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Knicks won.last title in 1973, while we were watching Watergate hearings. Pacers won ABA title same year. Forerunner of Thunder, Seattle Super Sonics, won title in 1978, when yours truly was completing undergrad studies at University of Washington. Timberwolves entered league in 1989, along with Orlando, and have never been to NBA Finals.
 
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SheedSoNasty said:
Anyone but OKC. I still don’t like how Seattle lost the Sonics. I really miss that franchise.

Plus, their jerseys and logo are ugly and they have a ton of draft picks. Call me jealous, but whatever.
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I'm a Duck & Blazer fan so I've been imprinted to hate all things Seattle. Doesn't help that the Seahawks' broadcasts almost always pre-empt better games each week and have for years.

anyway, it doesn't bother me that the Sonics moved to OKC; and I like well run organizations; OKC is certainly well run. Also, 48 years ago I got a speeding ticket on I-5 in Seattle on my way to see a girl friend in Bellingham...so fuck Seattle!
 
wizenheimer said:
I'm a Duck & Blazer fan so I've been imprinted to hate all things Seattle. Doesn't help that the Seahawks' broadcasts almost always pre-empt better games each week and have for years.

anyway, it doesn't bother me that the Sonics moved to OKC; and I like well run organizations; OKC is certainly well run. Also, 48 years ago I got a speeding ticket on I-5 in Seattle on my way to see a girl friend in Bellingham...so fuck Seattle!
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Fingers crossed Calabro heads back to Seattle sooner than later.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Westbrook is a generational athlete no doubt. If he had the mental abilities, skills, or IQ of a player like CJ or Ant, he'd have been a top5 PG.

But the question wasn't about Westbrook's abilities as a player - it was Westbrook teaching and mentoring Scoot. Literally any borderline all-star PG, Mo Williams, even Steve Blake, let alone Billups - all could teach Scoot 100x better than Westbrook.

What would Westbrook even tell Scoot?

"Scoot, go run faster than anybody else, jack up horrible shots, dribble for 20 seconds, steal rebounds from teammates"
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Such an intentional undersell on Westbrook as a brilliant defender, passer and a guy who rebounds for his position... which isn't "steal(ing) rebounds from teammates". If Scoot could learn how to use his physicality better from Russ, how to better pass the ball and select which passes to make from him, how to play shutdown defense from him and just how to compete on that level... that would make Scoot a much much better asset for our franchise.

No, I would not like Scoot to learn shot selection from Russ, specifically outside shot selection. The other notion in this post that is preposterous is that Ant or CJ have close to the BBIQ of Russ let alone demonstrably higher. First of all those two are mentally shit at half of the game whereas Russ is a very high IQ defender, second those two don't know how to pass or set up an offense to save their lives and Russ is one of the best at doing that during his time in the league. The idea that CJ and especially Ant have better mental abilities or IQ than Russ is ridiculous... Ant can't play defense or pass at a high level and he's one of the most athletically gifted guys at his size in the league. The only thing CJ has on Russ isn't even shot selection... it's just his elite shooting ability. The same can be said for Ant but only most years.

I'm not saying that we need Russ but having him wouldn't be a bad situation as long as Chauncey could help Scoot understand what parts of his game can benefit from being mentored by Russ. I do think some of that stuff could be gleaned just by watching tape or maybe even working out with Russ but again, let's not try and act like Russ isn't an all time great who has a glaring weakness of outside shot selection which may be the only reason why he isn't in the conversation for GOAT PG along with just not having an elite jumper.
 
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Come on NBA
 
BigGameDamian said:
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You look at that box and you see exactly how to beat OKC. SGA was 10-27 with 14 trips to the line making 11. Denver made Williams beat them. He did once as he had a great game but he is not going to get the same calls that Shai will get.
 
Everything Beagle said:
Last time was the Sonics and the Jazz. The Michael Jordan Bulls ended up beating the Sonics in the finals, starting Jordan’s second trilogy of championships.
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Although the Sonics managed to win two in a row against the 70-win Bulls (after going down 3-0...)

Payton says it was switching him on to Jordan that changed things. Jordan takes that personally.
 
Phatguysrule said:
That sucks. Jokic screwed again.
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Yeah LeBron summed it up pretty well once when he said that one year you have to be the best player on the team with the best record, the next year you might have to have the best all around stats or set a record, the next year it might just be you being a solid defender who is the league scoring leader but he said it's rarely just as simple as these voters just trying to vote for who they think was the best player in the league that year.

People can accuse LeBron of a lot of stuff but not being able to figure out the politicking of the NBA landscape isn't something common with this guy. He knows who to be tough with and whose ass to kiss to get what he wants out of this game but for good reason (it's an absolute joke) he could never figure out the criteria that the sports writers use for their MVP voting. One good thing to me is that I've never seen someone entirely undeserving get the MVP. So while you think the Joker got screwed again, he does have three MVPs and SGA definitely was among the handful of most valuable players in the league this season.

It just went to the scoring leader on the team with the best record this year instead of the guy who played the best and had record setting stats that were meaningful to winning.
 
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