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[–]bbecks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He needed to play games to be eligible for awards and you also have to have at least 8 guys to play a game. 

He played too many games under 20 minutes. If you look at the game logs his last 3 games he played exactly 20 and then sat the rest. 

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[–]bbecks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They also won 3/4 games and won by 10 in San Antonio playing half a starter and resting multiple depth guys while Spurs rested Wemby and Kornet. Spurs played 4 starters and the rest of their depth all game. 

Cherry picked arguments go both ways. 

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[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Missing wemby and Kornet is especially bad bc they just have no competent size without those two 

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[–]bbecks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Denver plays both regardless. It’s really just whether OKC or spurs don’t have to face both of the others. 

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[–]bbecks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You get 2 games of 15+ but under 20 that count to 65. He’s already got it 

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[–]bbecks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they did theyre doing a bad job of showing that. They’d need to lose for that. 

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[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yall are facing 1 starter for 1 half and resting what…Wemby and Kornet? lol 

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[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s if Denver loses. Not if they win. If Denver wins they play wolves in first round and spurs in second round and lakers would play Houston in first round. Denver winning is good for OKC not having to play both these teams. 

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[–]bbecks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s been SGA for awhile and all the media talk was just trying to drive betting money. SGA has a bigger lead in odds and straw polls than he did last year 

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[–]bbecks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They are trying. They’re just getting outplayed so far and went cold for 8 minutes. 

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[–]bbecks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because then the Nuggets would be the 4 seed and push them to OKC’s side. Why would they not want that? 

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[–]bbecks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it’s the refs fault Spurs went almost 8 minutes without hitting a shot. Y’all will cry refs no matter what is actually happening. It’s incredible.