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Re: The Thunder scare the crap out of me 

Post#41 » by iboxlefty » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:34 am

We better start shooting 3s

Chalmers fell off
Lebron elbow seems to be bothering him
Wade already cant shoot them
Miller is injury prone and disappointing
Cole is ..........
JJ needs to chuck more

I really want to see the 3 implemented more In our offense. It's pretty nonexistent now
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Re: The Thunder scare the crap out of me 

Post#42 » by iboxlefty » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:37 am

Lets hope Battier can earn his money by shutting down Durant, some
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Re: The Thunder scare the crap out of me 

Post#43 » by RhapidKid » Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:00 am

DefenseWins wrote:here's the thing

yeah their defense is mediocre (except Ibaka and Collison)

but from my standpoint, I'd say I'm more afraid of OUR DEFENSE against their offense. THey chuck up 3's like no tomorrow, that's our weakness. Durant and Westbrook getting hot is a concern, then against Wade and LBJ can get hot. FT's will be a concern (OKC gets more FT's than us, and make it to the line more than us... ). Bench, Harden can go Jason Terry on us anyday... we don't have that luxury.

Their offense is like ours in a sense it's Durant, Westbrook, occasionally Harden, or bust. Just like we ride Wade and LBJ, then a sprinkle of Bosh.

They're also young, they can be a step quicker than us, especially our bench.

We'll see how the next two games against OKC go. But defense is going to be key, against THEIR offense. aka 3's raining and Durant/Westbrook.

Expect Cole to get blocked the f out if Ibaka is in the game. :lol:

And what's funny is, OKC has had so many games come down to the wire, I think that helps them. But they are good closers for a young team. I find that amazing. Philly and Indy, young teams that are good but struggle to close can't figure it out, but OKC is clutch as hell. That's a bit of a concern for me too.

OKC has bad shot selection (so do we...) and are turn over prone (so are we if we aren't careful. Today our TO's led to a detroit comeback...).

This! :lol:

And it was more of Lebron's turnovers than the team's turnovers(against Detroit).
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Re: The Thunder scare the crap out of me 

Post#44 » by contract » Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:40 am

The Thunder will scare the crap out of me when and if we both make the finals. Until then, we've got other teams to worry about.
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Post#45 » by Chosen01 » Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:15 pm

TheDon008 wrote:Were the Miami Heat.

We aint neva scared.

Threads like these are embarassing.

Stop that.

This.

Teams are scared of the Miami Heat not the other way around, I'm sure LeBron Wade and Bosh are confident they can beat any team,no reason the fans shouldn't think the same.
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Post#46 » by mopper8 » Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:47 pm

Just FYI, when I say OKC has turnover problems, what I really should say is that OKC turns the ball over more often than any other team in the league. The pace might "slow down" in the playoffs generally, but if Miami (#3 in the league in creating turnovers) gets to match-up with the most turnover team playing, I think they'll be off to the races.
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Post#47 » by Rodrizzle » Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:28 pm

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Post#48 » by Mourning_Would » Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:36 pm

With the way they turnover the ball and their bad defense, I say we'll be fine
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Post#49 » by DefenseWins » Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:35 pm

Chosen01 wrote:
TheDon008 wrote:Were the Miami Heat.

We aint neva scared.

Threads like these are embarassing.

Stop that.

This.

Teams are scared of the Miami Heat not the other way around, I'm sure LeBron Wade and Bosh are confident they can beat any team,no reason the fans shouldn't think the same.



LeBron last year said they are confident they can beat any team in a 7 game series (including the Finals). I won't believe him til I see it. :lol:
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Post#50 » by Roll Tide Baaby » Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:51 am

The Thunder have 3 good players. Battier will shut down Harden, now they have 2 good players. The lakers just dont get swept in round 2 last season, lose odom, then comeback and win it. odom is too good for that. Boozer plays on the Bulls, enough said there. The only team that scares me is the spurs.

Tony Parker/Gary Neal
Manu Ginobili/Danny Green
Stephen Jackson/Kawni Leonard
Tim Duncan/Boris Diaw
Dejuan Blair/Tiago Splitter

SCARY AND DEEP! :o
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Post#51 » by OtW » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:30 am

Roll Tide Baaby wrote:The Thunder have 3 good players. Battier will shut down Harden, now they have 2 good players. The lakers just dont get swept in round 2 last season, lose odom, then comeback and win it. odom is too good for that. Boozer plays on the Bulls, enough said there. The only team that scares me is the spurs.

Tony Parker/Gary Neal
Manu Ginobili/Danny Green
Stephen Jackson/Kawni Leonard
Tim Duncan/Boris Diaw
Dejuan Blair/Tiago Splitter

SCARY AND DEEP! :o

Wow just skimmed over their roster. 2011 Mavs on Sterioids.
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Post#52 » by DefenseWins » Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:33 am

yeah.... Spurs can give us a repeat of last year if we meet in the Finals. I'm sorry but being deep and playing smart basketball can beat athleticism. Mavs showed it (I'm well aware of LeBron stinking it up in the Finals).
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Post#53 » by narmerguy » Sun Mar 25, 2012 3:09 am

I love the Spurs. They're my "West-coast" team that I root for. It'd be sad to see us play them, but damn they're a good team. Pop has had that place running like a well-oiled machine for near 15 years.
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Post#54 » by Roll Tide Baaby » Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:26 pm

OtW wrote:
Roll Tide Baaby wrote:The Thunder have 3 good players. Battier will shut down Harden, now they have 2 good players. The lakers just dont get swept in round 2 last season, lose odom, then comeback and win it. odom is too good for that. Boozer plays on the Bulls, enough said there. The only team that scares me is the spurs.

Tony Parker/Gary Neal
Manu Ginobili/Danny Green
Stephen Jackson/Kawni Leonard
Tim Duncan/Boris Diaw
Dejuan Blair/Tiago Splitter

SCARY AND DEEP! :o

Wow just skimmed over their roster. 2011 Mavs on Sterioids.


Tony Parker/Gary Neal > Jason Kidd/JJ Barea
Manu Ginobili/Danny Green > DeShawn StevensonJason Terry
Stephen Jackson/Kawni Leonard > Shawn Marion/Peja Stojakovic
Tim Duncan/Boris Diaw = Dirk Nowitzki/Ian Mahini
Dejuan Blair/Tiago Splitter < Tyson Chandler/Brendan Haywood

i like the spurs roster better than last years mavs
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Post#55 » by JustCame » Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:33 am

LOL @ 2011 Mavs on steroids...they're missing something important: a superstar like Dirk. >_<
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Post#56 » by TheAnkh » Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:34 am

No idea why anyone was saying they don't fear them at all. They are definitely scary. Tonight, the way they played us and made us look reminded me of the way Dallas made us look defensively in the finals. Does not sit well with me.
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Post#57 » by chales_zed » Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:57 am

JustCame wrote:LOL @ 2011 Mavs on steroids...they're missing something important: a superstar like Dirk. >_<


Why do so many people write-off the Spurs? The only real downgrade from last year's Mavericks is the lack of a defensive anchor like Tyson Chandler. A huge disadvantage but they're very stacked. Old man Duncan can still post-up and play. You think Perkins career night tonight was bad? Duncan would expose Joel Anthony & Haslem if they tried to defend him. You think Terry and Barea were annoying little pests on the perimeter? Ginobili running with Kawhi and Stephon Jackson are huge upgrades over those guys. Old man Kidd who's lost a step? Tony Parker who's imo 1st or 2nd best PG this year straight up doing work for the Spurs when Ginobili was out and Duncan has been playing limited minutes.
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Post#58 » by Run DLC » Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:02 am

Miami simply lack the size to secure second chance points opportunities. OKC have better frontcourt depth, and the more second chance points they gets, the easier they score points. Miami doesn't have the depth and size to compete against them.
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Post#59 » by Respect My Mind » Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:10 am

Run DLC wrote:Miami simply lack the size to secure second chance points opportunities. OKC have better frontcourt depth, and the more second chance points they gets, the easier they score points. Miami doesn't have the depth and size to compete against them.


Yep, you can see Wade and Lebron get tired having to achor the denfense AND offense. Miami's bench is terrible.
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Post#60 » by DefenseWins » Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:12 am

JustCame wrote:LOL @ 2011 Mavs on steroids...they're missing something important: a superstar like Dirk. >_<



Not having a Superstar doesn't matter for them... now if the team outplays another team with superstars, they can win. Tony Parker can give a team problems, a healthy Ginobili. Even a deep bench.

Duncan maybe old but he's good still. They don't have friggin 3-4 rings for nothing. Pop is a fantastic coach too. He CAN outcoach both Spo and Brooks.

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