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2015/16 NBA Season Thread

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OU11

Pleighboi
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silverwheels said:
any other night, sure, but not tonight. and now he finally hits a 3 but it's way too late.
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Who would you rather take it? On westbrook's best nights he's still a toss up on a one possession basis, waiters? Ibaka? Nah, gimme durant every time no matter his streak
 
silverwheels

silverwheels

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11 assists for OKC tonight. Back to that stupid iso bullshit from the Brooks era, after they've shown a lot of improvement in ball movement this year.
 
evil1

evil1

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Durant had a really bad game and they lost by one. It happens.

They will bounce back and writers everywhere will resume arguing about how Westbrook is holding the team back.
 
silverwheels

silverwheels

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evil1 said:
Durant had a really bad game and they lost by one. It happens.

They will bounce back and writers everywhere will resume arguing about how Westbrook is holding the team back.
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they'll bounce back and prolly win out, maybe lose one more, and then the spurs will go in on them dry.


although i've noticed the past couple of years that RUSS is getting more respect from the media for what he does
 
GuyIncognito

GuyIncognito

pressure cooker full of skittles
I think it had a lot to do with his monster year last year and the fact that when you start putting RUSS into any kind of historical context, you can't argue with the company he's keeping. Even if you hate his game.
 
silverwheels

silverwheels

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Southpaw said:
7/33? lol. GJGE Skeletor.
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more misses than points. obviously that's an extremely rare game for durant, so his off night didn't bother me. what did bother me was that OKC quit moving the ball around and force-fed durant because he wanted his shot to start falling, instead of seeing what else would work, like getting the ball down low or finding open shooters on the perimeter. same shit that scotty 2 hotty would have done. i thought OKC had moved past that hero ball isolation shit for the most part. guess not.
 
Southpaw

Southpaw

Fuckface
Utopia Moderator
It's yall's fault. I wouldn't have ever had any reason to root against OKC or dislike Skeletor if not for nutopia. Same goes for the Saints.
 
GR8 2 B FL G8R

GR8 2 B FL G8R

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If it weren't for Nutopia, I would just think of the Thudner as another fruity colored expansion team like the Devilrays, Jaguars, Diamondbacks, Panthers, Grizzlies, Raptors. But Utopia makes it seem like everyone in :oklahoma: is just bleeding these fruity colors, hanging on Skeletor's every shot like their lives depended on it, and copping RUSSs every Urkel outfit.

From the series with the Heat which was like Magic vs Bird to the Harden trade, the Thudner are not some boring fucks like the Jags or even the rebranded Wizards. WE are a legitimate part of NBA and Utopia lore alike. The Thudner have captivated the hearts and minds of this diverse region comprised of meth heads, rednecks, and Injuns. Now WE have Corch Billy D and the Dubs dont know whats coming.
 
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Schauwn

Schauwn

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Made me chuckle, and I'm a rockets "fan": http://deadspin.com/the-rockets-are-a-miserable-basketball-team-1771739847

The Houston Rockets fired their coach after just 11 games this season, finished 41-41, and are the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. That is to say, they’re a mediocre NBA team, and therefore have some glaring problems, or else they would be better than mediocre. They get back-cut to death and have no idea what to do when switching, their only reliable offense is James Harden getting to the foul line, interim coach JB Bickerstaff isn’t particularly great, and they are forced to rely upon Michael Beasley and Josh Smith.
But during their 115-106 loss to the Stephen Curry-less Warriors last night, I didn’t consider any of that. Instead, the only thing I could think was that the Houston Rockets are the most miserable fucking basketball team I’ve ever seen. This is different than being bad. Plenty of teams are bad—not including the Rockets, who are merely mediocre—but not miserable. The Rockets are uniquely mediocre and miserable.
The Rockets don’t seem remotely interested in playing basketball. They’re in the playoffs, yet can barely summon the energy to give a shit. Here is Andre Iguodala at halftime—ostensibly describing his role with Curry out—saying the game felt like a practice scrimmage.

After the game, Bickerstaff was asked if Howard was disinterested in the game. He denied that, of course, but just let that marinate for a moment. An NBA coach had to beat back the notion that his quasi-star was disinterested in playing a playoff game!
It was a fair question, too. Howard, who was a -22 in his 35 minutes, seemed to barely float through the game. In the fourth quarter, in the span of 35 seconds, he horse-collared Klay Thompson, got his shit swatted by Andrew Bogut, and stupidly hacked Draymond Green to foul out. It was very clear that he was trying to get the hell out of a (somewhat) reasonably close game as quickly as he could.
Similarly, his coach picked up a dumb technical foul in the fourth quarter, objecting to some foul. But Bickerstaff wasn’t saving one of his players from a technical or frothing at the mouth and trying to inspire some fight—he was just a poor soul lashing out about the state of his team.
While Howard is getting most of the lambasting for last night, I think that’s unfair. Whiny, robotic, unfunny, gesticulating Dwight Howard is actually a sympathetic character on the Rockets, because he does in fact sometimes look like he gives a shit, like the game of basketball stirs some emotion in him, even if that emotion is unproductive anger. He had“animated conversations” with Harden, Trevor Ariza, and Josh Smith at various points during the game, and while getting angry at all of your teammates isn’t a positive thing this side of Michael Jordan, at least it’s something.
“Disinterested” is a charitable description of the Rockets’ play. They look like extremely tall members of a sleepwalking study forced to play basketball. They look like they just showed up to work their 7,000th Subway shift in a row. They look like they’re solely to collect an appearance fee. They look like hostages.

The Spurs succeed because every player is unified in trying to play basketball the “right” way. The Warriors enjoy playing basketball together and revel in how good they are. The Cavaliers have a bunch of professionals (and J.R. Smith) who show up and do their work. The Thunder are driven by Westbrook’s murderous intensity. But the Rockets? The Rockets are angry and disinterested—an unfathomable combination because usually one precludes the other. They seem to hate being at work, so they don’t put in any effort, but they also hate their coworkers, so they get angry at them nonetheless.
This has been a long time coming. The Harden-Howard partnership has never looked as fluid on the court as it did on paper, but last year it led the Rockets to the Western Conference Finals, and the success papered over the cracks. But this year, those cracks blew apart, and the Rockets were aseason-long mess. What we’re seeing now is a manifestation of that, and the sooner they get swept and can go about their summers, the better.
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GuyIncognito

GuyIncognito

pressure cooker full of skittles
lol, I love this paragraph. My thoughts exactly.

The Spurs succeed because every player is unified in trying to play basketball the “right” way. The Warriors enjoy playing basketball together and revel in how good they are. The Cavaliers have a bunch of professionals (and J.R. Smith) who show up and do their work. The Thunder are driven by Westbrook’s murderous intensity. But the Rockets? The Rockets are angry and disinterested—an unfathomable combination because usually one precludes the other. They seem to hate being at work, so they don’t put in any effort, but they also hate their coworkers, so they get angry at them nonetheless.
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GatorTD

GatorTD

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I mean facts are facts... The Rockets made the WCF finals because the Spurs ran out of gas and Clippzz choked.

The org didnt even want to make the playoffs this year (they dont have a 1st round pick now) and they are only in because Utah shit themselves in the final week.
 
Dr. Shats Basoon

Dr. Shats Basoon

Closed mouths don't get fed
From another messageboard using westgate sportsbooks....lol rockets

Code: 
Team PreSeason | Actual +/-DIF
Atlanta Hawks: 49.5 | 48 +1.5
Boston Celtics: 42.5 | 48 +6.5
Brooklyn Nets: 28.5 | 21 -7.5
Charlotte Hornets: 32.5 | 48 +15.5 (Wow)
Chicago Bulls: 49.5 | 42 -7.5 (THIBS!!!!)
Cleveland Cavaliers: 56.5 | 57 +0.5
Dallas Mavericks: 38.5 | 42 +3.5
Denver Nuggets: 26.5 | 33 +6.5
Detroit Pistons: 33.5 | 44 +10.5
GS Warriors: 60.5 | 73 +12.5 (Ridiculous)
Houston Rockets: 54.5 | 41 -13.5 (For basically no reason)
Indiana Pacers: 42.5 | 45 +3.5
LA Clippers: 56.5 | 53 -3.5
L.A. Lakers: 29.5 | 17 -12.5 (The under will probably be free money next year too)
Memphis Grizzlies: 50.5 | 42 -8.5
Miami Heat: 45.5 | 48 +2.5
Milwaukee Bucks: 43.5 | 33 -10.5
MN Timberwolves: 25.5 | 29 +3.5
NewOrleans Pelicans: 47.5 | 30 -17.5 (Our biggest...loser, at least they have a good excuse)
New York Knicks: 31.5 | 32 +0.5 (I was surprised by this)
OKC Thunder: 57.5 | 55 -1.5
Orlando Magic: 32.5 | 35 +2.5
Philadelphia 76ers: 21.5 | 10 -11.5
Phoenix Suns: 36.5 | 23 -13.5
Trail Blazers: 26.5 | 44 +17.5 (Our betting line Champion)
Sacramento Kings: 30.5 | 33 +2.5 (Apparently the Kings over-performed this season?!)
San Antonio Spurs: 58.5 | 67 +8.5
Toronto Raptors: 45.5 | 56 +10.5
Utah Jazz: 40.5 | 40 -0.5 (I thought Utah was a big disappointment, but they nailed their mark)
Washington Wizards: 45.5 | 41 -4.5
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