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Melo trade puts OKC in superteam conversation
« on: September 25, 2017, 03:54:12 PM »

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http://www.tsn.ca/nba/video/melo-trade-puts-okc-in-superteam-conversation~1216235

Do you agree?

Is OKC a legit threat to the Spurs, Rockets and GSW in the west?

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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2017, 03:57:39 PM »

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I honestly feel Spurs is a yes

Rockets vs OKC is gonna be one hell of a series/rivalry

GSW - no, maybe in a theoretical series, I think OKC can take a game or two but I don't see 7 games

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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2017, 04:02:22 PM »

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A "super team?" No, I'm not sure I see that. One player probably has his mind on the Lakers. The two other players are probably only thinking about themselves. I don't see them winning the west.
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2017, 04:03:27 PM »

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years

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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2017, 04:09:57 PM »

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Here is the roster (some of the deep bench players could rotate)

PG - Westbrook/Felton/Christon
SG - Roberson/Abrines/Ferguson
SF - George/Huestis/Singler
PF - Anthony/Patterson/Grant
C - Adams/Collison/Johnson

Very strong starting 5, but a very weak bench, and I worry about them defensively.  Roberson is an elite defender as is George, and Adams is very good against a traditional big, but Anthony and Westbrook will be problems on that end, and Adams is useless against a team like the Warriors (he can't guard Green at all).  So in a small ball situation, Patterson is probably in at center and he is a problem defensively as well.  Maybe they find something with Grant as a small ball center.

At the end of the day that is a great team, but they aren't all that close to the Warriors either.  Though, all it takes is one injury or one exploitable matchup, so they would certainly have about as good a chance as anyone.
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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2017, 04:10:55 PM »

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years
So that team that won 4 years ago wasn't a threat? Or the team 5 years ago that went to 7 games?
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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2017, 04:11:16 PM »

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years

They won a championship just three years ago and lost in game 7 of the Finals a year before that...

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years

They won a championship just three years ago and lost in game 7 of the Finals a year before that...

Those don't count.


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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2017, 04:19:31 PM »

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years

They won a championship just three years ago and lost in game 7 of the Finals a year before that...

Those don't count.
Must not. Perhaps they weren't "super team" material? Just boring championship team stuff.
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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2017, 04:22:13 PM »

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years
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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years

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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2017, 04:29:50 PM »

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years



he's kidding right? please tell me he is

6 years, 3 straight finals of GSW vs CLE, right before that was 2 straight finals appearance by the Spurs vs Heat with Spurs winning one of it

and last year they made ECF without their superstar

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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2017, 04:35:23 PM »

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years



he's kidding right? please tell me he is

6 years, 3 straight finals of GSW vs CLE, right before that was 2 straight finals appearance by the Spurs vs Heat with Spurs winning one of it

and last year they made ECF without their superstar

lol I don't think he is

Spurs are still one of the top teams from the west.  A healthy Leonard and the Spurs win that game vs GSW....who knows what happens the rest of the series


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« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2017, 04:37:25 PM »

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Only 1 super-team in the NBA = Golden State Warriors

OKC is on a par with SAS and HOU. OKC has a better starting group than either of those teams. The bench is a problem area though.

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The spurs aren't a threat and haven't been a threat for about 6 years

They won a title in 2014.....