Why Do The OKC Thunder Never Get The Respect That They Deserve?

[TOP LAD]

The clippers favored over them

Did we forget that Surge was missing the 1st 2 games against SA in the WCF? (not saying okc would have won but damn)

When healthy the thunder are EASILY top 2 is not #1

The romanticizing of the spurs is getting out of hand imo

 

[Shogun]

 

[King Poetic]

Okc remind me of the Philadelphia eagles during the McNabb era..hell of a team but can't get over

 

[duckbutta]

This whole "They can beat the Spurs with Ibaka" narrative is so played out as to be annoying...

For Ibaka to play with such a "serious" injury...he averaged around the same minutes and production...

The Diaw and Duncan paring completely nullify any impact Ibaka has on defense...people act like Ibaka didn't play in game 5...or get sonned back to Zamunda by Duncan in overtime of game 6

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

Because of their coach.

 

[FAH1223]

Scott Brooks is their coach

Their offense is a two man ISO game that gets snuffed by Memphis and SA in the postseason... or MIA in the Finals

 

[TOP LAD]

This whole "They can beat the Spurs with Ibaka" narrative is so played out as to be annoying...

For Ibaka to play with such a "serious" injury...he averaged around the same minutes and production...

The Diaw and Duncan paring completely nullify any impact Ibaka has on defense...people act like Ibaka didn't play in game 5...or get sonned back to Zamunda by Duncan in overtime of game 6

they got blasted w/o surge in 1st 2 games tho

that's gotta hold some weight, no?

 

[Ronnie Lott]

Because of their coach.

Scottie B ain't a bad coach tho

 

[Kd35brah]

Scott Brooks is their coach

Their offense is a two man ISO game that gets snuffed by Memphis and SA in the postseason... or MIA in the Finals

Is that why the reason Memphis ever beat us in a playoff series was because Russ got injured? Last time i checked we beat them in 2011 and 2014, both game 7s.

The Spurs got 2 games ahead with Ibaka out the 1st 2 games. I remember all the dumbfukks in here saying Serge wasn't going to going to change 2 blowouts into wins. Then we blow them out 2 games in a row, get blown out in game 5, then in game 6 we were in the lead with 30 seconds left in OT until Leonard got that strip on Westbrook to change the game. All this with Durant playing like ass, watch out when he gets healthy.

 

[FAH1223]

Is that why the reason Memphis ever beat us in a playoff series was because Russ got injured? Last time i checked we beat them in 2011 and 2014, both game 7s.

The Spurs got 2 games ahead with Ibaka out the 1st 2 games. I remember all the dumbfukks in here saying Serge wasn't going to going to change 2 blowouts into wins. Then we blow them out 2 games in a row, get blown out in game 5, then in game 6 we were in the lead with 30 seconds left in OT until Leonard got that strip on Westbrook to change the game. All this with Durant playing like ass, watch out when he gets healthy.

The fact that Memphis, a team that has no floor spacing takes OKC to 7 games is exactly what I'm talkin about

Memphis also conceivably should have won that series this year in 5 or 6

 

[Dayco23]

They traded James Harden

 

[Kd35brah]

The fact that Memphis, a team that has no floor spacing takes OKC to 7 games is exactly what I'm talkin about

Memphis also conceivably should have won that series this year in 5 or 6

You act like OKC had any floor spacing before they had to start Butler's bum ass.

You know MIller shot 48% from 3 in that series and had a 21 point game right? That's a better floor spacer than anything OKC had.

You do know Memphis had 2 chances to close out the series right? Okc was the team facing elimination after the game 5 loss at home. The Thunder beat them both of those games.

 

[FAH1223]

You act like OKC had any floor spacing before they had to start Butler's bum ass.

You know MIller shot 48% from 3 in that series and had a 21 point game right? That's a better floor spacer than anything OKC had.

You do know Memphis had 2 chances to close out the series right? Okc was the team facing elimination after the game 5 loss at home. The Thunder beat them both of those games.

Besides Mike Miller, they didn't have anyone else on the wings

Even when they won in 2013, who'd they have? Pondexter?

In 2011, they did have Battier but I don't know who else

But their defense is LEGIT, Tony Allen frustrates KD and Conley is one of the best defensive PGs around

This year, I think they have more shooting

 

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

Because of their coach.

 

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]