Jesus Christ!!!!! If I live to be 750 years old I will NEVER understand the way some of you worship this clown. What is the connection you people have with him? What is going to be any different this year than his previous 10 years in this league? Where is the evidence he's ever going to lead any team to anything or anywhere? What has he EVER done as an NBA head coach? Just admit to yourself it's NEVER going to happen with this guy. Because it's not.
If we are comparing apple to apples...... I will take our PF over theirs. I will take our centers over theirs. I will take our SG over theirs (although he played like shit tonight) The difference is Their PG and SF. They win those two. Tonight it was all Westbrook.
Every time I see that you've posted in a thread, I click on it knowing that it's going to be high quality, professional-grade, over-the-top hyperbole.
I think you're being too harsh on Roy. Obviously we should expect a lot out of our best player, and he let us down tonight. The last time we played OKC, Durant was a disaster in the 4th quarter, it happens to virtually everyone. You cite him not wanting to take the last shot and forcing others to hit last second shots, but the last play of regulation was the exact opposite. He appeared to be at a point where he could've got by KD and got Batum a wide open 3pt, but forced a leaning double clutch deep 2. We agree he was well below average tonight, but I guess we'll have to disagree that he hurts our team.
"It's not Nate's fault, the team just doesn't do what he wants" QUALITY!!! 10 years. 1 playoff series victory and you yourself indicate the team doesn't do what he asks. Full steam ahead captain!!!! hyperbole: not as easy as it looks
I don't remember saying he hurts the team but I do think he cost the team the game tonight(I know this sounds weird). People are saying he's not the same player because of injury but I see a guy that's looking to turn down a shot before he even dribbles. Idk if he's pissed about the offense and not getting the ball more like he wanted to but it needs to be figured out.
Durant cost OKC two games in a row. Flat out lost it for them. Tonight was Roy's turn. He is the star and he did not do what he is expected to do. FINISH. Long season
I just remember Roy and the Blazers being in this same funk offensively last year before Oden went down. Oden went down and the next thing you know the Brandon Roy of old emerges and leads the Blazers to a victory over the Rockets and went on to average 27pts/G on 48% shooting the rest of the month and into January. Now it seems we're right back to Roy being left out/deferring a lot more again.
Is it Nate's fault when we win? Or do you believe that only players win games, and coaches lose games?
He wouldn't be the first superstar to coast until the all-star break. I don't like it, but it's not uncommon (if that's what he's doing)
Brother you've been bashing our All-Star guard all night on here. He got 19/5/5. I don't understand all the hate. Are you upset that he missed the game winning shot that he routinely has made in the past?
To be fair, it did look like Roy was disinterested tonight. Down the stretch in regulation and OT when they really needed a bucket, Roy didn't take over the game. He deferred to everyone else. As the leader of the team, he needs to have that killer instinct to take the game over when his team needs it.
It was a good ballgame. Simply put. I agree that Roy dogs it for a bit over 50% of a game until we approach end of quarter(s), the half, and end of game. By playing this way however, when crunch time comes, he's not intensly into it. I'd prefer Roy come out from the opening minutes and light it up. If he tires, we have Matthews. Stop "pacing" himself and play all out. If Roy does this, we improve all around. In the end, we lost. But it was a good game. PS: I would have decoyed Roy, got the ball to Miller and sent LMA backdoor for an attempt at the ally-oop. Probably would have worked. So I blame Nate for the "same old play" [get the ball to Roy and have everyone just stand around hoping he wins it]
There was one weird thing I saw. Late in the game, Brandon on defense, his man had the ball, and Brandon had both hands in his jersey. Luckily the opponent didn't take advantage (or maybe Roy was trying to lure him into trying?) and luckily it was his jersey rather than his shorts. But it seemed excessively casual to me. barfo
Concur with those who said they thought Roy was "coasting" tonight, and that that level of energy seems about the norm for him. I didn't see him D up anybody on the Thunder as hard as Durant D'd him up in the 4th. And for as ecstatic I was for the way LMA was playing in the first half and first 3 minutes of the 2nd (10-12, 20 pts), he went 1-7 for 2 points the rest of the way and finished with 4 rebounds. Against Krstic and Ibaka.
