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Well to be fair, everyone hates the Heat.
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2013 NBA Playoffs |OT2| Rose has no Muscle Memories, Durant having Russell Memories
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Well to be fair, everyone hates the Heat.
Al would be an upgrade for OKC. But... they're over the cap and what do they have that you'd want. Out side of picks obviously.
Randolph just lowers his head, barrels into the chest of defenders who are standing straight-up, and still gets rewarded with FT's. I'm getting sick of that and the fact that we're barely being allowed to defend Gasol with a minimal amount of physicality.
That stretch of really ticky-tack/questionable calls in the 2nd quarter, after we had built a 17 point lead, just completely murdered our momentum. You could tell then and there this was going to be a dogfight in the end. If they let just one or two of the obviously bad calls go, then we're probably up by around 15 at halftime and get a win. I know that's a lot of speculative thinking, but it can't be understated how crucial those stretch of calls were.
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That stretch of really ticky-tack/questionable calls in the 2nd quarter, after we had built a 17 point lead, just completely murdered our momentum. You could tell then and there this was going to be a dogfight in the end. If they let just one or two of the obviously bad calls go, then we're probably up by around 15 at halftime and get a win. I know that's a lot of speculative thinking, but it can't be understated how crucial those stretch of calls were.
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Heart Attack
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I'm calling it. Durant will never win a championship in Oklahoma. He'll get traded to another team in the near future when he grows frustrated of having a retard as a GM, and an incompetent coach.
Should go to the grizz. Would be amazing.
Meh i wasn't looking at the logistics i was just thinking about maybe Perk might be worth playing if he was at least really good on offense.
So basically Al Jeff.
Heart Attack
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It would, but he'll probably end up being a Laker.
Black Mamba
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Is this really necessary?
Heart Attack
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no, but if its offensive to some i can edit it.
Thats really unlikely.
Also, can we not start THAT merry-go-round with the press where we get a million articles about the what ifs and the Durant D-Day Decision crap about the will he won't he go to the lakers.
Why do i feel like somewhere out there kado is shopping a laker jersey onto KD...
A Laker? staph.
Dayum feel really bitter for KD, his team suck but they also lose because him
They didn't lose because of him though. He's averaging 45 minutes for the series while doing most of the work. He's clearly tired at the end of the game.
Flat out exhausted.
At the end of game 3 guy looked like he was digging so very deep to keep on going.
Can't say i wouldn't be frustrated either.
Really?
friskykillface
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Durant will probably leave in a few years, I'm starting to agree with you guys.
Perkins gonna get dumped though, he's lost it even though he never had it
Pierce and KG signing for the vet minimum next season D: Thunder will be loaded B^)
Perkins gonna get dumped though, he's lost it even though he never had it
Pierce and KG signing for the vet minimum next season D: Thunder will be loaded B^)
ViewtifulJC
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KD just has the misfortune of playing during LeBrons era. Unless he wants to be Karl Malone 2.0, he ain't staying in OKC. He ain't about that 2nd place life
Heart Attack
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that would be amazing, but i doubt it.
ThisWreckage
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Perkins, Ibaka, and Chandler are all having pretty awful playoff runs. I think defensive bigs are overrated. I'd rather have a defensive liability like Randolph than Ibaka.
He isn't really going anywhere.
Chandlers injured, and it's his first bad play off run in years. So...
And you just saw what noah did.... Versus Lopez...
Marc Gasol? Tim Duncan?
The Mavs wouldn't win in 2011 without Chandler.
The Warriors wouldn't win game 4 without Bogut's defense.
ThisWreckage
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Gasol and Duncan can score the ball. Ibaka, Chandler, and Perkins will not give you shit on the offensive side of the ball. That's what I was referring to. A defensive specialist has to be able to score reliably. It's also why pairing Perkins with Ibaka was so moronic. Their front court doesn't give them a damn thing offensively. And you can throw Collison into that mix as well.
Noah's a great player, but he was a ghost last night and Bosh torched him. And Noah only scored six points. So if he doesn't stop opposing players he's just as worthless as the other players I mentioned are.
If you're just talking about defensive specialist (which is different from defensive bigs) then yeah I agree, they are a bit overpaid and overrated.
Adam Blade
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F da Clips.
F da Clips.
Future PhaZe
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Man, I really think OKC would have beaten this Heat team had they kept Harden
fucking presti
fucking presti
Heart Attack
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Man, I really think OKC would have beaten this Heat team had they kept Harden
fucking presti
this trade will kill the franchise in the long-term.
Red Blaster
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hey if memphis wins the title maybe smallball will be dead
Adam Blade
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Future PhaZe
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It would be nice to get away from the 3 ball or foul shot era
The Frankman
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Y'know people keep bringing up Chandler being injured... what exactly is his injury? Raymond Felton and Carmelo are arguably more injured than he is, the only injury Chandler seems to have is STAT Disease where you say "I'm 100% I feel great"
If anything I think he's not in basketball shape after the bulging disc/getting the flu and losing like 10 pounds. He's been starting out games ok enough then gets killed in the 2nd quarter/2nd half.
If anything I think he's not in basketball shape after the bulging disc/getting the flu and losing like 10 pounds. He's been starting out games ok enough then gets killed in the 2nd quarter/2nd half.
Red Blaster
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why because hes black
dr. blade im disappointed that you've taken on qualities of donald sterling via osmosis
CherryWoodFuton
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I say rest him for as long as possible. We can close out with Lebron and Bosh
Vestal
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Id go as far as say rest him till the finals.
We can get away with Miller starting and Allen coming off the bench against Indiana
This is based on....?Man, I really think OKC would have beaten this Heat team had they kept Harden
fucking presti
How about not playing him at all? Will still chip, hell probably that work the best against memphis.
Future PhaZe
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Not looking to hijack the thread for multiple pages based off of something that is no longer a possibility.
in summary: i lost da receipts
ThisWreckage
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Man, I really think OKC would have beaten this Heat team had they kept Harden
fucking presti
No way. Heat would have had legit home court this year and the Heat got better as well.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Randolph is an above average defender.
The Warriors, Bulls, and Pacers are did pretty well with Bogut, Noah, and Hibbert who can't score reliably or efficiently.
The only teams that made it out of the first-round without an elite defensive big man are OKC and Miami and they have the two best players in the league.
Kind of weird comparisons as well since I think Ibaka has played pretty well defensively this postseason, Chandler is injured, and Perkins sucks in all areas and isn't a defensive big, he's just nothing.
they only missing Westbrook doe
Future PhaZe
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Rose vindicated?
ViewtifulJC
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Marc Gasol didn't make All-Defensive first team
lulz
lulz
MorisUkunRasik
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Ibaka and Perk are pretty overrated defensively.
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