Are you scared of OKC yet?

[Uriel]

You said "I merely point out facts, regardless of how disturbing they are and how uncomfortable it may make people."

"Spurs fans, with all their bluster and arrogance..." isn't a fact, is a personal appreciation which shows a destructive
at ude.
Like your "Kawhi is just a role player".

That isn't a fact, the real fact -based on usage percentage in last finals- says we didn't win a le with him playing as role player.
Another fact? This really bad season record without him, even with the Big 3 healthy now.

I don't want argue with you what you said or not about Kawhi in game-threads but sometimes it's good to have a good memory and not just a selective memory like you.

Okay, thank you. I acknowledge the merits of your post. I was mistaken in my assessment of Kawhi, and I acknowledge that (though to be fair, most of those posts were really just me trolling and with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek).

Thank you for making a substantive contribution to this thread (which is more than can be said for some people here).

[tlongII]

That Chris Kaman addition really put you guys over the top.

Actually Kaman was a great addition.

[midnightpulp]

Look, I'm not going to get into a petty internet fight with an anonymous poster. That's beneath me. But you should know that if you want to contribute substantively to an intellectual basketball discussion, you ought make use of logic, evidence, and reason, rather than merely hurling insults.

The burden of proof really is on you here, since it was proven in last year's playoffs that the Spurs can beat OKC when "it counts."

You could cite the Ibaka injury, but there's nothing suggesting that the series would've unfolded differently had he played the first two games. The Spurs demolished them in Game 5 by roughly the same margin as games 1 and 2, and then won game 6 at Chesapeake, where they had something like a 12 game losing streak going. Ibaka played both games and didn't drop off at all from his normal production.

That said, the Thunder should be taken seriously with appropriate fear, especially now that Adams has found his groove in the starting lineup, which is a big boon for them not having to rely on Perkins for their post scoring/defense. Then you have "unknown" players like Perry Jones and Anthony Morrow who are potential threats.

[Agloco]

At home, after two days off, against a Durant-less Thunder, and we still manage to lose.

Yet, Spurs fans, with all their bluster and arrogance, continue to brush off OKC as a threat, as if they weren't one Serge Ibaka injury away from winning that series against us last year.

If Ibaka, Adams and whoever wears #2 for them show up like they did today, yes.

[Clipper Nation]

Urinel with the gotry... such a lib , ugh, tbh.

[Aremid]

Actually Kaman was a great addition.

I know man! Chris Kaman makes the blazers look so scary! I don't even recognize them as the same team that got ass raped by the spurs last year. Best pickup of the offseason IMHO

[T Park]

At home, after two days off, against a Durant-less Thunder, and we still manage to lose.

Yet, Spurs fans, with all their bluster and arrogance, continue to brush off OKC as a threat, as if they weren't one Serge Ibaka injury away from winning that series against us last year.

No KAwhi no Boris no Patty. But yeah keep being an Internet attention .

[spurtech09]

No KAwhi no Boris no Patty. But yeah keep being an Internet attention .

Boris did not play? For what reason?

[T Park]

Oh, and one more point:

To all the people saying, " But neither team was healthy, therefore, this game is meaningless. "

You need only turn that statement on its head to see how ridiculous it is. If the Spurs had won this game without Kawhi / Mills / Boris, can you imagine any Spurs fan saying that the outcome was meaningless?

Didn't think so.

Yeah those 4 regular season games really showed how important they were last year when, after your pointless rant showed they were the better team. A big win without Parker in their building, and a 35 point ass whipping at home. All with the saintly Serge Ibaka playing as well.

So stuff it.

[99 Problems]

No.

[T Park]

Boris did not play? For what reason?

Mike Monroe speculated that he was sick by how he looked on the bench.

[George Gervin's Afro]

I'm scared.... of the lack of effort by some players...

[100%duncan]

A healthy OKC will be the only team that has a chance against a healthy Spurs. That's reality.

Fearing them in december when both teams werent at full strenght is moronic bro. Were you afraid when they 4-0'd us last year?

[Arcadian]

No, it's not. Kawhi won that award on the basis of what he accomplished in 3 Games (Games 3-5). Durant won it on the basis of what he accomplished over the course of an 82-has regular season.

Yet those 3 games were more important than those other 82 games combined. He also did it against the best player in the league. In doing so, he demonstrated that he is capable of being the best player on a championship team. Hence, he is equally important to the Spurs as Durant is to the Thunder.

[benefactor]

[aal04]

Im worried of the 76ers if they shoot higher 3pm percentage than fg or ft.

[timtonymanu]

In your posts in this thread, you committed the following logical fallacies:
1. False equivalence
2. Poisoning the well
3. Ad hominem

While also suc bing to the following cognitive bias:
1. Ingroup bias

If you really think you're half as intelligent as you say you are, why don't you actually post a well-though out, carefully reasoned, and evidence-based argument, rather than merely insulting the opposition and hoping people flock to your side of the table?

Don't need hope that they flock to my side. Most of the post in this thread has people ting on your bad takes. No amount of big vocabulary will save you, Urinal.

[Godbama]

Give em a break lol
Oden
Durant
Brandon Roy
Sam Bowie

Yeah, and tbh the Jailblazers were always my second favorite team at the time after the Spurs. I just love seeing all these Blazers and Raptors fans this year getting so puffed up and salty over so little. lil reg season success goes to people's heads.

[apalisoc_9]

Don't need hope that they flock to my side. Most of the post in this thread has people ting on your bad takes. No amount of big vocabulary will save you, Urinal.

[Ice009]

At home, after two days off, against a Durant-less Thunder, and we still manage to lose.

Yet, Spurs fans, with all their bluster and arrogance, continue to brush off OKC as a threat, as if they weren't one Serge Ibaka injury away from winning that series against us last year.

I'm scared that you're a flat out pussy that is willing to curl up into the fetal position. Don't need fans like that for this team.

[Clipper Nation]

In your posts in this thread, you committed the following logical fallacies:
1. False equivalence
2. Poisoning the well
3. Ad hominem

While also suc bing to the following cognitive bias:
1. Ingroup bias

If you really think you're half as intelligent as you say you are, why don't you actually post a well-though out, carefully reasoned, and evidence-based argument, rather than merely insulting the opposition and hoping people flock to your side of the table?

And you've suc bed to:
1. gotry

[elemento]

Not really

Brooks is an idiot. He still gives Perkins a lot of minutes and instead of developing a young promising SG like Lamb, he prefers to give the starting job to Roberson. Roberson has ZERO offensive game. Dude has more airballs than 3s made and I am not even joking. SA will be able to hide Parker on him and they'll probably use DG on WB.

And that Adams guy, Pop could easily hack him. He is a 50% FT shooter. There are several ways to beat OKC. The only thing that concerns me are the REFs. They could take away our chance to peat. Today they were terrible and we're playing at home.

I am still taking a fully healthy Spurs over any team in the NBA.

[tlongII]

I doubt you'll ever see a "fully healthy" Spurs team again.

[Mugen]

I doubt you'll ever see a "fully healthy" Spurs team again.

you would know too

[Ice009]

Honesty, I don't ever want to side with Tlong, but you guys need to stop saying "fully healthy" Spurs team all the time. That hasn't happened yet this season and until it does, you need to stop bringing that up.

At the state the Spurs are in now, they have no shot. If they get healthy and actually start playing well again, then you can start talking about that. It just hasn't/isn't happening right now.