2018-2019 OKC Thunder Regular Season Pt 1: A Renewed Hope

[ThunderBolt]

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Yet we didn’t apply for the injury expetion. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Pillendreher]

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[Dadouv47]

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Yet we didn’t apply for the injury expetion. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

Think OKC likes him too much (players and FO). Can't tell if they are right to have some hope about him coming back playing at a ''high level'' but I just hope the franchise makes the best (rational) decision

[slick_watts]

westbrook, nick, presti and the thunder will reconcile with durant. sooner than later. bridges have been mended across much wider gulfs before.

vince carter deliberately threw games on toronto in order to be traded, faking injuries and whatnot. roger clemens did boston much dirtier than durant did the thunder and he was present at the 1986 30 year anniversary a couple years ago and got a standing 'o'. durant is as much if not more to the thunder than those two were to those teams considering how the organization grew up around him. there's always going to be a collection of hateful and cynical people who won't come aboard, but my guess is that this sentiment will fade in time for the general population of thunder fans as it almost always does in other cases.

the thunder chose to retire nick's jersey much earlier than it probably should, and kd can't control that. the man was part of nick's career for nine years and in a ceremony to honor nick kd both belongs and should be remembered as part of that career imo.

[slick_watts]

I don’t believe you, because well... a troll

What do you mean?

A certain poster known for trolling is out fishing again. It’s not you

accusing me of trolling doesn't change my opinions or anything i said. i understand you disagree and that's fine. there is plenty of precedent for teammates and fanbases coming to terms with all sorts of pariahs-- accusing me of trolling does not change that either.

i hope kd gets a warm welcome back and the fans don't ruin nick's night. cheer for nick's sake.

[Dadouv47]

westbrook, nick, presti and the thunder will reconcile with durant. sooner than later. bridges have been mended across much wider gulfs before.

vince carter deliberately threw games on toronto in order to be traded, faking injuries and whatnot. roger clemens did boston much dirtier than durant did the thunder and he was present at the 1986 30 year anniversary a couple years ago and got a standing 'o'. durant is as much if not more to the thunder than those two were to those teams considering how the organization grew up around him. there's always going to be a collection of hateful and cynical people who won't come aboard, but my guess is that this sentiment will fade in time for the general population of thunder fans as it almost always does in other cases.

the thunder chose to retire nick's jersey much earlier than it probably should, and kd can't control that. the man was part of nick's career for nine years and in a ceremony to honor nick kd both belongs and should be remembered as part of that career imo.

They already have, at least Nick (otherwise KD wouldn't be invited). The point is all about the fans. Is retiring a number only about the player or about the fans of that franchise as well? I think it's both and I think 90%+ OKC fans don't want to see KD there right now (we will see in the future)

[SecondTake]

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With Nader and Pat making shots and Ferg turning in to a 15p/night scorer we don't really need him. He's been terrible whole season. Learned to defend but forgot to shoot 3s.

[SecondTake]

westbrook, nick, presti and the thunder will reconcile with durant. sooner than later. bridges have been mended across much wider gulfs before.

vince carter deliberately threw games on toronto in order to be traded, faking injuries and whatnot. roger clemens did boston much dirtier than durant did the thunder and he was present at the 1986 30 year anniversary a couple years ago and got a standing 'o'. durant is as much if not more to the thunder than those two were to those teams considering how the organization grew up around him. there's always going to be a collection of hateful and cynical people who won't come aboard, but my guess is that this sentiment will fade in time for the general population of thunder fans as it almost always does in other cases.

the thunder chose to retire nick's jersey much earlier than it probably should, and kd can't control that. the man was part of nick's career for nine years and in a ceremony to honor nick kd both belongs and should be remembered as part of that career imo.

KD did the entire NBA dirty. He's at a different level to some guys wanting to be traded.

[slick_watts]

westbrook, nick, presti and the thunder will reconcile with durant. sooner than later. bridges have been mended across much wider gulfs before.

vince carter deliberately threw games on toronto in order to be traded, faking injuries and whatnot. roger clemens did boston much dirtier than durant did the thunder and he was present at the 1986 30 year anniversary a couple years ago and got a standing 'o'. durant is as much if not more to the thunder than those two were to those teams considering how the organization grew up around him. there's always going to be a collection of hateful and cynical people who won't come aboard, but my guess is that this sentiment will fade in time for the general population of thunder fans as it almost always does in other cases.

the thunder chose to retire nick's jersey much earlier than it probably should, and kd can't control that. the man was part of nick's career for nine years and in a ceremony to honor nick kd both belongs and should be remembered as part of that career imo.

They already have, at least Nick (otherwise KD wouldn't be invited). The point is all about the fans. Is retiring a number only about the player or about the fans of that franchise as well? I think it's both and I think 90%+ OKC fans don't want to see KD there right now (we will see in the future)

if you are correct about this then it was a mistake by the thunder to retire nick's jersey so soon.

[Dadouv47]

But yeah let's give cupcake a standing ovation and maybe in 3 months he will sweep us with his 5 all stars team while yelling in the peake ''got you *** cats''

[Dadouv47]

westbrook, nick, presti and the thunder will reconcile with durant. sooner than later. bridges have been mended across much wider gulfs before.

vince carter deliberately threw games on toronto in order to be traded, faking injuries and whatnot. roger clemens did boston much dirtier than durant did the thunder and he was present at the 1986 30 year anniversary a couple years ago and got a standing 'o'. durant is as much if not more to the thunder than those two were to those teams considering how the organization grew up around him. there's always going to be a collection of hateful and cynical people who won't come aboard, but my guess is that this sentiment will fade in time for the general population of thunder fans as it almost always does in other cases.

the thunder chose to retire nick's jersey much earlier than it probably should, and kd can't control that. the man was part of nick's career for nine years and in a ceremony to honor nick kd both belongs and should be remembered as part of that career imo.

They already have, at least Nick (otherwise KD wouldn't be invited). The point is all about the fans. Is retiring a number only about the player or about the fans of that franchise as well? I think it's both and I think 90%+ OKC fans don't want to see KD there right now (we will see in the future)

if you are correct about this then it was a mistake by the thunder to retire nick's jersey so soon.

maybe that was a mistake too. But you don't correct a mistake by making a bigger one (at least it is in my opinion)

[spearsy23]

westbrook, nick, presti and the thunder will reconcile with durant. sooner than later. bridges have been mended across much wider gulfs before.

vince carter deliberately threw games on toronto in order to be traded, faking injuries and whatnot. roger clemens did boston much dirtier than durant did the thunder and he was present at the 1986 30 year anniversary a couple years ago and got a standing 'o'. durant is as much if not more to the thunder than those two were to those teams considering how the organization grew up around him. there's always going to be a collection of hateful and cynical people who won't come aboard, but my guess is that this sentiment will fade in time for the general population of thunder fans as it almost always does in other cases.

the thunder chose to retire nick's jersey much earlier than it probably should, and kd can't control that. the man was part of nick's career for nine years and in a ceremony to honor nick kd both belongs and should be remembered as part of that career imo.

They already have, at least Nick (otherwise KD wouldn't be invited). The point is all about the fans. Is retiring a number only about the player or about the fans of that franchise as well? I think it's both and I think 90%+ OKC fans don't want to see KD there right now (we will see in the future)

if you are correct about this then it was a mistake by the thunder to retire nick's jersey so soon.

Because you say so.

[slick_watts]

But yeah let's give cupcake a standing ovation and maybe in 3 months he will sweep us with his 5 all stars team while yelling in the peake ''got you *** cats''

a standing ovation probably isn't warranted or needed. he's not the one being honored.

you can appreciate what kd did for the thunder and oklahoma community and for his teammates for nine seasons and still hope he loses when we play him.

[slick_watts]

Because you say so.

this is how opinions work.

[wco81]

Hmm, Warriors play 3/19 at Minnesota and then 3/21 back home vs. Indy.

So he's going to use the off day to travel to and back from OKC.

He is a free agent, too bad OKC didn't have cap space.

[spearsy23]

Because you say so.

this is how opinions work.

You know what they say about opinions.

[Pillendreher]

The streak of above league offensive performances continues at 10 now. Over the last 10 games, we've scored 116.2 pp100p on average against teams that - on average - allow 109.2 pp100p.

[Dn4sty]

So is this Grants ceiling? Or can he become better?

[Dadouv47]

So is this Grants ceiling? Or can he become better?

Who knows? I personally think he's close to his celling and I'm fine with it. Maybe he can improve just a bit from 3 and FT%. Would be nice

[Dn4sty]

Also what defensive stat is the most telling of a players defensive ability. DBPM (but with the understanding it skews to centers)?