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Post by Headhunter on Apr 23, 2017 19:01:03 GMT -5
He's incredible until that point in the fourth quarter when he stops even looking for his teammates. It would be one thing if he was a legendary bad-shot-maker like Kobe, but Westbrook's not a good shooter to begin with. Add to that the degree of difficulty when EVERYONE knows you're taking the shot and you get some horrible results. That's what I see as well. Compare that to Harden in the fourth. He shot like shit all game and still came through down the stretch moving the ball to his shooters. Look at LeBron. Smartest player in the game, I don't think the guy has ever shot out of a double team in his life no matter the situation lol. This is how the NBA should be. The era of ISO ball and Kobe, AI, T-Mac etc. dribbling the ball to death died out for good reason.
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Post by Headhunter on Apr 23, 2017 19:06:29 GMT -5
Having said that, Westbrook's teammates really do suck. But one of the biggest problems is Westbrook doesn't play defense, so you need the other wings to pick up his slack. Problem is, the wings who can defend on that team can't shoot at all, and the guys who can shoot can't afford to be on the floor with Westbrook because they can't defend.
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Post by Reign in Blood on Apr 23, 2017 19:09:43 GMT -5
Earmuffs, MX, earmuffs!
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Post by Headhunter on Apr 23, 2017 19:22:30 GMT -5
Reign, I'm tellin ya, just get me in a room with Westbrook for five minutes. We both went to UCLA, so we'd obviously be best friends pretty quickly. He'll see the error of his ways and come out of that room the most unselfish player you've ever seen. I'll definitely remind him that the letter i is not present in the word team, in case he forgot.
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Post by Jason on Apr 23, 2017 19:46:29 GMT -5
A little off topic here, but speaking of UCLA, when I was at Dodger stadium there would be this USC/UCLA promotion thing before the game and in between innings... The only time the crowd got into anything was when USC or UCLA would pop up. Cheer USC, boo the hell out of UCLA. It was weird. I would've thought they'd be all about UCLA. I guess stadium location is more important.
At one point in the game, they showed a girl in UCLA gear on the big screen and the whole stadium boo'd the fuck out of her. So fucked up. She looked really excited to be on the big screen, too. And that was the loudest they got the whole game. Didn't seem to care there was a baseball game. Definitely the most bizarre sporting event I ever went to.
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Post by Headhunter on Apr 23, 2017 19:56:07 GMT -5
Dunno but Dodger Stadium is much closer to USC.
As a general rule, the closer you are to the beach the more UCLA fans you'll encounter. The more inland you go, the more USC fans.
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Post by Monster on Apr 23, 2017 20:33:08 GMT -5
Combination of bad decisions and some inexplicable no calls there in the last 2 minutes. I don't like blaming refs because the team ought to be able to work through all that, but it just adds to the frustration.
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Post by Headhunter on Apr 23, 2017 21:19:08 GMT -5
If you could combine Abrines and Roberson into one player who can shoot and lock up on D it might be a different series IMO.
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Post by Monster on Apr 24, 2017 13:11:29 GMT -5
I like where Westbrook's heart is at, but it was not an unreasonable question. Thunder fans are ready to lynch this guy for doing his job.
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Post by Headhunter on Apr 24, 2017 13:23:33 GMT -5
I think it was a fair question too, but I also think it's fair for players to answer however they see fit. You gotta deal with that as a reporter, can't always get the answer you want.
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Post by Reign in Blood on Apr 24, 2017 14:37:03 GMT -5
Yup, Westbrook could have been less dickish and been like it doesn't matter who is on the court when, as a team we lost or whatevs. But it was obvious he wasn't going to answer so the reporter should have let it be.
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Post by Headhunter on Apr 24, 2017 18:28:22 GMT -5
Fucking savage.
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Post by Monster on Apr 24, 2017 19:19:52 GMT -5
Very childish. They embarrassed themselves worse than Roberson.
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Post by Monster on Apr 24, 2017 19:28:15 GMT -5
Besides, Dre probably has more blocks in this series than they have minutes in the entire season.
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Post by Headhunter on Apr 24, 2017 22:02:39 GMT -5
28-5 Warriors...good lord.
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Post by Sebastian Taro Groth on Apr 25, 2017 2:03:43 GMT -5
Man, we got destroyed. Absolutely destroyed. Nurkic for next year, another quality piece at the 3/4 and we may at least make it competitive. But the Warriors are frustratingly good. One of those teams that just seems to get baskets when you need them. Especially demoralizing 3s. But still. I'd have hoped we got 1 game. This was just tough. Good experience for Dame and CJ and the crew. But need to learn and adapt.
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Post by Monster on Apr 25, 2017 21:52:36 GMT -5
Oh well. This season has been a blast. They exceeded expectations just by making the playoffs and of course the triple double run was something special. Hopefully they'll pick someone up who Russ will pass to down the stretch. Go Memphis!
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Post by Monster on Apr 27, 2017 20:33:04 GMT -5
I had written the Bucks off. Now they're up 2 after being down 25.
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Post by Monster on Apr 27, 2017 20:55:52 GMT -5
Down 3 and Giannis goes for the dunk with 3 seconds left.
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