Thread: The Official Oklahoma City Thunder (sucks) Thread

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Sure about that? They beat an athletic Hawks team...beat a young, athletic and defensive Sixers team and they are running neck and neck with the Wade/James show while maintaining the top scoring defense in the playoffs. Not sure how they arent athletic enough to run with a team that plays defense "in case of emergency"

Beating the Hawks is beating the Hawks. After all these years they still commit stupid turnovers and implode at the worst times. The Sixers are a good team but they don't have scoring. As much as I want my Celtics to beat the Heat I don't see it happening. They got two games in Boston and they almost had a game in Miami. With that being said, I can't expect the Celtics to keep containing Wade and LeBron. The game where those two go off is coming and the Heat have home court advantage.

Originally Posted by King87

Beating the Hawks is beating the Hawks. After all these years they still commit stupid turnovers and implode at the worst times. The Sixers are a good team but they don't have scoring. As much as I want my Celtics to beat the Heat I don't see it happening. They got two games in Boston and they almost had a game in Miami. With that being said, I can't expect the Celtics to keep containing Wade and LeBron. The game where those two go off is coming and the Heat have home court advantage.

Why not? Keep it close and let Bron, Bron **** it up at the end.

Here is hoping.

Originally Posted by King87

Beating the Hawks is beating the Hawks. After all these years they still commit stupid turnovers and implode at the worst times. The Sixers are a good team but they don't have scoring. As much as I want my Celtics to beat the Heat I don't see it happening. They got two games in Boston and they almost had a game in Miami. With that being said, I can't expect the Celtics to keep containing Wade and LeBron. The game where those two go off is coming and the Heat have home court advantage.

I understand your points, but based on this post-season, I think saying they arent athletic enough is incorrect. Actually...it may be correct...but ehy have the veteran moxie to find ways to defend and beat opposing athleticism.

All I know is if OKC wins it, I will be thoroughly confused. How 2 scorers that play ZERO defense can lead a team to a championship is beyond me.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

I understand your points, but based on this post-season, I think saying they arent athletic enough is incorrect. Actually...it may be correct...but ehy have the veteran moxie to find ways to defend and beat opposing athleticism.

All I know is if OKC wins it, I will be thoroughly confused. How 2 scorers that play ZERO defense can lead a team to a championship is beyond me.

Beyond you? Its the NBA

Originally Posted by Ravage!!!

Beyond you? Its the NBA

I guess I still relish the days when a complete basketball game was played.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

I understand your points, but based on this post-season, I think saying they arent athletic enough is incorrect. Actually...it may be correct...but ehy have the veteran moxie to find ways to defend and beat opposing athleticism.

All I know is if OKC wins it, I will be thoroughly confused. How 2 scorers that play ZERO defense can lead a team to a championship is beyond me.

I can agree about "zero defense" being played by Westbrook. He is a liability defensively.

However, Durant has improved greatly. He's not a top-notch defender, but he does enough. .. .his length helps a bunch to compensate.

The rest of the starters are great defenders, and more than make up for the Westbrook's and Durant's short-comings. Statistically, the Thunder were one of the better defensive teams this season. 10th in the league in opponent points, 3rd in differential (which I believe is a better measure. . when you score more, your opponent tends to score more as well). 2nd in steals, 2nd in blocks. ..

Either the other three are so great that they can overcome 40% of the team playing "zero" defense, or maybe those two do just a little bit to help. As a team, they do just fine defensively.

Westbrook has played defense this series. He's like Ray Allen, he can do it, sorta, but it can hurt his offensive game. Let's not get all misty-eyed about old school defense. A lot of that 'defense' was pushing and shoving and elbows. That's not necessarily skill intensive, at least in my book. Defense should be played, at least a constant effort, but WB is trying to D up....he just sucks at it.

Hellz yeah.

Congrats NTL - oh, and you may want to remove (sucks) from the thread title

Congrats Thunder. Of all the teams left they seem to have the best group of guys. I've always respected Durant for the loyalty he's shown to OKC. Most NBAers flee small markets like the plague but Durant has always said he would stay in OKC and he's lived up to that promise. Hope they win the next roud too.

If my Celtics get there, the Thunder are taking them in six, unfortunately. My solace is that Durant is my favorite non-Celtic player.

A big Congrts NTL and all OKC fans. A great series and can hardly wait till the next rounds.

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