barred from "all basketball activities" but not ruled out for a return by presti in a classic act of OKC feet-shuffling
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 March 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
you would think that everyone has learned from derrick rose but i guess not
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 March 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
thunder in particularly a tuff spot cause theyre trying to retain durant via winning rings
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link
might as well shut russ down and get everyone right for next year. let the brow in
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 20 March 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
otm let russ heal that dent in his face
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
daaaamn
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, March 20, 2015 12:49 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
absolutely, a thousand times yes
if we've already said whoever faces dubs in the first round is almost def going down and the only question is how many games it takes, why not let some new blood into the playoffs at least?
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 March 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
(some people might disagree but i always thought even a healthy OKC would still go down in 7 to these dubs)
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 March 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
we need to see westb try to win a playoff series dolo, but also we need playoff brow, maybe mavs cld concede for the good of the league?
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
imo a just healthy in time for the playoffs thunder wld be destroyed by the dubs, a healthy all season thunder obvs wld be a higher seed and champ contender
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
idk i feel like that will just amplify the atrociousness of OKC's roleplayers (as always, exceptions for the injured and ILH breakout star mitch mcgronkowski) even more than it already has, and oh would you look at that NBA game time informs me kanter has a bum knee and can't play tonight
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 March 2015 17:01 (nine years ago) link
ya focused dubs D wld prob humiliate solo russ into a 35% shooting series likely better off for him to miss it
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
the thunder could win 2 games in that series i think
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 March 2015 17:05 (nine years ago) link
if ibaka is healthy
to be fair i shouldnt call kanter atrocious, he can go in the exceptions column (though i've never been as high on him as others)
as for ways to get both OKC and pelis in there (which could preserve OKC longer if they're not against the dubs), mavs and clips both identical in wins & losses and have several current problems, either could run into a bad stretch, the question is can NOLA and OKC keep winning while either mavs or clips fails?
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 March 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
isn't ibaka out for the whole season though?
im the thunder bench is p good (excepting the hole at the 2 which extends all the way to their starting lineup) their coach just has no idea how to play to his players strengths/contruct lineups/play the right players
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
be v surprised if the thunder took 2 off the dubs even with a healthy ibaka, sweep more likely imo
russell will win one game by himself
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 March 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
they said ibaka is out 4-6 weeks which would put him on a timeline to come back right at the start of the playoffs
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 March 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
yeah i like the thunder bench too, presti really did a good job of upgrading their depth on the low. unfortunately they needed someone to play that harden role and they just completely whiffed on waiters
morrow has been giving them really good minutes lately but that's not nearly enough obv
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 March 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
i may be in the minority but i'd still rather see the thunder than the pellies. playoff russ > brow for me
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
yeah i agree that the pells don't do much for me as a team. i would like to see brow in the playoffs with a roster that does not look like their roster.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 March 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
otm
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Friday, March 20, 2015 1:05 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― J0rdan S., Friday, March 20, 2015 1:05 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
let's not forget what happened last time ibaka was the second option in the playoffs though. i think the dubs defense would really expose him
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 March 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
― k3vin k., Friday, March 20, 2015 1:16 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the world just needs to know abt the brow the time is now
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
we already got a month of insane triple double russ what more could you possibly want
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 20 March 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
need more, on the big stage
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
dont know i can deal w sad russ if he fails horribly tho
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
he'll just juice more and come back 245 lbs of all muscle next year
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 20 March 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
terrence jones has a partially collapsed lung? jfc
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 20 March 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
yikes
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
this is interesting http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nba-russell-westbrook-kevin-durant-oklahoma-city-thunder-sports-media/
― J0rdan S., Friday, 20 March 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
as it pertains to the thunder specifically, for our purposes
Athletes act like dicks to reporters all the time. Why is this a story?
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 20 March 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
yeah that aspect of the thunder going into overdrive sheltering their players from the media was something. that reggie jackson story was interesting too.
― balls, Friday, 20 March 2015 20:27 (nine years ago) link
He's like 6'9 235.― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkGuys like that don't really get injured that much anyways. Injury risk greater for bulky guys or leapers.― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkas far as i can tell when he was drafted he was around 6-11/220-225,
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Guys like that don't really get injured that much anyways. Injury risk greater for bulky guys or leapers.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
as far as i can tell when he was drafted he was around 6-11/220-225,
He was 6'9 in bare feet, these are publicly available measurements.
Even post insanity/injuries Sanders still had absurd DRPM numbers. He was/is a great defender.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 20 March 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
You can't really fluke defense for a season, dude just was good.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 20 March 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
My conspiracy theory is that kev doesn't like lanky shotblockers who are awkward offensively.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 20 March 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
― balls, Friday, March 20, 2015 4:27 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah kind of an odd situation where by sheltering their players too much theyre making them allergic to the media where it cld just be nbd and ordinary if everyone wld just chill
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 22:08 (nine years ago) link
One thing I didn't see in those MJax articles: when bogut got injured and Jackson basically called him a pussy and then gave a fiery press conference blaming the media for printing what he said. Great guy!
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 20 March 2015 22:25 (nine years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 March 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
truly a man spreading god's love
― Clay, Friday, 20 March 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
i swear every national broadcast i've seen of a dubs game this year as soon as someone mentions what a great job kerr is doing etc there's an immediation interjection of 'WELL YOU HAVE TO GIVE MARK JACKSON CREDIT ETC'. fucking ridiculous.
― balls, Friday, 20 March 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
yeah that talk should all die next year. jax just needs to get a coaching job so they can all just talk freely too.
― Steph def def (Spottie), Friday, 20 March 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
i kinda love bogut as a human
blazers color guy on Damian's long floater "it's another weapon in his arsenal of... weapons."
― Clay, Saturday, 21 March 2015 00:50 (nine years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Friday, March 20, 2015 4:01 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this was fascinating and so weird. i wonder how the spurs handle local media.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 21 March 2015 01:18 (nine years ago) link
spurs fully spursgasming against the celtics rn
but hey who cares pacers lost tonight still tied for dat 8th
― slothroprhymes, Saturday, 21 March 2015 02:25 (nine years ago) link
@CelticsHub: Marcus Smart with the flagrant 2 foul and ejection after a cheap shot on Matt Bonner in the nuts. A suspension is likely coming too.
― lag∞n, Saturday, 21 March 2015 02:27 (nine years ago) link