Thunder vs Celtics in the NBA Finals....OKC will win the 2017-18 NBA Championship

[Swagnificent]

Did the T Wolves and Popovich die?

TWolves are not very good. Their defense is trash and their big 3 doesn't fit well together. All 3 guys wanna score and hold the rock. Not much ball movement on that team or playing well off the ball. Andrew Wiggins' talent will probably have them looking better in the playoffs than they really are but I expect the Thunder or Warriors to make beat them.

Spurs are not in the same class as the Thunder.

 

[Kovu]

TWolves are not very good. Their defense is trash and their big 3 doesn't fit well together. All 3 guys wanna score and hold the rock. Not much ball movement on that team or playing well off the ball. Andrew Wiggins' talent will probably have them looking better in the playoffs than they really are but I expect the Thunder or Warriors to make beat them.

Spurs are not in the same class as the Thunder.

Are you going to bet your account or not?

 

[Emoryal]

Are you going to bet your account or not?

 

[Jplaya2023]

Their offense looks great. By far the best in the league. But defensively they are in the bottom 10. Many people think they can just turn it on in April. We'll see about that. Defense is about habits. If you build up bad habits throughout the year, its very rare to be able to lose it in the playoffs. 2016 Cavs are practically the only team in the last decade plus to be terrible defensively during the regular season but then magically turn it on in the playoffs. I don't think the Warriors will be able to do that. Especially against a team as talented and deep as the OKC Thunder.

thunder will be playing 3.5 on 5 vs GS, their defense will be fine against them

Green can guard Patterson (when OKC goes small)
Iggy can guard melo
Durant can guard PG
Klay on Russy
Curry can rest on Roberson

 

[NoHalfWay]

Golden State's defense is terrible this year. I think people will be surprised when they "can't turn it on" in the playoffs and they lose to the Thunder.

I think they are a good matchup. We’ll see.

Did the T Wolves and Popovich die?

As long as GSW don’t conspire to take out Kawhi again then they’re right there too.

T Wolves need to make the playoffs before I give them a shot against the Warriors.

 

[Kovu]

Are you going to bet your account or not?

This nikka a whole bytch for not responding to this

 

[Swagnificent]

Are you going to bet your account or not?

Nah. Cause I want you around here after I'm proven right.

 

[Tunez]

 

[Kovu]

Nah. Cause I want you around here after I'm proven right.

Sure

 

[Swagnificent]

NBA Finals Preview tonight.

I got the Thunder winning the game tonight.

Celtics still will come out of the East and Kyrie will be the MVP.

 

[Draje]

@Swagnificent, where are the hot takes about OKC

 

[Swagnificent]

@Swagnificent, where are the hot takes about OKC

Still feeling super confident about them. Their start right now is similar to the 2010-11 Heat. They are losing a lot of close games right now and struggling on offense in terms of how they are gonna divide up responsibilities. However, their defense is elite.

They'll figure it out on offense and they will start winning these close games.

I still 100% confident that they will win the NBA championship over the Boston Celtics in 5 games.

 

[Swagnificent]

Top 2 defensive teams in basketball are still the Celtics and Thunder by a wide margin. Teams Advanced Leaders

Defense wins championships. So expect both these teams to be there in the end.

Warriors defense is shaky this year. Right now a historically great offense has them buzzing. But once they start playing elite defensive teams like the Thunder and Celtics and once their shots are going down, they become very beatable.

They better hope Draymond Green and Kevin Durant stay healthy. Those are the keys to their team. They lose either guy, they're done.

 

[Starboy52]

:yehmm:

Boston I can see, but you might wanna revise that OKC view, fam. They're the anti-cavs (props to the poster who made the comparison) in a sense that for however good they are defensively, they're ASS when it comes to running an offense that isn't my turn shooting between their big 3

 

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]