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Spurs are on the hunt for 5...... I dont think no one stopping mr fundamentals.
Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs - OKC WINS in 6, Congrats!
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But how much do you credit him for their success? You can take a bum off the street and give him KD, Russ, and Harden, and they'll make the playoffs. Maybe not a bad coach, but an average one. You could replace him with a number of coaches and I think they're exactly in the same spot they are now.
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It is almost like Spoelstra. They both can get away with only running ISO plays for their stars. Until they play the Spurs
Even Spoelstra runs a few plays for easy butckets after time outs
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Spo's inbounds plays are usually on pointOriginally Posted by knightngale
Even Spoelstra runs a few plays for easy butckets after time outs
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Never said he was great, just good. I see your point but keep this in mind, NY has one of the most talented teams in the NBA on paper correct? Where are they now? Plus winning is what's looked at the most correct? Every yeah the thunder continue to improve. I don't think the coach is the problem. The thunder are a scoring in the paint big man away from being a younger SA spurs.
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IMO, for the fact that Brooks can keep Perkins under control, westbrook & durant happy, and Harden(can start for any team) happy with his role off the bench makes him a good coach/manager. I put this lost on the players, they were up by 7 late in the game and let the Spurs get easy layups while the thunder shoot 20ft jumpers. Im not sure what was up with Ibaka not playing but trust the reasoning for him not playing to be better for the team in the long run.
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Yeah having the best shot blocker in the league ride the pine while the other team is getting layups is players' fault
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Originally Posted by Stillmatic23
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2840587Originally Posted by TheHealthInspector
something ive noticed more and more these playoffs
not really talking about crawford, talking about how refs are waiting to see if players miss shots to call fouls, some late $$% calls
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What the hell is that in your avy ?
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Spurs finished with Neal, Parker, Manu,Duncan, Jackson on the floor. The thunder could have put Ibaka in instead of perkins to hold Duncan but just think they went with Perkins. Mabey next game Ibaka will get his shot but I dont think they are going to be able to play perkins and Ibaka together down the stretch against the Spurs. If Duncan abuses Ibaka next game late, yall going be yelling for perkins
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So everything positive, credit the coach, everything negative is the players fault? Sounds eerily similar to Jesus and every other God in religion.
Yall are acting like Duncan was putting in major work. He had 16 and 11 on 15 shots (40% shooting) and was at the top of the key most of the game after setting screens. For whatever disadvantage you get going from Perkins to Ibaka defensively, you gain an advantage in rim protection. They doubled us up 52 to 26 in the paint, particularly in the 4th where Ibaka didn't play. It was layup city.
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You're trollin.
I still say Thunder in 5 or 6 off of youth and talent, not coaching. Scott Brooks hasn't won a single game in his career that I've watched the Thunder play.
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Originally Posted by buggz05
Your trollin.
I still say Thunder in 5 or 6 off of youth and talent, not coaching. Scott Brooks hasn't won a single game in his career that I've watched the Thunder play.
Naw bro, by your logic all brooks does is hand them water. How many teams with talent don't even make the 1st round of the playoffs, or even make it in. He's no P Jackson but he's doing work.
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You honestly believe the Thunder can win four in a row? That's a lot to ask.Originally Posted by buggz05
You're trollin.
I still say Thunder in 5 or 6 off of youth and talent, not coaching. Scott Brooks hasn't won a single game in his career that I've watched the Thunder play.
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Manu and Harden's "double flop."
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Originally Posted by dmbrhs
You honestly believe the Thunder can win four in a row? That's a lot to ask.Originally Posted by buggz05
You're trollin.
I still say Thunder in 5 or 6 off of youth and talent, not coaching. Scott Brooks hasn't won a single game in his career that I've watched the Thunder play.
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Whoever can't see the clear flaws in Brooks as a coach isn't that smart and doesn't know much about what a coach is suppose to do in the NBA. It's not ALL Brooks fault that the team lost tonight but he didn't help them much and managed to hurt them as well with lineups in the end.
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Never said he was great, just good. I see your point but keep this in mind, NY has one of the most talented teams in the NBA on paper correct? Where are they now? Plus winning is what's looked at the most correct? Every yeah the thunder continue to improve. I don't think the coach is the problem. The thunder are a scoring in the paint big man away from being a younger SA spurs.
NY doesn't have one of the most talented teams on paper... plus they had injuries that meant the team was rarely at full strength.
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Originally Posted by Scientific Method
So everything positive, credit the coach, everything negative is the players fault? Sounds eerily similar to Jesus and every other God in religion.at you puttin' Brooks on that type of pedestal.
Yall are acting like Duncan was putting in major work. He had 16 and 11 on 15 shots (40% shooting) and was at the top of the key most of the game after setting screens. For whatever disadvantage you get going from Perkins to Ibaka defensively, you gain an advantage in rim protection. They doubled us up 52 to 26 in the paint, particularly in the 4th where Ibaka didn't play. It was layup city.
Not really trying to putt him on a pedestal, just saying they had a chance to win the game tonight but had a couple of defensive breakdowns late that cost them the game, It doesnt matter if Mutombo was in the game some of those lay ups no defenders were around because they blew by the guards so fast.
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Thunder were up 9 goin' into the 4th.
I really thought the Thunder were gonna pull away because of the transition points and the many turnovers from San Antonio.
I really thought the Thunder were gonna pull away because of the transition points and the many turnovers from San Antonio.
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This series is everything I expected, fantastic. Hopefully the Thunder win game 2 to make things even more interesting. Imagine if KD got his ring this year and Fisher his sixth
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The Spurs make all the little moves that seem so obvious in hindsight but were pretty genius in the moment; picking up Diaw after the Bobcats released him, getting Stephen Jackson, developing Splitter, drafting Leonard. As much as they're perceived as an old team, the Spurs and their management are constantly thinking of ways to re-tool to stay relevant.
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It's like Harden is a young Padawan learning from his Jedi Master
