June 22, 201214 yr They already have a PG on the bench that will be just fine. Maynor is a heck of a player. They don't need to go out and get a PG assuming he's able to come back healthy. Agreed. But if you want to move Westbrook to his natural position and put Maynor in you'll still need a point guard off of the bench unless you want to roll with Fish. If I could get Nash and keep Maynor on the bench then I would go that route ASAP.
June 22, 201214 yr I'd still take Brooks over Spoelstra any day. Talk about a guy that has no clue. :lol: Perkins had no reason to get more than a few minutes the entire series. Harden can't guard LBJ. Trying that took him off his game. Did they not see the zone used last year to make LBJ a jump shooter? Brooks was terrible.
June 22, 201214 yr Perkins had no reason to get more than a few minutes the entire series. Harden can't guard LBJ. Trying that took him off his game. Did they not see the zone used last year to make LBJ a jump shooter? Brooks was terrible. I don't disagree with any of that, Spoelstra is worse though IMO. I really believe LeBron and Wade write up note cards for him to study and go off of during timeouts and when drawing up plays. Just listening to him, you can tell he's clueless.
June 22, 201214 yr I don't disagree with any of that, Spoelstra is worse though IMO. I really believe LeBron and Wade write up note cards for him to study and go off of during timeouts and when drawing up plays. Just listening to him, you can tell he's clueless. Spoelstra does what he's told by Pat Riley. Riley meets with him before and after practices. It's basically a Riley extension
June 22, 201214 yr OKC fans showing up to support their team at the airport. https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/216257393380691970/photo/1
June 22, 201214 yr OKC fans showing up to support their team at the airport. https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/216257393380691970/photo/1 That is awesome. I bet that picture doesn't even do them justice either. Best fans in the NBA. Hands down. And that's why the Heat HAD to win game 5 or 6. No way they would have won game 7.
June 23, 201214 yr I read someone on twitter last night suggesting they amnesty Perkins and sign Harden to a long term close to max extension. I would do that. Veteran pieces like Battier will be dying to go there to compete for titles. If I was them I'd go after Nash and play RWB at the 2 some. Did Harden do anything to warrant a "close to max extension"?
June 23, 201214 yr Did Harden do anything to warrant a "close to max extension"? Nothing I saw but I admittedly liked him best when he took an elbow to the chin for all of that flopping and gamesmanship.
June 23, 201214 yr OKC fans showing up to support their team at the airport. https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/216257393380691970/photo/1 Awesome!
June 23, 201214 yr 1. Perkins is garbage. They need to do anything they can to get rid of him. 2. Sign a shooter. 3. Stop playing Derrick Fisher. 4. Pray that Dallas doesn't snag D12 and D Will.
June 23, 201214 yr Did Harden do anything to warrant a "close to max extension"? No. Did LBJ do anything in the finals in his 2 previous trips that led anyone to believe he would learn from it and get better?
June 23, 201214 yr 1. Perkins is garbage. They need to do anything they can to get rid of him. 2. Sign a shooter. 3. Stop playing Derrick Fisher. 4. Pray that Dallas doesn't snag D12 and D Will. I know he won't do it, but D Will should sign with New Orleans.
June 27, 201214 yr I think they are a young team that is going through the process of winning a championship. You have to lose before you win to learn how to win. They'd be silly to change anything. They need to start a plan for either signing Harden or replacing him if he leaves in 2014. Change nothing. Move Perkins maybe if possible but I wouldn't change a thing. Absolutely. Let's not overreact here. This team is/was right there with Miami. I think there were two huge factors that turned the series against them, 1) the difference in experience and 2) performance of supporting players. I thought there were several points in the series where Miami's experience and OKC's lack of impacted the games. Now that they've been through it, they'll learn. And, I think it is safe to say that they will learn from these experiences, because they have steadily progressed since this team was constructed. To the second, going into the finals, OKC's supporting cast was considered the better group. Unfortunately for them, the finals didn't play out that way. Miami's supporting players played better than they have since the Big Three was put together. They picked a great time to do it, but in all honesty, who expected that to happen. Battier thought he was a collegiate All-American playing at Cameron Indoor again. All those shooters who'd been disappointments (Jones, Miller, etc.) were lights out. Chalmers upped his game. On the flipside, OKC's guys never got going. Harden had a terrible series. The other guys, (Sef-a-losh-a), Ibaka, etc., did not play to their expected level, IMO. Perhaps the Heat supporting players have found their groove, but I don't expect them to play at that same level again. The point being, there wasn't a huge difference in these teams, IMO, and I think the valuable experience OKC gained from this finals trip will make them a better team.
June 27, 201214 yr I don't disagree with any of that, Spoelstra is worse though IMO. I really believe LeBron and Wade write up note cards for him to study and go off of during timeouts and when drawing up plays. Just listening to him, you can tell he's clueless. Ask any exec in the league. Spoelstra is thought of in VERY high regard. He has the toughest coaching job in the league.
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