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04-14-2019 , 11:35 PM

#10926

Onlydo2days

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Whose House?

Daniel House

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04-15-2019 , 12:05 AM

#10927

All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by fidstar-poker

The Magic won a playoff game before LA after trading them Dwight....

#Damn

+1000 TZ Points

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Originally Posted by King~of~Diamonds

More like Thaddeus Old. Am i right?

n1

+1000 TZ Points

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Originally Posted by vinivici9586

lol @ChocDelight twitter handle

+1000 TZ Points

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Originally Posted by fidstar-poker

Bucks up by 41.

Just give them a bye round.

Yeah, Silver needs to step in big time.

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Originally Posted by Onlydo2days

I don't think Utah is competing that great either way but that defensive strategy 1st half seemed awful. Force Harden into the middle of the court where he has Capela for a lob or Tucker for an open 3 or a floater every single time.

Seems like Jazz should just start Crowder 2nd half and K Faried shouldn't play at all. Atleast Nene has some BBIQ on screen rolls. Faried was showing hard on Ingles like he was gonna blow by E Gordon.

It's a game of pick ya poison. Utah is ****ed.

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04-15-2019 , 12:08 AM

#10928

All-inMcLovin

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Less than one month until the NBA Draft Lottery!

May 14th, 2019 bitches!

Who will land Zion? Who will land Ja Morant?

Tune in to find out!

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04-15-2019 , 12:32 AM

#10929

vinivici9586

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if draymond made a ranking of 82 game players i think gobert might be num 1

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04-15-2019 , 01:44 AM

#10930

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Gobert had the worst +- during Houston's last series, and thus far the results have been similar. For as bad as the matchup with Houston has been for Denver, it might be worse for Utah.

Denver at least has enough sense to try and avoid Harden like the plague.

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04-15-2019 , 03:46 AM

#10931

All-inMcLovin

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Serious Inquiry:

Would it be a flagrant 1 if a player pulled on Harden's beard next time he drove to the hoop?

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04-15-2019 , 06:11 AM

#10932

Cinarocket

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Harden two rebounds away from having a good game

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04-15-2019 , 11:28 AM

#10933

fidstar-poker

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Of course Denver would have to make the second round for it to be relevant....

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04-15-2019 , 12:58 PM

#10934

tarheeljks

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Cliffs on rwb and this reporter whose questions he won’t answer

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04-15-2019 , 02:14 PM

#10935

PokerHero77

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Originally Posted by PokerHero77

For anyone paying attention, unders 5 for 5 so far. TBF the totals were adjusted a bit, not enough obv.

And the final 3 games kept the prefect record intact, 8 for 8.

Hope y'all jumped in on that easy $.

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04-15-2019 , 03:02 PM

#10936

jwax13

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Originally Posted by tarheeljks

Cliffs on rwb and this reporter whose questions he won’t answer

Berry Tramel. He basically DGAF about treating OKC players with kid gloves, ignores when thunder PR tells him what’s off limits, etc. He was also (allegedly) responsible for the Mr. Unreliable headline back in the day. Pretty dumb. Russ gonna Russ.

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04-15-2019 , 04:14 PM

#10937

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I'm usually pretty opposed to giving these reporters ****, but Tramel is such a dumbass he pretty much deserves all the RWB-hate he's getting.

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04-15-2019 , 04:32 PM

#10938

vinivici9586

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Wow I love this dude. BRB subscribing to the Oklahoman

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Originally Posted by Berry Tramel da GOAT

Russell Westbrook doesn’t answer my questions, hasn’t for the better part of the season, and some people want to know why I keep asking.

I don’t blame them for wondering. It’s a legitimate question. But I have a legitimate answer.

I keep asking, with no hope of getting an answer, because the media shouldn’t give in to Westbrook’s desire to control everything.

That’s the seed of Westbrook’s frustration with me in particular and the media in general. Control. He is frustrated that the media is out of his control. That was manifested during the 2017 playoffs, when he intercepted my question to Steven Adams about why the Thunder collapsed so much during the minutes when Westbrook sat. Westbrook wouldn’t allow Adams to answer; he tried to commandeer the press conference and basically succeeded, despite my repeated attempts to point out that I wasn’t asking Westbrook, I was asking Adams.

Westbrook long ago was given the keys to the franchise and controls most everything around the organization, from brand of mustard at the concession stand to who sings the national anthem.

I’m not even saying the Thunder was wrong to cede that control. It has kept Westbrook here for 11 seasons, with four more years under contract, and that’s a great coup for the franchise.

But it came at a cost. Westbrook hasn’t shown the propensity to deal with the lack of control in certain areas. Late-game decisions continue to be a problem; Westbrook tries to take matters into his own hands far too often, such as the 28-foot 3-point shot he hoisted with 12 seconds left on the shot clock and 1:30 left in a tie game Sunday. Also, officiating. His emotions overtake him, he gets technical fouls, he gets a one-game suspension and the Thunder last week lost a game it desperately needed to win.

Same with the media. Westbrook doesn’t remind himself “serenity now, serenity now,” he just charges up the hill, taking no prisoners.

The idea that Westbrook has some personal issue with me is misguided. That’s not true. Westbrook’s issue is with media in general. I don’t know from where his original distrust came, but I know he’s allowed it to fester over the years, with no guidance from Thunder officials. It’s too late – far too late – to do anything about it now. But Westbrook has been disrespectful to the Oklahoma City media going back almost a decade. And the OKC media has not been disrespectful back. Westbrook has been treated well by the people who cover the Thunder, both in personal deportment and in the content they produce.

Yet Westbrook for a decade has shown disdain for even the media he considers friendly. Westbrook occasionally can be cooperative and engaged during on-court, on-air interviews. But in the locker room, the internal Thunder media gets no better answers to questions than does the external Thunder media. The internal Thunder media gets treated the same in interview gatherings as the external Thunder media -- no personal interaction, no eye contact, no calling anyone by name.

So none of this is personal. When Westbrook famously said he didn’t like me three years ago, I didn’t take offense. He has no idea if he likes me. He doesn’t know me. This is just Westbrook marking his territory. And me marking mine.

Giving in to Westbrook’s “next question” by going quiet in the Thunder locker room just empowers Westbrook to see how much more he can get away with. Standing up to his intimidation doesn’t really change anything – the guy is too mentally tough to surrender; he’s not giving in – but it keeps him from encroaching even more on the already tepid media/Thunder relationship.

I don’t want to be at war with Westbrook. I love him as a player and I’m glad he’s here. He makes my job much better – much better – by playing basketball in Oklahoma City. I’ve written about him for 11 years, and I’d guess is it’s been 98 percent positive. As far as I know, Westbrook never has had a problem with anything I’ve written. Heck, wouldn’t surprise me if he’s never read anything I’ve written.

I’m assuming he doesn’t like the questions I ask or the way I ask them.

It’s too bad we don’t have any base of a relationship from which to work. Years ago, maybe as far back as 2013 or 2014, I asked the Thunder about sitting down with Westbrook, not for an interview, but for an off-the-record chat. Just get to know each other a little bit. Try to learn more about what makes him tick, what he doesn’t like about the media and what could be done to make things better. Maybe learn a little more about each other.

That meeting, of course, never happened, and as far as I can tell, was never even broached with Westbrook.

In 11 years, I’ve had only two non-interview interactions with Westbrook. Media day 2016, he walked past our station on the arena floor and stopped to say hello. Shook my hand with a smile. And two years ago, a few weeks after I was told Westbrook took exception to a wardrobe question I asked at his Oklahoma Hall of Fame induction, I followed him out of the locker room and asked him for a minute. Apologized and told him I meant no offense. He said no problem, and we shook hands.

I don’t think he’s a bad guy. I think Westbrook puts on a façade during the season, and when it’s an interview relationship, he’s playing a character and won’t give an inch. He’s playing the intimidator. So I’ll keep asking questions, because he’s giving me no other choice.

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04-15-2019 , 05:05 PM

#10939

freedom 35

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Originally Posted by PokerHero77

And the final 3 games kept the prefect record intact, 8 for 8.

Hope y'all jumped in on that easy $.

Cue to the public over reaction. See you on the overs. I started a hung over Saturday firing on the over and just bled out chasing it all weekend. I got what I deserved.

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04-15-2019 , 06:05 PM

#10940

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Originally Posted by fidstar-poker

Of course Denver would have to make the second round for it to be relevant....

The rockets shookness transcends rounds. Just having them
In your bracket ensures a suboptimal round 1.

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04-15-2019 , 07:32 PM

#10941

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Ad nauseum length of post about Bestbrook.

Cliffs for everybody: Oklahoma media guy gets butthurt. News at 11.

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04-15-2019 , 08:25 PM

#10942

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DLo is p*ssed that ben flopped.
Going for 40

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04-15-2019 , 08:36 PM

#10943

LFC_USA

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Ben Simmons is legit awful and soft as cookie dough

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04-15-2019 , 08:41 PM

#10944

All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by King~of~Diamonds

DLo is p*ssed that ben flopped.
Going for 40

Ben Simmons is a ****ing *****.

DLo !!!! LET'S GO!

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04-15-2019 , 08:54 PM

#10945

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Air Latvia!!!

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04-15-2019 , 09:02 PM

#10946

capone0

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Boban is the ****ing man.

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04-15-2019 , 09:04 PM

#10947

King~of~Diamonds

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Why is rodions kurucs the new pascal siakam

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04-15-2019 , 09:07 PM

#10948

capone0

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Kurucs is good?

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04-15-2019 , 09:11 PM

#10949

LFC_USA

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Damn Allen got rocked hard in the snot box by Embiid

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04-15-2019 , 09:14 PM

#10950

8bus

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That embiid shot KOs like 95% of humans

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