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I absolutely can't stand Rhondo, and you forget that kevin durant does play for a very good point guard in russell westbrook. some guy even said he was overshadowed by durant. GO THUNDER

"Just $6,500 to buy in. Five bucks to the winner."

Hmmm. I think you may have run some bracket pools I signed up for in the past.

@Bruno

That 5th pick was a Karma payback for Boston. I've never seen a team so openly tank as Boston did that year. It was an embarrassment. I'm sorry they even won their title, but no way did they deserve the second pick because the did the league and fans wrong.

crick :
the inimitable Mike Prada has posted this week’s power rankings:
SBNation NBA Power Rankings
always a must read

"Right now, the Jazz and Thunder are the fourth and fifth seeds in the Western Conference. Based on the way the Thunder have played the Jazz this year (three wins, including last Sunday's), you'd have to consider the Thunder the favorites, right? Forget playoff experience; the Jazz just can't beat them. Which means ... the Thunder and the Lakers could play in the second round of the playoffs. "

@crick
It's like the video I saw of someone claiming a 720 dunk. The dunk actually happened at 540, and he finished the last 180 after the dunk. In JR's case, it's 180 before he gets the ball, and 180 after, so he gets a 360 in from the floor, which might actually be harder than a standard 360.

crick :

crick :the inimitable Mike Prada has posted this week’s power rankings:SBNation NBA Power Rankingsalways a must read

btw, he posts a link to the J.R. Smith dunk and I gotta say something…
now that dunk is very cool, but it’s not a 360 dunk. Are sports guys really that geometrically challenged? It’s a 180 degree turn. He catches the ball facing away from the basket and then spins 180 to face it and dunk.

I thought the same thing, and while its a cool dunk and all, it's nothing like some of Jordan's skywalking amazingness.

SD

@Jeff Allen

Nope I'm from OKC, I just have family in Chelmsford, Sudbury, Maynard and Weston.

crick :
the inimitable Mike Prada has posted this week’s power rankings:
SBNation NBA Power Rankings
always a must read

btw, he posts a link to the J.R. Smith dunk and I gotta say something...

now that dunk is very cool, but it's not a 360 dunk. Are sports guys really that geometrically challenged? It's a 180 degree turn. He catches the ball facing away from the basket and then spins 180 to face it and dunk.

Omar :
I can see the prices getting high. A home playoff game will probably be the biggest sporting event in the state’s history since the OU-Nebraska days of the Big 8.

Are you from Oklahoma? I don't think the Thunder will come near OU in terms of passion for a very long time. The average OU football game gets about a 30 rating locally (30% of homes are watching the game). The average Thunder game gets below a 2, if I recall correctly. That will obviously go up for the playoffs, but there is a long way to go.
I love the passion on this blog, but it's worth noting that this team is not nearly as cemented into the hearts of the city and the state as it is for most of us. I think the ownership still needs to work hard and carefully to make sure this team works out long-term and doesn't wind up drifting into Indiana/Minnesota territory if there are any setbacks in the on-court performance over the next decade.

And that's one reason I don't read Darnell so much anymore...

the inimitable Mike Prada has posted this week's power rankings:

SBNation NBA Power Rankings

always a must read

smackdaddy do u live in boston

With playoff schedules getting announced simultaneously, I'm almost positive those links (along with every other team) are essentially placeholders.

Also, half my family lives in Boston and thinks the Celtics descended from heaven. It warms my cockles to see them envying us and our team.

Now we need to go to the Garden in a couple of weeks and beat them.

SD

Playoff ticket prices per the OKC Thunder:
First Round - Face +3%
Second Round - Face + 25%
Third Round - Face + 50%
Finals - Face + 100%

Season ticket holders should already be committing to playoff tickets. You can either buy em all up front or if you've already made your season deposit for next year, you are billed after each round for games that happened.

SD

@Anonymous
i would assume all the season ticket holders are going to get their playoff tickets, and then it goes to half season and 10 game package holders, the number that will available to the public will probably be low.

Omar :
I dont understand the point of the Boston.com article. He’s acting as if Celtics had a shot at Durant. They were picking 5th. They traded Jeff Green for Ray Allen not KD. It would be like if Darnell Mayberry wrote an article on how the Thunder should have picked Blake Griffin.

Yeah, it's kinda strange, but he's basically bemoaning the fact that they had the 2nd worst record that year and got the 5th overall pick.

If they got the #2 they would have gotten Durant and never traded for Allen (and possibly Garnett), and they would have developed a team around KD, Pierce, Rondo, Al Jefferson and Perkins.

Of course they wouldn't win in 2008, but just think of how this team would play now and in the future... wow.

If Jefferson stays healthy they would be the best team hands down in the league.

I can see the prices getting high. A home playoff game will probably be the biggest sporting event in the state's history since the OU-Nebraska days of the Big 8.

@Mark!
they said for the first rd tickets will be $5-15 more then regular season.

@Anonymous

They are probably legit. Season ticket holders get first crack at playoff tickets, and I'm sure some ticket brokers have season tickets and just turn them over to stubhub for profit.

The price is purely speculative however. No pricing has been released yet. I'd be shocked if $10 tickets start at $60. Resale might get that high, who knows? I'd wait and see what the actual prices are first.

I dont understand the point of the Boston.com article. He's acting as if Celtics had a shot at Durant. They were picking 5th. They traded Jeff Green for Ray Allen not KD. It would be like if Darnell Mayberry wrote an article on how the Thunder should have picked Blake Griffin.

@Anonymous
Tickets for the playoffs have not been sold yet, so i dont know how people would know the pricing.

@jeff allen
if we are 5th seed or lower our home games will be somewhere between 22-24th for the 1st one. based on previous years scheduling of how 1st rd games are spread out.

@Anonymous
Overpriced yes. Save your money and try to buy real tickets.

huge stretch coming up... and quick question for all. if the thunder stay in 5th when will their home games start

if there is a theme for the list of links in today's bolt it's this:

the team is starting to believe in itself and that it's for real
others are starting to believe it too