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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2241 » by Idiosyncratic » Sun May 25, 2025 6:22 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:Turns out OKC is not unbeatable


Pretty evident already by the fact that Denver beats them if they have one bench guy worth anything. Or maybe even just a healthy MPJ?

OKC half court offense can stagnate if they aren't forcing turnovers.

And on defense they play such intense help defense that if you take care of the ball and make the extra smart pass you can beat them if you are hitting your open shots. This is why we saw Jokic able to have success and Luka last year, they can always find the open man, not easy for everyone though.

That being said it is just one game. We see in the NBA these days if one team has a really hot shooting start and the other doesn't it can create a game that gets out of hand fast. OKC is still really good, but they are beatable.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2242 » by pepe1991 » Sun May 25, 2025 6:43 pm

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Optimus_Steel wrote:Turns out OKC is not unbeatable


Pretty evident already by the fact that Denver beats them if they have one bench guy worth anything. Or maybe even just a healthy MPJ?

OKC half court offense can stagnate if they aren't forcing turnovers.

And on defense they play such intense help defense that if you take care of the ball and make the extra smart pass you can beat them if you are hitting your open shots. This is why we saw Jokic able to have success and Luka last year, they can always find the open man, not easy for everyone though.

That being said it is just one game. We see in the NBA these days if one team has a really hot shooting start and the other doesn't it can create a game that gets out of hand fast. OKC is still really good, but they are beatable.


Nobody is unbeatable . OKC is still massive favorite to win it all.

Nuggets pushing 7 games only tells you how ahead of everybody Jokić really is. I don't know, to me it feels like Jokić is most dominant star i watched since Jordan. He just lacks multiple titles for argument. He misses (6? ) several all star/ HOFs like Lebron had to win :lol:
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2243 » by Idiosyncratic » Sun May 25, 2025 7:22 pm

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Optimus_Steel wrote:Turns out OKC is not unbeatable


Pretty evident already by the fact that Denver beats them if they have one bench guy worth anything. Or maybe even just a healthy MPJ?

OKC half court offense can stagnate if they aren't forcing turnovers.

And on defense they play such intense help defense that if you take care of the ball and make the extra smart pass you can beat them if you are hitting your open shots. This is why we saw Jokic able to have success and Luka last year, they can always find the open man, not easy for everyone though.

That being said it is just one game. We see in the NBA these days if one team has a really hot shooting start and the other doesn't it can create a game that gets out of hand fast. OKC is still really good, but they are beatable.


Nobody is unbeatable . OKC is still massive favorite to win it all.

Nuggets pushing 7 games only tells you how ahead of everybody Jokić really is. I don't know, to me it feels like Jokić is most dominant star i watched since Jordan. He just lacks multiple titles for argument. He misses (6? ) several all star/ HOFs like Lebron had to win :lol:


Agree. Especially nowadays with 3 point shooting volume and variance I think it makes all teams even more beatable in theory.

Also agree completely on Jokic. Somehow he still feels underrated. I think people are taking some of his recent seasons for granted, these are basically unseen numbers. He averaged a near triple double with a 70 TS% a couple of years ago, literally may never be seen again.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2244 » by pepe1991 » Sun May 25, 2025 7:27 pm

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Pretty evident already by the fact that Denver beats them if they have one bench guy worth anything. Or maybe even just a healthy MPJ?

OKC half court offense can stagnate if they aren't forcing turnovers.

And on defense they play such intense help defense that if you take care of the ball and make the extra smart pass you can beat them if you are hitting your open shots. This is why we saw Jokic able to have success and Luka last year, they can always find the open man, not easy for everyone though.

That being said it is just one game. We see in the NBA these days if one team has a really hot shooting start and the other doesn't it can create a game that gets out of hand fast. OKC is still really good, but they are beatable.


Nobody is unbeatable . OKC is still massive favorite to win it all.

Nuggets pushing 7 games only tells you how ahead of everybody Jokić really is. I don't know, to me it feels like Jokić is most dominant star i watched since Jordan. He just lacks multiple titles for argument. He misses (6? ) several all star/ HOFs like Lebron had to win :lol:


Agree. Especially nowadays with 3 point shooting volume and variance I think it makes all teams even more beatable in theory.

Also agree completely on Jokic. Somehow he still feels underrated. I think people are taking some of his recent seasons for granted, these are basically unseen numbers. He averaged a near triple double with a 70 TS% a couple of years ago, literally may never be seen again.


Still only star in past 30-40 years to win title with 0 all star teammates.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2245 » by BadMofoPimp » Sun May 25, 2025 9:29 pm

I, for one, am for the underdog Wolves. Would like them to provem all wrong. Unlikely, but they are better than they seem. Their last 20 games of the season they were on a tear and also thru the playoffs thus far. Plus, they played OKC solid during the regular season.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2246 » by basketballRob » Mon May 26, 2025 1:05 am

Brunson is a huge liability on defense.

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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2247 » by Idiosyncratic » Mon May 26, 2025 2:51 am

Man these Knicks Pacers games are just coin flips. Like either team could be up 3-0 at this point just as easily as any other outcome.

Towns was good today. Shamet and Delon Wright sightings off the bench lol.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2248 » by Black and Blue » Mon May 26, 2025 2:53 am

Scott Foster, the series extender.

The moment I saw him I knew. Doesn’t matter the Pacers were up by 20. You can’t beat Foster when he wants to keep the series going for the NBA.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2249 » by RookieStar » Mon May 26, 2025 3:00 am

basketballRob wrote:Brunson is a huge liability on defense.

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Him and KAT.

As someone in the GB observed,,IND passes up open shots just tonget the ball to the guy Brunson isbdefending and letting him work.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2250 » by Optimus_Steel » Mon May 26, 2025 3:16 am

Called it after game 2, sitting Towns in the 4th was dumb. Knicks were too easy to defend. Tonight he was out there and delivered.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2251 » by pepe1991 » Mon May 26, 2025 6:02 am

Spirit of Kobe was in Towns in 4th
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2252 » by RookieStar » Mon May 26, 2025 9:41 am

pepe1991 wrote:Spirit of Kobe was in Towns in 4th


This series is soooo entertaining. The team that has a player steps up is the one winnig.

Game 1 : Hali channled his inner Reggie
Game 2 : Siakam was infested with MJ spirit
Game 3 : Towns became Kobe
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2253 » by eyriq » Tue May 27, 2025 3:30 am

OKC is inevitable?
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2254 » by Driguez » Tue May 27, 2025 3:54 am

eyriq wrote:OKC is inevitable?


Yeah. At this point Wolves aren’t beating OKC, Pacers be lucky to win one game.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2255 » by eyriq » Tue May 27, 2025 4:01 am

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eyriq wrote:OKC is inevitable?


Yeah. At this point Wolves aren’t beating OKC, Pacers be lucky to win one game.
Sad times. OKC is set up for a dynasty.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2256 » by Driguez » Tue May 27, 2025 4:49 am

eyriq wrote:
Driguez wrote:
eyriq wrote:OKC is inevitable?


Yeah. At this point Wolves aren’t beating OKC, Pacers be lucky to win one game.
Sad times. OKC is set up for a dynasty.


Can’t hate OKC, they’ve built the right way.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2257 » by pepe1991 » Tue May 27, 2025 4:59 am

OKC with first smart fouling in nba history.

People do this tactic for 50 years now everywhere but in nba. It takes miracle shots out of picture.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2258 » by Skybox » Tue May 27, 2025 11:13 am

pepe1991 wrote:OKC with first smart fouling in nba history.

People do this tactic for 50 years now everywhere but in nba. It takes miracle shots out of picture.


Yep...Like NFL, "there's holding on every play" -just a matter of what gets called. ORL is far from innocent too...but one call from Silver can change the value of that.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2259 » by tiderulz » Tue May 27, 2025 11:39 am

eyriq wrote:
Driguez wrote:
eyriq wrote:OKC is inevitable?


Yeah. At this point Wolves aren’t beating OKC, Pacers be lucky to win one game.
Sad times. OKC is set up for a dynasty.

they will have money issues soon. Chet's and Jaylen Williams extensions same time as Paolo's.
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Re: Around the League: 2024-25 Season 

Post#2260 » by pepe1991 » Tue May 27, 2025 11:41 am

tiderulz wrote:
eyriq wrote:
Driguez wrote:
Yeah. At this point Wolves aren’t beating OKC, Pacers be lucky to win one game.
Sad times. OKC is set up for a dynasty.

they will have money issues soon. Chet's and Jaylen Williams extensions same time as Paolo's.


They will *probably* win title this year and have opportunity to defend it next year. After that, from their POV; who cares what comes next.
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