Patches Perry wrote:Revived wrote:Thunder fans bumping this may want to wait to find out if Lakers (who went 3-1 against thunder btw) are their first rd matchup or not…because if it is and Thunder lose a #1 vs #8 matchup in rd 1 then all the chest thumping will have been for nothing. Sure Thunder will still have a bright future and yada yada yada but living in the present, round 1 may be a major problem.
You're really moving the goalposts here.
Your post from almost exactly a year ago:
Revived wrote:I don’t know if he’s wasting away or not but this isn’t the “gotcha” moment you think it is when your team is still not playoff team after what feels like 20 years of rebuilding and tanking. I don’t know when the Rockets will be good so no I don’t have anything to say about them.
You should’ve waited till OKC actually earns a playoff spot and then bumped this, then you would’ve got your due. Otherwise as you can see from all the other posters responding here as well, your bump just looks silly.
Keep in mind, the original claim you defended saying it's "not wrong" is that SGA is "wasting away" in OKC. That's not only wrong but spectacularly wrong. If OKC loses in the 1st round or 2nd round or whatever new bar you decide to give them after they clear the previous one, it won't make
that take any less wrong.
You’re right that I was wrong in the sense OKC made playoffs sooner than expected.
However, I think it’s still too early to say SGA isn’t wasting away his time in OKC. I’ll give you an example, Kevin Durant was drafted and developed by Thunder, then he made playoffs, even a Finals and then demanded out because he felt he was wasting away his time in OKC. He even said on his burner that had he stayed, nothing was going to change in terms of how far they can go, didn’t he? There are many people that think if KD didn’t waste his early years in OKC, he would’ve already had won titles even before going to GSW.
Thunder getting #1 seed, and then potentially losing early in the playoffs this season doesn’t change the notion that SGA isn’t wasting his time in OKC. Hell it wouldn’t even matter if he went to the conference finals, the point would remain the same.
Hypothetically if SGA leaves Thunder just like KD did, it wouldn’t even be a matter of discussion that SGA wasted his time in OKC. It’s the same as people who say Damian Lillard wasted his time in Portland.
I’m a Suns fan and yes, you can say the same exact thing about Devin Booker. If someone told me, “Booker wasted away his career in Phoenix” I wouldn’t be able to argue against it. Same thing if they said it even about Steve Nash and the Suns. The ultimate goal is to win a title and that’s something my Suns and your Thunder have failed to do.
I want you to be able to bump this and all you Thunder folks to be able to celebrate after winning an actual title. I would welcome that, I enjoy watching small market teams winning a ring if it’s not against the Suns (like mil). Trust me, im waiting to do the same for the Suns. But until then, I don’t get the chest thumping.
Of course you should be happy about the Thunder season this year and I get that, but bumping years old threads (which I guess is now allowed on the GB even though it wasn’t before?) to try and say “What now, hahaha look you were wrong” doesn’t work quite the same when they still haven’t reached the actual ultimate goal. I imagine yall are stoked on the Thunder forums and you definitely should be but I don’t get this.
