In a league like the NBA where if you want to be the champion your team will have to play 82 regular season games at a relatively high level and then win at least 16 playoff games; Players health is one of the most important variables in a NBA season and playoff run. That is exactly why Oklahoma City Thunder fans are reeling today. Many local supporters of the team are in disbelief by the relatively healthy state of Kendrick Perkins. Perkins has appeared and started in 62 games this season and hasn't missed a single playoff game. One local fan when made aware of this responded, "You know, those are just the breaks. Health is part of the game and we just weren't lucky enough to see Perkins go down at the right time in the season it seems." Perkins did miss 20 games this season as the local fan alluded to, including a 17 game stretch lasting from February to March, but having a coach's pet and complete dead weight go out for the regular season doesn't do much for a team's playoff hopes. Serge Ibaka was asked about having to constantly give an extra effort to make up for Perkins in the playoffs, "You can't let it get you down. You just got to keep fighting. Regardless of how terrible a teammate is, and no matter how stubborn your coach is about his lineup you just got go out there and compete. You just never wish injury upon an opponent, ya know?" reporters followed up with, "What about a teammate?", Serge replied, "Well that's different isn't it? But at this point, what's the difference between Perkins, Brooks and an opponent?"
[size=150]Many teams have tried to capture the glory of The Larry O'brien Trophy and failed miserably to the sound of their fans crying, especially Houston. Let's take a look back at all of those who shot and missed. [/size]
[size=200]Enough about them losers, updated bracket:[/size]
[size=200]Conference Finals[/size]
Game 1 - Blowout #1
Game 2 - Blowout #2
Game 3 - Blowout #3
Game 4 - Blowout #4
Game 5 - Blowout #5
Game 6 - Saturday 8:30pm est
[size=150]Many teams have tried to capture the glory of The Larry O'brien Trophy and failed miserably to the sound of their fans crying, especially Houston. Let's take a look back at all of those who shot and missed. [/size]
[size=150]Playoff Graveyard: 13 Down 2 To Go [/size]R.I.P: April 20th - April 28th
Game 1 - Bobcats Win, Heat Take 1 To Nothing lead.
Game 2 - Gary Neal and The Miami Heat Take Game 2
Game 3 - Kemba Walker, I Barely Know Her
Game 4 - Bobcats Complete Moral Victory Sweep, Heat Move On To 2nd RoundR.I.P: April 20th - April 29th
Game 1 - John Wall Turns In Dirk-esque Performance
Game 2 - What Has Two Horns, No Rose and Two Ls?
Game 3 - Nene Forfeits Series Momentum For One Fleeting Embrace
Game 4 - Boozer's Playoff Bonus In Danger of Being Cut Short
Game 5 - Rose Unable To Carry TeamR.I.P: April 20th - May 2nd
Game 1 - Dwight Howard Leads His Team To First Playoff Loss
Game 2 - Last Time Dwight Led His Team To A Playoff Win Was April 26th 2011
Game 3 - A Troy Daniels, My Kingdom For A Troy Daniels
Game 4 - Dwight Is 1 Loss Away From Being Sent Home To His Families
Game 5 - Game 6 Is Forced Like A James Harden Offensive Possession
Game 6 - Lillard Ends National DwigthmareR.I.P: April 19th - May 3rd
Game 1 - Hawks Don't Understand It Either
Game 2 - Hawks Rebound From Tough Win
Game 3 - Hibbert Didn't Out-Rebound Any Starting Player
Game 4 - Please Don't Go 7 Games, Please
Game 5 - Hawks Take Meaningless Lead In Pointless Series
Game 6 - No One Asked For This
Game 7 - Pacers Are Who The Hawks Hoped They Weren'tR.I.P: April 19th - May 3rd
Game 1 - Just 3 More Games
Game 2 - Just 3 More Games
Game 3 - Just 2 More Games
Game 4 - Just 2 More Games
Game 5 - Just 1 More Game
Game 6 - Just 1 More Game
Game 7 - No More GamesR.I.P: April 19th - May 3rd
Game 1 - Clips Tied With Lakers In Post-Season Wins
Game 2 - Griffin Has Performance As Good As He Is Ugly
Game 3 - Chris Paul Pushes His Way To A Series Lead
Game 4 - Series Wins Separate, But Equal
Game 5 - Clips Win & Sterling Breaks Personal Record of 'N' Word Usage In A day
Game 6 - Maybe Sterling Was Right About JJ Redick
Game 7 - Mama, There Goes That CoachR.I.P: April 19th - May 4th
Game 1 - Turtlesaurus Causes Mass Exodus At Air Canada Center
Game 2 - Clever Girls Tie Series
Game 3 - Drakes Lose: Something Was The Same
Game 4 - Pierce Puts Brooklyn On His Back, Collapses
Game 5 - We Ain't Going Back To Toronto
Game 6 - Correction, We Are Going Back To Toronto
Game 7 - Last Name Over, First Name SeriesR.I.P: April 20th - May 4th
Game 1 - One-Sided Reffing Causes Dirk To Go 4 of 14
Game 2 - Dirk Bests Previous Performance With 7 of 19 Showing
Game 3 - Vince Carter Comes Through In The Clutch. Vince Carter.
Game 4 - Series Tied At 2, but Whatever Atlanta Is Leading Indiana
Game 5 - Vince Carter blocked Tim Duncan, Spurs Win, TD Lost.
Game 6 - Ginobli Goes Off For 6 points, Forces Game 7
Game 7 - Spurs Dagger MavericksR.I.P: April 20th - May 14th
Game 1 - Spurs Win First Half And Game
Game 2 - Portland Wins 2nd Consecutive 2nd Half, Lose Game
Game 3 - BlazersTrail, Win 3rd Consecutive 2nd Half
Game 4 - Blazers Win Both Halves
Game 5 - The Houston Spurs Move On To WCFR.I.P: April 19th - May 14th
Game 1 - First Loss Is Nothing But Nets
Game 2 - Nets Lose 2nd of Eventual 4 Game Losing Streak
Game 3 - Nets Shock The World, The Universe, Everything. Everyone.
Game 4 - Nets Get Their Streak Back On Track
Game 5 - Lebron Loses His Russia PrivilegesR.I.P: April 20th - May 15th
Game 1 - Wizards Shock The World
Game 2 - Pacers Shock The World
Game 3 - Wizards Score 63 Points, The Whole Team
Game 4 - Beal Gon Cry In The Car
Game 5 - Washington Forces America To Watch More Fuckball
Game 6 - All In All, It's Just Another Brick For John WallR.I.P: April 19th - May 15th
Game 1 - Kendrick Perkins Outshines Hibbert, Barely
Game 2 - Westbrook Outperforms KD In Reality, Rather Than Just In His Mind
Game 3 - Crawful Receives 6MOY Award And Then Shoots 33% from the Field
Game 4 - Scott Brooks Costs OKC A(nother) Win
Game 5 - Cliff Paul Takes Brothers Place For Final Minutes
Game 6 - Clippers Better At Covering Banners Than Raising ThemI am not gonna update the graphic or put up the scores of every game like The Pacers deserve that, fuck that.
[size=200]Enough about them losers, updated bracket:[/size]
[size=200]Conference Finals[/size]
Game 1 - Blowout #1Game 2 - Blowout #2
Game 3 - Blowout #3
Game 4 - Blowout #4
Game 5 - Blowout #5
Game 6 - Saturday 8:30pm est
Sucks for the Thunder, would've rather see them get eliminated at full strength. That said:
Spurs in 5
Heat in 6
And fuck Kerr :cry:
Spurs in 5
Heat in 6
And fuck Kerr :cry:
Ibaka developing a reliable jumpshot made OKC much more dangerous than they previously were.
Ibaka has had a reliable jump shot for years. He torched the Spurs in game 6 of the WCF.
Huge loss for us.
His jumpshot was not that good back then compared to now. He did nothing to miami in the finals.Ibaka developing a reliable jumpshot made OKC much more dangerous than they previously were.
Ibaka has had a reliable jump shot for years. He torched the Spurs in game 6 of the WCF.
Huge loss for us.
Really? I don't recall him making so many of them last season.Ibaka developing a reliable jumpshot made OKC much more dangerous than they previously were.
Ibaka has had a reliable jump shot for years. He torched the Spurs in game 6 of the WCF.
Huge loss for us.
EDIT - That last post made me look like an idiot, point is Spurs gonna run the Thunder and Pacers if it gets to that, Miami-Spurs is yet to be determined.
Boy that Harden trade keeps looking better and better.
Boy that Harden trade keeps looking better and better.
Watch YNB and KD average 30FTAs a game.That'd be something considering the Spurs average the second least amount of fouls and the least amount of FTA (19.5FTA) against them.
It'll be somethingWatch YNB and KD average 30FTAs a game.That'd be something considering the Spurs average the second least amount of fouls and the least amount of FTA (19.5FTA) against them.
The only thing sucks is that when the Thunder get knocked out we're gonna have an offseason of "If only they had Westbrook" replaced with "If only they had Ibaka" this time around.
The only thing sucks is that when the Thunder get knocked out we're gonna have an offseason of "If only they had Westbrook" replaced with "If only they had Ibaka" this time around.
Thunders press conference said that even if they made the finals, they wouldn't expect Ibaka back in time. Sucks they keep having people go down at the end of the season though.
I forgot that Westbrook also got injured in the playoffs. wowThe only thing sucks is that when the Thunder get knocked out we're gonna have an offseason of "If only they had Westbrook" replaced with "If only they had Ibaka" this time around.
Thunders press conference said that even if they made the finals, they wouldn't expect Ibaka back in time. Sucks they keep having people go down at the end of the season though.
There's no basketball the next 2 nights
Gonna have to get used to this feeling ;_;
First weekend in months with no NBA on, it's Saturday morning and I feel lost :(
The only thing sucks is that when the Thunder get knocked out we're gonna have an offseason of "If only they had Westbrook" replaced with "If only they had Ibaka" this time around.Both are fair points.
The only thing sucks is that when the Thunder get knocked out we're gonna have an offseason of "If only they had Westbrook" replaced with "If only they had Ibaka" this time around.
If only they had [sober] Harden.
The only thing sucks is that when the Thunder get knocked out we're gonna have an offseason of "If only they had Westbrook" replaced with "If only they had Ibaka" this time around.Both are fair points.
No, not really. Teams often miss key rotation players at this point of the season.
Tim Duncan missed all of the playoffs in 2000 with a meniscus tear that he got a week before the playoffs. Kobe tore his achilles right before the playoffs last season. Yao getting hurt in 2009.
Season after season we can find playoff altering injuries that happened right before or during the playoffs.
Season after season we can find playoff altering injuries that happened right before or during the playoffs.
It wasn't last year.The only thing sucks is that when the Thunder get knocked out we're gonna have an offseason of "If only they had Westbrook" replaced with "If only they had Ibaka" this time around.Both are fair points.
Joe Johnson's cornea. Steve Nash's nose. Perkins' knee. Garnett's knee. Jameer Nelson's shoulder. Injury is part of the game.
Tim Duncan missed all of the playoffs in 2000 with a meniscus tear that he got a week before the playoffs. Kobe tore his achilles right before the playoffs last season. Yao getting hurt in 2009.
Season after season we can find playoff altering injuries that happened right before or during the playoffs.
Yeah. Just off the top of my head, this season we have the Nets and the Warriors missing their starting centers, Parker playing hurt going forward, Hibbert with mental disability.
The Thunder really doesn't have any excuse, but what do they know? Their fans have never suffered.
My point is that it's legitimate to think they could have ended up going further if YNB and Ibaka hadn't been injured.
Regardless of that, I haven't given up on this team. I still think we have a small chance of getting the job done even without Serge.
Regardless of that, I haven't given up on this team. I still think we have a small chance of getting the job done even without Serge.
Joe Johnson's cornea. Steve Nash's nose. Perkins' knee. Garnett's knee. Jameer Nelson's shoulder. Injury is part of the game.
Don't forget about Amare's...err...everything.
The Magic win the 2009 Championship with a healthy Jameer Nelson. They had to rely on Rafer Alston of all people throughout the playoffs.
I repeat: Rafer Alston. We made the Finals with Rafer Alston.
The thought even now is simultaneously astounding and depressing.
I repeat: Rafer Alston. We made the Finals with Rafer Alston.
The thought even now is simultaneously astounding and depressing.
Heat win in 6 or lose in 7 games
Pacers could be up 3-2 as well going to miami but i can see 1-1 for the start.
Pacers could be up 3-2 as well going to miami but i can see 1-1 for the start.
The Magic win the 2009 Championship with a healthy Jameer Nelson. They had to rely on Rafer Alston of all people throughout the playoffs.
I repeat: Rafer Alston. We made the Finals with Rafer Alston.
The thought even now is simultaneously astounding and depressing.
The Magic win the 2009 Championship with a healthy Jameer Nelson. They had to rely on Rafer Alston of all people throughout the playoffs.
I repeat: Rafer Alston. We made the Finals with Rafer Alston.
The thought even now is simultaneously astounding and depressing.
They would've won in 2010 as well if they didn't gag it up against an inferior Celtics team.
Kobe'd still be stuck on 0 non-Shaq titles.
The Magic win the 2009 Championship with a healthy Jameer Nelson. They had to rely on Rafer Alston of all people throughout the playoffs.
I repeat: Rafer Alston. We made the Finals with Rafer Alston.
The thought even now is simultaneously astounding and depressing.
They would've won in 2010 as well if they didn't gag it up against an inferior Celtics team.
Kobe'd still be stuck on 0 non-Shaq titles.
Yeah the Magic should have had 3 titles.
Actually more since Shaq would've never left had he won.
And the Lakers would have none.
Definitely.
Tough news about Ibaka. Im sure all of us would have preferred the Fthunder get beaten at full strength. This undoubtedly gives Scotty Brooks an excuse in the eyes of upper management.
I consider Indiana's chance to get past MIA fairly miniscule. Ill be pleasantly surprised if Im wrong, but Indiana just doesnt deserve respect at this point in time
I consider Indiana's chance to get past MIA fairly miniscule. Ill be pleasantly surprised if Im wrong, but Indiana just doesnt deserve respect at this point in time
Jalen Rose thinks OKC gonna win it all…The only way it happens is if Steven Adams continues to turn in performances like he did in game 6 against the Clips.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
NOPE FUCK OKC.
Also, KD entering Slim Reaper mode would be nice.
Jalen Rose thinks OKC gonna win it all…When they made that podcast they didn't know Ibaka was out for the entire playoffs.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
NOPE FUCK OKC.
Mark Jackson is back on the ABC crew tomorrow, nooooo.Another reason not to watch NBA countdown.
Just don't tell me that he's back broadcasting with Breen and JVG.
edit:
Mark Jackson will return to ESPN as an NBA game analyst, reuniting with Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy.FUCK :evil:
Jackson will work Sunday during ESPN's telecast of of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers.
edit:Mark Jackson will return to ESPN as an NBA game analyst, reuniting with Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy.FUCK :evil:
Jackson will work Sunday during ESPN's telecast of of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Grown man move/CornerPocket/Theregoesthatman!
Mark Jackson is back on the ABC crew tomorrow, nooooo.Another reason not to watch NBA countdown.
Just don't tell me that he's back broadcasting with Breen and JVG.
edit:Mark Jackson will return to ESPN as an NBA game analyst, reuniting with Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy.FUCK :evil:
Jackson will work Sunday during ESPN's telecast of of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers.
Hell no, Mark Jackson being gone from coaching means we will have to hear him calling games and making inane comments again.
The Warriors need to keep him employed for our benefits.
It's been foretold, but nobody would listen. :(
Mark Jackson is back on the ABC crew tomorrow, nooooo.
yesssss, we can get more of this now
http://youtu.be/eOtZ7eXwT7o
Mark Jackson is back on the ABC crew tomorrow, nooooo.
yesssss, we can get more of this now
http://youtu.be/eOtZ7eXwT7o
I've verified that this is legit.
:lol: :lol:Mark Jackson is back on the ABC crew tomorrow, nooooo.
yesssss, we can get more of this now
http://youtu.be/eOtZ7eXwT7o