Around the NBA - 2018 PLAYOFFS - Round 1

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Utah never sent a double at Westbrook. They did at George. That says something. If you let Westbrook shoot his team out of a game, he usually does.

 

Yeaaaahh fuck Okc fuck Westbrook Bitch

 

PG was 2 for 16 and had 5 turnovers.

And yall are hating on Russ.

Alright then.

 

George didn’t show up, but Utah keyed on him and let Westbrook Westbrook. Some of those shots in the fourth made CJ look disciplined.

 

It's what makes Russ Russ. His shot selection is atrocious, but he was the only one who wasn't scared. His teammates looked shook. didn't take advantage of Rubio being on the bench.

 

As always, thank you Mr Clay Bennett

 

I don’t disagree. Just saying Russ was allowed to do whatever he wanted by Utah. Portland does the same thing whenever they play OKC. But yeah if anyone outside of Russ showed up the result would’ve been different.

Does Presti get fired?

 

I just laughed at all the fans that were stroking Presti for getting Melo and George and they end up below Portland in the standings and most likely below Portland going forward. But yeah he’s a genius.

 

PG packs his bags and heads for LA. Carmelo sucks one more year of bloated salary out of the Thunder’s corpse. Love it.

 

I still don’t think George goes to the lakers. If they sign him what happens to Randle? Ingram? Kuzma? I think the clippers might get him.

 

The Clips are still in LA, right?

 

He's literally drafted perfectly or damn near. The idea and execution was great. They have a problem on their hands. It's becoming more apparent that the MVP of last season is also a problem-child who can't play nice with other good players. Durant left. Oladipo was a nobody when playing with Westbrook. And now, we see Paul George is merely average when paired with Westbrook as well. I'd start over if I'm OKC. They won't be a winning team with Westbrook at the helm.

 

How do we get Joe Ingles?

 

Scout Europe. (Yes I know he’s Australian)

 

Not recently.

 

Something tells me this isn't what Carmelo Anthony had in mind when he waived his no trade clause:



All I can say is BWAAH hahahahahahaha!!! What the fuck did you expect??? If Russ made a habit of freezing out Kevin Durant in his prime, why the fuck wouldn't he freeze out an over the hill Carmelo Anthony?

OKC is so fucked. They are going to be in tax hell forever, and getting worse the entire time. If PG13 leaves they are fucked talent wise. They gave up Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis for a 1-year rental that cost them an additional $55.5 million in salary and luxury tax this year and resulted in 1 more regular season and 1 more playoff win compared to last year.

Carmelo is going to opt in to his $28 million and Russ's 5-year $205 million extension hasn't even kicked in yet. If they do resign PG13 they will have the highest payroll and the highest luxury tax payment in the history of the league next year. And for what, a mid-level seed and 1st round fodder - yet again.

BNM

 

Becoming???? I've been saying it for seven years. It's earned me a reputation as a Westbrook hater, but truth be told, I fucking love the guy exactly as he is, exactly where he is. He's the perfect "superstar" for a division rival that I despise. He makes his team good, but prevents them from being great. I predicted seven years ago that OKC would never win an NBA title with Westbrook as their starting PG. People thought I was nuts. They had so much young talent in Durant, Westbrook, Harden and Ibaka. Everyone else was predicting a dynasty. Russ has done nothing but prove them wrong and me right ever since.

And he's going to be sucking up $205 million in cap space over the next five years. OKC chose to trade Harden because they were too cheap to amnesty Kendrick Perkins, lost Durant because he got tired of Russ freezing him out and then turned around and gave Russ the largest contract in league history. They backed the wrong horse and did so in a monumental fashion.

Good, serves their lying, hillbilly owners right.

BNM

 

The only thing I can say in their defense is at least they went for it. They went all in, and lost. I think we'll probably have to do something similar if we wanna become a contender.

 

Oh, I've always agreed on this sentiment but I think even casual viewers can agree on this conclusion. Individually, Westbrook is great but he's a horrible team player and is the cause for so much bad in the team. The owner got cheap and didn't want to pay Harden. That's not Presti's fault though. Every GM has to succumb to dumb decisions by the owner.