The Third Leg

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Still expected them to get worked by Bama in the playoffs but nope.

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That’s hilarious. Kudos to you for admitting it.

They have no fan support and no boosters. Iowa played out there few years back and half the stadium was Iowa fans. Hoops played there last week, early tip, 6pm eastern. I can’t imagine they even had 5k people there.

As someone else said, they lost any NIL hope when US tanked. Tons of wealthy alumni, none of them care.

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Yes, once their run started, they only lost to a team with 3 hall of famers and a top 2 player of all time, after having the best record in the history of the sport

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Again, this wasn’t some dynasty while Durant was alone. They won once, did nothing before that—they were sub .500 the year Durant had OKC as the #1 seed—then blew a 3-1 title to a massive underdog after their legendary season was saved by Durants fragility.

That season 2012-13 OKC team was #1, they got stomped by Memphis in 5 games, with Durant being bitch slapped by old arse tayshaun prince to the tune of 5/21 from the field in the elimination game.

Durant had that legendary GSW squad on the ropes and wasn’t enough of a dog to put the final bite on them.

Again, not saying they were turds, but they weren’t some unbeatable dynasty while Durant was in OKC.

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I don't get the lol at the clippers. Those teams were loaded.

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The clippers never did anything of significance with that group.

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They won a title, then had the best record in NBA history and lost in an incredibly tight game 7 .

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They won a single title before acquiring Durant, and blew a 3-1 lead in the finals to a huge underdog. In the 3 years that preceded their title, when Durant could have made a run, they were the 6 seed or not in the playoffs.

The year they won it, they only swept the opening round, lost multiple games in 2 series, and OKC was playing without Durant for 75% of the season. They didn’t even make the playoffs.

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What does physical defense do to a 7 foot 2 guard with a 35 inch vertical ? Nothing. It wouldn't have changed a thing.

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He’d have probably won a lot less than he did, which wasn’t much to begin with. Guy was a stat stuffer who couldn’t win being “the guy” without joining the undisputed greatest shooter to ever live, another top 5 shooter in his prime, and the most dirty thug player role player.

I’m not acting like Durant isn’t great. In fact, his greatness is what makes his persona so pathetic.

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by PP7 for heisman

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He’s a me-first twat who hated that he was never going to be the face of the NBA. He’s a wildly gifted scorer in an era where physical defense simply wasn’t allowed. His legendary meltdown in his final OKC series, and then joining the team to which he blew a 3-1 lead, will always define him.

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5. Lob City Clippers

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lol

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6. Warriors dynasty

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Draymond, Klay and Curry weren’t some unstoppable force. They won a single title before Durant went there. Lost 4-3 to the cavs in their other finals—blew a 3-1 series lead just the same as Durant did to them.

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I actually don't agree. I think the Lotto has created a whole new problem. The bottom teams might tank bad, but I think less teams overall would

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Agreed. The lottery is fricking retarded and all that needs to change. Only the nba is dumb enough to do it. And only the nba has gobs of teams tanking

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Your statement seemed to infer that the corruptness was so abundant that this is exactly what the sport needed. Which is why I put a question mark at the end of it. Typically a question ends with '?', while a rhetorical remark ends with a '?!'. I did answer if your response was yes, because that take is asinine.

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You sound like a half wit. Nobody is upset, I was surprised you thought I said the NCAA was MORE corrupt before. My statement said nothing of the sort.

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No downside to that at all. Nope...none. /s

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The ncaa is getting exactly what it earned for being a lying, corrupt, POS puppet for all these years. Let it burn, they will rebuild.

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Where do y'all get this shite? Compare the Dolphins the year before and the year after Nick was there.

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He was sub .500 and passed on a HoF QB to trade a second rounder for a guy coming off a 3 ligament knee blowout who would play 4 games before being released, then fled town and the NFL forever.

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He was 9-7 and 6-10 on a team that had just fired a HC and without a QB. I don’t think it’s crazy to think that he would’ve adapted and figured it out with even decent qb play.

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For a guy who wound up the greatest college coach ever, a sub .500 record and passing on an elite HoF QB to build around is a failure.