How many of you retards believe OKC is a better basketball team than the Nuggets?

[ArbitraryWater]

Just wanna know.

Head count.

"its not a choke OKC is just better" no they ****ing arent. :oldlol:

[04mzwach]

Its a toss up at this point. When it goes 7 games both teams are equals. Its heads or tails on who wins game 7. I think Nuggets win based on experience. OKC is a team of great players but they're also inexperienced. Nuggets have beaten them before but also its tough to win game 7 on the road.

[ArbitraryWater]

Its a toss up at this point. When it goes 7 games both teams are equals. Its heads or tails on who wins game 7. I think Nuggets win based on experience. OKC is a team of great players but they're also inexperienced. Nuggets have beaten them before but also its tough to win game 7 on the road.


Yeah im not saying Denver is gonna win.

Theyve put themselves in a tough situation.

But theyre clearly the better team and this series should be long over right now. The way they pissed away games 4 and 5 consecutively is all time level bad. Embarrassing stuff for a championship team that should thrive in those situations.

Theyre so clearly better than OKC.

And the amount of retards that dont get it and are just like "no no Denver didnt choke OKC is just better" no dude, they arent better. Denver is better.

[Wardell Curry]

Denver lost the series in game 4

[tpols]

Arby don't ghost when we bump these threads. Nuggets have played like total ass on the road in OKC.

[04mzwach]

i remember someone posting a thread about overly favorable calls towards OKC. The outcry was well above the normal. This nba game is decided by the officiating OR how well a team can judge what a foul will be on any given night. Denver could have been up 4 to 2 if a game was called differently. That's the nature of a flawed ruleset and/or human error.

[Full Court]

Yeah im not saying Denver is gonna win.

Theyve put themselves in a tough situation.

But theyre clearly the better team and this series should be long over right now. The way they pissed away games 4 and 5 consecutively is all time level bad. Embarrassing stuff for a championship team that should thrive in those situations.

Theyre so clearly better than OKC.

And the amount of retards that dont get it and are just like "no no Denver didnt choke OKC is just better" no dude, they arent better. Denver is better.

Lol no they're not. You've demonstrated over and over that your basketball IQ is bottom tier.

[Mask the Embiid]

Jokesexuals will do anything to discredit his teammates. At 1st i thought they were trolling but no im starting to believe they actually believe his teammates are bad. They actually believe Jamal Murray is Derek Fisher and not legitimately one of the greatest 2nd options of all time. They actually believe aaron Gordon hasn't turned into the best 3 and D pf in the league. He's just PJ tucker in their minds. They actually believe Jokic brings the ball up the court and its jamal murray settings the screens for him to run the offense and not the other way around.

They rationalize Jamal murray outplaying every single 2nd option he has ever played against as "well its joker". Somehow they have even done the mental gymnastics of every time jamal murray being out and jokic gets 1st rounded as "he was too young". Monte Morris who actually is derek fisher. Should of been no drop off, if murray truly doesn't matter.



If you ask them they will honestly say that Jalen Williams is out playing Jamal Murray this series. These are very sick individuals. They have a sickness where they have to fluff Jokic and tear down every other teammate / boost up the competition by any means.

[tpols]

Jokesexuals will do anything to discredit his teammates. At 1st i thought they were trolling but no im starting to believe they actually believe his teammates are bad. They actually believe Jamal Murray is Derek Fisher and not legitimately one of the greatest 2nd options of all time. They actually believe aaron Gordon hasn't turned into the best 3 and D pf in the league. He's just PJ tucker in their minds. They actually believe Jokic brings the ball up the court and its jamal murray settings the screens for him to run the offense and not the other way around.

They rationalize Jamal murray outplaying every single 2nd option he has ever played against as "well its joker". Somehow they have even done the mental gymnastics of every time jamal murray being out and jokic gets 1st rounded as "he was too young". Monte Morris who actually is derek fisher. Should of been no drop off, if murray truly doesn't matter.



If you ask them they will honestly say that Jalen Williams is out playing Jamal Murray this series. These are very sick individuals. They have a sickness where they have to fluff Jokic and tear down every other teammate / boost up the competition by any means.

It's going to be ok.

D-day is Sunday.

[ShawkFactory]

Yeah im not saying Denver is gonna win.

Theyve put themselves in a tough situation.

But theyre clearly the better team and this series should be long over right now. The way they pissed away games 4 and 5 consecutively is all time level bad. Embarrassing stuff for a championship team that should thrive in those situations.

Theyre so clearly better than OKC.

And the amount of retards that dont get it and are just like "no no Denver didnt choke OKC is just better" no dude, they arent better. Denver is better.

How? Even if we're ignoring the regular season, in this series OKC is outscoring Denver by 5 ppg, has a significantly higher ORTG, eFG%, and is turning the ball over way less. Denver has the slight edge on the glass and despite the ref complaining, is getting to the line more.

It's pretty evenly matched..and most of the metrics point to OKC. Obviously they are way deeper too.

[tontoz]

This is the same guy that said Denver was a bunch of chokers, now a few days later they are somehow better than a team that won 68 games.

:roll:

[White Hammer]

Mask, look at how close you came to calling them "Jokic Fluffers". Think about what it means if you have reduced yourself to this. It's not even game 7 of the semis yet. It's going to get a lot worse.

Before you know it you are going to be writing poems, and exchanging insults with Axe for 50 pages. There's still time. Step away from the edge.

[coin24]

That 4th qtr game 5 meltdown was costly..

I still think the nuggets can take game 7 but Murray or mpj (not likely) or someone else has to show up apart from joker..

[SouBeachTalents]

Mask, look at how close you came to calling them "Jokic Fluffers". Think about what it means if you have reduced yourself to this. It's not even game 7 of the semis yet. It's going to get a lot worse.

Before you know it you are going to be writing poems, and exchanging insults with Axe for 50 pages. There's still time. Step away from the edge.
Tbf that's the furthest he's made it as an Embiid fan.

[SouBeachTalents]

Its a toss up at this point. When it goes 7 games both teams are equals. Its heads or tails on who wins game 7. I think Nuggets win based on experience. OKC is a team of great players but they're also inexperienced. Nuggets have beaten them before but also its tough to win game 7 on the road.
This isn't remotely true, there are several examples of a series going 7 games and one team being clearly better than the other; '08 Celtics/Hawks, '09 Lakers/Rockets, 2014 Spurs/Mavs etc.

[ShawkFactory]

This isn't remotely true, there are several examples of a series going 7 games and one team being clearly better than the other; '08 Celtics/Hawks, '09 Lakers/Rockets, 2014 Spurs/Mavs etc.

Yea I think in that '08 Celtics/Hawks series in particular the Hawks eek'd out their home wins and the Celtics dominated theirs. I remember going into that game 7 thinking we had absolutely no chance..and we didn't. Celtics won by 34.

EDIT: They won their home games by an average of 25ppg, Hawks won theirs by 5. Definitely not equals.

[tpols]

How? Even if we're ignoring the regular season, in this series OKC is outscoring Denver by 5 ppg, has a significantly higher ORTG, eFG%, and is turning the ball over way less. Denver has the slight edge on the glass and despite the ref complaining, is getting to the line more.

It's pretty evenly matched..and most of the metrics point to OKC. Obviously they are way deeper too.

That guy with the dreads off OKC bench is killing them. Dude is like an olympic sprinter. And Caruso. The bench is the only reason OKC is hanging and probably gonna win.

[999Guy]

Jokesexuals will do anything to discredit his teammates. At 1st i thought they were trolling but no im starting to believe they actually believe his teammates are bad. They actually believe Jamal Murray is Derek Fisher and not legitimately one of the greatest 2nd options of all time. They actually believe aaron Gordon hasn't turned into the best 3 and D pf in the league. He's just PJ tucker in their minds. They actually believe Jokic brings the ball up the court and its jamal murray settings the screens for him to run the offense and not the other way around.

They rationalize Jamal murray outplaying every single 2nd option he has ever played against as "well its joker". Somehow they have even done the mental gymnastics of every time jamal murray being out and jokic gets 1st rounded as "he was too young". Monte Morris who actually is derek fisher. Should of been no drop off, if murray truly doesn't matter.



If you ask them they will honestly say that Jalen Williams is out playing Jamal Murray this series. These are very sick individuals. They have a sickness where they have to fluff Jokic and tear down every other teammate / boost up the competition by any means.

It's funny you mention PJ Tucker. In his peak 2017-2020, he was better than Gordon in the playoffs. Much, much better defender.

[999Guy]

OKC has better players. They just might not have better starters.

But there's no doubt their bench will win them this series.

[SouBeachTalents]

It's funny you mention PJ Tucker. In his peak 2017-2020, he was better than Gordon in the playoffs. Much, much better defender.
Absolutely ridiculous take :lol Esp if we're talking this year. Gordon's arguably been Denver's 2nd best player this postseason, is averaging numbers Tucker could only dream of, and has hit numerous clutch shots. No way does Tucker's advantage on defense supersede all of that.

[tpols]

Absolutely ridiculous take :lol Esp if we're talking this year. Gordon's arguably been Denver's 2nd best player this postseason, is averaging numbers Tucker could only dream of, and has hit numerous clutch shots. No way does Tucker's advantage on defense supersede all of that.

AG is also the best defender on Denver and can dribble, dunk, and playmake. Tucker is a one trick pony corner 3 shooter and goon thats it.

[Baller234]

How can you really tell who's the better team? Some of the outcomes have been so random. At the very least it looks like both teams are capable of beating each other.

I guess we're about to find out who the real MVP is.

[ArbitraryWater]

How? Even if we're ignoring the regular season, in this series OKC is outscoring Denver by 5 ppg, has a significantly higher ORTG, eFG%, and is turning the ball over way less. Denver has the slight edge on the glass and despite the ref complaining, is getting to the line more.

It's pretty evenly matched..and most of the metrics point to OKC. Obviously they are way deeper too.

by ****ing 5? Thats it?

They won game 2 by 50, how is that even possible?

This just re-affirms my point.


Sure, its "evenly matched" when you ignore the b2b 4th quarter chokejobs.


Obviously they both have 3 wins, so in total its bound to be close, you see that right?

[ArbitraryWater]

Arby don't ghost when we bump these threads. Nuggets have played like total ass on the road in OKC.

Whats to ghost over? I dont expect Denver to win game 7. Theyve done themselves in by choking games 4-5, 2 games in which they outperformed OKC.

The gap between the 2 isnt as big as to win 5 straight games, which is what theyd technically be doing at that point.

[tpols]

You're being a b!tch right now bro playing both sides of the fence.

So if Denver wins its "I told you guys they were the better teammm!"

And if they lose, even if its a blow out they never led in and were big betting underdogs to begin with "OMG the Nuggets choked! Did you see that guysss?"

Keep it real. Pick one side.

[ShawkFactory]

by ****ing 5? Thats it?

They won game 2 by 50, how is that even possible?

This just re-affirms my point.


Sure, its "evenly matched" when you ignore the b2b 4th quarter chokejobs.


Obviously they both have 3 wins, so in total its bound to be close, you see that right?

OKC had a 4th quarter choke job too...

There absolutely is nothing indicating, either in numbers or eye test, that one team is significantly better than the other.

[GOBB]

Love this thread. When someone records themselves squatting while they piss. Hahahahaa


So many posts contradicting this thread. Yeah you’re a bored individual whose entertainment is trolling so you can go back and forth. Watch others argue. Then off to the next thread. Weird. Personality flaws. At some point do you ever get tired or you’re so addicted to this? It’s apart of your sad lifestyle? Yikes.


*insert repetitive reply here*

[Akeem34TheDream]

You're being a b!tch right now bro playing both sides of the fence.

So if Denver wins its "I told you guys they were the better teammm!"

And if they lose, even if its a blow out they never led in and were big betting underdogs to begin with "OMG the Nuggets choked! Did you see that guysss?"

Keep it real. Pick one side.
He is playing semantics which is even lamer.

[ArbitraryWater]

You're being a b!tch right now bro playing both sides of the fence.

So if Denver wins its "I told you guys they were the better teammm!"

And if they lose, even if its a blow out they never led in and were big betting underdogs to begin with "OMG the Nuggets choked! Did you see that guysss?"

Keep it real. Pick one side.

Its called logic.

The gap between them isnt big enough to win 5 straight games, or even definitively win a game 7 on the road when the other team is playing with house money after humongous chokes.

[FKAri]

OKC are absolutely better in terms of talent. They're just not as experienced and don't execute as well.

[Duffy Pratt]

Jokesexuals will do anything to discredit his teammates. At 1st i thought they were trolling but no im starting to believe they actually believe his teammates are bad. They actually believe Jamal Murray is Derek Fisher and not legitimately one of the greatest 2nd options of all time. They actually believe aaron Gordon hasn't turned into the best 3 and D pf in the league. He's just PJ tucker in their minds. They actually believe Jokic brings the ball up the court and its jamal murray settings the screens for him to run the offense and not the other way around.

They rationalize Jamal murray outplaying every single 2nd option he has ever played against as "well its joker". Somehow they have even done the mental gymnastics of every time jamal murray being out and jokic gets 1st rounded as "he was too young". Monte Morris who actually is derek fisher. Should of been no drop off, if murray truly doesn't matter.



If you ask them they will honestly say that Jalen Williams is out playing Jamal Murray this series. These are very sick individuals. They have a sickness where they have to fluff Jokic and tear down every other teammate / boost up the competition by any means.

Murray is great, but he is nowhere near one of the best second options of all time. Gordon has improved his shooting tremendously this year, and I agree that he’s one of the best 3 and D forwards in the league. Braun has improved a lot and would be great if he were still a sixth man. He’s an excellent defender, and great when they are running, but a liability in a half court set. MPJ is probably the worst max contract in the league.

As for the Bench, Russ is Russ — great or brain dead and with a terrible jump shot. Watson is an excellent defender, his 3 point shot is now OK, and he is terrible otherwise and fouls too much. Strawther is still totally raw but, as we saw last night, has flashes of excellence.

That said, they would all be much worse without Jokic. That’s basically proven by a couple of things — 1) they go from being the best offense in the league with him on the court, to being close to the worse without him; and 2) the players who have come to Denver (Gordon and Russ)perform much better than expected, while players who leave the Nuggets (Brown, Green and KCP) perform worse than expected. Joker actually makes his teammates better, on the same level as Bird, Magic, Stockton, and very few others.

[GOBB]

Murray is great, but he is nowhere near one of the best second options of all time. Gordon has improved his shooting tremendously this year, and I agree that he’s one of the best 3 and D forwards in the league. Braun has improved a lot and would be great if he were still a sixth man. He’s an excellent defender, and great when they are running, but a liability in a half court set. MPJ is probably the worst max contract in the league.

As for the Bench, Russ is Russ — great or brain dead and with a terrible jump shot. Watson is an excellent defender, his 3 point shot is now OK, and he is terrible otherwise and fouls too much. Strawther is still totally raw but, as we saw last night, has flashes of excellence.

That said, they would all be much worse without Jokic. That’s basically proven by a couple of things — 1) they go from being the best offense in the league with him on the court, to being close to the worse without him; and 2) the players who have come to Denver (Gordon and Russ)perform much better than expected, while players who leave the Nuggets (Brown, Green and KCP) perform worse than expected. Joker actually makes his teammates better, on the same level as Bird, Magic, Stockton, and very few others.

Pretty sure most players who leave via free agency may not perform as well as they did prior to leaving. As a Sixers fan I can run off names for you if you want.

[999Guy]

Absolutely ridiculous take :lol Esp if we're talking this year. Gordon's arguably been Denver's 2nd best player this postseason, is averaging numbers Tucker could only dream of, and has hit numerous clutch shots. No way does Tucker's advantage on defense supersede all of that.

Gordon does more but makes more mistakes on both ends. Tucker was pretty much a flawless 3 and D demon with an unlimited gas tank and shot the ball like Korver in the playoffs. Road, home didn't matter. Hit the offensive and defensive glass very hard. Extremely good at boxing out any size player.

Great hands on defense. Tucker was dominant at times. Gordon is flashier because of more skill, but like I said, he does dumb shit. Even at the rim he can take bad shots. His defense is tiers lower. For as physical as Tuck was his fouls per game were crazy low too. Probably the most disciplined role guy I've ever watched. Absolutely never, ever playing outside his role and gave 110% every second of every game.

[StrongLurk]

OKC is absolutely better, doesn't mean they can't lose.

[ArbitraryWater]

OKC is absolutely better, doesn't mean they can't lose.

They just happen to get outplayed every game since game 2 :lol

[3ba11]

When SGA loses tomorrow night, it will be another pinnacle and boost to all my posts - another ball-dominator bites the dust... :oldlol:

[StrongLurk]

They just happen to get outplayed every game since game 2 :lol

I know you are trying to troll, it's just not very good...

[Full Court]

OP has gone off the rails since his hero LeShrivel got bounced in the first round. :lol

[gengiskhan]

DEN's Championship DNA and maturity makes up for OKC's "betterness"

The calmness Joker brings can take them into NBA Finals.

barring injuries that is.

[04mzwach]

This isn't remotely true, there are several examples of a series going 7 games and one team being clearly better than the other; '08 Celtics/Hawks, '09 Lakers/Rockets, 2014 Spurs/Mavs etc.
While there's instances where it's untrue, you can bet it's true in this case. They've both been top 3 in the western conference for a couple years now. Denver beats them, but OKC is higher seeded. You say it's not remotely true but if these 2 teams were considered equals, then it would be "remotely" true.

[Duderonomy]

DEN's Championship DNA and maturity makes up for OKC's "betterness"

The calmness Joker brings can take them into NBA Finals.

barring injuries that is.
Power forward Aaron Gordon was diagnosed with a left hamstring strain, and his status is in doubt for Sunday's Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources told ESPN on Friday.

[ShawkFactory]

When SGA loses tomorrow night, it will be another pinnacle and boost to all my posts - another ball-dominator bites the dust... :oldlol:

And if OKC wins we’ll be talking about how Jdub is better than Pippen.

[ImKobe]

They just happen to get outplayed every game since game 2 :lol

They led for like 90% of the series up until these last two games and they managed to outplay Denver in a tight 4th quarter in Game 5. One team can go 10 deep if needed while the other can barely scrape 6 guys together. Denver is better as far as their best 4 players go but OKC is objectively a more talented basketball team, hence the historic RS despite two of their starters missing a lot of time during the season.

[Full Court]

I'm having a hard time deciding which thread is more retarded: this one or the one about how the Warriors are thriving without Curry.

[SouBeachTalents]

When SGA loses tomorrow night, it will be another pinnacle and boost to all my posts - another ball-dominator bites the dust... :oldlol:
Nostradumbass :bowdown: :bowdown:

[tpols]

That guy with the dreads off OKC bench is killing them. Dude is like an olympic sprinter. And Caruso. The bench is the only reason OKC is hanging and probably gonna win.

It was written.

3ball, don't duck like a b!tch now.

[1987_Lakers]

When SGA loses tomorrow night, it will be another pinnacle and boost to all my posts - another ball-dominator bites the dust... :oldlol:

:oldlol:

[Full Court]

Where did OP go now? :lol


"Bu-bu-bu-bu-but the Nuggies are clearly better!


And Lebron is da best!"


:roll:

What an idiot.

[Wardell Curry]

Who the **** could watch these two teams and think that the Nuggets were a better team?

Remove Jokic and remove FTA and the answer is so absurdly obvious it's not even discussion worthy.

OKC is a better basketball team.

[brownmamba00]

:roll:

[Full Court]

This thread was like Axe levels of stupid.


:lebronamazed:

[k0kakw0rld]

OP is a known punk

[RRR3]

OP is a known punk
And a snitch too

[Neal Romer]

Who the **** could watch these two teams and think that the Nuggets were a better team?

Remove Jokic and remove FTA and the answer is so absurdly obvious it's not even discussion worthy.

OKC is a better basketball team.

Well, it all depends "which" Nuggets team youre talking about. The best version, aka only the minutes Jokic plays, or the full picture, including the minutes he sits. Because the swing is so drastic it's basically two different teams.

When Jokic is on the floor, the Nuggets are probably the slightly better team in a technical sense. They execute better on offense, and they actually shot a better percentage than the Thunder throughout the season. The Nuggets were the most efficient shooting team in the league. Theyre also not nearly as bad defensively as the regular season numbers suggest. In the half court they made the Clippers and Thunder look pretty ordinary. The games OKC ran up the score was all about turnovers. Doesnt matter how good your defense is if your offense is handing them 1 on 0 fast break buckets.

The Nuggets were sloppy with the ball and guys like MPJ couldnt buy a basket. It was practically 4 on 5. MPJ had a pretty solid regular season so it's not like their standard team performance includes him shooting 0-for-everything. I would say the Nuggets suffered a little bit more of a performance anomaly this series than the Thunder did in terms of shooting and offensive rebounds and the like. And it went 7 games, with OKC having the homecourt advantage. If you simply switch who gets 4 home games it could easily be Denver advancing.

So yeah, overall the Thunder are the better team because the three minutes Jokic sits to start the second quarter usually costs them 7-10 points. If you remove that, and every player on both team gives you what they NORMALLY produce... the Nuggets probably are actually the better team. But they did not have the better series and that's why OKC is moving on.

[ArbitraryWater]

OP is a known punk

a punk? Interesting.


Why can no retard in this thread read what I said? :lol

[ArbitraryWater]

When SGA loses tomorrow night, it will be another pinnacle and boost to all my posts - another ball-dominator bites the dust... :oldlol:


:roll:

[GOBB]

a punk? Interesting.


Why can no retard in this thread read what I said? :lol


Stupid f*ck

[Overdrive]

Nostradumbass :bowdown: :bowdown:

Watch him take a 180 and tell everyone that SGA is a heir to Jordan and his supreme midrange game and expert jump shooting is the reason for OKC's success.

[BarberSchool]

Watch him take a 180 and tell everyone that SGA is a heir to Jordan and his supreme midrange game and expert jump shooting is the reason for OKC's success.
I don’t know much about 3ball worldview, but at first skim, I doubt a dude like that is pro-LG BBQ enough to make that stretch lol

[Wally450]

OKC is better.

[SouBeachTalents]

It was written.

3ball, don't duck like a b!tch now.
He's ducking like a huge bitch.

[Duffy Pratt]

3 ball now needs to explain why Indiana is the clear favorite to win the game. After all, SGA, Ant and Brunson are all ball dominant players who create bad chemistry, which is a sure fire formula for failure.

Time to come up with some other BS theory.

[ArbitraryWater]

OKC is better.


Saying this after Game 7 is CRAZY.


People are so shook of going out on a limb and declaring things. Its so funny.

[SouBeachTalents]

He's ducking like a huge bitch.
This.