2025 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: #1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (OKC WINS 4-1)

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I don’t like Thunder or SGA’s play style but resorting to this type of crap narrative is just sad.

[levon]

Not a 51+ win team in sight and they have the golden whistle with multiple all stars.

Easiest road to the finals in the 2020s

2023 Nuggets

Lol, there is no way Nuggets run to the finals was easier than Boston's last year.

Some of you Jokic Haters/Denver haters need some serious therapy.

No hate; the poster cited record of opponent.

[Ssj16]

2023 Nuggets

Lol, there is no way Nuggets run to the finals was easier than Boston's last year.

Some of you Jokic Haters/Denver haters need some serious therapy.

No hate; the poster cited record of opponent.

You think going through Minny, a stacked Phoenix team (championship expectations) and a stacked Lakers team (championship expectations) is easier than Heat (no Butler), Cavs (no Mitchell half way through series, no Allen the whole series, no championship expectations), Indiana (no Haliburton half way through series, no championship expectations).

Please make it make sense to me more than just pointing at records.

[bbms]

is realgm offering free massage?

too many butts hurt around here

[JDR720]

Wolves have 2 starters that are liabilities.

Conley should be a 8th man at this stage in his career. Gobert should be a 25mpg platoon, not top 3 highest paid player.

[levon]

Lol, there is no way Nuggets run to the finals was easier than Boston's last year.

Some of you Jokic Haters/Denver haters need some serious therapy.

No hate; the poster cited record of opponent.

You think going through Minny, a stacked Phoenix team (championship expectations) and a stacked Lakers team (championship expectations) is easier than Heat (no Butler), Cavs (no Mitchell half way through series, no Allen the whole series, no championship expectations), Indiana (no Haliburton half way through series, no championship expectations).

Please make it make sense to me more than just pointing at records.

Hey man I actually hate the Celtics and far be it from me to defend them, but the Luka Mavs were a better team than any Denver faced in 2023. By the time the Heat made the finals, Butler may as well have been injured. I don't know about the Wolves and the Suns but the Darvin Ham Lakers with point guard DLo were never a serious contender. That was a play-in team.

[Ssj16]

No hate; the poster cited record of opponent.

You think going through Minny, a stacked Phoenix team (championship expectations) and a stacked Lakers team (championship expectations) is easier than Heat (no Butler), Cavs (no Mitchell half way through series, no Allen the whole series, no championship expectations), Indiana (no Haliburton half way through series, no championship expectations).

Please make it make sense to me more than just pointing at records.

Hey man I actually hate the Celtics and far be it from me to defend them, but the Luka Mavs were a better team than any Denver faced in 2023. By the time the Heat made the finals, Butler may as well have been injured. I don't know about the Wolves and the Suns but the Darvin Ham Lakers with point guard DLo were never a serious contender. That was a play-in team.

The post said easiest road to the finals so that excludes Dallas from the convo.

And if you don't want to do in depth analysis, I'll save you the trouble. The eastern teams that Boston faced, especially under those circumstances were not better than the mostly healthy teams that Denver faced to get to the Finals.

I'm also not sure Dallas beats the Lakers in the Finals for the record. Even tho Denver swept the Lakers, the games were close.

[Ssj16]

is realgm offering free massage?

too many butts hurt around here

I agree with this. I'd also encourage people to use their benefits too.

[BigGargamel]

Doris trying to sell us on OKC Indiana Finals. Stop, we're spending time with our families instead

Agreed. After the Luka trade, I thought we were finally getting our Lakers-Celtics finals. **** Adam Silver for letting both of those teams lose. They didn't deserve to go out when they did.

Every time I make fun of ESPN for obsessing over the Lakers and Celtics, I come onto Reddit or here, and you got casuals like this who justify everything ESPN does.

You guys really want all Lakers all the time, don't you?

[Statlanta]

Might be tough to facilitate the trade but the Wolves desperately need KD and I’m sure Ant is going to push the front office to make it happen.

We've seen that Durant, a mediocre PG and a Gen Z SG takes you to the 10th seed in the Western Conference. Let Durant rot in Arizona.

[Bologna Smasher]

Anyone counting Dillingham out already is going to look foolish in a couple years. He's probably not ready to be a starter yet, but he'll get there. Saying that, both him and Shannon need to be seeing at least 20 minutes a game next year.

- Obvious things are getting an upgrade over Conley.
- Re-signing Naz and putting him in Randle's spot.
- Try to sign and trade Randle for something of value if they can.
- Get a legit backup big to stagger Gobert's minutes and weaknesses
- Re-sign Alexander-Walker if they can keep him for a decent price, but I think he's gone.
- Jaden McDaniels needs to continue improving his offensive game. There is no reason he can't be similar to someone like OG Anunoby on that end.

I think the biggest one is that Edwards needs to keep improving his game and basketball IQ. Become more consistent on defense, become better at drawing fouls. For someone who's supposed to be in conversations as an MVP candidate, he tends to get taken out of the game too often. He needs to learn to better manage that and learn to impact the game more when he's struggling to score.

[Statlanta]

Few things infuriate me more in the modern NBA than how really strong guards can guard bigs. It feels so wrong that a guy like Alex Caruso can be used to shut down guys like Randle and Jokic, it feels like cheating. I would prefer it if the NBA would let bigs actually be big and run those tiny dudes over. It's like a punishment for being bigger and stronger than the guard they throw at you.

I thought the sea was changing when O'Neal got into foul trouble against the Kings in 2002. I was extremely irate when the Warriors got away with putting Harrison Barnes on LaMarcus Aldridge or Klay Thompson on Blake Griffin. Then over time players started flopping more and calling offensive fouls on players backing down in the paint. Now even refs call offensive fouls on Towns and Gobert just because they look awkward backing down because they don't know if they will be called for a charge or not for using their strength.

Less players want to play there, less players get skills to play there, less players get burn/leeway there, more physicality allowed there, inconsistency allowed there, and we wonder why Holmgren and Wembanyama are doing Allen Iverson impressions. Hell no wonder perimeter players are setting offensive records with the amount of craziness we see on the interior.

[Statlanta]

Feel bad for Anthony Edwards. I am one of his bigger critics on the Minnesota forum, but he's about to get scorched online when this really isn't his fault. The talent disparity is massive, Minnesota has forgotten how to hit open shots, and other players have completely quit.

the talent disparity is huge. Minnesota has 1 young player(Edwards) they depend on to improve and get better. The Oklahoma City Thunder is a team of Anthony Edwards, a full NBA rotation of guys who are his age trying to get better and win awards in this league. Just can't compete with that.

[Statlanta]

Is second half necessary???

ESPN can run 90 minutes commercial block and then Trophy ceremony and I could care less

90 minutes of "No Flex Zone" lol

[FromTheLand]

Is second half necessary???

ESPN can run 90 minutes commercial block and then Trophy ceremony and I could care less

90 minutes of "No Flex Zone" lol

Kid quotes. Thought this was a wing stop comercial lmao

[SpurNani]

Lol, there is no way Nuggets run to the finals was easier than Boston's last year.

Some of you Jokic Haters/Denver haters need some serious therapy.

No hate; the poster cited record of opponent.

You think going through Minny, a stacked Phoenix team (championship expectations) and a stacked Lakers team (championship expectations) is easier than Heat (no Butler), Cavs (no Mitchell half way through series, no Allen the whole series, no championship expectations), Indiana (no Haliburton half way through series, no championship expectations).

Please make it make sense to me more than just pointing at records.

42 win Minny with no Naz Reid and Jaden McDaniels.

“Stacked” 45 win Suns with no CP3, no team chemistry just KD and Book taking turns scoring. Nothing says you have a stacked team like when Josh Okogie, Cam Payne, and Landry Shamet all were playing 30 minutes for that team.


“Stacked” 43 win play in Lakers with 38 year old Lebron and Darvin Ham employing his famous 3 guard lineups and unleashing Rui Hachumura as a Jokic primary defender. Nothing says stacked like having Deangelo Russell being relied upon to be your 3rd scorer.


And the play in Miami Heat with no Tyler Herro. Quickly, name who was that teams 3rd best player? Caleb Martin? Gabe Vincent? Max Straus? Washed Kevin Love?

[The-Power]

Doris trying to sell us on OKC Indiana Finals. Stop, we're spending time with our families instead

Yeah, that match-up has no appeal to dumb casuals so i understand where you’re coming from.


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This is like hearing someone cry about how I don't want to watch some midtier Marvel slop.

More like one of the better Marvel movies but it doesn't feature Spiderman or Captain America, so casuals are missing out.

[Optms]

Congrats to OKC. Great team and Shai is the perfect guy you want leading this squad.

[Hans1984]

I hope these games humbled Edwards. He's not ready and has a long way to go.

[PlatinumState]

Poku died for this