Joel Embiid “this isn’t a rivalry they always kick our ass” vibes

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It’s not really a rivalry yet until you get some playoff matchups to build off of.

Alright dude don’t get cocky. The 2014 Nets swept the Heat regular season then got banged out in the playoffs 

Tech no but when that team is defending champ and will likely meet in the playoffs…yes

When the other team is the reigning champs at least yeah, they are everyone’s rival

No, it’s a feud.

Rivalries don’t really start until they meet in the playoffs. Everyone is just staarving for a rivalry since they haven’t had one in years

Yall lost to the knicks lol. Maybe chill a little bit.

Yes one won a title and the other hasn’t been in the playoffs in 6 years, your lucky it’s called a rivalry lol yes you beat them 3 times in the regular season

Deflate your chest just a little bit

Do you think your young Spurs are ready for playoffs vibes?

The real reason it can’t be a rivalry is because one of them is the defending champs, and the other didn’t even make the play in yet. Do something in the playoffs before feeling all high and mighty, 3 wins in the regular season isn’t a flex.

Have to win THREE games, actually

I admit I’m not the biggest basketball fan, but I would tune in for every second of that series.

Yeah, I think the template is a lot more replicable than just the Spurs’ personnel. I think the unreplicable bits are the Spurs’ guard rotation (three great ball handlers, playmakers, downhill rim attackers, and defenders) and Wemby of course in the middle.

As you said though, if you have defenders capable of staying disciplined on SGA 1 on 1 and are further disciplined on the other guys on the floor, you can bog down the Thunder’s half court offense. The #1 thing is to limit live ball turnovers though, because they can and will kill you with those.

I feel like you kinda need the personnel to do the game plan of not turning it over … Maybe like 3 playmaking guards 😅

Fox is getting traded any day now, our sub told me so…

Dude. I fkn LOVE Kornet. He comes in, does his job, is so supportive of other players, is funny in interviews, and just always looks like he’s having fun. His hilarious on-court celebrations are just a cherry on top. No joke I’m probably going to buy one of his jerseys once I buy a Harper jersey. Just gotta wait til after the holidays.

I wouldn’t go star hunting. I think the final piece is a 3&D PF so i’d draft one or get a role player while developing Carter Bryant in the future but they clearly have enough to compete with the best of them already

Spurs have $10M extra before entering the luxury tax. Flipping a player like Sochan or Olynyk into someone like PJ Washington or Derrick Jones Jr. could be very valuable.

Copy-pasting this comment I just replied to another Celtics fan:

Dude. I fkn LOVE Kornet. He comes in, does his job, is so supportive of other players, is funny in interviews, and just always looks like he’s having fun. His hilarious on-court celebrations are just a cherry on top. No joke I’m probably going to buy one of his jerseys once I buy a Harper jersey. Just gotta wait til after the holidays.

Terrified of the paint. If it makes you feel better. It’s not just you guys. That’s pretty much how it’s been since Victor’s rookie year. Teams take a considerable higher percentage of their looks from three when he’s on the court and then usually try to make up for it when he sits by aggressively attacking the rim.

Knicks and Celtics as well

Hell the Wolves packed our lunch in the regular season last year, you guys went what 3-1 and then we 4-1 in the playoffs. I keep trying to tell people to slow down it’s just December, Thunder didn’t even play a Christmas Day game last year and ended up being the best team in the NBA. Anything can happen in a 4-5 month stretch of the season

Im so excited to watch them and see how far they will go.

Fax, spurs best both the rockets and lakers without wemby on top of it, spurs are just that good.

I may sound arrogant and ofc I’m OKC fan so I’m saying this, but OKC probably still is the best team in the league. Spurs counter us and beat us pretty comfortably in those 3 games, but are they a better team overall? I would probably wait for the playoffs before making this statement. Mavs had a winning record against us last season (even without Luka) and Wolves also looked like a tough matchup going into playoffs and we all know how that ended. Nobody thought they are a better team just because of the regular season tho.

I probably worry more about Nuggets than Spurs at this point, but ofc it doesn’t mean Spurs can’t beat us in the playoffs.

lol, ikr. People can clown us all they want, but we’re still beating 85% of the league by 20+ on a nightly basis.

One of those games was also a “win or go home” game as well (though it was the first one, which probably makes it slightly less meaningful as “any given Sunday” can happen and we hadn’t established this pattern of Spurs v Thunder yet)

The Thunder do not need to make moves really, they need to get J-Dub healthier because of his shooting wrist and get Chet to be more aggressive

the thunder don’t have to do anything earth shattering. Chet and jdub need to play better, and as a team they need to shoot better than 25% from 3. the Spurs are a very good team but three regular season games in December isn’t a reason to blow it all up

Ajay Mitchell being out is a huge factor. The cup game was close and he was active. These 2 were blowouts

They probably mean #1 option who’s also a star

Just the way he celebrated the Rockets not getting the first pick is still vividly in my mind

bargaining with themselves that we’re not already in the wemby era

🤝 we don’t have to like each others teams but my god do I love a good unbiased comment around here.

Here’s the thing though. That just means the Spurs aren’t gunna win the title. That absolutely doesn’t automatically mean the Thunder can’t get got.

The Spurs absolutely arent gunna beat four straight veteran teams but shit they might beat two.

Tbc I would still favor the Thunder in a series. But “lack of experience” doesnt have to be a catch all that means they autofold to any vet team.

Maybe they upset the Thunder in round 2 and then lose to the Thunder in round 3 (not currently possible by seeding but still)

OKC are frauds. I’m more worried for the wolves, nuggets, and rockets.

Thanks Magic!

Knicks fan, and true

Mostly in confidence

Not in gameplan and execution

No one should take these three games lightly. I know Shai isn’t

OKc is our best matchup we get most our points in the paint so high tier defence team should theoretically challenge us, nuggets is not that they win most of time due to their offence.

As a spurs fan, I do hope we don’t face the warriors tho.

Year 4… he was injured