12/25 | G33: Oklahoma City Thunder at Houston Rockets - 2PM CST

[bondom34]

Wasn't watching but could someone just report him?

I mean it's pretty blatant trolling.

Dude is a grown man trolling message boards with his life

Report to who? We have no one moderating this board. If a mod from another board shows up they would know whats going on.

Andre Roberstan. I'm gonna hit him on twitter.

[Mattv]

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We lost the 2nd chance points battle 9-23. We lost the battle from 3 by 15 points. But sure, let's sit our stretch 4 with Abrines already not playing.

What stretch 4? Did we trade for some one that I didnt know about?I know your not talking about Patterson.

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[bondom34]

I just want to say I did laugh when I saw Abrines DNP Illness. Again.

3rd in 4 games, got murdered on the boards it seems. Even kept Harden inefficient and weren't supposed to win, looks like Capela won that one for them.

[Andre Roberstan]

Have been around some, but not as much as I used to be. Y'all long-timers know I try to keep a pretty loose rein most of the time, even down to people like HASG and GROD who I generally disagree with vehemently.

slick_watts has been fairly consistent on his Harden>Westbrook take for a while—I don't think it's a troll opinion. But coming on and posting only that when he's basically been offline today...that's throwing a grenade into a crowded room.

I'll chat to him.

(And if anything comes up and I'm not around, the fastest way to get hold of me is probably DMing me on Twitter at birdrightsnba. I have notifications on my phone.)

[DoubleJ13]

Didn't really feel like anybody had a good game. Russ was 6-20, PG just never got in a rhythm, & Adams couldn't keep Capela off the boards which is what really killed them.

Was nice to see Russ looking like himself more though. Still can't throw a grape in the ocean right now, but he was attacking aggressively & got to the line more in this game than it feels like he has in a game all season.

[bondom34]

And again, first David's a great mod and follow him on twitter for a good NBA follow.

Second, really don't think there's a reason to worry after this one. 3rd in 4 nights, on the road, against a playoff team. Hope everyone still enjoyed their holiday, was with family and friends myself and got in a decent run so hope everyone else had a good one too.

[NaturalThunder]

Im calling it now. We will trade Abrines for Stanley Johnson. Presti can't help himself.

Good.

Abrines sucks but we don’t need an athletic 28% three point shooter.

That'd be better than an unathletic 28% 3P shooter which is what Abrines has been for about half of of the season so far.

[Dn4sty]

So is the goal for this season development (Diallo/Ferg) or close to all in (attempt to challenge GSW).

[NaturalThunder]

Didnt watch but how did Capela get 10 orebs?! Did he just dominate Adams? For a great rebounding team like OKC that is unacceptable

He didn't dominate Adams at all.

Nene played all 17 of his minutes against Adams.

In the 11 minutes Capela played against Noel, he pulled in 6 offensive boards.

We also gave up 2 offensive boards after Adams had stopped Harden on switches.

Not saying Steve was great on the glass, but we can't rebound for **** with him off the floor. Basically our bench sucks at everything right now - which is not unusual.

Glad you went back and tracked this. My family was over at our house during the game and my dad pointed out several times that the reason Capela was hurting us was because Adams was on the bench. I was busy drinking beer while half-heartily playing host that I couldn't dedicate a lot of my focus on the game, but I was able to watch the entire 4th quarter uninterrupted and I know Capela got several offensive rebounds early in the 4th with Adams on the bench.

[NaturalThunder]

You said you wouldn’t be on here

I know his comments piss a lot of people off but is he really wrong with this? I don't like harden either but hes right. I want russ to be better but hes just not. It sucks but it isn't slicks fault even if he likes ot rub it in.

he was wrong harden was 15-35 they were both inefficient lol

I agree. I misspoke with that post...sort of.

It isn't easy to admit, but I'd still take Harden over Westbrook right now without any hesitation.

[anthony00]

I know his comments piss a lot of people off but is he really wrong with this? I don't like harden either but hes right. I want russ to be better but hes just not. It sucks but it isn't slicks fault even if he likes ot rub it in.

he was wrong harden was 15-35 they were both inefficient lol

I agree. I misspoke with that post...sort of.

It isn't easy to admit, but I'd still take Harden over Westbrook right now without any hesitation.

i'd take neither (this year) too inconsistent

[ThunderBolt]

So is the goal for this season development (Diallo/Ferg) or close to all in (attempt to challenge GSW).

Goal for the front office or fans? I think presti has a limit at how far he will go in the name of sustainability. I want to win as many games as we can this season but I’m very much on the “get out before it’s too late with older stars” philosophy for any team.

[Dn4sty]

So is the goal for this season development (Diallo/Ferg) or close to all in (attempt to challenge GSW).

Goal for the front office or fans? I think presti has a limit at how far he will go in the name of sustainability. I want to win as many games as we can this season but I’m very much on the “get out before it’s too late with older stars” philosophy for any team.

I’m just wondering what the goals for this season should be.

I think that OKC is better than I thought they were going to be, and even at times flashes as great. Finances and taxes for this team are insane, so this might be the last spend crazy summer. So do they push all in knowing that this might be the highest payroll they will have (and likely the best chance of winning).


Or do they say that realistically no one will take down the Warrriors this year, play the development game, hope/believe that Ferg/Diallo take the next step(s), survey the landscape this summer (use TPE, move Schroder, tax MLE, etc...)

[Slipse]

Good game. Russ needs to get that shot going though.

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[ThunderBolt]

So is the goal for this season development (Diallo/Ferg) or close to all in (attempt to challenge GSW).

Goal for the front office or fans? I think presti has a limit at how far he will go in the name of sustainability. I want to win as many games as we can this season but I’m very much on the “get out before it’s too late with older stars” philosophy for any team.

I’m just wondering what the goals for this season should be.

I think that OKC is better than I thought they were going to be, and even at times flashes as great. Finances and taxes for this team are insane, so this might be the last spend crazy summer. So do they push all in knowing that this might be the highest payroll they will have (and likely the best chance of winning).


Or do they say that realistically no one will take down the Warrriors this year, play the development game, hope/believe that Ferg/Diallo take the next step(s), survey the landscape this summer (use TPE, move Schroder, tax MLE, etc...)

I have a hard time moving Ferguson or diallo for someone like Terrance Ross who is likely gone at the end of the year and I’m not sure moves the needle much. I would probably move both Ferguson and Diallo for a player like Richardson or Covington.

[slick_watts]

Have been around some, but not as much as I used to be. Y'all long-timers know I try to keep a pretty loose rein most of the time, even down to people like HASG and GROD who I generally disagree with vehemently.

slick_watts has been fairly consistent on his Harden>Westbrook take for a while—I don't think it's a troll opinion. But coming on and posting only that when he's basically been offline today...that's throwing a grenade into a crowded room.

I'll chat to him.

(And if anything comes up and I'm not around, the fastest way to get hold of me is probably DMing me on Twitter at birdrightsnba. I have notifications on my phone.)

this is all unnecessary. when i stick around and post videos or stats or anything substantiating my opinions it's trolling. when i drop my quick thoughts and leave it's trolling. but only about westbrook! if i hang around and debate with those guys everyone else disagrees with it's not trolling. i guess?

no matter what my views on westbrook will be considered trolling even if i back them up with data and evidence. i don't force anyone to respond to me. there are definitely obvious times i'm just having fun and posting nonsense like 'acl torn, out for the year', but everyone posts nonsense sometimes. that's what makes boards fun.

but whatever. this place is lame. but ups to my boys spearsy23 and Thunder Bolt and the rest of the good ones who aren't message board commandos. and merry christmas to everyone! i hope all your wishes came true.

[bondom34]

Please stay gone

[slick_watts]

Please stay gone

take some breaths. this response is unnecessary.

[Old Man Game]

What'd I miss? I'm confused.

Anyway, watching a team that can't shoot is getting old real quick. I swear to God these dudes can't be as bad at shooting as they are showing but here we are.

Also, Nader lmao. Billy has lost it.

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[slick_watts]

What'd I miss? I'm confused.

Anyway, watching a team that can't shoot is getting old real quick. I swear to God these dudes can't be as bad at shooting as they are showing but here we are.

Also, Nader lmao. Billy has lost it.

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what'd we pay for nader? $1.6m in tax or something relative to just keeping dakari or cutting the other dude? mystifying.