Official Oklahoma City Thunder OFFSEASON 2013-2014 Thread **NEW TEAM,

[julius wrek]

Hey_

The bigs GOTTA step it up tonight.

Julius F. Wrek

 

[datznasty]

As much **** as I talk about Perk, this is one of his games where he can be useful and where our otherwise detrimental starting lineup makes sense. BHZ is sure he can now that he hulked up a bit, but Conley has never been able to guard Westbrook so we gotta bust his *** early and force Hollins to sub in his defenders like Bayless and Poindexter who put them at a disadvantage offensively.

 

[julius wrek]

Hey_

As much **** as I talk about Perk, this is one of his games where he can be useful and where our otherwise detrimental starting lineup makes sense. BHZ is sure he can now that he hulked up a bit, but Conley has never been able to guard Westbrook so we gotta bust his *** early and force Hollins to sub in his defenders like Bayless and Poindexter who put them at a disadvantage offensively.

I agree.

Perk should only be starting against 3 or 4 teams, max.

Julius F. Wrek

 

[bhzmafia14]

Good luck tonight guys. Looking forward to this game since the majority of our games are nail biters.

If Westbrook ends up being too much for Conley, I'm sure they'll just switch TA on to him. I also think Hollins would be open to using Conley to chase Maritn around as well. It use to be once Harden subbed in, Conley was useless on defense. Either way, I expect to see ALOT of Collison tonight if Brooks is smart. He seems to be the only big that can really battle Zbo down low.

 

[datznasty]

Nah, Brooks has this rule where the better Collison plays, the less minutes he gets. See: NBA finals.

 

[jordan23dotcom]

Theses is picking up finally. I feel like they just want perk to stop the player and have serge come block from the weak side. Works sometimes......

 

[atransta]

Was about to go to the gym after work today but forgot OKC is playing the grizz tonight. Guess I'm skipping the gym

 

[jordan23dotcom]

Gym can wait!!! Lol

 

[atransta]

Good start for the us!

 

[atransta]

damn ellington is hitting right now

 

[datznasty]

Kevin Martin always gets cooked. Teams just go to whoever he is guarding

 

[atransta]

Well that was a terrible quarter. Our second unit is not looking good so far tonight and where the hell is our D? Granted they are hot right now but still 30 something points in a quarter

 

[datznasty]

Our Maynor, Martin, Sef, Collison, Thabeet lineup lost us the game. But now our starters sucked balls to end the half and the 3rd too

 

[julius wrek]

Hey_

Ugh!

Juliius F. Wrek

 

[datznasty]

lowkey, Westbrook is a horrendous defender except when he's dialed in then he's literally one of the best in the league. He never gets around screens and his man always scores, I guess there's a communication aspect with the bigs at play there too but apparently he just goes off gameplan which may be go over, go under, switch, stay home, he always just does whatever he wants and gambles.

 

[julius wrek]

Hey_

Russ' defensive play (and his insistence on shooting tonight) are what really piss me off tonight.

The team played a great first quarter, then they just fell asleep!

Julius F. Wrek

 

[atransta]

lowkey, Westbrook is a horrendous defender except when he's dialed in then he's literally one of the best in the league. He never gets around screens and his man always scores, I guess there's a communication aspect with the bigs at play there too but apparently he just goes off gameplan which may be go over, go under, switch, stay home, he always just does whatever he wants and gambles.

 agreed Russ can play D when he wants too but lately his gambling too much and losing people.

 

[julius wrek]

Welp_

Freezin' out Kevin Martin will really help your chances to win.

Julius F. Wrek

 

[bhzmafia14]

Good game guys

 

[datznasty]

Lineups by quarter, look at the 2nd :x

+4-8.17-Westbrook-Sefolosha-Durant-Ibaka-Perkins

+4-2.27-Westbrook-Martin-Durant-Ibaka-Collison

+2-1.57-Maynor-Martin-Durant-Ibaka-Collison



-5-3.93-Maynor-Martin-Sefolosha-Collison-Thabeet

+0-0.28-Westbrook-Martin-Sefolosha-Durant-Collison

-5-1.23-Westbrook-Martin-Sefolosha-Durant-Ibaka

-11-6.55-Westbrook-Martin-Durant-Ibaka-Perkins



-1-7.03-Westbrook-Sefolosha-Durant-Ibaka-Perkins

+6-3.08-Westbrook-Martin-Durant-Ibaka-Perkins

-4-1.88-Westbrook-Martin-Durant-Ibaka-Collison



-1-4.35-Maynor-Westbrook-Martin-Durant-Collison

+0-0.50-Westbrook-Martin-Durant-Ibaka-Collison

+1-5.08-Westbrook-Martin-Durant-Ibaka-Perkins

+0-2.07-Westbrook-Martin-Durant-Ibaka-Thabeet

 

[IATT]

i really keep waiting for brooks to get it.. dont think it's ever going to happen..

it's simple things the team should be doing, but because of our coach it will never happen.. simple things like certain guys should be playing more against certain teams.. we all know perk serves his purpose against certain teams AND THAT IS IT

 

[datznasty]

He's too stubborn to ever change. Dude just sat there and watched our bench lose the 2nd quarter by 21. Kevin Martin though, he has to get better on D. James wasn't a stalwart either, but he wasn't so bad you could just go at him every possession with whoever he was guarding and get a bucket (I unofficially counted 16 pts scored on him just in that second), sans for when we thought it was a good idea to put James on LeBron. Team is not looking promising right now. 0-3 against playoff opponents now. Got 2 crap teams, then the Clippers here in OKC again. I'm more scared of them than any other team in the league. Even last yr we couldn't handle them

 

[julius wrek]

Hey_

Absolutely love the ball movement tonight.

Julius F. Wrek

 

[datznasty]

Yea and put in work from the 3pt line, 14 which is a Thunder record. KMart had 6. Westbrook still hasn't put together a complete game (although many of his games were actually better than his box suggests), but I'll take 12 assists to 2 tos, and he was straight beasting their point guards defensively, especially after that scrum with Vasquez which you could see coming from a mile away.

Also amazing we are getting something from Thabeet. He's by no means an all star or worthy of a #2 pick, but when he's your 2nd big off the bench, he can fill that role. He had 9 rebound today, 4 more than Ibaka and Perkins combined. 27,9,5 from KD and 27,5, 4 from KMart will do as well. Granted, it was the Hornets though.

Got the Warriors at home on Sunday, and then the real test is going to be the Clips at home on Wednesday.

Boxscore and highlights
http://www.nba.com/games/20121116/OKCNOH/gameinfo.html?ls=gt2hp0021200125#nbaGIboxscore

 

[julius wrek]

Hey_

Those damn Clips.

Dat bench.

I predict extended minutes for KD, Russ, Serge,and Martin.

(sometimes it seems as if the refs are pickin' on Hasheem)

Julius F. Wrek