moeroadkill

thats bs

cant buy a basket.

thunder went into OT with lakers

Wednesday, December 16th GAME OF THE WEEK Mavericks @ Thunder (ESPN) Winner: Thunder Leading Scorer, Mavericks: Dirk Nowitzki Leading Scorer, Thunder: Kevin Durant Leading Rebounder: Erick Dampier Leading Passer: Russell Westbrook Wizards @ Kings (ESPN) Winner: kings Leading Scorer: Tyreke Evans Thursday, December 17th Knicks @ Bulls Winner: Bulls Leading Rebounder: David Lee Magic @ Heat (TNT) Winner: Magic Leading Passer: Dwyane Wade Suns @ Blazers (TNT) Winner: Blazers Team with most 3-PT attempts: Suns Friday, December 18th Bucks @ Cavaliers (ESPN) Winner: Cavaliers Team with most turnovers: Bucks Wizards @ Warriors (ESPN) Winner: wizards Team with most free-throw attempts: Warriors Saturday, December 19th Blazers @ Magic (NBATV) Winner: Magic Team with most rebounds: Magic

wat happened then CF ?

huge back to back 3's by Durant

oh westbrook.

lol, twolves will get the pick and draft another PG but i would either trade Harris or Wall

sick dunk by lb need to post up more thabo is the knew kobe/lebron stopper

its good to finally watch some thunda ball goddam westbrook u cant shoot

View from the enemy: Cavs the Blog I don’t even want to hear it. I don’t care if you’re excited about this game because a certain player is coming to town. That’s fine if that’s what has you amped for this game. I’m psyched to see No. 35 in white and a 12-9 team that’s got a chance to really make a big statement with a win over one of the NBA’s elite. That’s one thing the Thunder have had a little trouble sustaining: momentum. In this so far good season, the most OKC has won in a row is two. Tonight’s another crack at three. Of course it won’t be easy against LeBron and Shaq, but I like this team at home. I feel like this group is starting to sense the moment and understand what it takes to win games. Here’s another chance at it. It’s not the end of the world if they lose – heck, it’s kind of expected – but at the same time it feels like a win is very, very possible. Cleveland comes in off a win at home against Portland Friday night. Before that, the Cavs dropped two straight roadies to Houston and Memphis. Most expected Cleveland to be better than 16-7, but these guys are still in the top five of the NBA and obviously with LeBron, they are tough. THE MATCHUPS I know some are probably excited at the prospect of Kevin Durant having an opportunity to show up LeBron. And while that’s definitely intriguing, I see this game coming down to point guard and bench play. Mo Williams is fairly inconsistent and we all know how up and down Russell Westbrook can be. Williams is averaging 16.7 ppg and 4.9 apg but isn’t playing near to level he was last year. The Cavs rely mostly on Delonte West and Anderson Varejao to provide production off the bench. With Shaq being questionable with an eye injury, it’s likely Zydrunas Ilgauskas will start. James Harden has been such a huge boost off the bench for the Thunder and players like Nick Collison, Shaun Livingston and Serge Ibaka have actually made OKC’s bench into somewhat of a strength. OKC should have an advantage at the four with Jeff Green versus J.J. Hickson. Hickson has been a pleasant surprise for Cleveland, but I just like Green there. I actually hope Shaq is able to play because I like Nenad Krstic pulling him away from the bucket and setting up a lot of pick and roll and pick and pop with Westbrook. Obviously that’s still there against Ilgauskas, but that’s been one way teams have really attacked the Cavs this year. As for KD against LeBron, it wouldn’t shock me to see Thabo guard Bron for a good amount of the game. But I think Durant is up to the challenge. He might have a little trouble with James bullying him going to the bucket, but I think Durant has a chance to really match up well with LeBron. Color me excited for this one and not because a certain No. 23 is in town. With the brutal stretch ahead, any win against these type of teams is big, especially at home. this is gonna be a mad game cant wait!

i was getting too excited when i was typing, thinking about john wall haha my bad meant sg and then trade westbrook n pick for john wall but harden could play pg maybe not for the full game but stretches of it he is a really good passer and has a high IQ

we got really tough 5 or 6 games ahead of us cavs, lakers, mavs, rockets, suns(i think) and another team. hope we can take care of home games and we should be fine

might as well ad Ellis, Nash Lebron and Dwill

can someone fill me in i missed it all

he got 1 outta 4 his [expletive].

dont u mean westbrook?

Wallace, welcome to my fantasy team

82.5% for thunder LOL

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he wouldnt of walked to the bench if he didnt dance

They’ve been forever linked together. Because of one year, one draft, one general manager’s decision, whatever happens, Kevin Durant and Greg Oden stand to be compared for the rest of their respective careers. Is it fair? I don’t really know. Is it perfectly natural? Yes, yes it is. Oden was taken ahead of Durant in what some considered a bad pick, even at the time. Oden, the conventional dominant big man or Durant, the once-in-a-lifetime college superstar? Eventually, Oden won out, at least in Portland general manager Kevin Pritchard’s mind. But in 2007, Durant won out, at least in the minds of most every NBA fan. Oden sat on the sideline, watching every game of his rookie season without playing a minute. He had microfracture surgery on his right knee before even sniffing a minute of real life run in the NBA. Durant meanwhile went on to glide to the Rookie of the Year Award. Next, 2008. Oden starts his rookie season well, but 13 minutes in injures his foot and misses two weeks. The Sam Bowie rabble-rabbles fire up again. Oden returns in two weeks and plays relatively well. But in late February he bangs knees with Corey Maggette and fractures his left kneecap, and has to miss three weeks. The tags of “fragile” and “injury prone” are tossed on Oden, two words that are the Black Spot for a big man. Bad knees, plus bad feet, most times equal bad career. You know, Sam Bowie. Durant again, is playing out of his mind. In his second year, he averages 25.3 ppg with insane efficiency numbers and high shooting percentages. He tosses his name into a group with Michael Jordan and LeBron James in terms of fastest to score 3,000 points. Durant is a revelation in the making. What were once murmurs of “Portland screwed up with Oden” are quickly becoming booming declarations in the forms of columns and articles and radio show banter and whatever else. Everyone that once thought Durant was a better pick than Oden is coming out of nowhere to remind you about it. Which is the point I'm trying to get to, even through that ridiculously long intro. Don't. Don't even think it. I know you already have and most will continue, but don't. Greg Oden's devastating injury has nothing to do with Kevin Durant. Absolutely nothing. And then Dec. 5, 2009. Oden’s 2009 is off to a nice start. The seven-footer from Ohio State is averaging a meager 11.7 ppg, but a nice 8.7 rpg and 2.4 blocks per game in just 24 minutes a night. He’s not Bill Russell like some thought, but he’s certainly developing into a worthy center. Keep in mind, it is just Oden’s second season. But like so many feared and pictured, six minutes into a game against the Rockets, Oden goes down a large heap clutching his knee. It quickly goes from “Oh, I hope he’s alright” to “Oh no. Oh no. OH NO.” Oden is on the floor writhing in pain. A stretcher comes out. Oden is carted off. His 2009-10 campaign is likely over just like that with a busted left patella. And Durant apologists smirk and shake their heads. Which is the point I’m trying to get to, even through that ridiculously long intro. Don’t. Don’t even think it. I know you already have and most will continue, but don’t. Greg Oden’s devastating injury has nothing to do with Kevin Durant. Absolutely nothing. Well, other than Portland is a little less good and the Blazers happen to be in Kevin Durant’s team’s division. But in terms of what you’re thinking, Oden’s injury isn’t related. Yes, Oden went ahead of Durant in the 2007. Yes, Durant’s career projects to be more successful than Oden’s. Yes, had Portland taken KD instead, they’d probably be a much better team. It’s a nice “What If?” that might makes Bill Simmons’ fifth reprint of The Book of Basketball (now with more footnotes!) and give talking heads something to chatter about for a while. But this isn’t the time for that. This is no time to smile and say, “Oops, should’ve taken Durant.” It’s a time to shake your head and feel absolutely awful for Greg Oden. Oden and Durant know they’re linked. It’s natural. Just like Bowie and Jordan, Leaf and Manning and Crosby and Ovechkin are all linked, Oden and Durant will stand to be compared and contrasted for the rest of their careers. And unfortunately for Oden, injuries are turning into the trump card that prevents us from getting a good read on it. Yes, by all early returns, Durant is having a much better career. If Kevin Pritchard could go back knowing what he knows now, he likely would’ve have turned in KD’s card instead of Oden’s. But I don’t see the pride and satisfaction in celebrating such a thing. We know Kevin Durant is absolutely awesome. We don’t need more validation for that by having everyone acknowledge Pritchard should’ve selected him. And especially not at the expense of finding joy in Oden’s hardships. It’s expected to compare the two players. I get that. It was a controversial pick at the time and it stands to be evaluated for a long time. It’s what we do as sports fans. We play the armchair GM and judge and scrutinize and play the “What If?” game. When somebody makes a decision to take one guy over another, we have to pick it apart. What if the Pistons had taken Carmelo instead of Darko? What if the Hawks took Chris Paul instead of Marvin Williams? Heck, what if the Thunder had taken Rubio instead of Harden? Things might be different, but who really knows? Maybe Durant gets swallowed up in Portland’s scheme and never evolves into the machine he is now. Maybe Oden lands in OKC and never is in a situation that gets him hurt and becomes an All-Star center. You just can’t say for sure. You can’t. What I’m saying is it’s just not fair to keep it up with Oden and Durant. One player has had some seriously awful luck. The other is looking like a potentially transcendent player and is carving up the record book at the age of 21. The two situations may be related, but there’s nothing for Thunder fans and/or Durant fans to celebrate about Oden’s unfortunate circumstances. Everyone across the league immediately thought about Durant tonight when they saw Oden go down in a giant pile. Most probably shook their heads and said, “Told you so.” But it just shouldn’t be that way. It’s not fair to KD and it’s certainly not fair to Oden. Take pride in Durant’s accomplishments. Celebrate his achievements and thank the heavens you have a chance to watch him play. But don’t do it by wagging your finger at Oden. Don’t find irrational validation at the expense of Oden’s injury issues. The two may be forever linked, but it should just be because they came into the league one pick apart back in 2007. And for no other reason than that. wasn't sure to post in thunder forum or blazers.. its long, but its and interesting read i thought its kind of hard to imagine what kind of team the sonics/thunder and blazers would be like if oden was the 2nd pick. would or wouldn't is career be any different hell, we could of even had derrick rose and/or blake griffin..

and while all the rooks are hitting walls my boy jimmy harden will be rock solid and be putting up 13ppg, 4apg and probably end up being our starting pg and move brook is the 2 spot or while they are at it trade Westbrook for that number one pick and then

Cole Aldrich and why is this guy dropping? and god i hope he does drop so we can pick him up

put ur self in the bulls situation ur getting blown out and some guy is dancing off and on the court. think you too would be getting pissed off