12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Are they ever going to miss from three?
Said in a thread about which point guards would make OKC better if they replaced Westbrook:
Coxy wrote:I think with a PG like George Hill, they'd be better than current.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
We look mediocre even when guys play well.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Melo steal GGeorge's talent?
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Such a Thunder thing to lose against the Knicks without their 2 best players.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
NaturalThunder wrote:Are they ever going to miss from three?
Probably not until we guard them
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
And we're losing at the half to the bleeping Porzingis-less Knicks. We have a chance to FINALLY get above .500 and we're losing to the Porzingis-less Knicks at the half. Without Porzingis the Knicks are a borderline G-League team. I feel like getting above .500 would be such a huge mental hurdle for this piece of s**t team to get over, and we get a team without their best player but we can't bury them in the 1st half. Of course us "burying" a team in the 1st half generally means a loss or a close win more often than not.
I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He's regressed so much lately that he can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.
I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He's regressed so much lately that he can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.
Said in a thread about which point guards would make OKC better if they replaced Westbrook:
Coxy wrote:I think with a PG like George Hill, they'd be better than current.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Need to feed PG in the 3rd just to see if he can get it going
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Thundershock88 wrote:Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup
50 minutes last night
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
And that was a horrendous call to end the half.
Of course Jarrett Jack, unlike our staring PG, can actually make FTs. If Russ could make a damn FT then we'd actually only be down by one possession at the half.
**** this team.
Of course Jarrett Jack, unlike our staring PG, can actually make FTs. If Russ could make a damn FT then we'd actually only be down by one possession at the half.
**** this team.
Said in a thread about which point guards would make OKC better if they replaced Westbrook:
Coxy wrote:I think with a PG like George Hill, they'd be better than current.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
18-4 run to end the quarter...
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
NaturalThunder wrote:And we're losing at the half to the bleeping Porzingis-less Knicks. We have a chance to FINALLY get above .500 and we're losing to the Porzingis-less Knicks at the half. Without Porzingis the Knicks are a borderline G-League team. I feel like getting above .500 would be such a huge mental hurdle for this piece of s**t team to hurdle, and we get a team without their best player and we can't bury them in the 1st half. Of course us "burying" a team in the 1st half generally means a loss or a close win more often than not.
I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.
You are being kind to Westbrook.
If he was 80-90% of last season we would be GREAT.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
NaturalThunder wrote:And we're losing at the half to the bleeping Porzingis-less Knicks. We have a chance to FINALLY get above .500 and we're losing to the Porzingis-less Knicks at the half. Without Porzingis the Knicks are a borderline G-League team. I feel like getting above .500 would be such a huge mental hurdle for this piece of s**t team to hurdle, and we get a team without their best player and we can't bury them in the 1st half. Of course us "burying" a team in the 1st half generally means a loss or a close win more often than not.
I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.
Dude, they played 3 overtimes last night and don't have an NBA center. What exactly were you expecting here?
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
spearsy23 wrote:Thundershock88 wrote:Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup
50 minutes last night
Well, I tried to forget about last night, but now that you mentioned it, he missed 2 dunks in the 4th last night. Maybe the layup was the right choice.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
spearsy23 wrote:Thundershock88 wrote:Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup
50 minutes last night
It’s not like tonight is the first night he’s blown a layup.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Dadouv47 wrote:NaturalThunder wrote:And we're losing at the half to the bleeping Porzingis-less Knicks. We have a chance to FINALLY get above .500 and we're losing to the Porzingis-less Knicks at the half. Without Porzingis the Knicks are a borderline G-League team. I feel like getting above .500 would be such a huge mental hurdle for this piece of s**t team to hurdle, and we get a team without their best player and we can't bury them in the 1st half. Of course us "burying" a team in the 1st half generally means a loss or a close win more often than not.
I hate this MF'in team. Westbrook is 60% of the player he's been the rest of his career. That's the main reason we're struggling and fighting to get above .500 30 games into the season. He sucks so bleeping much right now relative to what Thunder fans are used to seeing. He can't even make more than half of his bleeping FTs.
You are being kind to Westbrook.
If he was 80-90% of last season we would be GREAT.
I said he was 60% of what he's been the rest of his career (save his rookie season). I agree, if he was just 80%-90% of what he was last season, we'd be anywhere from 20-8 to 22-6 instead of 14-14.
Said in a thread about which point guards would make OKC better if they replaced Westbrook:
Coxy wrote:I think with a PG like George Hill, they'd be better than current.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
I've been complaining about this team all season but tonight really isn't worth it. If we get a win that's a nice bonus, bit we really shouldn't.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Knicks are shooting out of their minds. They'll cool off. I just hope we don't have our typical 3rd quarter slump.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
Knrstz wrote:spearsy23 wrote:Thundershock88 wrote:Prime Russ would have dunked that. That was a weak layup
50 minutes last night
It’s not like tonight is the first night he’s blown a layup.
It's very rarely been so obviously because he didn't have his legs.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 12/16 - 6:30PM CST | G29: Oklahoma City Thunder at New York Knicks: The Return of Melo
We still have too many stretches without involving everybody.
"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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