2024 NBA Playoffs: West Semifinals: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #5 Dallas Mavericks (DAL WINS 4-2)

[ChipotleWest]

Meanwhile today, in the pacers and Knicks game they called the same **** foul against the pacers as they did OKC.

Pacers challenge and today it's overturned.

Y'all wild.

We get it you know more than SGA, the person who committed the foul and admitted he screwed up. You're a genius, everyone is dumb.

The only thing we get is you a man with no honor. You said you was putting me on block.

If you bothered to watch the video of where that quote came from then you would know he deferred to what the NBA called and that he hadn't actually seen the call..

Not even 24 hours later the NBA is calling it the other way with another inflated rule about why.

Knicks sweep the Mavs.

You're clueless about how basketball works, no one has taken your side on this. You think if a defender touches the ball first then they can just do whatever punch them upside the head if they want.

[Patches Perry]

More than likely you are correct, however, the future is not written in stone. SGA may suffer a season-ending injury at some point next year. You just never know...

All one has to do is look back at the OKC team of Durant, Harden and Westbrook. That core never made it back to the Finals.

This logic works both ways though. Mortgaging some of your assets and future flexibility for a temporary win-now piece may fail completely because SGA may have suffered a season-ending injury after the trade deadline. We have the benefit now of knowing that didn't happen, but that's pure hindsight. We can't really judge which approach is better until we see how the next few years materialize.

With Luka everyone was saying that the Mavs need to get a second star next him and build a contender around him or he’s going to force a trade (because that’s what superstars do) so I wii of ups assume the same goes for SGA.

Thunder have already put two guys around him on trajectory to be all-stars. Also, the "force a trade for a second star" strategy tends to work out bad for the organization more often than not. I mean, that's how OKC got SGA in the first place (Kawhi forcing Clippers to bring in Paul George in order to sign).

[ChipotleWest]

Dallas Maverick coaches that made the WCF
John McLeod 1
Avery Johnson 1
Rick Carlisle 1
Jason Kidd 2

[jkvonny]

tried telling people. Luka vs Jokic is pre-ordained since the all-star game. Luka winning a championship will happen this season because the NBA wants to lock him in as one of the faces of the league. They want that Euro market fully invested in him and the NBA. He can't ascend without first winning a title. League is rigged y'all. Doesn't mean you can't still enjoy watching world-class athletes play the game you love. Like a scripted TV show it's still enjoyable

....this guy again....

[jkvonny]

tried telling people. Luka vs Jokic is pre-ordained since the all-star game. Luka winning a championship will happen this season because the NBA wants to lock him in as one of the faces of the league. They want that Euro market fully invested in him and the NBA. He can't ascend without first winning a title. League is rigged y'all. Doesn't mean you can't still enjoy watching world-class athletes play the game you love. Like a scripted TV show it's still enjoyable

Your trolling act is getting way too obvious, man, you need to tone it down a bit.

The Euro market, LOL. Slovenia has smaller population than 36 US states. And the rest of Europe won't watch more because there is a Slovenian winning a title.Especially with Jokic already winning last year.

you gonna be okay? Does someone believing the NBA is rigged hurt your feelings and constitute trolling? Get over yourself. I'm entitled to my opinions. Imagine believing a white European has no affect on viewership and popularity of the NBA in Europe. Seriously, imagine thinking that.

How do you think MJ was able to become so popular worldwide? By winning titles, being in commercials, movies, video games and playing in the Olympics. He helped open up the global market. Which brought in revenue for the league. The NBA had to protect their golden boy MJ by literally changing the rules to facilitate that rise.

Doncic has already had a major affect on the European market. He's inspired so many kids and now Europeans are beating us in international play. Last year's #1 and likely this year's #1 player are from France. Kids coming up are emulating his style of play like they did when Steph hit the scene. How are you not aware of this?

edit - and I'm not trolling. I legit believe the NBA is rigged because I've lived through so much of it. The Knicks getting Ewing. The Spurs getting Duncan. The NBA steering Kobe to the Lakers. And the straw that broke the camel's back was the 2002 playoffs where we lost to the Lakers because of officiating. That was when I really started to pay attention and the evidence kept piling up. The vetoed Paul trade. The officiating in the 2006 and 2010 Finals. The rigged 2016 Finals. The Cavs getting the #1 pick multiple times. The Pelicans getting the #1 pick after losing AD. The Spurs getting Wembanyama. How the rules have changed. How the league favors its superstars. How playoffs are officiated. There's so many other examples I don't feel like getting into. If you don't want to believe it than more power to you

....this guy again......

[Texas Chuck]

at least he admitted what this is all about, he's still not over something that happened 20 years ago. Now that we know its Kings/Lakers sour grapes we can ignore the rest of this derailment.

[Mr B]

This logic works both ways though. Mortgaging some of your assets and future flexibility for a temporary win-now piece may fail completely because SGA may have suffered a season-ending injury after the trade deadline. We have the benefit now of knowing that didn't happen, but that's pure hindsight. We can't really judge which approach is better until we see how the next few years materialize.

With Luka everyone was saying that the Mavs need to get a second star next him and build a contender around him or he’s going to force a trade (because that’s what superstars do) so I wii of ups assume the same goes for SGA.

Thunder have already put two guys around him on trajectory to be all-stars. Also, the "force a trade for a second star" strategy tends to work out bad for the organization more often than not. I mean, that's how OKC got SGA in the first place (Kawhi forcing Clippers to bring in Paul George in order to sign).

I’m with you 100% but that’s what all the “experts” said about Luka.

I will also say that I don’t see SGA or really any of the young superstar/all star players being the type to force a trade. Not saying any of them won’t just that they don’t seem the type.

With that said I believe OKC does need to upgrade the talent around SGA. Having potential is great but it reminds me of something former NFL head coach Bill Parcels said several years ago. Having potential only means that you haven’t done **** yet. OKC would be better off trading some of their assets for a true PG, a defensive minded/rebounding Center, and a star player to play next to SGA. OKC’s window is now considering SGA is 25. They have more than enough assets to get that done.

[CobraCommander]

Being young matters now?

Luka has been getting roasted and he’s younger than SGA.

Sga out played Luka this series from start to finish - that’s not in doubt -

The okc thunder YOUNG - sga and Luka same damn age-

It’s just math man and being young matters a ton-

Okc is the youngest team ever to win a playoff series -

Mavs 4 years older on avg

Better team and older team won-

Best player in series was Sga - Luka knows how that feels -

Thoroughly outplayed a clearly injured Luka except when it mattered the most. The Pels without Zion aren’t a playoff team and they were up against the 1 seed with an MVP candidate.

He out played Luka whole series period- sga can’t worry about Luka’s health-

In fact Luka under performed and his team stood up.

If SGA is the better player but Luka wins a ring - Mavs fans should be fine with that.

Luka had 14 TOs last two games and he wasn’t good and the Mavs won…

Sga was amazing in both those games and lost -

I think Luka may be one of the few guys on earth that understand what SGA is feeling right now

[sikma42]

How do Gafford and Lively look against Jokic? Do they provide any resistance at all


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[jkvonny]

tried telling people. Luka vs Jokic is pre-ordained since the all-star game. Luka winning a championship will happen this season because the NBA wants to lock him in as one of the faces of the league. They want that Euro market fully invested in him and the NBA. He can't ascend without first winning a title. League is rigged y'all. Doesn't mean you can't still enjoy watching world-class athletes play the game you love. Like a scripted TV show it's still enjoyable

Show us proof that you really believe this. Mortgage your house, bet your family savings all in on the Mavs futures to win the NBA title then show us the receipts. LOL


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Ha!

[jkvonny]

Your trolling act is getting way too obvious, man, you need to tone it down a bit.

The Euro market, LOL. Slovenia has smaller population than 36 US states. And the rest of Europe won't watch more because there is a Slovenian winning a title.Especially with Jokic already winning last year.

you gonna be okay? Does someone believing the NBA is rigged hurt your feelings and constitute trolling? Get over yourself. I'm entitled to my opinions. Imagine believing a white European has no affect on viewership and popularity of the NBA in Europe. Seriously, imagine thinking that.

How do you think MJ was able to become so popular worldwide? By winning titles, being in commercials, movies, video games and playing in the Olympics. He helped open up the global market. Which brought in revenue for the league. The NBA had to protect their golden boy MJ by literally changing the rules to facilitate that rise.

Doncic has already had a major affect on the European market. He's inspired so many kids and now Europeans are beating us in international play. Last year's #1 and likely this year's #1 player are from France. Kids coming up are emulating his style of play like they did when Steph hit the scene. How are you not aware of this?

edit - and I'm not trolling. I legit believe the NBA is rigged because I've lived through so much of it. The Knicks getting Ewing. The Spurs getting Duncan. The NBA steering Kobe to the Lakers. And the straw that broke the camel's back was the 2002 playoffs where we lost to the Lakers because of officiating. That was when I really started to pay attention and the evidence kept piling up. The vetoed Paul trade. The officiating in the 2006 and 2010 Finals. The rigged 2016 Finals. The Cavs getting the #1 pick multiple times. The Pelicans getting the #1 pick after losing AD. The Spurs getting Wembanyama. How the rules have changed. How the league favors its superstars. How playoffs are officiated. There's so many other examples I don't feel like getting into. If you don't want to believe it than more power to you

....this guy again......

TWolves and Pacers won.