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1 hour ago, ChiTownDoc said:

They ‘probably’ don’t need the help?  Lol.  
Their differential is the best of all time by a mile.  Of course I prefer my vintage bulls and how they did it but in today’s game I’m not gonna cry.  They get a whistle.  They’d win regardless.  I’ve never said otherwise on here.  

OKC is a great team, possibly an all time great team, and they're probably going to win 70 games and the title again. But their record and point differential at this point of the season is a little bit of fool's gold. I said it a couple of weeks ago, but they have played the weakest schedule in the league and they've had some opponents injury luck as well. Granted they've been without Williams almost the entire season but they're so deep and they've been getting teams into garbage time so early, that their second unit keeps pouring it on so the numbers are a little skewed. Credit to them for being  damn near 15 deep, but they are running it up on some scrubs. That isn't going to necessarily help them come playoff time.

Go back through their schedule and tell me what their best win of the season is? Maybe opening night at home in 2OT against Houston? They smashed a mostly healthy Golden State at home. They beat Minnesota by 8 at home in a cup game. I guess they smacked the Lakers without Lebron pretty good. Maybe the league is a bit overrated this year?  I'd really like to see them match up with Denver. I'd like to see them against Houston again. I'd like to see them play anyone from the east with a pulse. Those two games against the Spurs over the next 10 days should be fun, too. 

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7 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Wait. Are you saying you would take Chet over Wemby? Ok Nico.

Saying OKC/Chet aren't "built for this" is big talk from a 21 year old that missed half the games last season and half so far this season.  

Check back when he's +70 games in the regular season and then a deep playoff run.

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1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

OKC is a great team, possibly an all time great team, and they're probably going to win 70 games and the title again. But their record and point differential at this point of the season is a little bit of fool's gold. I said it a couple of weeks ago, but they have played the weakest schedule in the league and they've had some opponents injury luck as well. Granted they've been without Williams almost the entire season but they're so deep and they've been getting teams into garbage time so early, that their second unit keeps pouring it on so the numbers are a little skewed. Credit to them for being  damn near 15 deep, but they are running it up on some scrubs. That isn't going to necessarily help them come playoff time.

Go back through their schedule and tell me what their best win of the season is? Maybe opening night at home in 2OT against Houston? They smashed a mostly healthy Golden State at home. They beat Minnesota by 8 at home in a cup game. I guess they smacked the Lakers without Lebron pretty good. Maybe the league is a bit overrated this year?  I'd really like to see them match up with Denver. I'd like to see them against Houston again. I'd like to see them play anyone from the east with a pulse. Those two games against the Spurs over the next 10 days should be fun, too. 

I’d actually reference their point differential last year and not this year if I’m making my case.  
No disagreement with anything you said.  

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1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

OKC is a great team, possibly an all time great team, and they're probably going to win 70 games and the title again. But their record and point differential at this point of the season is a little bit of fool's gold. I said it a couple of weeks ago, but they have played the weakest schedule in the league and they've had some opponents injury luck as well. Granted they've been without Williams almost the entire season but they're so deep and they've been getting teams into garbage time so early, that their second unit keeps pouring it on so the numbers are a little skewed. Credit to them for being  damn near 15 deep, but they are running it up on some scrubs. That isn't going to necessarily help them come playoff time.

Go back through their schedule and tell me what their best win of the season is? Maybe opening night at home in 2OT against Houston? They smashed a mostly healthy Golden State at home. They beat Minnesota by 8 at home in a cup game. I guess they smacked the Lakers without Lebron pretty good. Maybe the league is a bit overrated this year?  I'd really like to see them match up with Denver. I'd like to see them against Houston again. I'd like to see them play anyone from the east with a pulse. Those two games against the Spurs over the next 10 days should be fun, too. 

I'd agree with all that.  The two teams that worry them the most are Denver and SA (if healthy).  Jokic is just a fucking load and Wemby gives them problems on defense because they take a lot of mid range.  SA is still pretty young, though.  

They're still easily the best team if they shoot reasonably well.  That's why I wouldn't read to much into that cup game.  They just shot bad and they did last year out there as well.  Maybe it's the arena and the depth angles.  Who knows?

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17 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Saying OKC/Chet aren't "built for this" is big talk from a 21 year old that missed half the games last season and half so far this season.  

Yeah, i’m surprised he didn’t get a flagrant 2 for hurting your feelings.

Posted
1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

OKC is a great team, possibly an all time great team, and they're probably going to win 70 games and the title again. But their record and point differential at this point of the season is a little bit of fool's gold.

I don’t think so. I think they’ll win 67 plus games unless they have horrible luck. It’s one of the best teams I’ve ever seen even if the game was called straight and on top of that have a sixth man on the floor at all times.

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13 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

They're still easily the best team if they shoot reasonably well.  That's why I wouldn't read to much into that cup game.  They just shot bad and they did last year out there as well.  Maybe it's the arena and the depth angles.  Who knows?

If you look back at the playoff games OKC lost last year, it was mostly the ones where Williams laid an egg shooting. 

Also, the Spurs didn't shoot particularly well, either. Barnes has been their best three point shooter and he went 0-8 from downtown. Harper was 3 / 13 from the field. Wemby only played 20 minutes. Not sure either team really played their A game.

Regardless, I think we're looking at the next great rivalry in the league over the next 5-ish years. 12 people outside of San Antonio and Oklahoma will watch it.

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