2017 Western Conference Playoffs - 1st Round Discussion Thread

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I hope some dudes dumb headline at the Oklahomian that he ended up apologising for isn't what we're labeling as 'turning on' KD is it?

There had to be something else right? Lol

No, and that wasn't the point at all.

[The 24th Letter]

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No, and that wasn't the point at all.

Good.......

Just saw that Lou Williams averaged 19 PPG on 48/41/88 in the 1st round.

That boy was cookin'

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Kawhi is the one cooking...doing something like 58/50/100

[King_B_Mack]

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Why you posting this espn junk King?

They aint saying nothing about his low iq 4th quarters where hes on the floor shooting the team outta games with fancy quotables.


Thays why I'm glad theyre gone..... some of these people have never picked up a basketball in their lives

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It's junk just because it's ESPN? It's a fact and not one of their typical made up stats. I think my post was pretty self explanatory. I've been on Russ' *** for his decision making for years, so I ain't going out of my way to defend him, he has work to do still to improve himself, but that team also has some work to do in improving around him, because what they got right now ain't good enough. They got less around Russ right now than the Bulls had around Derrick Rose when he was healthy and the way you droned on and on about that situation needing to be better, I'd expect you to understand the point here better than anybody.

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It's junk just because it's ESPN? It's a fact and not one of their typical made up stats. I think my post was pretty self explanatory. I've been on Russ' *** for his decision making for years, so I ain't going out of my way to defend him, he has work to do still to improve himself, but that team also has some work to do in improving around him, because what they got right now ain't good enough. They got less around Russ right now than the Bulls had around Derrick Rose when he was healthy and the way you droned on and on about that situation needing to be better, I'd expect you to understand the point here better than anybody.

Yeah, it pretty much is... It's a one-sided bias stat that they keep posting to make his team look bad to prop him up.

We've seen stars with a worse supporting cast in the past over and again and this dude is no different. If he was that worried about it himself he wouldn't have signed that extension.

I won't even get into teams like Kobe had with Smush Parker and Kwame Brown, or Tmac with Jeryl Sasser and Reece Gains and more. Talking about having nothing

That trash doesn't even tell the whole story, and frankly, all of these novice math nerds who all of a sudden coming out of the woodworks and are busting out advanced stats mainly trying to justify their MVP sympathy votes are pathetic.

OKC had so many chances to be and stay good and blew it, and I don't feel sorry for them. When players wanted a little more money or a bigger role they got traded every time. If Westbrook ever wants to win he'd leave with the quickness instead of hanging around a team that has management that chooses the cheap route every chance they get. I remember Phoenix used to do that and now that team is a memorial of what it once was.

Anyway, this all played out exactly like we knew it would so oh well. He'll get his MVP consolation and we can move on.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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"MVP consolation"

Can't say I've heard that one before.


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[ojandpizza]

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Yeah, it pretty much is... It's a one-sided bias stat that they keep posting to make his team look bad to prop him up.



We've seen stars with a worse supporting cast in the past over and again and this dude is no different. If he was that worried about it himself he wouldn't have signed that extension.



I won't even get into teams like Kobe had with Smush Parker and Kwame Brown, or Tmac with Jeryl Sasser and Reece Gains and more. Talking about having nothing



That trash doesn't even tell the whole story, and frankly, all of these novice math nerds who all of a sudden coming out of the woodworks and are busting out advanced stats mainly trying to justify their MVP sympathy votes are pathetic.



OKC had so many chances to be and stay good and blew it, and I don't feel sorry for them. When players wanted a little more money or a bigger role they got traded every time. If Westbrook ever wants to win he'd leave with the quickness instead of hanging around a team that has management that chooses the cheap route every chance they get. I remember Phoenix used to do that and now that team is a memorial of what it once was.



Anyway, this all played out exactly like we knew it would so oh well. He'll get his MVP consolation and we can move on.

What's biased about it though? It's a pretty cut and dry.

Nobody is out here saying he's got the worst support cast of all time lol.


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What's biased about it though? It's a pretty cut and dry.

Nobody is out here saying he's got the worst support cast of all time lol.


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I explained that..no need to say it again.

Not like it matters... just wondering why King posted that junk out of the blue after the series ended a day ago.. its been plastered all over tv and other media for the entire 1st round

I won't even get into Reggie Miller. That guy needs to be canned.

[ojandpizza]

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Reggie needed to be canned long before this series lol


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[King_B_Mack]

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I explained that..no need to say it again.



Not like it matters... just wondering why King posted that junk out of the blue after the series ended a day ago.. its been plastered all over tv and other media for the entire 1st round



I won't even get into Reggie Miller. That guy needs to be canned.

Lmao what? Out of the blue? A day after the series ended? So suddenly as soon as a series ends we can't talk about it? I posted that 12:18 pm, less than 24 hours after the game was over. That doesn't even touch on the fact that the info posted in the post was from THAT game last night so how was it plastered all over tv the entire first round. Come on now man.


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[Steven78]

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http://thecomeback.com/freezingcoldtakes/nba/gordon-hayward-utah-jazz-draft-2010.html

Thought this was amusing.

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[DieHardYankee26]

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People have used stats arbitrarily for so long that people now reject stats arbitrarily. Should be fun to see where this takes us.

[3304Life]

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I feel like somebody will put up a 40/20/20 line with 5 blocks, 10 steals and no turnovers on perfect shooting from the field and the line. So ESPN will make a graphic saying "first person in NBA history to do this" and it'll be rejected as an ESPN stat.


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[wwharton]

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I feel like somebody will put up a 40/20/20 line with 5 blocks, 10 steals and no turnovers on perfect shooting from the field and the line. So ESPN will make a graphic saying "first person in NBA history to do this" and it'll be rejected as an ESPN stat.


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By someone it will be... it's no secret not everyone is the brightest bulb, or looks at stats objectively. But this extreme person you're talking about is just the extreme opposite the people 23 is talking about so they basically cancel each other out. We should really all be somewhere in the middle doing more critical thinking.

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Believe me i dont care to go into great detail about espn but they definitely aren't objective and they have done this first player storyline profusely, some of it even worthless.

Don't get mad at me because their reputation is in the toilet.

I don't need an advanced stat to know

#1 the Rockets were always a better team

#2 Okc was going to have a 1st round exit

Some things are just common sense, especially for many of you guys who have actually picked up a basketball and played yourself.

I never heard a dude in the gym or the park yelling out how his teammates were -15 when they lost lol.

Yall can blame who Y'all want to and run with that all day, it doesn't matter.

It's the playoffs. Win or go home right? Whether its injury or you lose to a better team doesn't matter.

Trying to separate someone from the team simply doesn't work because it's a team game when it's all said and done.