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KilgoreTrout said:
Knicks just won in OKC. Knicks turned it over with 12 seconds left. Thunder needed a 3 to tie. Westbrook missed. Dion got the rebound and then missed.

OKC not looking elite.
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Okc is just awful outside of their top three guys. They need a much better wing at two guard and the bench is trash.

With durant not playing they will have a hard time beating anybody.
 
Time for Bogut to retire. When you let 35 year old Pau Gasol blow by you like prime AI, your career is over.
 
TyGuy said:
Okc is just awful outside of their top three guys. They need a much better wing at two guard and the bench is trash.

With durant not playing they will have a hard time beating anybody.
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Could you imagine that team with someone like James Harden? That would be crazy
 
KilgoreTrout said:
Knicks just won in OKC. Knicks turned it over with 12 seconds left. Thunder needed a 3 to tie. Westbrook missed. Dion got the rebound and then missed.

OKC not looking elite.
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they are likely to lose against lots of teams when durant is out and ibaka struggles. i mean westbrook had to score 43pts on 25 shots (which is insane btw) just to get by the pelicans. at home. without davis, asik, and evans.

realistically they have too many holes even when healthy to be an 'elite' team in the sense of gs, cavs, spurs, etc. could durant get sick hot in the playoffs and get them a ring? sure. but that roster as-is is in for a very steep, uphill battle to get a ring.
 
Triumph36 said:
they are likely to lose against lots of teams when durant is out and ibaka struggles. i mean westbrook had to score 43pts on 25 shots (which is insane btw) just to get by the pelicans. at home. without davis, asik, and evans.

realistically they have too many holes even when healthy to be an 'elite' team in the sense of gs, cavs, spurs, etc. could durant get sick hot in the playoffs and get them a ring? sure. but that roster as-is is in for a very steep, uphill battle to get a ring.
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I think Waiters weighs them down like kryptonite.
 
Weird game so far. Golden State has stayed away from their smaller line-ups seemingly trying to defend Chicago more than play their own style.
 
Triumph36 said:
they are likely to lose against lots of teams when durant is out and ibaka struggles. i mean westbrook had to score 43pts on 25 shots (which is insane btw) just to get by the pelicans. at home. without davis, asik, and evans.

realistically they have too many holes even when healthy to be an 'elite' team in the sense of gs, cavs, spurs, etc. could durant get sick hot in the playoffs and get them a ring? sure. but that roster as-is is in for a very steep, uphill battle to get a ring.
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Agreed.

Presti drafted as well as one could have drafted but never was able to really put that roster together. They have never really surrounded Westbrook and Durant with guys who could actually pass/move the ball. That has hurt them. They've had different collections of guys and some talent but have failed to find that glue-guy. In-fact, at the time before the trade, Harden WAS that glue-guy, and while he's obviously become an elite player now, they miss him for his ability to make plays for Westbrook and Durant and be a glue-guy.

The Harden trade was bad in the sense that it didn't really net them anything good rather than how good Harden became. They really struck out with that trade.
Lamb being such a bust hurt.

I think it might be time for Durant and Westbrook to be apart.

If Durant was healthy I would trade Westbrook, but now you can't take that risk and I don't know if there is anywhere that would offer enough of a return for an impending FA Durant.
 
Fun Fact:

Dion Waiters this season has 14 missed layups and 13 made layups
 
Andrew Bogut is the dirtiest player in the league... discuss.
 
Bulls hanging with Warriors. GS up by 3 with 6 min left.
 
Going to be a clutch three by the Warriors to win this game one of these possessions.

Hope I'm wrong.
 
Help me out with something but there's just something I don't like about Steph Curry and how the Warriors play ball.

I don't know...that whole team comes off as gimmicky to me in the same vain as the 2009 Orlando Magic.

Am I being cynical, missing something or am I on the right path?
 
They have shooters all over the place.

I want to punch them all.
 
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