We gon act like OKC isn't stackkkkkkked ?

[The Iron Fist]

Wade still averaged 20ppg in the finals only 5ppg less then lebron on better FG%. He stood up when needed since Heat have an easy passage to the finals in the East and he was battling with that knee injury last year. He also had that 27/7/7 finals series in 2011 when Lebron totally shat the bed. Lebron cost Wade a ring that year when he carried them.

Bosh has saved the Heats asses more times then you could count. Show some ****ing respect, without him LBJ is ringless.

Pau Gasol averaged 18 ppg in the 2010 finals, hes supposedly FMVP.
Wade averages 20 ppg in the finals, hes barely good enough to be on the team.

[JT123]

I think you are confusing a stacked team with a good team.

There was no free agent colluding when putting the Thunder together. No dubious, lopsided trades. They just so happen to have the best pure scorer in recent memory. And their GM used his draft picks wisely.

What high profile free agent have they landed? I don't see ring chasing vets flocking to OKC like they have to Miami.

So we gonna act like Derek Fisher and Caron Butler don't exist?
Funny thing is Miami went after both those guys, but they decided OKC had a better chance at a title. Why would they think that unless the Thunder had a more complete roster. And what does "free agent colluding" have to do with anything? This thread is about the Thunder being stacked, not about how the team was put together.

[JT123]

Pau Gasol averaged 18 ppg in the 2010 finals, hes supposedly FMVP.
Wade averages 20 ppg in the finals, hes barely good enough to be on the team.

Difference is Pau was dominating before the Finals, while Wade was putting up role player numbers in the first 3 rounds.

[riseagainst]

Difference is Pau was dominating before the Finals, while Wade was putting up role player numbers in the first 3 rounds.

and pre-finals has to do with FMVP how?

[tontoz]

So we gonna act like Derek Fisher and Caron Butler don't exist?
Funny thing is Miami went after both those guys, but they decided OKC had a better chance at a title. Why would they think that unless the Thunder had a more complete roster. And what does "free agent colluding" have to do with anything? This thread is about the Thunder being stacked, not about how the team was put together.

Stacked is about the level of talent and how it was put together.

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stacked

cheating by arranging the way a game is played to give one side an unfair advantage

Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka have grown up playing together which is undoubtedly a factor in their success. It isnt like they became stars on different teams then decided to join forces to make it easy to get a title.

Fisher and Butler might as well not exist. Butler is having possibly a career worst season and Fisher hasn't been useful in years. They probably figured they wouldn't see much court time in Miami. They arent very comparable to the Allen/Beasley/Anderson/Shard/Battier/Oden group.

[DMAVS41]

I think you are confusing a stacked team with a good team.

There was no free agent colluding when putting the Thunder together. No dubious, lopsided trades. They just so happen to have the best pure scorer in recent memory. And their GM used his draft picks wisely.

What high profile free agent have they landed? I don't see ring chasing vets flocking to OKC like they have to Miami.

Wait...this makes no sense.

So if the Thunder had traded a future draft pick and a scrub for Westbrook...you'd feel differently about how good their team is?

It doesn't matter how a team is built for analyzing how good it is. Not sure why you could possibly think that matters.

You have arguably the best player in the league.
You have an all-nba player in WB that could be argued to be about as good as anyone in the league outside of Lebron/Durant when healthy honestly.
You have a great 3rd guy.
You have a top 5 defense.
And you have a team that outscores the opponent when Durant sits.

Seriously? How the **** is that not a stacked team? It is beyond a good team. The Mavs and Suns are good teams...the Thunder belong in a completely different category.

[DMAVS41]

Stacked is about the level of talent and how it was put together.



Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka have grown up playing together which is undoubtedly a factor in their success. It isnt like they became stars on different teams then decided to join forces to make it easy to get a title.

Fisher and Butler might as well not exist. Butler is having possibly a career worst season and Fisher hasn't been useful in years. They probably figured they wouldn't see much court time in Miami. They arent very comparable to the Allen/Beasley/Anderson/Shard/Battier/Oden group.

The bold literally has no bearing on how good or dominant a team is. You are speaking to why you like the Thunder more than the Heat basically...which is fine, but that isn't relevant at all to pure basketball discussions.

[DMAVS41]

Dude, offensive rebounding and the ability to get easy baskets is huge. Coaching is huge.

They don't have ANYONE down low who can finish consistently, let alone create their own shot. That's critical in the playoffs.

Don't have everything you need, not even close. But Durant/Westbrook are enough. They can make up for it.

So you just want one of the best teams ever.

You want two legit superstars...a great 3rd option two way player at pf. A deep team that plays top 5 defense...and now you want a post player at center?

Come on now...I got a good chuckle about WB/Durant making up for a team that is ****ing great.

Totally agree about coaching though...I've said it time and time again about Brooks. Just not sure he's good enough. He's not terrible, but he's not good either. We'll see.

[tontoz]

Wait...this makes no sense.

So if the Thunder had traded a future draft pick and a scrub for Westbrook...you'd feel differently about how good their team is?

It doesn't matter how a team is built for analyzing how good it is. Not sure why you could possibly think that matters.

You have arguably the best player in the league.
You have an all-nba player in WB that could be argued to be about as good as anyone in the league outside of Lebron/Durant when healthy honestly.
You have a great 3rd guy.
You have a top 5 defense.
And you have a team that outscores the opponent when Durant sits.

Seriously? How the **** is that not a stacked team? It is beyond a good team. The Mavs and Suns are good teams...the Thunder belong in a completely different category.

First of all you should look up the definition of a stacked team.

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stacked
cheating by arranging the way a game is played to give one side an unfair advantage

Why do you think people were so against the Heat when the big 3 got together? Do you really think people would actively root against them if they were all drafted by the Heat?

Secondly OKC has gaping holes at C and at SG, can't hold onto the ball, have 3 of the top 10 most foul prone players in the league and have no bigs who can score inside. That isn't exact a proven recipe for title teams.

[DMAVS41]

First of all you should look up the definition of a stacked team.

3.

stacked
cheating by arranging the way a game is played to give one side an unfair advantage

Secondly they have gaping holes at C and at SG, can't hold onto the ball, have 3 of the top 10 most foul prone players in the league and have no bigs who can score inside.

What?

Stacked teams are not defined by that...LOL

You can't have a great player at each position...

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

What?

Stacked teams are not defined by that...LOL

You can't have a great player at each position...

[Solefade]

What?

Stacked teams are not defined by that...LOL

You can't have a great player at each position...

the irony of that post...


tells you to look up what "stacked" means...but he doesn't actually know what stacked means

[Solefade]

you can't be a stacked team when you have one player leading the team in almost all statistical categories /thread

[DMAVS41]

I don't consider some of those guys great players...

But I should have been more clear. You can't have Durant and WB and Ibaka...and then have great players at sg and center

The money doesn't work...it's impossible.

Stacked generally means having multiple superstars on a team that even without one or perhaps both superstars....they can outscore opponents.

It's just a semantic issue...they are as good on paper as anyone in the league...I'd actually probably argue that they are the best team on paper this year if fully healthy.

If that doesn't fit your definition of stacked...that is fine...just replace it with any word that makes sense to you. I don't really care.

[aboss4real24]

[COLOR="Magenta"]KD WESTBROOK And who?

lol Dere nt stacced

they do have sum solid role players tho[/COLOR]