2017-2018 OKC Thunder Regular Season Thread Part Deux: Follow the Melo Brick Road

Revived · Post #761 » by **Revived** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:44 am

While Brian maybe didn't have bad intentions, this is just flat out disgusting. Ignorance cannot be an excuse, I hope the league and Thunder look into this.

spearsy23 · Post #762 » by **spearsy23** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:03 am

Revived wrote:[tweet]984235710327738368[/

While Brian maybe didn't have bad intentions, this is just flat out disgusting. Ignorance cannot be an excuse, I hope the league and Thunder look into this.

What does 'look into it' even mean? Are we going to have them do a thorough investigation of his intent?

It's not that big of a deal, it's a very common phrase in the midwest. Tell him it's unacceptable, have him apologise for it, and move on

Post #763 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:10 am

bondom34 wrote:In the end, they did pretty well honestly. I felt 50ish wins was it, and they got 49 missing Dre the last 30 or so. They'd have been closer to 55 I think with him. Lets go!

I’m sensing emotional reattatchment.

Post #764 » by **slick_watts** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:52 pm

carmelo anthony finishes the season with the 2nd worst BPM in nba history among players with 2500+ minutes played.

thekaoswithin · Post #765 » by **thekaoswithin** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:52 pm

4th seed, like we all predicted.

No dramatic underachieving to see here folks. Walk away quietly.

Post #766 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 1:12 pm

Knrstz wrote:
bondom34 wrote:In the end, they did pretty well honestly. I felt 50ish wins was it, and they got 49 missing Dre the last 30 or so. They'd have been closer to 55 I think with him. Lets go!

I’m sensing emotional reattatchment.

1st round still is a toss up at best but the west is insane. I didn't think other teams would be this good 5 to 8

Post #767 » by **slick_watts** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 1:18 pm

the team didn't overachieve or underachieve. it's right about where most projections had them. had dre been ok maybe they squeeze another few wins out. we looked like a 4-5 srs team with dre. we're a 1-2 srs team without him.

seeding's kind of a weird way of testing success or failure since only a game or two separates 3rd from 8th.

ThunderPoke99 · Post #768 » by **ThunderPoke99** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 1:21 pm

Revived wrote:

Read on Twitter

While Brian maybe didn't have bad intentions, this is just flat out disgusting. Ignorance cannot be an excuse, I hope the league and Thunder look into this.

Seriously?? It's a well known saying and had absolutely zero racial connotations to it in the context used! C'mon! If you've ever met Brian you would know he meant nothing by it. He uses all sorts of stupid zingers during the broadcast. Do you think Michael Cage had a problem with it? I seriously doubt it. :noway:

Post #769 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 1:30 pm

I'm not from the Midwest and never thought anything racial about the phrase. Honestly Elmer Fudd is the guy I associate it with.

Post #770 » by **slick_watts** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 1:36 pm

brian davis has said controversial things in the past. whether it was intentionally racist or not it's a stupid thing for a professional broadcaster to say on air. he should know better.

Balkman32 · Post #771 » by **Balkman32** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:22 pm

Revived wrote:

Read on Twitter

While Brian maybe didn't have bad intentions, this is just flat out disgusting. Ignorance cannot be an excuse, I hope the league and Thunder look into this.

You cant say something like that. He should be fined and maybe even suspended. He should come out with an apology if he hasn't already.

Balkman32 · Post #772 » by **Balkman32** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:38 pm

slick_watts wrote:carmelo anthony finishes the season with the 2nd worst BPM in nba history among players with 2500+ minutes played.

Whos the worst? 2501 minutes. Just got himself in that range. There were other folks that were worse this year but they just didn't play enough minutes.

There is a lot of Melo hate. But, we got him for four reasons and none of them are because we needed him to Produce in the regular season. First, we got him to make the perceived big 3, second to get PG13 to re-commit to OKC next year, third in the playoffs, and finally to get Russ to sign his extension.

For all of the hate towards Melo I think he has been what we thought he would be. I might have thought that he would shoot for some better percentages but other than that he has been what we expected. He is part of the reason Russ resigned, no doubt about that. He could be a big reason why PG13 stays with the Thunder next year.

This dude in the playoffs will show as to why we got him. The playoffs will not be a big moment for him.

After this season has played out the only deal that could have been better is a deal to get Blake but, Detroit still had the better offer.

Melo can play against the Warriors and Rockets, Kanter can't. Melo will in us a couple of playoff games this year, He is ready for this moment.

wco81 · Post #773 » by **wco81** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:11 pm

thekaoswithin wrote:4th seed, like we all predicted.

No dramatic underachieving to see here folks. Walk away quietly.

Well the West was way more compressed this year than last year, when there were 5 teams with 50 wins or more.

This year, only the top two seeds had over 50 wins.

The difference in games between the #3 and #8 seed in 2017 was 14 games. This year, it's just 2 games.

So OKC could have been anywhere from #3 to #9 this year, with an extra win or loss here or there.

Post #774 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:24 pm

My dad is white and picked cotton as a kid.

Post #775 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:26 pm

Apparently they issued a statement and I'm assuming apology incoming.

Post #776 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:34 pm

Small sample size but Ferguson is shooting 47.4 percent from three in the last 24 Thunder games

Post #777 » by **ThunderBolt** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:45 pm

Balkman32 wrote:
slick_watts wrote:carmelo anthony finishes the season with the 2nd worst BPM in nba history among players with 2500+ minutes played.

Whos the worst? 2501 minutes. Just got himself in that range. There were other folks that were worse this year but they just didn't play enough minutes.

There is a lot of Melo hate. But, we got him for four reasons and none of them are because we needed him to Produce in the regular season. First, we got him to make the perceived big 3, second to get PG13 to re-commit to OKC next year, third in the playoffs, and finally to get Russ to sign his extension.

For all of the hate towards Melo I think he has been what we thought he would be. I might have thought that he would shoot for some better percentages but other than that he has been what we expected. He is part of the reason Russ resigned, no doubt about that. He could be a big reason why PG13 stays with the Thunder next year.

This dude in the playoffs will show as to why we got him. The playoffs will not be a big moment for him.

After this season has played out the only deal that could have been better is a deal to get Blake but, Detroit still had the better offer.

Melo can play against the Warriors and Rockets, Kanter can't. Melo will in us a couple of playoff games this year, He is ready for this moment.

If those are the real intentions for acquiring Melo, the Vince Carter’s would have been a much cheaper alternative.

Pillendreher · Post #778 » by **Pillendreher** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:27 pm

slick_watts wrote:carmelo anthony finishes the season with the 2nd worst BPM in nba history among players with 2500+ minutes played.

I don't understand how he can be rated his badly. He has the 5th best On/Off NetRtG on the team at +3.1 The offense is 5.7 points better with him on the floor than with him on the bench. I know he has been bad individually, but I still don't think that he was a -2 player offensively this season.

Post #779 » by **slick_watts** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:07 pm

Pillendreher wrote:
slick_watts wrote:carmelo anthony finishes the season with the 2nd worst BPM in nba history among players with 2500+ minutes played.

I don't understand how he can be rated his badly. He has the 5th best On/Off NetRtG on the team at +3.1 The offense is 5.7 points better with him on the floor than with him on the bench. I know he has been bad individually, but I still don't think that he was a -2 player offensively this season.

boxscore.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #780 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:29 pm

Pillendreher wrote:I don't understand how he can be rated his badly. He has the 5th best On/Off NetRtG on the team at +3.1 The offense is 5.7 points better with him on the floor than with him on the bench. I know he has been bad individually, but I still don't think that he was a -2 player offensively this season.

The on/off isn't a result of Melo being adequate. It is a result of Jerami Grant being so god awful that you'd have to be a completely incompetent coach in need of being fired to play him over Singler, Collison and Dakari.