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Eagles is not a Spurs fan, he's a pretty obvious hate troll.
Philly only lost by three. I hear the rest of the league is just going to forfeit games against the 76ers now that they proved they can almost win.
Eagles is not a Spurs fan, he's a pretty obvious hate troll.
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And if you subtract the margin of victory of our game vs Warriors and OKC's game vs the Warriors that should be the exact score OKC should beat us in your mathmatical world right? Im being sarcastic of course but what Im saying is sports is much more than that rigid type mathmatical thinking. It also has to do with momentum, peaks and valleys, good days, bad days, confidence, lack of confidence, over confidence etc. The game we played against Warriors was as hyped a regular season game has ever been, and frankly we werent ready for it. We were still trying to figure out our iden y, that game made that plain. And also people keep on forgetting we didnt have, oh I dont know, Tim ing Duncan!! Ever hear of him? More sarcasm.
Either way, he's a dumbass.
Because the Thunder may possibly have arguably the best duo tandem in the history of the NBA..
My God...
The old 6 degrees of separation argument.
Alamo Heights MS girls team beats the 60s Boston Celtics because...
As what Kawhi said in an interview, he is not worried about losing games in regular season as long as the team keeps improving towards the playoffs. He cited the 2014 le run, the Spurs got swept in regular season by OKC but won the playoffs series in their way to the 5th le. I'm not scared!😃
This .
Jordan and Pippen would ing DUMPSTER Durant and Westbrook. Wouldn't even be a series.
And no, it's not arguable.Thunder haven't even won a ship yet and you're saying this .
Come on.
Don't laugh just yet. Just think about it for a moment....
This .
Jordan and Pippen would ing DUMPSTER Durant and Westbrook. Wouldn't even be a series.
And no, it's not arguable.
Come on.
I don't remember Pippen EVER being considered a top 5 player in the league and the Thunder arguably have 2 of them... Sure Jordan is the GOAT, but I can see an argument for people saying that OKC may have a better duo.. As far as my own personal opinion, I agree with you that Pippen and Jordan are the better duo because of their elite level defense and they do have more cred because of their championships and accomplishments. However people can argue that OKC does have 2 legit MVP candidate level players in Durant and Westbrook that's undeniable.... while as good as Pip was, he was never really considered in MVP voting.
Also remember I'm not talking about that Chicago team vs OKC in a 7 game series. Just comparing the duos here...
The rest of OKC's team isn't exceptional and their coaching is marginal....
Last edited by G-Dawgg; 02-09-2016 at 03:41 AM.
I have to disagree with that. During the '93-'94 season Pippen was definitely a top 5 player. He was third in the mvp voting that year. Only Hakeem and David had a better season that year. Scottie took his game to another level during those 2 years when MJ was gone. Scottie's evolution as a player during the 2 year absence of Jordan is a huge reason why the bulls were able to win 72 games. Scottie had essentially gone from being an all-star player during the first 3 peat to becoming a superstar during the second 3 peat.
Last edited by daslicer; 02-09-2016 at 03:58 AM.
I was still in highschool at that time. It was so long ago. I didn't remember that Pippen was 3rd in MVP voting that year.
Last edited by G-Dawgg; 02-09-2016 at 04:04 AM.
David Robinson was my favorite player around that time but Scottie was my second favorite player. Pippen was super fun to watch during MJ's 2 year absence. He was a force for those 2 years. In '93-94 as I have said before third in MVP voting but in '94-'95 he was 7th still not a huge drop off. If you look at the '94-'95 MVP voting you can easily make an argument Scottie could have gone top 5 that year also.I was still in highschool at that time. It was so long ago. I didn't remember that Pippen was 3rd in MVP voting that year.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...ards_1995.html
Of course Pippen wasn't considered a likely choice for MVP. He was playing alongside the GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. How the would he exceed Jordan in value? Durant and Westbrook are both MVP candidates because neither of them are bright enough to outshine the other. Even when Durant won the 14 MVP, he's never been considered an unarguable choice for the best player in the world, first because of LeBron and now with Steph taking over the league.
Pippen's numbers when Jordan left were insane: 22 points with 9 rebounds and 5.6 assists per, along with THREE steals per game. He also avged a block per game in the two seasons Jordan sat. He was unquestionably a two-way player, far more than either Durant or Westbrook are.
Bottom line is OKC is a flashy team that doesn't care about defense. That's why they'll never win a le. Westbrook is one of the most undisciplined players I've ever seen, very easy to draw parallels to Kobe in that regard, except he doesn't have Shaq and the gargantuan weight of the Lakers to buy him teammates to make up for his lapses to win les with.
You could also make the argument that Scottie would have finished a lot higher in MVP voting if the Bulls had a better team that year. They lost the best player of all-time and were still a playoff team. Insanity.
Regardless of all that, OKC is a pretty scary team. People would be be naive to take the Thunder lightly. They have Durant and Westbrook, 2 legit MVP candidates on their roster, they have size and interior scoring and Ibaka as an interior defender. In my opinion, they could potentially do to the Spurs what the Clippers did last year...maybe they don't win a le, however they could easily play the spoiler.....
Last edited by G-Dawgg; 02-09-2016 at 01:32 PM.
Why worry more about OKC doing what the Clippers did to the Spurs when the Clippers are still contenders & ter has been replaced by an all-star along w/ Kawhi now being a top 5 player?
Nobody said they are a walkover but there isn't much to indicated they are a tougher matchup than a healthy Clippers team.
They're still undisciplined. They almost lost to the Suns last night, a team that's trying to fall to the bottom of the conference. And they still play absolutely no defense. Ibaka is nowhere near the force that he has been in previous years, and their bench is one of the worst defensive units I've ever seen. Kanter would get lit up by guys like Bonner and Errors, and that's saying something. When the pace of the game slows down, OKC will be exposed as teams that know how to execute single out their lack of cohesion. Watch their opponents in the playoffs shoot lights out. Barring injuries, the 2nd round is their absolute ceiling this season.
Nobody should take them lightly. They are very dangerous when they are zeroed in and focused. They did very well against Golden State a few games ago and they were in the game right down to the end. Don't look too far past this team. I do think Spurs are absolutely a better team than OKC is. However if we had to face them in the playoffs, I don't think we'd walk on them like you seem to imply we would. This team could quite possibly break some hearts.
You may have your opinion, this is mine.
Last edited by G-Dawgg; 02-09-2016 at 09:07 PM.
OKC is a damn good team and would be trouble for SA. Especially because Ibaka goes from average to full potential when he see's SA.
Exactly. I think the Spurs have a nice advantage on paper, and theoretically should be able to beat OKC fairly safely in a series with HCA...but it seems like they themselves and play like a different team when they go up against OKC, so I'm not too confident.
Nowhere did I say they are terrible or that we would sweep them out of the playoffs. Far from it.
I do think this would be the weakest OKC team we've faced in the playoffs, even if Ibaka is healthy. And I think we would, just like we did in 2014, win 2-3 games in a blowout fashion with another 2-3 games in the series being close.
I see us in a fairly convincing 6 games. Maybe 5 if our shooters are hot.
Trying to gauge how well they will do in the playoffs using the regular season isn't the best predictor. I see them as similar to the Suns, not necessarily in execution, but in the limiting factor of how high their ceiling is.
You mean aside from the fact that we decimated them in 2014 and knocked them out of the playoffs on their own floor?
I'm not sure winning 4-2 (with 2 of those wins coming while they were without Ibaka) counts as "decimating" them
I'm not saying I don't think we'd beat them in a playoff series. I'm just not overly confident in it given how the Spurs seem to play scared against them.
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