4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat

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4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#1 » by Thabo Sefolosha » Sun Apr 8, 2018 10:46 pm

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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#2 » by dakomish23 » Mon Apr 9, 2018 2:21 am

Please do not take your foot off the gas just b/c you got MEM after.

That MEM team has a bunch of young guys who don’t give a damn about the pick and are trying to have NBA careers. That’s far from a gimme.

MIA is still playing for positioning & is coming off a brutal, lackluster, awful performance against the Knicks. They’re going to want to get some mojo going into the playoffs & TOR likely will sit their starters the last game.
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#3 » by ThunderBolt » Mon Apr 9, 2018 3:06 am

Miami has $147,360,943 in guaranteed salary year despite having multiple expirings. I dont think that we are the team to take on salary from them but Richardson and Ellington are a couple of guys I would like to see on our roster next year.
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#4 » by dakomish23 » Mon Apr 9, 2018 5:00 am

Richardson would be a great fit. 38% from 3 is probably not even the ceiling if he was getting wide open looks as teams focused on Westbrook & PG.

If this pick conveys, OKC could move the next available pick, but would they? If PG stays you’re looking at north of 80 mil for Westbrook PG Adams. Closer to 90. Need the cheap talent.
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#6 » by Dadouv47 » Mon Apr 9, 2018 10:16 pm

Not feeling good about tonight's game (so much drama with our team this season)
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#7 » by ThunderBolt » Mon Apr 9, 2018 10:17 pm

Miami has no incentive to win.
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#8 » by Kizz Fastfists » Mon Apr 9, 2018 10:39 pm

Knrstz wrote:Miami has no incentive to win.


With Kyrie out you could argue they have incentive to lose to try to get Boston in the first round instead of the 76ers.
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#9 » by dakomish23 » Mon Apr 9, 2018 10:48 pm

Can they drop to 8 if WAS & MIL win out? They win & they lock themselves in at 6/7
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#10 » by Kizz Fastfists » Mon Apr 9, 2018 11:00 pm

dakomish23 wrote:Can they drop to 8 if WAS & MIL win out? They win & they lock themselves in at 6/7


They have the tie breakers, but yes they can drop to 8 if they lose out, Wash wins one and Mil wins out.
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Post#11 » by Thundershock88 » Mon Apr 9, 2018 11:39 pm

How fitting would it be if after beating Houston, we lose our last two to worse teams?
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Post#12 » by Kizz Fastfists » Mon Apr 9, 2018 11:54 pm

Thundershock88 wrote:How fitting would it be if after beating Houston, we lose our last two to worse teams?


It would fit right in with the rest of this season.
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#13 » by ThunderBolt » Mon Apr 9, 2018 11:56 pm

This is fantastic, lol
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#14 » by Thunder Up » Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:03 am

Melo getting into playoff form... didn't you guys know he was a chase down artist
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#15 » by ThunderBolt » Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:20 am

When it comes to driving to the basket, Paul George is the new Jerami Grant. He falls down and throws up wild crap way too often.
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#16 » by Thunder Up » Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:47 am

good 17 minutes of play in that half from OKC
also, josh richardson to the thunder somehow please
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#17 » by TKainZero » Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:59 am

Westbrook is going for 20 rebs tonight
USA Celtics in full effect. Amazing chemistry building experience right there for the main core of the team


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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#18 » by alessandrux » Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:39 am

What happened to our bench?

We have, right now, three quality contributors from it. If Abrines will continue to contribute we have our playoff rotation.
I am very impressed with Grant. i don't know how he does it, sometimes it does not look like basketball, but the results make more than up for it.
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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#19 » by bondom34 » Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:43 am

Grant has been maybe the only guy who's surpassed preseason expectations from me.

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Re: 4/9 - 6:30PM CST | G81: Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat 

Post#20 » by hardenASG13 » Tue Apr 10, 2018 1:45 am

Anyone else noticed/willing to acknowledge they have looked better with adams on the bench the last few? I think he's banged up, but alot better spacing on O, alot more athletic on D, and nice to have a guy in my boy grant who can switch effectively and will jump to block shots at the rim. Not saying bench adams by any means, but reducing him in certain matchups might be necessary.

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