NBA Thread

[Heyward]

I am guessing you are talking about the Thunder? They have two top five players in the league on their squad. What else do they need to win the finals?

You gotta take your lumps to win a title.

Even LeBron did.

Cant just come in and win titles.

[NinersSBChamps]

You gotta take your lumps to win a title.

Even LeBron did.

Cant just come in and win titles.

Not trying to insult or anything here. What else do the Thunder honestly need to add though? I am curious.

[Heyward]

Not trying to insult or anything here. What else do the Thunder honestly need to add though? I am curious.

I think they need a veteran SG.

Afflalo would be perfect.

[thethe]

I am guessing you are talking about the Thunder? They have two top five players in the league on their squad. What else do they need to win the finals?

They don't need anything else. If they can't win a ring wit this squad then the players aren't as good as most people think.

[BRule]

Not trying to insult or anything here. What else do the Thunder honestly need to add though? I am curious.

An all-star at all 12 spots or a pass first PG

[thethe]

An all-star at all 12 spots or a pass first PG

Westbrook has been a beast this year. He is exactly what this team needs and last years playoffs clearly showed that.

The Thunder should not make a trade at all this year unless its a dump of Perk or someone overpaying for Thabo.

Thunder have three future starters on their bench and the best role player in the NBA.

[BRule]

Thunder have three future starters on their bench and the best role player in the NBA.

This gets ALL OF THE LULZ

[gilesfan]

thethe, you are gonna have to fill in the blanks on that last one: (3 future starters/best role player)

GAME STATISTICS
PLAYER GP GS MIN PPG OFFR DEFR RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FPG A/TO PER
Kevin Durant, SF 23 23 38.1 28.5 0.9 7.4 8.3 4.9 1.52 1.00 3.4 2.0 1.4 28.4
Russell Westbrook, PG 20 20 33.0 21.0 1.1 4.3 5.4 6.7 2.00 0.10 3.9 2.2 1.7 20.6
Serge Ibaka, PF 23 23 33.0 14.5 2.7 6.8 9.4 1.0 0.35 2.39 1.5 2.7 0.7 18.3
Reggie Jackson, PG 23 3 24.8 12.2 0.4 3.5 3.9 3.5 0.87 0.09 1.9 1.3 1.9 17.6
Jeremy Lamb, SG 23 0 20.7 9.8 0.3 2.0 2.3 1.1 0.57 0.35 0.6 2.0 1.8 15.5
Thabo Sefolosha, SG 19 19 26.5 6.4 0.9 3.2 4.2 1.4 1.37 0.32 1.1 1.7 1.2 10.1
Steven Adams, C 23 2 16.1 4.0 2.2 2.6 4.8 0.9 0.43 0.96 0.9 2.7 1.0 14.0
Perry Jones, SF 15 0 9.7 4.0 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.3 0.20 0.40 0.5 0.5 0.7 16.8
Nick Collison, PF 22 0 17.1 3.9 1.0 2.3 3.3 1.0 0.36 0.45 1.0 2.5 1.0 9.0
Kendrick Perkins, C 21 21 18.4 3.2 1.2 2.4 3.6 1.4 0.38 0.57 1.3 2.9 1.1 7.0
Derek Fisher, PG 22 0 13.4 2.8 0.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.64 0.00 0.5 1.5 2.2 6.7
Andre Roberson, SG 9 4 10.3 1.8 1.3 1.2 2.6 0.2 0.33 0.22 0.8 1.6 0.3 8.1
Hasheem Thabeet, C 4 0 8.0 1.5 1.0 1.8 2.8 0.3 0.00 0.00 0.5 1.8 0.5 5.5
Ryan Gomes, SF 4 0 7.0 1.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.00 0.00 0.3 1.3 1.0 -1.8
Totals 23 -- -- 105.7 11.4 35.9 47.3 21.9 8.17 6.43 16.3 22.0 1.3 --

[thethe]

Jackson/Lamb/Adams will all be starting players in this league. Collison is the best role player. He does so much on the floor and doens't need to score. He is a great player to have on a championship team.

[gilesfan]

Jackson/Lamb/Adams will all be starting players in this league. Collison is the best role player. He does so much on the floor and doens't need to score. He is a great player to have on a championship team.

But, they don't have a championship team :(

[thethe]

But, they don't have a championship team :(

Not yet they don't. But, without the RW injury they would have been a young team that went to two straight finals and may have won (unlikelyi) last year. KD/RW/Ibaka get so much better every year. Its going to happen. This is the best team they have had in the franchises history.

[BRule]

Jackson/Lamb/Adams will all be starting players in this league. Collison is the best role player. He does so much on the floor and doens't need to score. He is a great player to have on a championship team.

Hahahahahahahahaha

Collison has a MONSTER line of 4 & 3 this year. Sixth man of the year BABY!

[thethe]

Hahahahahahahahaha

Collison has a MONSTER line of 4 & 3 this year. Sixth man of the year BABY!

This game is more than your stats. There is a reason why Collison has a high +/- almost every year. Watch some Thunder games and tell me Collison isn't a factor in their success.

[BRule]

This game is more than your stats. There is a reason why Collison has a high +/- almost every year. Watch some Thunder games and tell me Collison isn't a factor in their success.

Yeah, because he's on a team with KD and RW

[thethe]

Yeah, because he's on a team with KD and RW

And he still plays sometimes without those guys on there. Listen, I'm not going to argue this point because all you can do to evaulate the Thunder is look to a stat sheet. You never watch them play so you have no way of objectively evaluating the team. Every person in that organization will tell you that Collison is a big reason why they win games.

[BRule]

And he still plays sometimes without those guys on there. Listen, I'm not going to argue this point because all you can do to evaulate the Thunder is look to a stat sheet. You never watch them play so you have no way of objectively evaluating the team. Every person in that organization will tell you that Collison is a big reason why they win games.

Yeah dude, Nick Collison in 2013-2014 is the BEST role player in the NBA, GTFOH.

[thethe]

Yeah dude, Nick Collison in 2013-2014 is the BEST role player in the NBA, GTFOH.

Again, you have no clue what you are talking about with the Thunder. You still don't even think that Lamb is a starter calibar player and his skills are much more then you ever said.

[BRule]

So there isn't ONE other bench player in the NBA that you would take over Nick Collison? That is REALLY what you're telling me? REALLY?

[thethe]

So there isn't ONE other bench player in the NBA that you would take over Nick Collison? That is REALLY what you're telling me? REALLY?

With the current teams construction? Absolutely not. Collison is very much needed on this team. He is a big who can guard most centers and power forwards and is skill enough on offense to hit a 18 footer and run a high pick and roll with a guard. Laugh all you want but the Thunder would not trade Collison for basically anything that would be a realistic trade.

[BRule]

LOL, ok, we will take out wings and PG's...even though we should consider them. I'll look at just big men....

Taj Gibson
Boris Diaw
Luis Scola
Omir Asik
Brandan Wright
Andray Blatche
Both Morris twins
Miles Plumlee
John Henson
Kosta Koufos
Jon Leuer
Andrew Nicholson
J.J. Hickson
Timofey Mozgov
Jeremy Evans

All better bigs off the bench than Collison