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Huge game if we want to have a chance to finish behind Cleveland. No Allen is a problem...hope sexland gonna be enough.
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Dadouv47 wrote:Huge game if we want to have a chance to finish behind Cleveland. No Allen is a problem...hope sexland gonna be enough.
Heh, hadn’t heard that duo’s nickname. God bless.
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Damn the Cavs are so bad...gonna be difficult
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Horford is better than Love, less injury prone and under a slightly better contract. Somehow most fans say Horford's contract is worse...
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Svi is not a good tank commander
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I’m really liking Svi as a potential long term fit.
Starting to believe in Poku too. This team is fun.
We’re a looooing way off from competing again tho.
Starting to believe in Poku too. This team is fun.
We’re a looooing way off from competing again tho.
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Dadouv47 wrote:Horford is better than Love, less injury prone and under a slightly better contract. Somehow most fans say Horford's contract is worse...
Most people know very little outside their own team.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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cjmcallist wrote:I’m really liking Svi as a potential long term fit.
Starting to believe in Poku too. This team is fun.
We’re a looooing way off from competing again tho.
For sure. That's why we need the tank.
We are playing 0 starter though...
Somehow we will probably win this game because the Cavs sucks. Sexton is good but that's it.
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Dadouv47 wrote:cjmcallist wrote:I’m really liking Svi as a potential long term fit.
Starting to believe in Poku too. This team is fun.
We’re a looooing way off from competing again tho.
For sure. That's why we need the tank.
We are playing 0 starter though...
Somehow we will probably win this game because the Cavs sucks. Sexton is good but that's it.
Yeah it’s really sticking out to me this game. Lots of flashes, can see the potential in some of the guys, but man. Just not great basketball.
Every time I think that though, it’s been against teams that have sucked for a long time. Makes me grateful to be a Thunder fan knowing we’re doing it on purpose - not cause we’re incompetent.
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cjmcallist wrote:Dadouv47 wrote:cjmcallist wrote:I’m really liking Svi as a potential long term fit.
Starting to believe in Poku too. This team is fun.
We’re a looooing way off from competing again tho.
For sure. That's why we need the tank.
We are playing 0 starter though...
Somehow we will probably win this game because the Cavs sucks. Sexton is good but that's it.
Yeah it’s really sticking out to me this game. Lots of flashes, can see the potential in some of the guys, but man. Just not great basketball.
Every time I think that though, it’s been against teams that have sucked for a long time. Makes me grateful to be a Thunder fan knowing we’re doing it on purpose - not cause we’re incompetent.
Yeah we are in the first year of our rebuild and we already have at least 4-5 prospects with good potential (and a future all star in SGA if nothing goes wrong with him).
We just need a bit of luck in one of the next 2 drafts...
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Moses is struggling.
Pretty sure K Love just broke his hip. Hehe
Pretty sure K Love just broke his hip. Hehe
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cjmcallist wrote:Moses is struggling.
Pretty sure K Love just broke his hip. Hehe
Glad we didn’t commit to him long term. He’s been pretty bad since his contact.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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ThunderBolt wrote:cjmcallist wrote:Moses is struggling.
Pretty sure K Love just broke his hip. Hehe
Glad we didn’t commit to him long term. He’s been pretty bad since his contact.
I thought he was going to take advantage of the mismatch with Allen being out.
Don't expect much from Moses...hope the Thunder training staff can make some miracle in the offseason but I don't count him as one of our ''real'' prospects.
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This was a great time to get our first 5 game losing streak of the season. Sixers this weekend, then the Jazz kick off a tough stretch of 7 games in 11 days against pretty mediocre competition.
This loss puts us even in the L column with the Cavs and Wiz, too.
This loss puts us even in the L column with the Cavs and Wiz, too.
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cjmcallist wrote:We’re a looooing way off from competing again tho.
They competed all season as the youngest team in the league with the front office actively trying to lose. So like, no they aren’t. They could be in the play in game this season if they wanted.
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jake_swivel wrote:cjmcallist wrote:We’re a looooing way off from competing again tho.
They competed all season as the youngest team in the league with the front office actively trying to lose. So like, no they aren’t. They could be in the play in game this season if they wanted.
I guess I don’t see the play in tournament as “competing”.
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cjmcallist wrote:jake_swivel wrote:cjmcallist wrote:We’re a looooing way off from competing again tho.
They competed all season as the youngest team in the league with the front office actively trying to lose. So like, no they aren’t. They could be in the play in game this season if they wanted.
I guess I don’t see the play in tournament as “competing”.
Yeah, we’d need to define terms. You probably meant competing to be a top tier team, a threat for conference finals?
Yep, I don’t think they are close to that. But I do think this team is deep with grimey, smart, talented guys who aren’t going to lay down. Presti had to decimate the team to not be close to the play in.
They’re going to get better just by improving. Young players make big jumps years 1-3 and the team is full of those guys. Self starters, professional, with a chip on their shoulder. I don’t think these guys are capable of tanking in this culture.
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I can see next year as a year where we start out with the goal of making the playoffs. Depending on how the season goes with player development and health, we may pull back after the ASG if playoffs look unlikely or stay the course if it's attainable.
bisme37 wrote:If there were magnets in basketballs so strong they changed the path of the ball as it flew through the air, wouldn't the ball then stick magnetically to the rim when it got there?
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Let's face it. The Thunder are pathetic. The Cavs were missing Jarret Allen, Larry Nance, Cedi Osman, Dylan Windler and won by over 25. The Thunder were missing SGA, Dort and Bazley. So missing players was a push.
The Thunder are universes away from ever putting a team together that can compete for the Western Conference.
The Thunder should be fined TODAY by the NBA HQs for intentionally throwing games to get more Draft Lottery ping pong balls.
If the NBA first gives a WARNING to any team for intentionally tanking and the Organization does not stop it, then the NBA should forfeit that team OUT of the Draft Lottery and relegated to the 14 spot. That would stop this tanking nonsense.
The Thunder are universes away from ever putting a team together that can compete for the Western Conference.
The Thunder should be fined TODAY by the NBA HQs for intentionally throwing games to get more Draft Lottery ping pong balls.
If the NBA first gives a WARNING to any team for intentionally tanking and the Organization does not stop it, then the NBA should forfeit that team OUT of the Draft Lottery and relegated to the 14 spot. That would stop this tanking nonsense.
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