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predicto posted:That's too simple. The Warriors spent 25 years trying to win by outscoring people. Nice
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Dexo posted:https://twitter.com/highkin/status/857032625722200070 only an alpha can coach an alpha. makes u think 
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Kobe Wade is a great writer and makes a good pointEl Gallinero Gros posted:Perhaps PG believes that him in LA, along with the franchise's history and freeing up some cap space will draw other marquee guys, whilst drawing somebody to willingly choose Indiana is, uh, difficult. LA deserves Demar for all the praise they lavished on mediocre ball hog Kobe
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Noctone posted:Oh my god that Dion essay is so goddamn amazing. Lebatard had Wright Thompson on to discuss his massive Riley profile and they kept on joking about how it was the second best Riley article written today. Seriously, the Waiters one goes from funny to touching to informative each paragraph. What a guy.
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Remember when LeBron lost to the Mavs and studied tape of the series in the offseason, despite how much pain it caused him to watch his flawed play and critique himself, and then he came back a more complete player and won the championship? Will Westbrook ever take a hard look at himself and stop jacking up bullshit bricks in critical moments of playoff games?
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Cross posting!  Happy Supersonics Day everyone!!!!
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big boi posted:Remember when LeBron lost to the Mavs and studied tape of the series in the offseason, despite how much pain it caused him to watch his flawed play and critique himself, and then he came back a more complete player and won the championship? Will Westbrook ever take a hard look at himself and stop jacking up bullshit bricks in critical moments of playoff games? I mean Who else is gonna make anything in that team? One dude was shooting 12% for the year wtf
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shirts and skins posted:Cross posting! The fact there are still salty sonics fans brings me joy
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Ramadu posted:I mean They could at least try to run offense so someone can get an open shot. I know Russ doesn't do that kind of thing but when you get Harden switched on you and all you get is a dead-legged Russ hero 3, who cares? I'm glad to see Russ and OKC go home. They have the most boring offense i've ever seen.
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shirts and skins posted:Cross posting! this is just sad
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nay your hate should be eternal. let it burn
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https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/857055793669185538 GET THE gently caress IN, YOU GLORIOUS rear end in a top hat THAT I ACTUALLY DESPISE
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If The Bulls win Game 5 Rondo will go down as my favorite bull of all time. Usurping Nate Robinson.
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Rockets bitch. Go home Russ
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shirts and skins posted:Cross posting! #TeamPetty
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Dexo posted:If The Bulls win Game 5 Rondo will go down as my favorite bull of all time. Usurping Nate Robinson. Don't say things you can't take back. Nate was puking in a trash can
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The playoffs feel a little better paced this year, cutting down a lot of the excessive rest days in the first round really has helped the flow. dokmo posted:"Disco Sucks!" was an explicitly homophobic and racist movement. I had a class that covered this in college, it was really interesting. Ramadu posted:Why dont you guys get some carne asada burritos from the mexican stall on the side of the road before the game? those are the best foods ever and maybe you can get a sonoran hotdog!!!! There's just good food in general surrounding Talking Stick, and honestly the food isn't that bad inside, actually the doughnut place inside is really good (although eating a gooey donut isn't always optimal).
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I don't know if there was a ton he could have done to actually win, but I really really did not think Donovan coached a good series at all. There was the last game where he managed to spend all but one timeout with 10 minutes left, and game 4 where he let robinson's FT shooting really screw them. But beyond that, it seemed like he spent the entire series letting the Rockets dictate what was going to happen and reacting to it. He all but benched Kanter after game one, which yeah his pnr defense was a huge issue, but it also took their 2nd best offensive weapon off the court when the Rockets really cannot defend well down low. They put very little pressure on the Rockets to make adjustments in terms of lineup or strategy. Gibson kept roasting the Rockets in the post but OKC rarely went there. Pretty much all the games turned into a 3 point chucking and free throw contest and that's pretty much what Houston wants. Maybe he didn't have many options, but it didn't seem like he really tried anything. Pretty unimpressed.
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Kibner posted:#TeamPetty Femur posted:nay your hate should be eternal. let it burn Hell loving yeah. Gonna be doing this every year, as long as there's a team there. I'll never stop! Never ever. Metapod posted:The fact there are still salty sonics fans brings me joy The fact that OKC will never win a championship brings me joy. Glad we both have our sources of happiness!
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Why is it Donavan's fault that Westbrook shot 20 3's in a 8 minute span without trying to do any action
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spurs win! this series has been FOR REAL props to the grizz for being super cool
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I just realized Nene is younger than me
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Lockback posted:Don't say things you can't take back. Nate was puking in a trash can If Rondo wins a playoff game with literally one hand I have to give him the edge. Nate Rob Puking and clowning the nets is more impressive than Jordan's "flu" game but Rondo with one hand winning a game would have to top even that.
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zoux posted:cc: Fred Hoiberg I love that Allen Iverson owned someone with his crossover and didn't need a ball to do it.
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Never change Russ https://twitter.com/ErikHorneOK/status/857084528711675904
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Metapod posted:Never change Russ Was just about to post this. Owns. Spacebump fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Apr 26, 2017 |
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Metapod posted:Never change Russ https://twitter.com/SLAMonline/status/857083241655803904
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talking poo poo about holding a guy to 47 points smh Metapod posted:Never change Russ
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Jota posted:talking poo poo about holding a guy to 47 points smh I dunno holding a superstar to 47 points on 34 shots is pretty good. And that's assuming Beverly was the one on him when he scored all the points.
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G-Hawk posted:I don't know if there was a ton he could have done to actually win, but I really really did not think Donovan coached a good series at all. There was the last game where he managed to spend all but one timeout with 10 minutes left, and game 4 where he let robinson's FT shooting really screw them. But beyond that, it seemed like he spent the entire series letting the Rockets dictate what was going to happen and reacting to it. He all but benched Kanter after game one, which yeah his pnr defense was a huge issue, but it also took their 2nd best offensive weapon off the court when the Rockets really cannot defend well down low. They put very little pressure on the Rockets to make adjustments in terms of lineup or strategy. Gibson kept roasting the Rockets in the post but OKC rarely went there. Pretty much all the games turned into a 3 point chucking and free throw contest and that's pretty much what Houston wants. Lack of Taj was one of the bigger mysteries to me. I think he only played more than 25 minutes in game 3. Not only was he pretty effective when he was in, but Russ seemed to have some trust in him. I dunno if it was a conditioning thing or what. Kanter really did not look great on offense anyway. He had a really, really tough time against Capela and Nene. Lineup wise Billy threw basically everything against the wall but the reality is that OKC's roster was up and down not as good. Every single lineup he tried without Russ utterly hemorrhaged points. Almost everyone on the OKC roster got non-garbage time minutes except Nick Collinson and Josh Huestis, while Houston's rotation was literally just Eric Gordon, Lou Williams and Nene. It really can't be understated how garbage the non-Russ lineups were.
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Dexo posted:If Rondo wins a playoff game with literally one hand I have to give him the edge. Nate Rob Puking and clowning the nets is more impressive than Jordan's "flu" game but Rondo with one hand winning a game would have to top even that. He's done it before, remember the Heat-Celtics series where he dislocated his arm and still won the game single handed, pun intended?
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Dexo posted:I dunno holding a superstar to 47 points on 34 shots is pretty good. And that's assuming Beverly was the one on him when he scored all the points. It's a better points per shot than Westbrook averaged during the regular season and isn't something you'd be bragging about
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According to ESPN stats, Beverly as the primary defender on Westbrook held him to like 7-27 shooting.
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leftist heap posted:Lack of Taj was one of the bigger mysteries to me. I think he only played more than 25 minutes in game 3. Not only was he pretty effective when he was in, but Russ seemed to have some trust in him. I dunno if it was a conditioning thing or what. thats fair. I just really expected OKC to do a better job scoring with the bigs rotation they have and the fact that Houston plays small as hell usually. Taj posted up Ariza on one possession tonight and walked right through him, then never did again if I remember right. Nene and Capela have their moments but neither are particularly imposing inside. I was worried about Houston inside before the series, the rebounding (other than game 1) was as bad as I expected, but Nene really played an incredible series. Nene went 28/33 from the field in the series  (and I know at least 2 of those misses were throw it up shots with the shot clock expiring)
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