SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Nov 22, 2008 10:17:44 GMT -5
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Nov 22, 2008 13:40:31 GMT -5
Anyone else starting to think this ownership group has no idea how to run an NBA franchise? IIRC less than a year ago they loved PJ to coach up their young team. Now he's fired less than 1/4 of the way into the season?
I don't really watch the NBA unless I'm flipping through the channels and Jeff's on. So let me ask -- was the slow start the fault of PJ, the team, or the depressing OKC winter?
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RDF
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Post by RDF on Nov 22, 2008 14:02:26 GMT -5
Personnel decisions, awful direction in terms of lack of offense, etc... and just no clue. The build in "Spurs" model is great ideally-but unless you have a Tim Duncan--you better be able to score the damn ball. What offense does OKC run? Stand around--and hoist? The combo of Earl Watson at PG and Russell Westbrook--who has proven to be better then I thought--but also not a point guard or a good enough shooter to play off guard. He's a SF in a guard's body. Kevin Durant--SG in SF body-but not a great shooter. Jeff--his strength is being a team player--and his "role" is stand on weakside and wait for deep jumper or be out of the play.
Awful MESS and needs to be corrected.
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ichirohoya
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Post by ichirohoya on Nov 24, 2008 0:22:36 GMT -5
I watched a good bit of the first half of Friday's OKC game against the Hornets. I was on the verge of becoming physically ill. Obviously, talent-wise, New Orleans was the better team. Worlds better. But what I saw from OKC on the offensive end looked about as innovative and energetic as an average intramural team at Yates. Every time OKC had the ball I had to really try hard to imagine some ungodly circumstance in which they would actually end up making a basket. Jeff floating around on the off-side a foot behind the three point line is going to get him nowhere in his career. BUT, looking at the "offense" that they were running, I couldn't see any clearly better places for him to be on the floor.
Its still early in this season. And its still very early in the Green/Durant pairing. But, as a fan of basketball and a great respector of Jeff Green, I cannot wait for him to be out of OKC. And even if he's getting way less minutes, I'd just like to see him contributing to an actual basketball team. I'll take watching Jeff Green as the 8th man on the Lakers any day of the week over seeing his skill set go totally to waste in Oklahoma.
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Nov 24, 2008 10:58:45 GMT -5
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Nov 24, 2008 11:37:28 GMT -5
Paging Jeff Van Gundy. Please report to either location.
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