wow did you guys catch any given wednesday on HBO (bill simmons show)
He had Kevin Durant and wow the guy all the sudden has a super big chip on
his shoulder. I think all the crap he has taken for switching the warriors has made
him pretty stand offish and kind of thugish. Was just shocked because KD was
always such a good dude but now seems that criticism has got in his head.
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OKC still has a solid roster. I don't think they finish 7 or 8.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
Solid but not championship caliber. OKC right now looks to me a team that would be carried single handedly by WestBrook.
allow him to rest for a while a player that can give some points for them while westbrook resting at the bench.
OKC still has a solid roster. I don't think they finish 7 or 8.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
Solid but not championship caliber. OKC right now looks to me a team that would be carried single handedly by WestBrook.
OKC still has a solid roster. I don't think they finish 7 or 8.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
Solid but not championship caliber. OKC right now looks to me a team that would be carried single handedly by WestBrook.
In another news, I read that Derrick Rose is still among the highest paid endorsers of the NBA taking home $14 million. He belongs in the top 5 earners from endorsement deals with various companies. Among the names included in the list are all high profile athletes like James Harden, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and of course leading all NBA players in endorsement earnings, none other than Lebron James.
How about Stephen Curry, I think you forget to mentioned stephen curry, I believe he promotes under armour and I think he is also receiving a good endorsement fee.You are not reading well the post. He is talking only about the top 5 as a whole. Yes, Steph Curry is on the list of highest paid endorsers in NBA but it seems he didn't make it to the top 5.
Well I think the source came from Forbes / Basketball-Reference if Im not mistaken.
In another news, I read that Derrick Rose is still among the highest paid endorsers of the NBA taking home $14 million. He belongs in the top 5 earners from endorsement deals with various companies. Among the names included in the list are all high profile athletes like James Harden, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and of course leading all NBA players in endorsement earnings, none other than Lebron James.
How about Stephen Curry, I think you forget to mentioned stephen curry, I believe he promotes under armour and I think he is also receiving a good endorsement fee.In another news, I read that Derrick Rose is still among the highest paid endorsers of the NBA taking home $14 million. He belongs in the top 5 earners from endorsement deals with various companies. Among the names included in the list are all high profile athletes like James Harden, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and of course leading all NBA players in endorsement earnings, none other than Lebron James.
He is no.1 star in Adidas for many years, so endorser fee is very high. Now Harden got big contract with Adidas, they are big 2 in Adidas.
In another news, I read that Derrick Rose is still among the highest paid endorsers of the NBA taking home $14 million. He belongs in the top 5 earners from endorsement deals with various companies. Among the names included in the list are all high profile athletes like James Harden, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and of course leading all NBA players in endorsement earnings, none other than Lebron James.
How about Stephen Curry, I think you forget to mentioned stephen curry, I believe he promotes under armour and I think he is also receiving a good endorsement fee. In another news, I read that Derrick Rose is still among the highest paid endorsers of the NBA taking home $14 million. He belongs in the top 5 earners from endorsement deals with various companies. Among the names included in the list are all high profile athletes like James Harden, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and of course leading all NBA players in endorsement earnings, none other than Lebron James.
There used to be a time when Derrick Rose was really awesome, even to a point that he could become the new face of the NBA. But those injuries come one after the other and reduced him to a somewhat ordinary player. If he can find his old groove back and put his injuries behind him, he could regain the old form that made him really dangerous in his first few years in the NBA. 
In another news, I read that Derrick Rose is still among the highest paid endorsers of the NBA taking home $14 million. He belongs in the top 5 earners from endorsement deals with various companies. Among the names included in the list are all high profile athletes like James Harden, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and of course leading all NBA players in endorsement earnings, none other than Lebron James.
OKC still has a solid roster. I don't think they finish 7 or 8.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
When they had Durant, They where one of my top 3 seeds overall IMO, They had so much talent with KD and RW that they should at least be considered a top competitor for the championship, I don't think they lost everything with KD going to GSW though, westbrook could carry the team from here and forward. Although it wouldn't be possible to replace Durant with a player in the same league..I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
I think OKC lost a good player to their team. KD is one of the contributor to the team for the last season on why they reached their nearly to finals.
And I don't think Westbrook is going to carry the whole team, but for me I will going to cheer for GSW today and they are on my list too.
Even though we can still consider the roster of OKC as a solid team.
OKC still has a solid roster. I don't think they finish 7 or 8.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
When they had Durant, They where one of my top 3 seeds overall IMO, They had so much talent with KD and RW that they should at least be considered a top competitor for the championship, I don't think they lost everything with KD going to GSW though, westbrook could carry the team from here and forward. Although it wouldn't be possible to replace Durant with a player in the same league..I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
I think OKC lost a good player to their team. KD is one of the contributor to the team for the last season on why they reached their nearly to finals.
And I don't think Westbrook is going to carry the whole team, but for me I will going to cheer for GSW today and they are on my list too.
Even though we can still consider the roster of OKC as a solid team.
OKC still has a solid roster. I don't think they finish 7 or 8.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
Yes Thunders is still Thunders even without Durant. But we are talking of the West teams here.
I see odds for reaching 4th or 5th spot for OKC is really low. Better at 6th to 8th spot.
Thunders defense on the board has been minimized since they acquired small players from Magic in exchange to Ibaka.
Hopefully Donovan will make some good mix on the boards to fill the gap.
OKC still has a solid roster. I don't think they finish 7 or 8.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
When they had Durant, They where one of my top 3 seeds overall IMO, They had so much talent with KD and RW that they should at least be considered a top competitor for the championship, I don't think they lost everything with KD going to GSW though, westbrook could carry the team from here and forward. Although it wouldn't be possible to replace Durant with a player in the same league.. I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
OKC still has a solid roster. I don't think they finish 7 or 8.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
I think they could easily be fighting for a 4-5 seed with the talent and
big men they have. Granted replacing Durant sucks but the rest of the
roster is solid.
Well, the possibility is their, but I doubt if they can ever win in the first round. It is a different games in playoffs because a team with many veterans and superstars has a bigger chance to succeed, and westbrook is the only one in thunder.
Yes the point is only entering the playoffs and that is quite achievable.
A doubt for me if they can make it to second round of the playoffs.
I might agree. I too believe that Thunders will able to make to the playoffs with their new lineups and Russel Westbrook as their team captain but it's really a hard work for them to breach the second round of the playoffs.
If they able to make it on the playoffs, let's say at the rank of 7th and 8th, they will faced the 1st or 2nd seed which is I think Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs as a good close candidate.
Well that is just an example. Whatever teams that will clinched the top 2 of the West is really a monster team for the current Thunders rosters.
That will be close scenario for OKC. Whatever the teams that will take the 1st and 2nd seed will surely crash the OKC in the first round of playoffs.
Still a great achievement for Russel Westbrook that he managed to bring his team into playoffs and much better if they will give the 1st or 2nd seed a good and close match like 4-3 or 4-2 as final standing.
Well, the possibility is their, but I doubt if they can ever win in the first round. It is a different games in playoffs because a team with many veterans and superstars has a bigger chance to succeed, and westbrook is the only one in thunder.
Yes the point is only entering the playoffs and that is quite achievable.
A doubt for me if they can make it to second round of the playoffs.
I might agree. I too believe that Thunders will able to make to the playoffs with their new lineups and Russel Westbrook as their team captain but it's really a hard work for them to breach the second round of the playoffs.
If they able to make it on the playoffs, let's say at the rank of 7th and 8th, they will faced the 1st or 2nd seed which is I think Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs as a good close candidate.
Well that is just an example. Whatever teams that will clinched the top 2 of the West is really a monster team for the current Thunders rosters.
well i just hope for the best as i keep looking forward for westbrook to show more even without durant beside him westbrook is a timebomb and ready to explode when he enters the court if those new comers can perform their position i guess okc still have better chance to enter the first round and continuing the good performances and healthy game from westbrook will add some chances as well to move forward, lets hope for this team which considered as of now for me as a underdog since one of the franchise player has been traded.
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Anyways based on my backread, I think OKC can still go into top 8 even at rank 8th in the West. There are teams in the West that make it to top 8 although there are no much superstar in the team. If you look at NBA playoffs history, there are questioned teams that able to make it to the top 8.
And we all know OKC is not weak in terms of the remaining roster. The good thing here is, Westbrook now having a major role unlike when Durant still in this team. Clutch, plays, command etc. , all of this will be now handed by Westbrook on the floor.
If you look at the brighter picture, I see it's not that hard to predict that OKC will landed on the playoffs. OKC is not only Durant. Just because Durant left, OKC will be nothing and even can't make it to top 8 in the West? Of course no.
The only concern here is the absence of Westbrook. He must maintained it's healthy status and try to avoid injuries which is unexpected because OKC has terrible stats without Durant and Westbrook alone on the floor.
Im not with the point of "we can't really say", just stating some wild facts that OKC can do better performance even without Durant on the floor. If we tried to watch some of their games without Durant and some key players, they can able to cope up with their opponent with only Westbrook as the main cager on the floor. Those new acquiring players has a great performance too.
But then let's see what will be the output of this team.
Well, the possibility is their, but I doubt if they can ever win in the first round. It is a different games in playoffs because a team with many veterans and superstars has a bigger chance to succeed, and westbrook is the only one in thunder.
Yes the point is only entering the playoffs and that is quite achievable.
A doubt for me if they can make it to second round of the playoffs.
If you look at the brighter picture, I see it's not that hard to predict that OKC will landed on the playoffs. OKC is not only Durant. Just because Durant left, OKC will be nothing and even can't make it to top 8 in the West? Of course no.
The only concern here is the absence of Westbrook. He must maintained it's healthy status and try to avoid injuries which is unexpected because OKC has terrible stats without Durant and Westbrook alone on the floor.
Im not with the point of "we can't really say", just stating some wild facts that OKC can do better performance even without Durant on the floor. If we tried to watch some of their games without Durant and some key players, they can able to cope up with their opponent with only Westbrook as the main cager on the floor. Those new acquiring players has a great performance too.
But then let's see what will be the output of this team.
Well, the possibility is their, but I doubt if they can ever win in the first round. It is a different games in playoffs because a team with many veterans and superstars has a bigger chance to succeed, and westbrook is the only one in thunder.
Yes the point is only entering the playoffs and that is quite achievable.
A doubt for me if they can make it to second round of the playoffs.
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