NBA Season Thread 2014-15 (games, ESPN, record, Celtics)
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One another note, does OKC even make the playoffs this year? The early injuries to Durant and Westbrook I think keep them out. The best they could hope for is catching Phoenix, and I don't even know about that. That's unfortunate for them.
Barring injury to one of their two stars, OKC will make the playoffs. Luckily, Durant was able to comeback early. Had he waited until January, then OKC would have had a lot of ground to cover. They are four games back of the eighth spot with 60 games left. These guys are capable of winning 20 of the next 23 games. Not to take away from the good starts from Phoenix, Sacramento and New Orleans but the Thunder when healthy are far superior than them. The Thunder should be back in the playoff picture by New Years Day.
I agree, the West is looking even tougher this year. Now it looks like teams like Sacramento and New Orleans are factors in the West too. I don't expect either of those teams to make the playoffs, but it just shows how stacked the West is. In the East we have the 76'ers, the Knicks, and the Pistons. Those three teams are the biggest bunch of garbage in the whole league. I don't know how anyone could consider Carmelo Anthony to be a star player anymore. 4-18 lol.
One another note, does OKC even make the playoffs this year? The early injuries to Durant and Westbrook I think keep them out. The best they could hope for is catching Phoenix, and I don't even know about that. That's unfortunate for them.
Pistola nailed it with their response right above this one.
I was worried but they came back earlier than I thought and 4 games they should make up no problem....but they don't have much margin for error.
OKC's style of play keeps teams in game. They have given up big leads over the years. When you have two players basically playing pick up basketball, and they go cold, the other team has a good chance of building momentum. Happens all the time with that team.
Yeah it surprised me since the Pistons were on a 10 game losing streak
Barring anything catastrophic OKC will be in the playoffs. Where they will land in the seeding is a different conversation. I don't think there is anything out of the ordinary with the way they look. They played a quarter of the season without their primary ball handler and their primary scorer. So it is an adjustment of the rest of the team having them back. They will smooth it out. Still, as others have noted, their margin for error is very slim.
Barring anything catastrophic OKC will be in the playoffs. Where they will land in the seeding is a different conversation. I don't think there is anything out of the ordinary with the way they look. They played a quarter of the season without their primary ball handler and their primary scorer. So it is an adjustment of the rest of the team having them back. They will smooth it out. Still, as others have noted, their margin for error is very slim.
I guess I just expected OKC to beat the sixers by 25 or more
The Bricks are now a dumpster fire that is officially raging out of control. The good news: starting on Monday, everybody can officially be traded to blow the whole organization up, and start from scratch. The bad news: aside from Stoudamire's expiring contract and probably Shumpert, the organization doesn't have many tradable assets.
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