Series Thread: 2nd Round: 1) OKC Thunder vs 4) Denver Nuggets

[wildturkey]

Jdub isn’t a playoffs player at all and he’s the 2nd best player on okc. Series is not even close to being over

Caruso has been the 2nd best player for the Thunder these playoffs. He's a fine player, one that you need, but that should be concerning for championship hopes if you're the Thunder. That role needs to be Jdub or at least Chet

 

[thunderc]

Git the F outta here wit dammtoni, he’s freakin Mr ISO

No way to Russ , we need and should have gotten naza Reid

Says every team in the league

 

[bksballer89]

Caruso has been the 2nd best player for the Thunder these playoffs. He's a fine player, one that you need, but that should be concerning for championship hopes if you're the Thunder. That role needs to be Jdub or at least Chet

They ain’t ready and that’s obvious to anyone who isn’t a homer

 

[msgkings322]

He ain't him

James Harden jr in these playoffs

SGA WILL NEVER WIN A TITLE WITH JDUB AS HIS #2

You don’t think OKC wins the title? Sounds like you should bet thunder

 

[Pastafazul]

Caruso has been the 2nd best player for the Thunder these playoffs. He's a fine player, one that you need, but that should be concerning for championship hopes if you're the Thunder. That role needs to be Jdub or at least Chet

Bingo…

 

[msgkings322]

They ain’t ready and that’s obvious to anyone who isn’t a homer

They are probably winning the title though

 

[thunderc]

Caruso has been the 2nd best player for the Thunder these playoffs. He's a fine player, one that you need, but that should be concerning for championship hopes if you're the Thunder. That role needs to be Jdub or at least Chet

Bench scoring 35-8 let me know a time for that depth discussion.

 

[DJ Fieri]

More accurately denver lost this one

Yep.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Ok this is a message board, don’t know what I’ve been waiting on. The Thunder are winning a title, this season. Book it.

You waited till they evened the series.....that's what you were waiting on.....

LOL.

 

[wildturkey]

Bench scoring 35-8 let me know a time for that depth discussion.

Depth doesn't matter as much in the playoffs. If you've got 6 guys you can trust, that's all any team needs. Denver literally won their title because they had an elite starting 5

 

[Wamu]

Depth doesn't matter as much in the playoffs. If you've got 6 guys you can trust, that's all any team needs. Denver literally won their title because they had an elite starting 5

This didn't sound right so I looked some stuff up. The Nuggets bench played in big roll in their title run. They played nine deep.

Starting five + Bruce Brown, Reggie Jackson, Jeff Green, rookie Christian Braun.

 

[bksballer89]

You don’t think OKC wins the title? Sounds like you should bet thunder

Not with this version of jdub.

 

[DJ Fieri]

This didn't sound right so I looked some stuff up. The Nuggets bench played in big roll in their title run. They played nine deep.

Starting five + Bruce Brown, Reggie Jackson, Jeff Green, rookie Christian Braun.

Yep. I remember that team quite well....

 

[wildturkey]

This didn't sound right so I looked some stuff up. The Nuggets bench played in big roll in their title run. They played nine deep.

Starting five + Bruce Brown, Reggie Jackson, Jeff Green, rookie Christian Braun.

They had some players, but that starting 5 unit is what made them great. It's what they built their team around and why they waited patiently to get everyone healthy when many said blow it up because someone (Murray, Porter, etc) were hurt in the previous years before their title.

 

[bksballer89]

This didn't sound right so I looked some stuff up. The Nuggets bench played in big roll in their title run. They played nine deep.

Starting five + Bruce Brown, Reggie Jackson, Jeff Green, rookie Christian Braun.

Reggie Jackson was a non factor and not really a part of the playoffs rotation. They used primarily an 8 man rotation which isn’t a deep team and got the job done

 

[thunderc]

You waited till they evened the series.....that's what you were waiting on.....

LOL.

No I just hadn’t said it all year, I certainly had the Thunder still winning the series before today though, just like Vegas.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Vegas never gets it wrong?

LOL.

 

[wildturkey]

Reggie Jackson was a non factor and not really a part of the playoffs rotation. They used primarily an 8 man rotation which isn’t a deep team and got the job done

It was basically the starting 5 and Bruce Brown, with an occasional Uncle Jeff performance that season. They took a bit of step back the next year because no one could fill in the role Brown played the championship year either because Braun didn't develop quickly (he's ready now)

 

[bksballer89]

No I just hadn’t said it all year, I certainly had the Thunder still winning the series before today though, just like Vegas.

Didn’t realize the series ended today. Interesting because Denver just got on their flight to okc my sources tell me

 

[bksballer89]

Doing a victory lap because a 68 win team needed a 4th quarter collapse from their opponent to not go down 3-1 is interesting