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Manu "The Big Flip Flop" should contract a painful disease and rot in the deepest part of Vlade Divac's armpit from whence he came.

@GAP
My wife and everyone with children near where I was sitting sure wished I had been speechless- but alas, no.

@Steven H
I'm speechless...so hard to even concieve that coaching call!

''Sefolosha's open 3 from the left wing hit both the back and front of the rim before bounding away.''

This just killed me.

Coach of the year my ass. Just got back from the game. I see this is well covered territory, but just let me add that putting in our ice cold, piss poor shooting defensive specialist and designing the final play for him was one of the most moronic coaching moves I have ever witnessed. Brooks should apologize to his players and to ticket holders for that one. Un- frigging-believable.

Let's curse Sun and jazz with little hope

Bob :
Did you guys know that Thabo was considered as a No.4 in the DPOY race?

Sorry for the spelling i'm kinda nervous.

I think Ibaka can play a little bit of center, too. However, the best position for him is still PF imo. It's the height that he's lacking right now to make him the better center. When I look at him beside KD, Ibaka doesn't look any taller than KD. Also, he will have to add a bit of weight to make himself strong down low.
He's almost like JG playing starting PF to him playing starting C, similar comparison imo. He may play well as a center later on but not now.
Also, Ducan is not really a great center himself and he's not like what he's used to be neither. He's more of a PF but play a little bit of center's position.

@Bruno
Correct. It's one very close loss to a surging, veteran team. Totally acceptable.

Did you guys know that Thabo was considered as a No.4 in the DPOY race?

@andrew
I like it.

Bob :
In and out OMG why are you guys complaining so much? Thabo needs our support now.

I don't think anyone is banking on Thabo, he's a great defensive player and that's it.

it's not his fault he took the jumper, is Scottie's for designing the boneheaded play.

anyway, it's still only one loss, this team will bounce back.

I am almost certainly in the minority here, but Ibaka's showboating is already starting to wear on me... I hope he doesnt find it necessary to break out the wings after every dunk for the rest of his career.

In and out OMG why are you guys complaining so much? Thabo needs our support now.

andrew :@Bob

rattled out.. a miss is a miss.

Oh no! you sure like to hurt my feeling dont you andrew? :D

Serge has had stretches this year against player like Timmy and Dirk that have me honestly believing that if he can cut down on his mental errors he could contend for DPOY in a couple years

@Bob
rattled out.. a miss is a miss.

@Bob
In and out.

Again was it close to go in? thabo's three?

I think Ibaka can play at center.. If he can manhandle Tim Duncan like he did tonight there is no reason to believe he cant do reasonably well against bigger centers like howard or bynum...

Harden's been hovering around 37-39% from 3pt all year. He's probably our most consistent 3pt shooter.

Ibaka shouldn't start at C, he should start at PF if anywhere. Bring Green off the bench with Harden out.

Bruno :
Unless Harden really steps it up on the playoffs, we’ll sorely miss a decent 3 point shooter.
just look at the Spurs, they have 3-4 guys who can get hot from the outside any time, and that was a big difference today…
the Thunder has absolutely no one outside of KD, Green and maybe, on his good nights, Harden, that’s remotely a threat on the last minutes of a game.
oontending teams need the Michael Finley sort of guys.

I meant "a threat from the outside" on the above.

and yes, maybe Ibaka deserves to start in place of Krstic, but I wouldn't do it right now, he's still got those stone hands and needs more seasoning

@andrew

No.. Green can make them when he's open, at least much better than Thabo can. And if Green's inbounding, do the Spurs ignore him to double KD? They might not. With Thabo inbounding, and beyond the 3pt line, the Spurs just treated him like he wasn't there.

This might be the worst coaching decision of Brooks' career considering the magnitude of the game.

@Bob
At least if Harden misses that shot we're all just disappointed, not sickened with the fact he took it in the first place.

andrew :@justin

I hated the last play.. That said, you still would have been unhappy if Green would have shot it. We all know how you feel about Jeff Green and 3s.

Agreed.

justin :There’s just no reason at all to have him on the floor. The Spurs just ignored him and doubled Kevin Durant. What did Brooks think would happen? Man, I’m pissed off.

Ha, ha... Ok, Justin... For the very first time I would like to ask for a favorite...
Could you stop reminding me on that... I fracking woke up my kids when I saw the play and it wasn't funny at all...

Unless Harden really steps it up on the playoffs, we'll sorely miss a decent 3 point shooter.

just look at the Spurs, they have 3-4 guys who can get hot from the outside any time, and that was a big difference today...

the Thunder has absolutely no one outside of KD, Green and maybe, on his good nights, Harden, that's remotely a threat on the last minutes of a game.

oontending teams need the Michael Finley sort of guys.

Anyway, we would have not deserved this win. We just played bad thats all. KD and Ibaka carried us till Russells turnover and thabo's three.

@justin
I hated the last play.. That said, you still would have been unhappy if Green would have shot it. We all know how you feel about Jeff Green and 3s.

when does Harden come back?
He cannot do well every game,but he is the best Shooter and can support KD on Offense

Yeah why was Westbrook inbounding at the end? Not just the play he stepped on the line, but a play before that too. Green should be inbounding the ball at a crucial moment like that, like he had been all season.

Vega :All in favor of Chewie starting at center, raise your hand.

I still stick to my opinion that, they should put Ibaka to starting PF and move JG to backup SF/PF...

@Bruno
I know he's a terrible shooter. Watching him in pre-game practices in Charlotte was one of the worst experiences of my life.

There's just no reason at all to have him on the floor. The Spurs just ignored him and doubled Kevin Durant. What did Brooks think would happen? Man, I'm pissed off.

on a positive note Kevin Durant is now 4 points ahead of lebron for the scoring title :)

Thabo's just a bad shooter guys. He's been a bad shooter since he came into the league and nothing suggests that he's making any progress.

A baffling decision. I hope Brooks has something to say about this post game because this was an important game we could have built some good momentum with. Instead, our defensive effort in the last six minutes is wasted by bush league game planning. Perfect solution: have Jeff Green inbound. They double Durant, Green shoots it. Why Thabo? That's no reasonable explanation for this.

justin :Why even have Thabo on the court?! Why not Maynor? Why make him the trigger man, you know they are going to double Durant, the trigger man gets the ball back. Why not at least have Green inbound..?
I’m completely baffled. Brooks either had a serious brain fart or it’s time to maybe contemplate what kind of coach we have on our hands if he’s giving Thabo a chance on the GW three. What a joke.

That's one...
Two... RW was dancing too much so he step on the line.
Three... KD was too exciting about the last secs in the first half and decided to run down Hill. And of course the refs decided to give Hill a 3 free throws...
Last... No love from the refs compare to the Spurs.
Of course there were some other small stuffs too. However, lost is a lost. At least they played hard for tonight's game.

Vega :
It was a pretty good look; Thabo just didn’t make it.

that's because he's a terrible shooter.

never been this frustrated on a game before, really, what the hell was that?

if Russ is suffering so damn badly from a "stomach bug" he steps onto the court on an inbound, why play after all?

just stay home if you're going to let George Hill score 30.

and that last play, well, I don't have words for that.

*raising hand*

All in favor of Chewie starting at center, raise your hand.

Sparks :
THAT is why we miss the Beard

I guarantee you that harden would have not made it.

andrew :@Bob

He will make them next year…

Absolutely. Was it even close?

THAT is why we miss the Beard

@Bob
He will make them next year... :)

there is a time and place for showing your players you believe in them and their shooting ability.. the end of a close game is not that time.

Man fuck i just went away for a second and heard brian davis scream thabo for three and i was like wtf and then i see thabo looking like he just killed every dude in the arena. FUCK

Still, designing a play in which Thabo Sefolosha takes the potential game winning three is ill-advised at best.

@Cpt. C-Note

No you hate the call either way. Even if he made the shot, it's a dumb decision. Basketball is a game of edges, and percentages. You play the percentages. Good coaches know this..

It was a pretty good look; Thabo just didn't make it.