Official 2016 NBA Off-Season Thread: Westbrook staying in OKC for 3 more years. Confirmed MVP

boban makes whiteside look like a midget

And baited Whiteside into a flagrant 2 ejection.

I’m done with Hassan. Dude is incredible, and doesn’t get enough opportunities on offense, but he’s still not where he needs to be in order to become great. Mentally, he’s a midget. It’s frustrating.

I honestly want Whiteside to be in the league for a long time; the dude can be entertaining and a force on the floor. And his career comeback is cool. I thought the Heat were the perfect team for him to gain some discipline/focus. They got a good mix of young guys and respectable vets. Plus the Heat organization has a lot of winning history and Riley is in charge. Yet he is still doing this crap.

If he can’t get it together there…will he ever?

Spurs.

That’s pretty scary actually.

Yeah, that’s probably one of the few scenarios. But still, after breaking some records and getting the taste of the rare triple-double, I question whether he can revert to a strict role on the floor.

I think Pop is smart enough to let him do his thing - block shots, rebound and then give him a couple touches on offense to keep him motivated. If his offensive game is as good as Geo says (haven’t seen many Heat games this season), Pop would find a way to exploit that.

He plays a similar role, yet is more capable than a 36 y.o.+ Duncan

That false hope I expect a crushing in the third quarter.

Houston hasn’t played that bad really - they lost track of Curry too many times early and as usual he hit a couple “nothing you can do about it” shots. The Rockets played decent defense against everyone else, not allowing too many set shot 3-point attempts being the biggest thing.

D12 forces GS to keep Bogut on the floor, which stops them from going to their small lineup. If Howard can stay out of foul trouble, they could make it interesting. Still be surprised if Houston wins though.

On another note, Hayward looked like Kemba on that game winner.

We’ve had that tendency to just implode in the third quarter so yeah don’t expect me to be too positive.

And sure enough they score right unanswered to start the quarter.

Rockets real fortunate - losing track of shooters way too often.

This is exactly the point of a game where Warriors make it impossible. You have a lead or make it close, they either murder you with their passing or Steph demoralizes you with a couple threes. Then it just piles on until you lose.

Ah, the squash begins.

So they managed to hang on for three quarters…

116 points and Draymond only has 6 of them. Unbelievable.

I’ve been telling dudes that Harrison Barnes is dangerous early in the 4th. Whenever a team is hanging around w/ the Warriors, he kills it to start the fourth.

I know defense is gone but why is Thorton still on.

Doesn’t matter BB throwing in the towel.

=)

Tied at the end of the 3rd.

Warriors win by 13.

How is this not entertaining?