Here's to the team doing better in OKC than they did in Seattle. :beer:
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Here's to the team doing better in OKC than they did in Seattle. :beer:
Yes, Scott Brooks is still the Head Coach after taking over from PJ Carllesimo mid-season last year. He seems to be doing a good job and has put together a pretty good coaching staff adding Maurice Cheeks as an assistant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)
Kevin Durant has 28 games in a row of 25 points or more, and the Thunder are on a 9-game winning streak.
Wow! is all I can say.
12 more games for KD and he'll overtake MJ for most consecutive games with 25 points or more. That's still a lot of games left, but what a great streak.
The Thunder are putting together one Hell of a ball-club. I couldn't be happier with what they've done.
They definitely are on a "great roll", and I am sure they will make the playoffs. Do you go to see them play? ps - you might want to remove the word (sucks) from the thread title.Quote:
Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne
Damn...not tonight!Quote:
The Official Oklahoma City Thunder (sucks) Thread
The Thunda are puttin the hurt on LA-Lakers and I am friggin McLovin it!
I see no way the Lakers will repeat - they may not even get out of the first round
I was surprised they made the playoffs and glad they gave LA a run for their money. i was hoping (so badly) they would have beaten the Lakers.
Its scary to think how good Oklahoma City will be in the future when James Harden hits his potential playing aside Westbrook, Green, and Durant. Krstic isnt a bad inside presense as well.. Theyre probably gonna run the Northwest for most of this decade.
Well, this season was a tremendous success. No-one really expected the playoffs, and then to take the defending champs to six games was icing on the cake.
I can't wait to see what they do in the off-season and what we can do next year.
well layne, your thread title is looking pretty ironic right now. . .
are you going to edit it, or let it continue to fly as a penance?
:D
Small market Thunder about to be big time face of league
Mon Aug 09,2010 9:47 AM ET By Kurt Helin
The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers are the undisputed kings of NBA marketing hype. When the league wants to put its best face forward -- opening night, Christmas day -- these are the teams you will see.
But right behind them is the Oklahoma City Thunder.
And that is the rare triumph of a small market in the NBA marketing world.
How small? Oklahoma City is the 45th largest television market in the United States. In fact, there are only three smaller markets in the nation that have a professional sports team, according to Ben Maller.
Yet starting Monday, there will be Kevin Durant as the lead face for Team USA as it gets together in New York.
Last season, the Thunder had one scheduled nationally televised game before the season started. Already this year we know of three -- one opening week, one on Christmas day, one on Martin Luther King day. When the full NBA schedule comes out Tuesday, expect the Thunder to have many more.
The Thunder are the "it" team, the up and coming team. They have the league's leading scorer. They have a young, athletic and exciting squad. They have a team good enough to push the Lakers in the playoffs last season.
Smart money says the Thunder will have more than 20 nationally televised games this season. And you can bet the NBA will be promoting them every chance they get. Market size be damned.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c..._entries/3.php
i have to admit, a small part of me will probably be bandwagoning the thunder going forward, simply because it's cool and refreshing to see the small market team succeed. . . it's nice to see teams that aren't in new york, LA, boston or chicago compete on the big stage. . .
and durant becomes instantly likeable after not only making the committment to the small-town team, but doing so in such a markedly different manner from lebron. . . if/when the nugs are eliminated, the thunder and magic are easy and natural teams for me to "root for," as far as that goes. . . or, at least prefer seeing them win to more of the lakers and celtics. . . you know what i mean. . . :D
Well, here we are. .. Year #3 in OKC and home-court advantage in round one against the Nuggets.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...erPlayoffs.jpg
Thunder up Baby!
I was really hoping for Dallas instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne
I think it will be a good series, but I like OKC in 6 or 7. I just don't think Denver has enough firepower or clutch time performers.
A month ago I was really scared of you guys. Now I feel a little better as we seem to be firing on all cylinders right now, but Denver is a dangerous team. We'll have to play well to get by you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buff
OK NTL - let's get it on :boxing: Seriously, that team you were scared of a month ago was a healthy Nuggets team. Since then, we turned into somewhat like the mash unit. Hopefully we are healthy when the playoffs start.Quote:
Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne
You've got thee days.... No more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)