2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN

[atransta]

GG clips.

Game was good until the stupid serge ejection. Brooks is a freaking moron. I think at one point he had fisher, thabo, collison, jackson, and lamb out at one point (granted) it wasn't for long.

Blake had a great game and had some really nice passes.

 

[shoeking2101]

durant needs a coach to motivate him, dude makes it look easy out there getting 30 a night but if he really pushed himself he could get to 40-50

he needs to take over games like this

Durant is so good he gets a struggle 30. By that I mean it's free throws heavy, and 3 pointers sprinkled in with some fantastic individual moves towards the rim. He would be better if he could hold his position and catch the ball at the elbow/pinch post area. His size plus skill setting up shop that close to the basket is 40 easy. Srs. He spends too much time dancing with the ball outside the 3 point line, playing screen roll basketball as if he's chris paul, or a pg.

There's a reason why Kobe and Jordan were such great scorers. They set up shop close to the rim. By no means am I saying he isn't a great scorer, but his scoring and the Thunder's overall success would be greatly improved if KD added this to his game.

 

[sea manup]

 

 
this is one of those games where an early 2000s superstar would have tried to go for 50 and willed his team to a win, but KD plays passive and never forces anything

False. KD has been trying time and time again to be a hero, and he pretty much is in actuality. He's just trying to trust his teammates while he does it. He has to be the right kind of hero is all.

Besides we know Russ isn't gonna let KD touch the ball on three straight possessions down the stretch

Other than Westbrook who can create his own shot he doesnt have any teammates worth trusting. Without Westbrook this team would be worse than Bron's cavs but Bron still DOMINATED games when he needed to and dropped 50 on teams just for fun.

KD is an amazing scorer but unlike other legendary scorers he doesnt have many memorable games

 

[carltonjunior]

I'm saying it again. If the clips are healthy in the playoffs, my money is on them. They finally got it right.

Yeah right. Let's ignore them laying eggs leading up to this game.

Though I'm certain that Doc can fix most of their issues with time.

 

[awwsome]

115 assists in nine games. Double-double in every one.

Crown him

oh well. ain't worried

Westbrook - Sefolosha - Durant - Ibaka - Adams

gonna be a scary lineup once Russ shakes off the rust and Adams gets more burn

That's only if Brooks actually starts to put the right lineups out there which I can't count on

 

[sea manup]

 

I'm saying it again. If the clips are healthy in the playoffs, my money is on them. They finally got it right.

Yeah right. Let's ignore them laying eggs leading up to this game.

Though I'm certain that Doc can fix most of their issues with time.

other than the spurs i really dont see anyone beating them

 

[sosmoney23]

I picked cp3 to win mvp this year before the season began. If he keeps it up at this pace & the clips finishes between 1-3 in seeding? then he'll definitely have a chance of getting it

 

[FlipSide]

Matt Barnes deleted tweet that he tweeted after he got ejected:

"@Matt_barnes22-" I love my teammates like family, but I'm DONE standing up for these n*****- all this **** does is cost me money"

Dudes about to get fined hard lol

 

[wavycrocket]

Been saying forever that Blake is such an underrated passer. I really hope the public realizes that the "All he can do is dunk" thing is way overblown.

 

[beh235]

Matt Barnes....

 

[don ramon]

yeah barnes is getting fined for sure

there's other ways to get the message across

that kind of stuff ain't being tolerated in major sports any longer

 

[awwsome]

Been saying forever that Blake is such an underrated passer. I really hope the public realizes that the "All he can do is dunk" thing is way overblown.

Always appreciated his court vision, hope he keeps it at this level the rest of the season and takes that next step

 

[wavycrocket]

I'm not even mad about the language. What's more telling is the fact that he's "done sticking up for his teammates"

 

[datznasty]

Deleting the tweet is a non issue now since they snitched on him on Sportscenter. Seems like everyone is just displaying classic pile on syndrome. Durant had 33- 10 assists and 6 boards. What else do you want him to do? Even outside of his 17 fts, on pure fgas he was 8 for 18. If Thabo could make a shot, him and Westbrook's assists both go up. Him and Westbrook both had 5 tos so they have to clean that up and Russ's ballhandling in general, but they are both playing amazing ball, even with his rust no doubt he impacts the team positively. You have to look at coach and ask how he manages to only play PJ3 6minutes when he was playing so well or about those abysmal 3rd quarter lineups.

Going to be tough to go into Oracle now tomorrow night. Hopefully Serge is rested

 

[lawdog1]

Good game, Thunder fans. Your team is tough. Really tough group for CP to score on, which concerns me. But I look forward to more entertaining games between these teams.

 

[carltonjunior]

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Other than Westbrook who can create his own shot he doesnt have any teammates worth trusting. Without Westbrook this team would be worse than Bron's cavs but Bron still DOMINATED games when he needed to and dropped 50 on teams just for fun.

KD is an amazing scorer but unlike other legendary scorers he doesnt have many memorable games

If you don't trust your team, you can't make it far. KD can't just be a one man team out there, especially during the regular season where it's all about building team chemistry. KD is anything but passive, he comes up big night after night down the stretch while still staying within the team concept, like he did before this game.

I think KD is moreso just borrowing from Jordan. Jordan started games slow to get teammates involved and play within his team's offense, but would later turn it up to get the job done. It just didn't happen tonight because Ibaka couldn't finish the game so Blake abused them.

 

[bishopstrongbow]

Heat of the moment, this is where social media kills players. Anybody that's played organized competitive sports and loses the game or personal battle is always going to be heated until they sleep it off, and calm down. Matt was still in the heat of it and he let it get the best of em

 

[blastercombo]

Heat of the moment, this is where social media kills players. Anybody that's played organized competitive sports and loses the game or personal battle is always going to be heated until they sleep it off, and calm down. Matt was still in the heat of it and he let it get the best of em

Same excuse as "I was drunk and I don't remember." That's what 16 year old first time drinkers say.

 

[awwsome]

Barnes a fool for that, any athlete should never get on Twitter while angry, nothing good comes of it.

 

[shoeking2101]

Ricky Rubio reminds me a lot of young #55 from Sacramento.

 

[lawdog1]

IDC what the tweet said, Barnes is gonna continue to Barnes. Sticking up for his teammates is part of what he does.

 

[sea manup]

 
Quote:

 
Other than Westbrook who can create his own shot he doesnt have any teammates worth trusting. Without Westbrook this team would be worse than Bron's cavs but Bron still DOMINATED games when he needed to and dropped 50 on teams just for fun.

KD is an amazing scorer but unlike other legendary scorers he doesnt have many memorable games

If you don't trust your team, you can't make it far. KD can't just be a one man team out there, especially during the regular season where it's all about building team chemistry. KD is anything but passive, he comes up big night after night down the stretch while still staying within the team concept, like he did before this game.

I think KD is moreso just borrowing from Jordan. Jordan started games slow to get teammates involved and play within his team's offense, but would later turn it up to get the job done. It just didn't happen tonight because Ibaka couldn't finish the game so Blake abused them.

kobe/lebron/jordan/iverson/bird have all scored 50+ on teams that went to the finals. these are grown *** men that KD is playing with, if the best scorer in the nba starts dominating the ball they are going to stand back and let him go to work. no one is going to get their feelings hurt because kevin durant is shooting too many times. 

“It depends on what I’m shooting from the field. First quarter if I’m 4-for-4, I let it go. Third quarter if I’m like 10-for-16, or 10-for-17, I might let it go. But if I’m like 8-for-19, I’m going to go ahead and dribble one more second and let that buzzer go off and then throw it up there. So it depends on how the game’s going.”

 After reading that quote I lost a lot of respect for KD. I hated lebron when he was a cav but there are still multiple games that i will always remember because of how he put the team on his back and destroyed the other team. I honestly cant think of any truly memorable KD games, i mean antawn jamison has as many 50 point games as he does

 

[lawdog1]

Ricky Rubio reminds me a lot of young #55 from Sacramento.

I see that, but Rubio >> J Will IMO.

 

[lawdog1]

Wow. Had no idea Portland was 6 and 2. I don't think they'll continue at that pace. They're going to be in 6 - 8 seed range in the West.

 

[wavycrocket]

I see that, but Rubio >> J Will IMO.

Probably. White chocolate under hubie brown tbough