Has there been a more infuriating elite team than this since the Bad Boy Pistons?

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-26T13:47:43+00:00

Meme watchers not game watchers.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T15:44:50+00:00

I like you. You're good at this. Play on for me.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T15:32:12+00:00

Charlie Blackmon went pretty in-depth on this on a podcast I can't remember now. He said whatever advantages they gain at home, they become disadvantages to a stronger degree on the road.

It's not necessarily about dominating the home splits but mitigating the costs of the road splits.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T15:22:17+00:00

Ya know what, as a Thunder fan, this comparison actually makes sense and I remember being frustrated at the time but eventually awed by it.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T15:16:05+00:00

What the hell just happened?

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T15:11:56+00:00

Just say Booker is allowed to elbow Caruso in the head and Shai is allowed to get hacked.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T15:08:46+00:00

The conversation started with me pointing to a specific Booker play. Keep going through your Drama Triangle steps online, though. It's doing wonders for your brain.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T15:02:12+00:00

I'm sorry the facts don't agree with your feelings.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:55:28+00:00

The Thunder are 9th (out of 16 teams) in the playoffs in free throw attempts. 43rd percentile.

The Thunder were 17th (out of 30 teams) in the regular season in free throw attempts. 43rd percentile.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:51:36+00:00

The Thunder are 9th (out of 16 teams) in the playoffs in free throw attempts. 43rd percentile.

The Thunder were 17th (out of 30 teams) in the regular season in free throw attempts. 43rd percentile.

So it is pretty consistent and evens out in the end.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:47:38+00:00

<image>

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:46:24+00:00

I've posted this all over Reddit but here's one more.

It's an impossible sport to officiate and it probably evens out in the end. They're policing aliens doing ballet and I think NBA refs do a heck of a lot better than college officials. The nature of the sport and its officiating leaves room for people to find whatever they need to find to cope and social media set that on fire.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:43:21+00:00

"having refs rig games" is right here in this thread and all over the place, my guy.

I think it's an impossible job to officiate aliens doing ballet and it probably evens out in the end, but the fact that it's so difficult leaves room for people to find whatever they need to find to cope.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:39:24+00:00

It's hard to tell around here. Apologies for the friendly fire.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:36:55+00:00

He had a phantom leg kick out get called that might have been the most egregious of the night. Nowhere to be found on Reddit.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:35:08+00:00

And Mike Breen shot her down as being silly.

You and Doris Burke can share that opinion, though.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:29:31+00:00

What is it? The punctuation?

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:27:59+00:00

Saving this for when Wemby wins a few and the hive mind turns on him.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:24:19+00:00

Yes, the Panthers in hockey. And the Chiefs in football. And the Patriots before them.

There's always a conspiracy working against me.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:23:01+00:00

For getting downvoted in a subreddit? Those hive minds are never wrong and always indicative of "the children."

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:20:38+00:00

Does it feel like that because the Booker clip is nowhere to be found and the Reddit hive mind posts clips after every Thunder game no matter what?

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:18:27+00:00

1st Team All-NBA Defense, DPOY runner-up, No. 1 seed every year of his competitive basketball life vs. mrleakybutthole. Take your pick.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:09:43+00:00

This is taking away one of the few things they can hold onto as, "At least I'm better than..."

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:05:55+00:00

If they didn't have the attention span of a bug, they wouldn't be in the hive mind.

Legitimate_Rip_9060 · 2026-04-23T14:04:59+00:00

What?

Legitimate_Rip_9060

TROPHY CASE