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04-25-2014, 03:25 AM | #571 |
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Not a surprising loss, the coach doesn't care about losing and the players are "meh" about it. I say blow it the **** up, trade everyone from this sack of shit team you can and do a 100% rebuild from scratch. None of these guys should be safe, they played scared against 1 of the biggest pussies in the NBA (DeAndre Jordan). David Lee and Draymond Green need to hit the ****ing road.
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04-25-2014, 03:28 AM | #572 |
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and yes Chris Paul fouled Curry, but who cares, if the Warriors had an ounce of heart or pride it never would have gotten to that point.
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04-25-2014, 04:24 AM | #573 |
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here's the problem with the NBA that say the NFL or MLB doesnt have,
the good coaching pool in the NBA is the thinnest in all of the pro sports. You fire a Frank Vogel or Scotty Brooks not only is there no one out there better that can get you just as far but then teams like the Jazz and Bucks will hire them immediatley, because finding an established NBA coach is ****in impossible. 1/2 of the league had terrible no named coaches this past season. You replace Vogel or Brooks with a "young mind" you arent garunteed to get as far where as a young coach in the NFL could turn around your franchise. |
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They could already have a title if Brooks matches up better against Miami and Harden doesn't shit the bed as the third wheel in the Finals. I put it way more on Brooks though. They have the roster righr now to win it all if they had a system. Harden would help, but he's not the biggest difference. Brooks is holding them back and unless they turn it around he should be fired. If he isn't they are just wasting more time.
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He changes the way he plays because the refs tend to call the game differently in the playoffs. Instead of driving to the basket, which is his game, he mostly becomes a jump shooter. He's the type that needs the jump shots to come to him during the course of the game rather than them being first option. He's playing totally different now than he did / does in the regular season.
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04-25-2014, 11:45 AM | #582 |
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Harden played very well his first 3 seasons in the playoffs for OKC (apart from a few games on the road against Miami in his final one). It is only since he's become a #1 and taken on that higher level of responsibility that he's struggled (of course, struggled being a relative term, because him struggling is still better than most).
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I also disagree on Harden being a top 10 player until he performs in the playoffs. He was one of the best 6th men ever, but OKCs problems are beyond that. Where they miss him most is his setting up Durant at the end of games. You dont need a superstar to do that however. The guys they need to fill the role are all over the league and cheap. The Thunder are just too stubborn in the way they aquire players. You have to be long, you have to be athletic. They need to aquire some specialty players that can pass and knock down corner 3s. They can still win this series and the West if a lightbulb goes off. This team has always been a rough matchup for them. 2 OT losses when they played like garbage isnt the end of the World. Two more losses are. My biggest fear isnt losing this series though. It's losing and not firing Brooks. It's losing and not adjusting the plan. I do respect your viewpoints, but I think the Harden trade cost the Thunder titles is way too simplistic. If you watch this team day in and day out you would understand there is a lot more going on. Maybe the Harden trade started the snowball, but it's all assumption. There have been stretches they've played their best basketball. Stretches they've played their worst. It's on the coaching staff. The situation is still salvagble this year and going forward, but that window is getting small. |
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Portlands starting 5 might be the best in the league. Because the benches are shortened in the plaoyffs I don't think it's crazy to say they have a shot. I wouldn't want to play them.
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