10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST

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Player(s) of the Game

Paul George | 22 PTS (7-22 FG, 2-10 3P), 8 REB
0
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Steven Adams | 12 PTS (5-9 FG), 6 REB
2
14%
Patrick Patterson | 7 PTS (3-5 FG), 7 REB
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No votes
Hamidou Diallo | 6 PTS (3-7 FG), 5 REB, 3 BLK
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57%
Nerlens Noel | 7 PTS (3-4 FG), 4 REB
2
14%
Alex Abrines | 6 PTS (2-5 3P)
1
7%
Other (specify below)
1
7%
 
Total votes: 14

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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#221 » by NaturalThunder » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:12 am

InTheSabonus wrote:Yeah I'm done. Presti can show Billy the door then let himself out afterwards.

This team needs a GM that follows, and betters, existing, successful trends, not someone who's going to die on his hill of athleticism and wingspan.

Yep, the game has clearly passed Presti who is till stuck on his archaic philosophies and still hasn't learned that going "positionless" with long, athletic players is totally useless when only one player on your entire damn roster can shoot the three ball with any kind of consistency.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#222 » by slick_watts » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:15 am

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spearsy23 wrote:If only basketball teams hired some guy to provide leadership. :dontknow:


donovan doesn't have the clout. few coaches would.


You really don't give Westbrook much credit do you? The guy has had 3 coaches in his pro career if we're counting PJ for like a month and a half. The other two aren't exactly going to inspire much in the way of deference or respect. It doesn't mean he'd be like that for literally anyone.


he has been empowered for years to be this way. i do not believe in leopards changing their spots. usually they don't. not impossible, but i don't see any reason to believe he would be different under another, similar, coach at least while sam is still around.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#223 » by ThunderBolt » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:16 am

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Knrstz wrote:I wonder if this offseason Presti is going to brag again about still working off the same blueprint from ten years ago?

We're still building positive momentum chemistry, give it another ten years.

Continuity. In other words, Presti won’t try to fix any shooting woes at the deadline.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#224 » by Kizz Fastfists » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:17 am

RalphSampsonJr wrote:Billy has to be gone right?!?! Thats two games now where he cant get us buckets in the last 5 mins of close games. Glad the Cavs lost again so its not just us in the winless column


Maybe if they lose to Phoenix on Sunday that will be enough for Presti, but I don't think so. If they do lose to Phoenix it will be time to start scouting the top 5 players for the draft.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#225 » by anthony00 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:17 am

kd was my fav player " we see how that went", then westbrook" not anymore" yeah im done with bball period i don't feel like watching gsw win a single game **** them. Idc if i get banned i dislike the forum as it is anyway. Already banned from the general board what the point of having an account if you hate the game.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#226 » by spearsy23 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:18 am

:evil:
slick_watts wrote:
Old Man Game wrote:
slick_watts wrote:
donovan doesn't have the clout. few coaches would.


You really don't give Westbrook much credit do you? The guy has had 3 coaches in his pro career if we're counting PJ for like a month and a half. The other two aren't exactly going to inspire much in the way of deference or respect. It doesn't mean he'd be like that for literally anyone.


he has been empowered for years to be this way. i do not believe in leopards changing their spots. usually they don't. not impossible, but i don't see any reason to believe he would be different under another, similar, coach at least while sam is still around.

Brooks had him more reined in than this. If I remember correctly he was even benched in a fourth quarter for Eric Maynor one time.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#227 » by slick_watts » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:19 am

anthony00 wrote:kd was my fav player " we see how that went", then westbrook" not anymore" yeah im done with bball period i don't feel like watching gsw win a single game **** them. Idc if i get banned i dislike the forum as it is anyway. Already banned from the general board what the point of having an account if you hate the game.


control your emotions, bro. it's just a game. smoke some weed.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#228 » by anthony00 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:20 am

slick_watts wrote:
anthony00 wrote:kd was my fav player " we see how that went", then westbrook" not anymore" yeah im done with bball period i don't feel like watching gsw win a single game **** them. Idc if i get banned i dislike the forum as it is anyway. Already banned from the general board what the point of having an account if you hate the game.


control your emotions, bro. it's just a game. smoke some weed.

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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#229 » by slick_watts » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:20 am

spearsy23 wrote::evil:
slick_watts wrote:
Old Man Game wrote:
You really don't give Westbrook much credit do you? The guy has had 3 coaches in his pro career if we're counting PJ for like a month and a half. The other two aren't exactly going to inspire much in the way of deference or respect. It doesn't mean he'd be like that for literally anyone.


he has been empowered for years to be this way. i do not believe in leopards changing their spots. usually they don't. not impossible, but i don't see any reason to believe he would be different under another, similar, coach at least while sam is still around.

Brooks had him more reined in than this. If I remember correctly he was even benched in a fourth quarter for Eric Maynor one time.


yes. he benched kd and russ together once as well against the bulls. russ' status with the team has changed big time since then i think. this is all obviously just my opinion. any coach with the chutzpah to bench russ in a game these days wouldn't be considered by sam imo.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#230 » by Andre Roberstan » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:21 am

slick_watts wrote:didn't westbrook give up like half of those? lol.


nah. He gave up on two screens and Kyrie hit on one of them, then Donovan subbed him. The big man 3s were on the Thunder big men getting back early in transition and the transition defense getting muddled.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#231 » by Old Man Game » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:21 am

slick_watts wrote:
Old Man Game wrote:
slick_watts wrote:
donovan doesn't have the clout. few coaches would.


You really don't give Westbrook much credit do you? The guy has had 3 coaches in his pro career if we're counting PJ for like a month and a half. The other two aren't exactly going to inspire much in the way of deference or respect. It doesn't mean he'd be like that for literally anyone.


he has been empowered for years to be this way. i do not believe in leopards changing their spots. usually they don't. not impossible, but i don't see any reason to believe he would be different under another, similar, coach at least while sam is still around.


The Westbrook experience in USA basketball would appear to indicate that he is coachable and can fit into a scheme that he actually believes in.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#232 » by ThunderBolt » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:22 am

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RalphSampsonJr wrote:Billy has to be gone right?!?! Thats two games now where he cant get us buckets in the last 5 mins of close games. Glad the Cavs lost again so its not just us in the winless column


Maybe if they lose to Phoenix on Sunday that will be enough for Presti, but I don't think so. If they do lose to Phoenix it will be time to start scouting the top 5 players for the draft.

We can only hope.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#233 » by Kizz Fastfists » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:22 am

anthony00 wrote:because we only blame Westbrook On realgm didn't you notice mine as well join the party. Pg going 7-22 is westbrook's fault, so is adams not rebounding are team not being able to shoot, Donovan not being able to coach etc............ all Westbrook


I've been blaming Presti for over a year. I said blow it up right after cupcake ran off and OKC's window was closed. I did NOT blame Presti for cupcake running off. I blame him for every bad decision he made since including trading for PG13, not firing Donovan, not finding shooters, etc. FIRE PRESTI!
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#234 » by slick_watts » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:23 am

Andre Roberstan wrote:
slick_watts wrote:didn't westbrook give up like half of those? lol.


nah. He gave up on two screens and Kyrie hit on one of them, then Donovan subbed him. The big man 3s were on the Thunder big men getting back early in transition and the transition defense getting muddled.


i know. i was being a tool.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#235 » by dakomish23 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:23 am

I know it’s been tough, this one especially. But you can see what a difference it makes to have a legitimate backup C & one of the best backup PGs in the league.

It’s a long season. Those positives will result in multiple W’s ( on top of having an awesome 3 man core of WB PG Adams)
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#236 » by spearsy23 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:23 am

slick_watts wrote:
spearsy23 wrote::evil:
slick_watts wrote:
he has been empowered for years to be this way. i do not believe in leopards changing their spots. usually they don't. not impossible, but i don't see any reason to believe he would be different under another, similar, coach at least while sam is still around.

Brooks had him more reined in than this. If I remember correctly he was even benched in a fourth quarter for Eric Maynor one time.


yes. he benched kd and russ together once as well against the bulls. russ' status with the team has changed big time since then i think. this is all obviously just my opinion. any coach with the chutzpah to bench russ in a game these days wouldn't be considered by sam imo.

I think he has respect for Brooks. Maybe not in the total deference way, but in a way that when Brooks did finally pull him aside he thought enough of it to listen.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#237 » by ThunderBolt » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:24 am

14-25, 56% on free throws.
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#238 » by dakomish23 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:25 am

anthony00 wrote:kd was my fav player " we see how that went", then westbrook" not anymore" yeah im done with bball period i don't feel like watching gsw win a single game **** them. Idc if i get banned i dislike the forum as it is anyway. Already banned from the general board what the point of having an account if you hate the game.


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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#239 » by Pillendreher » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:27 am

Knrstz wrote:14-25, 56% on free throws.
And another below 40 % from the field performance while shooting 25 % from 3.

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"I don't know of any player that, when the shot goes up, he doesn't want it to go in," Donovan said
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Re: 10/25 | G4: Boston Celtics at Oklahoma City Thunder - 7PM CST 

Post#240 » by Andre Roberstan » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:27 am

I would suggest Stackhouse for a coaching spot but he and Russ might actually fight each other
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