Oklahoma City has the worst record in the Western Conference

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No fair! Teams like the Blazers never have their best players injured!
 
Good. Give them a nice big whole for Durant and Westbrook to dig them out of. I can see some arguments about whose the man in their comeback attempt.
 
Amazing what happens when your two best players are injured!


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They need 20 losses before Durant gets back. Can their bench do it?
 
Can we stop with the jinx threads? Inviting bad karma here. We all know why OKC has such a bad record. If both LA and Dame were out, we would be in the same boat. (knock on wood, salt over shoulder, all that garbage)
 
HCP said:
Amazing what happens when your two best players are injured!


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As much as the Blazers bench has improved this year, and the starting 5 (as a whole) is better than OKC's, the Blazers would be such a horrible team if Damian and LaMarcus got hurt and missed a month or two.

But since Portland went through a stretch where they lost their all star/franchise player AND a mother load of other players got hurt that year AND Greg Oden crumbled into a million pieces, we fans already know what it feels like.
 
Right now we are up 7 in the loss column. I would love to stretch it to 10 games before Westbrook gets back, but their next 4 games are at home and 3 of them are winnable. (Nets, Jazz, Knicks) We needs to play well on the road to at least maintain the 7 game lead.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Right now we are up 7 in the loss column. I would love to stretch it to 10 games before Westbrook gets back, but their next 4 games are at home and 3 of them are winnable. (Nets, Jazz, Knicks) We needs to play well on the road to at least maintain the 7 game lead.
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Nice insight. thanks for pointing it out. I like when this has a little more urgency like that.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Right now we are up 7 in the loss column. I would love to stretch it to 10 games before Westbrook gets back, but their next 4 games are at home and 3 of them are winnable. (Nets, Jazz, Knicks) We needs to play well on the road to at least maintain the 7 game lead.
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I agree, we have to take advantage of circumstances and realize just what an opportunity this is. OKC in their current state could still certainly lose to those teams (and hopefully will), but it will be for naught if we don't beat up on the Eastern Conference teams.
 
OKC will be the team you do not want to face in the playoffs. Their record won't determine their strength and whomever is unlucky enough to meet them in the first round will have to play a 2nd or third best team in the west.

I'm hoping, praying, sacrificing fatted goats that they either miss the playoffs all-together, or miss us in the first round
 
magnifier661 said:
OKC will be the team you do not want to face in the playoffs. Their record won't determine their strength and whomever is unlucky enough to meet them in the first round will have to play a 2nd or third best team in the west.

I'm hoping, praying, sacrificing fatted goats that they either miss the playoffs all-together, or miss us in the first round
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Idk, I think they get bounced in the first round no matter what this season. Especially if they play the grizzlies or Mavs. Those two squads really beat them up.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Can we stop with the jinx threads? Inviting bad karma here. We all know why OKC has such a bad record. If both LA and Dame were out, we would be in the same boat. (knock on wood, salt over shoulder, all that garbage)
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Ugh... let people speak. There's no such thing as a Jinx.
 
I can't believe I'm the first to say "tough shit."

Must be played out.... NAH!!
 
We went through injuries like this in 2009-10. Like 10 surgeries including our coach. We were led by Bayless and Juwan Howard for awhile there and we still made the playoffs. 6th seed in fact.
 
KingSpeed said:
We went through injuries like this in 2009-10. Like 10 surgeries including our coach. We were led by Bayless and Juwan Howard for awhile there and we still made the playoffs. 6th seed in fact.
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The west is an entirely different animal this year.

I think OKC has played pretty well all things considered.
 
If OKC has even an inkling that Durant will sign with the Wizards or Lakers, etc..next season, there's no better time for these guys to tank. Will Scott Brooks keep his job if they miss the playoffs? Their bench, in some ways like ours, is getting experience if anything. I know I don't want the Blazers to think they are an easy win even without Durant or Westbrook
 
I'll be shocked if OKC can make the playoffs. They are in big trouble; last year OKC was 11 games from missing the playoffs, and they are already 7 wins behind last years pace and we aren't even month into the season. Phoenix missed the playoffs being 14 games over .500 and the West looks just as if not more difficult this season.

So the Thunder are what; at least 15 games under .500 by Christmas? That means they'll have to win 3 of 4 games to match Phoenix next year; and Phoenix didn't make the playoffs. Are they going to be able to win 4 of every 5 games while working in a rusty Durant and Westbrook to the lineup? Winning that many games would've been the best record in the league last year. I just don't see any way it happens. Analysts are vastly underestimating how unlikely it is the Thunder make the postseason.
 
riverman said:
If OKC has even an inkling that Durant will sign with the Wizards or Lakers, etc..next season, there's no better time for these guys to tank. Will Scott Brooks keep his job if they miss the playoffs? Their bench, in some ways like ours, is getting experience if anything. I know I don't want the Blazers to think they are an easy win even without Durant or Westbrook
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Durant can't become a free agent until 2016 they don't have to worry. Tanking for one season could actually help if they can get a talented top draft pick that impresses Durant during his rookie season. Could be like the Spurs getting Duncan. Now I find it unlikely they stay that low in the standings the last half of the season but if Durant or Westbrook have a big setback I suppose anything is possible.
 
Draco said:
Durant can't become a free agent until 2016 they don't have to worry. Tanking for one season could actually help if they can get a talented top draft pick that impresses Durant during his rookie season. Could be like the Spurs getting Duncan. Now I find it unlikely they stay that low in the standings the last half of the season but if Durant or Westbrook have a big setback I suppose anything is possible.
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Interesting. I have given very little thought that they could not make it in if KD was back by Christmas as projected. They would have about 55 games left to go about 40-15. Which means they need to win about 7 more games before Christmas. It might be closer than I thought, but if I had to bet one way or the other.....i would say they make it.
 
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