[Dre_7]

I don't wish injury on anyone (execpt Michael Vick) so hopefully he isn't out long.

[Prose]

Think about this weigh out Westbrook they will go like 5-15. Now that means they have to go like 44-18 to just the 8th seed

[cjw]

^14-16 is very generous. They already had depth issues and they're also missing their starting SG in Morrow for 4-6 weeks. The only thing they have going for them is the relatively weak schedule the next 6 weeks, but they're in trouble with that roster and all the other injuries.

A weak schedule now just means a tougher schedule when everyone is back. Will make it a lot harder to make up games when they're going into a brutal schedule.

[Aztecfan03]

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[vander]

Thunder just trying to get the Spurs in the 1st round when most vulnerable

[Diego20]

[ginobilized]

This could add to the already ultra-compe ive fight for the 8th spot in the West. Phoenix will likely make a strong run.
Should be a very interesting season as teams jockey for position

[Uriel]

No way they miss the playoffs. Let's say worst-case it is 8 weeks from now before they are fully healthy. That's about 30 games. I could see them going 23-7 if fully healthy, 19-11 with only Westbrook healthy, and 14-16 without either one. I don't think a 9-win difference will be enough to fall all the way into the lottery. They probably would have won around 60 with a full cast the whole year, so 51 wins should be enough for a 6 seed or so.

OKC will not go 14-16 over a 30-game stretch without Durant and Westbrook. Even if we followed your numbers and they went just 11-19 (which is still unrealistic, but definitely more probable), they would finish with 48 wins, which is 1 fewer than Dallas had to win to make the playoffs as the 8 seed last year.

[Uriel]

The amount of fear for OKC is ridiculous. C'mon people, they beat us 4-2 three years ago when both teams were very different. The tide has changed now and the Spurs have a superior coach, roster and system. Enough already about possibly meeting them in the first round. Who cares when or if we play them?

If the Spurs are playing at their best and OKC is too, the Spurs will win. The Spurs are the better team by a significant margin. I'm not concerned about any team but San Antonio. Get Splitter and Patty back in the fold and run this thing back.

OKC? Sucks about the injuries but the Spurs had to deal with their share too.

I agree that the Spurs at their best are better than OKC at their best. But OKC matches up well with the Spurs, as evidenced by their winning record against us, even in the post-James Harden era. Prior to Ibaka going down last year, most pundits were picking the Thunder to beat us in the WCF, and many of them still believe they would've won if he had been healthy the whole series.

[Mikeanaro]

I agree that the Spurs at their best are better than OKC at their best. But OKC matches up well with the Spurs, as evidenced by their winning record against us, even in the post-James Harden era. Prior to Ibaka going down last year, most pundits were picking the Thunder to beat us in the WCF, and many of them still believe they would've won if he had been healthy the whole series.

What you mean? he was healthy.

[Uriel]

What you mean? he was healthy.

I mean for the whole series. He missed the first 2 games.

[TheRemix]

Westbrook to miss at least one month

[Aztecfan03]

Westbrook to miss at least one month

old news.

[Malik Hairston]

Meaningless game for the Spurs, they're still coasting and suffering from the championship hangover, playing without the best defensive big on the team + the great Patty Mills, Danny Green is in an ice cold streak, yet they just dismantled this fraud team that thrives in the regular season..

The West is going to be extremely easily this year, barring a major injury, obviously..

[Robz4000]

Only teams that worry me are Houston and New Orleans (assuming Meth misses the postseason), but thankfully they have McFail/Monty Williams as their coaches...