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OKC? 2 spot, really?
Posted by: Bobby Johnson on August 4th, 2010
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.OKC had a break out year last season,(obvious) it will come as no surprise to anyone if they are fighting for the 2,3 or 4 seed, but that, in my opinion works to their disadvantage. Of course they have the youngest super star in the league, Durant, so you can never sell talent like that short. i just don’t see them as a complete team…..yet. The rest of the NBA will not over-look them as they did last year. And i don’t know the stats, but it happens frequently that a superior team will lose to an inferior team, based on the idea that its a long season, players will step on the court playing the Nets, Twolves ect. ect. and just expect it to be an easy night and end up with a loss. (although the Nets and Twolves records last season don’t proove my point very well) I don’t think anyone this season is going to show up to play OKC and underestimate them. plus i believe in history when it comes to organizations, the OKC/Seattle organization doesn’t have the reputation of winning as of recent or really ever given a string of succesful seasons here and there. Keep in mind that it could be that last season OKC was a fluke, maybe they fight for the 8 seed again this year. (remeber Golden State a couple seasons ago?) I just want to see more than one good year that showed potential fighting for the 8 spot before i give them credit for contending for the 2. I wonder what the stat is on teams that made the 8 seed that didn’t make the play-offs the next season? anyone?
I will respect teams like the Mavs, Nuggets, Spurs, Suns and even Blazers before OKC. Mavs are winners/choke artists depending on the night, but the record shows they know how to win more than lose. Nuggets seem to not have the chemistry they did a couple years back, but unless Melo doesn’t resign, how can you respect OKC = Durant and not Nugs = Melo thats sorta 6’s if you ask me. while Denver has better bigs. As a Jazz fan, i don’t know if i’ll ever feel confident when we play the Spurs, they have our number and a championship core that is aging, but i still respect veteran proven talent over young potentail talent. The jury is still out on the Blazers, i think they very well could be the West’s break out team of the year without injuries.
After all is said and done, i am an OKC/Durant/Westbrook fan, i just don’t see them in the 2. if things go their way, and a couple key teams, like us, struggle with health and chemistry, they will be in the top half of the bracket.
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Not to be rude by why can’t everyone just comment on the previous post? No point in making three post of the exact same stuff
I agree. Thank you for this post.
Austin is right Bob, it’s not even like the other posts are old. You could have explained all that in the other posts. No need for this post, your just disagreeing with the other.
Weird… I have a cousin named Bobby Johnson.