NBA 2011-2012
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- desmo0
Im pissed off about how the strike was handled and I want to show lack of support by not watching... but GOTDAMMIT, I love basketball! Im excited as hell its back!!
I think Miami will take it this year. They will take advantage of this short season.
- CygnusZero40
Here is the only stat you need to see to know why OKC lost last night, and this is all on Westbrook. As a team in the 4th qtr, they had 0 assists. That tells you that they aren't moving the ball. Other guys are not getting involved enough earlier, cant get in a good offensive flow with everyone gaining confidence, then when they get the ball at the end that have no feel for their shot yet. Great PGs create that motion and rhythm and Westbrook is not playing like a normal PG.
Sure that worked fine during the regular season but the problems with how he plays are now rearing their ugly head against a great team that wont allow 1 guy to beat them. So in those situations you need ball movement, entire offense involved more, which is started by the PG. You cant have the PG taking 32 shots while everyone goes ice cold and expect to beat a team like the Heat.
They need Durant to be the primary scorer, putting up 40 points, not Westbrook. They need 15 out of Westbrook. That's it, get other guys the ball, get them going and scoring, feeling their shots. They need him to distribute and pick and choose his moments. Instead he goes in transition and pulls up the jumper or drives to the hole, while everyone else is standing around. Just not going to work.
All those points he scored are deceptive. They were at the cost of getting others involved. Miami had no problems with letting Westbrook score. You could tell because they never once doubled him. What Miami didnt want was Durant and Harden getting into a flow, and Westbrook played right into their hands.
- loool0
nuggets y u no winning in the first round?
- loool0
I can't believe westbrook...the guy goes in quick transition situation 3 on 1 and he finishes by himself...he is really selfish...durant is selfish as well, but it's ok to have one guy like that on the team, preferably not a point guard...they always had that inner fight in them: who is going to be the best in the team...while the whole world sees durant in that role, westbrook just has those moments when he wants to be the best and spoils a lot of it...it is not a problem that he wants to be the best in the team, but then he needs to take the consequences when he fucks up...
okc has two solutions for the next season: either trade westbrook for 3 decent role players, or learn him to enjoy the robin role...two batmen don't work obviously...if wade could learn it, after being the finals mvp and a go to guy for so long, so can westbrook...
- CygnusZero40
Ok so Chris Paul to the Lakers, when he wanted to go to the Knicks. I wonder if he will sign a contract with the Lackers or hold out to try to get what he really wanted.
- non0
How many offensive rebounds did OKC get? Seemed like they sucked defensively compare to previous matches.
Westbrook as amazing, Harden, well, not so much... We don't talk too much about Sefolosha too, but defensively, seems like he didn't perform as well as he could've...
- brandelec0
so much talk of how okc lost this one. credit due to mia.. they rebounded, kept turnovers down, made the extra pass for role players to come through. like coach spo says they grinded it out. and they survived rw's barrage.
- rylamar0
- nodesmo
- nope... sad tho, he was a beast in college.dconstrukt
- dMullins0
I was about a week behind on news when I made my predictions. With Rose and Noah being out for the Bulls, it's good night Bulls. I see it more likely being a Heat v. OKC finals now. I am equally happy if that happens. Watching the Thunder demolish the Mavs was riveting. If there were an award for stupidest trade decision in a season, Mavs would get the trophy. Cuban got his ring, and that's probably the last we'll hear of the Mavs til they get rid of Ason Kidd and Carter, and do some serious ground-up rebuilding.
OKC over Miami in 6 or 7 games I think. This one will assuredly go deep.
- WrappedInBooks0
- A guy yawning? Thats exciting.CygnusZero4
- That's their reaction to seeing Baron Davis' floppy leg after tearing patellar ligament, ACL, and MCL.WrappedInBooks
- slinky0
ha. my Wizards (Should be Bullets) are on an epic roll.
- YES! Should be BULLETS! get over yourselves with that crappanacea
- There's nothing to get over. The Bullets got dropped because DC was murder capital for years...dMullins
- they suck.... REEEEEALLY bad.dconstrukt
- dijitaq0
chis paul's deal to the lakers was nullified by david stern after complaints by team owners.
- CygnusZero40
Knicks are dead in the water. Even if they can manage to squeeze out another win, I cant see the Knicks with so man injuried being able to beat the Heat. It would take some kind of serious miracle.
- sublocked0
Stern = best troll ever