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Grolgar :@lilrip133

I think you are significantly overestimating what other coaches are capable of doing. NBA teams look terrible a lot of the time because, well, it’s the NBA. I guarantee you that if you were a Bulls fan that you would want to fire Thibs right now. They have looked terrible and played way under their potential. The same can be said for half the teams in the league at least. You have unreasonable expectations IMHO.

Actually, speaking as a Bulls fan, I and all the ones I know are really happy with Thibs. I mean, we used to have Vinny Del Negro as our coach, and unlike Vinny, Thibs is clearly a real coach who uses real offensive/defensive schemes. You have no idea how much better the Bulls movement looks compared to last season, and considering how brutal Chicago's schedule has been (.582 opponent average winning percentage so far) and losing Boozer to start the season, even being above .500 is pretty satisfying. Not sure why you'd think the Bulls are clamoring to fire Thibs.

KD was not awful. Green was awful. And Russell was pretty bad also.

Why's everyone saying KD was awful?

New energy? LOL!

Everyone needs to chill, it just wasn't our night. Got killed on the boards, poor shooting, KD was awful, and Rose hits a floating half court shot, yet we only lost by 9. It could have been (should have been) ALOT worse!

Brooks response, "I was looking for a change. Looking for new energy." Reporter, "But why those two? Why Durant and Green?" Brooks response, "That was just my choice."

C'mon man. You've got to do better than that. I would've been happier if he had just said he thought Thabo had a better grasp on the two-minute drill than Durant.

I just want to see the Thunder play one game up to their potential. Just one!

@DSYIII

Even the OTHER team's broadcasters. They were baffled.

Taking KD out and lost to a bigger lead in the 3rd was really left me wonder. Also, 7-18 shooting isn't really all that bad imo. Especially the amount of defense that teams put on him. But, he can at least attract the attention and open up the Thunder players. The game plan on Brooks was just funny but terrrible...

I really want to get excited about this team, but it's so hard to see brooks do things that everyone else in the arena knows are bad moves(even the players), and know that the team's above-average record over the last year plus are going to prevent any positive changes that could make us a real threat come playoff time.

@joe
why trade him when we could just move him to the 3, where we currently don't have a backup anyway, and play our other 4 or 5 capable big men at the power forward and center spots? Not hating, just saying though.

I'd like to get a decent spot shooter in there. You know how big that would be to have someone standing in the corner who was a knockdown shooter? That alone would change the complexion of the offense. Surely of all the guys on NBA rosters there must be someone available who could fill that role.

I am genuinely interested in hearing the explanation behind yanking KD in the 3rd.

justin :And why take KD out there? We could have hit a three and gotten a two possession game.
Brooks is insane.

exactly what i was going to say. we had a chance to cut it to a 2 position game with 40 seconds left if we made a 3. still plenty of time left. i mean WE DID HAVE TIME OUTS LEFT right??? smh

we'll probably never win another game, time to blow it up.

@justin
I think the logic was, "If I rest him for these next 20 seconds, he will be back to full health by our next game two days from now". However, the part of the brain thinking about winning the game shut off with 18 minutes to go.

I hope Brooks plays KD to guard Boozer or anyone who destroys Green

We need to trade Jeff Green for someone who can actually defend big men. He's a waste of space against teams with size - you know, the teams we actually have to beat in the playoffs. Actually, he's a waste of space just about anytime.

We might be favored in our next 9 games (not sure about at New Orleans, but they are struggling). We could really make a nice run coming up...

Durant has not scored 35+ yet this year.

18 point 3rd quarter was the difference in the game.

Sigh...God-awful shooting by KD and Jeff, Maynor played the worst game I can remember seeing from him, usual woeful job of defensive rebounding, and a pretty aggressive screwing from the refs. Kinda remarkable we were as close as we were.

And why take KD out there? We could have hit a three and gotten a two possession game.

Brooks is insane.

@Anonymous
because remember? Jeff Green is the most awesome small forward who plays every minute at the power forward position in the league, and Ibaka is the most awesome power forward who plays every minute at center in the league, which would obviously make him nowhere near as valuable on the court as Jeff Green according to typical Scott Brooks logic.

@Grolgar
probably after we trade him for blake griffin

And Green was awful, on offense and of course he stands no chance against Boozer...

@Grolgar

Stop being negative

Other Thomas :@David
KD has been fine this year, just not dominant. Although its looked lately like hes ready to get on a roll.

He's shooting around 25% from 3. He'll improve, but when?

KD has 28 points on 18 FGA he's been fine, it's RW that was bad, and we gave the game up right when Brooks took KD out.

36% FG% is not going to cut it.

@David

KD has been fine this year, just not dominant. Although its looked lately like hes ready to get on a roll.

Grolgar :
We just can’t hit open 3s. When is KD going to start shooting well?

Is it just me or does he seem to want to fade away on every shot? Even the ones that are relatively open.

Durant: 0 assists tonight

The Thunder's announcers tonight make me want to go hug a teddy bear. "It's okay that we got humiliated. At least, we played hard"

lilrip133 :
well it also didn’t help that we pulled KD and went small ball.. just saying.

This is the heart of the problem. When players play out of position, they tend to get exposed on D. (cough JG, cough)

Man what a hustle by Durant. He was wide open running back down the court for that steal.

Who slipped the andro into Nenad's wheaties?

I'm telling everyone, KD is suffering from the curse of the scoring champion or the EA Sports curse

I love watching Green launch threes. It's really a sight for sore eyes.

David :I hate Boozer.

Fact.

I get the feeling this would have been a game we'd be in and have a chance at if Kevin Durant hadn't been benched for no reason.

I hate Boozer.

We just can't hit open 3s. When is KD going to start shooting well?

Not so clutch Green.

Hey! RW got nan assist

So now some people on this site are joking about murdering our GM

Can you please ban this creep Royce?

well it also didn't help that we pulled KD and went small ball.. just saying.

David :
Who wants to bet someone will talk about how much better Harden is playing after this game. It seems that relying primarily on Harden = bad for the offense

Yeah, and they went to Harden so much in that 3d quarter when we began down only 5 and then went totally to crap.

sometimes i feel bad for thabo. seems like he is the only guy playing defense out there

@justin

I agree that our D has been inconsistent. No doubt. We look good in stretches, but we haven't been able to sustain much. Maybe Brooks was trying to send KD a message earlier since he is the leader of this team... KD ran over a couple screens and played lazy on a couple other possessions.