Mark CubanFS
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/11849585/mark-cuban-oklahoma-city-thunder-mull-race-bottom
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the thunder aren't gonna make the playoffs lol, they are 3-8 hitting 3-9 tonight, the suns went 48-34 and didn't get in last year, and you're insane if you think the thunder will catch the blazers
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20 Sven bucks they make the playoffs as long as Durant and Westbrook are back by Christmas. They won't be higher than a 6, but they will get in. The Blazers will he higher than the 8 seed.bigcc said:the thunder aren't gonna make the playoffs lol, they are 3-8 hitting 3-9 tonight, the suns went 48-34 and didn't get in last year, and you're insane if you think the thunder will catch the blazers
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Of the current 8 teams in the West in the playoff picture 1/8th of the way through the season, only Sacramento would be a team that you'd expect to probably not be there in the end.
They have 22 games between now and the end of the year. Let's say that they get to .500 over that stretch. That makes them 14-19 after 33 games with 49 games remaining.
If you assume that they need to get to 50 wins to just get into the playoffs as the 8th seed, they would need to go 36-13 over the remaining 49 games to get into the playoffs with most of those games against a loaded Western Conference that I would expect will do everything they can to make sure that they DON'T get into the playoffs.
Of course, if they go anything less than .500 over that remaining 22 game stretch to the end of the year, now you're looking at an even smaller margin of error. And BTW, their schedule was front loaded with the dreck of the league and they are still struggling ... so I would definitely be on the side that says that they won't make the playoffs at this point. -
Remember that not getting in with 48 wins was a very rare year. Any other year, they would have gotten in. It will certainly take 45+, but it's too early to say they need 50 wins. Tequilla, you absolutely hate the Thunder and I get it, but you always pick them to lose.
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C'mon ... stop twisting here.
There's no doubt that I hate the Bastard Sonics ... but there's nothing that I said in my post that was in any way tied to any emotions in that regard.
Take away Sacramento, who of the other 7 teams in the top 8 in the West right now would you expect to NOT end up with 50 wins?
From what I've seen of New Orleans and Phoenix, I would expect both to have a good shot at being over .500 and push in the 45-50 win range.
Plus, if I was being biased, I would have assumed that the Bastard Sonics went worse than .500 over their next 22 games given that they are 3-8 right now over an 11 game span. You could easily argue that I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. -
I'm not sure because someone will get injured. One of those teams will struggle. If Durant and Westbrook are healthy by Christmas they are going to go on a big run. By the second half of the season, half the teams will be in tank mode. The season isn't a month old.Tequilla said:C'mon ... stop twisting here.
There's no doubt that I hate the Bastard Sonics ... but there's nothing that I said in my post that was in any way tied to any emotions in that regard.
Take away Sacramento, who of the other 7 teams in the top 8 in the West right now would you expect to NOT end up with 50 wins?
From what I've seen of New Orleans and Phoenix, I would expect both to have a good shot at being over .500 and push in the 45-50 win range.
Plus, if I was being biased, I would have assumed that the Bastard Sonics went worse than .500 over their next 22 games given that they are 3-8 right now over an 11 game span. You could easily argue that I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. -
even 14-19 is a ridiculous assumption, they are 1-3 since last week, why would they suddenly start wining? Of those 22 games 11 are on the road (where they always are noticeably worse), and 14 are against teams .500 or above, which they are 1-6 against.
And thats assuming that both durant and westbrook dont suffer a setback of any sort and ease back in fairly quickly, it just simply isn't going to happen. -
Fair and valid point. I-3 in the last week with an OT loss where Jackson missed a great look at the buzzer and a 3 point loss. We'll see where they end up.bigcc said:even 14-19 is a ridiculous assumption, they are 1-3 since last week, why would they suddenly start wining? Of those 22 games 11 are on the road (where they always are noticeably worse), and 14 are against teams .500 or above, which they are 1-6 against.
And thats assuming that both durant and westbrook dont suffer a setback of any sort and ease back in fairly quickly, it just simply isn't going to happen. -
I'd also like to note the thunder have more remaining games vs. .500+ teams than any other team in the NBA, despite only one team having played more games
EDIT: They lost the OT game by 7... at home.... to the 3-6 pistons
EDIT EDIT: and they lost all 3 by at least 4 points..... -
Not trying to be annoying I just thoroughly enjoy the thunders suffering.
