@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 Nobody goes small ball thinking about rebounding. Your theory isn't even lining up with logic. Teams go small ball to out pace bigger and slower teams and make the big man less a factor, which means the only reason not to do it is a lack of offense, or a lack of coaching.
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 For your info, the contract that OKC was going to give harden was 5 MIL TOTAL off of what harden wanted. Not per year, TOTAL. You get rid of perkins contract and that 5 mil BECOMES AVAILABLE. You don't know shit brah. Youre JUST TALKING
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 You just fucking talking. Fans were even saying they should've amnestied Perkins to open up that money because people understood it was his contract that was stopping them from keeping both harden and Ibaka. You weren't watching this sport back then, I can tell
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 You sound so damn dumb..your whole argument is they needed perkins and safalosha and Roberson because of KD and Westbrook's "flaws". Youve shown you don't know what their actual flaws are this entire debate. EVERYBODY NEEDS DEFENSE. Miami picked up Battier for defense. FOH dude
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 Small ball was not even looked at as a style of play that could be copied until the mid 2010's. Again, you clearly weren't actually watching this game.
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 They didnt have spacing because presti didn't believe in spacing. The mf was forced to believe in it after KD left..Presti has always favored limited offensive players who are great defenders. He's still doing it with current OKC. Lu Dort? Caruso? Like you're so ignorant brah
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 Pau was fucking old as dirt by 2014. Randolph? Lmao are you fucking kidding me. Dirk was old as shit by 14. Blake Griffin wasn't an iso player until like 2016. Duncan would be guarded by the 5 regardless..So, again, you don't know what youre talking about.
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 Brah, you so clearly were not watching back then. The only reason why they couldn't pay harden was because of the money they paid perkins, and perkins wasn't some great rebounder lmfao. Fuck are you talking about? And he could only defend the post. Nowhere else
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 Brah, you don't get PERKINS to cover the flaws of KD. What the hell are you talking about? You're just yapping. They didn't he safalosha and Perkins to cover any bodies flaws. You clearly weren't watching the sport at the time
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 It was experimental that ended up changing how they played and ran lineups. It's the same shit with how GS was experimenting and found out the death lineup with Iggy was lethal. That was not because "oh you could do this and that". They experimented due to necessity.
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 KD was a fucking forward. He came into the league a guard. Wtf are you talking about. Every team at that time was running two bigs the small ball shit didn't start UNTIL Miami did it, and the only reason they even started doing it was because of INJURIES in the 12 playoffs.
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 Because there wasn't. You really think they believed in Andre roberson because they thought he'd cover KD's flaws?๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ. The type of player who you'd bring to cover KD's flaws is a guy in the mold of a Draymond or of a ray/klay. OKC only did that once, and it was unwillingly
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 There's also adding in the fact that scott brooks wasn't an imaginative coach at all, because he refused to go small even when they had that shooting. There was no 4 man in the league at that point who was going to punish KD at the 4. You just don't know what you're talking about
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 You don't know basketball. The reason why OKC could not afford to go small ball was because they couldn't shoot well in small ball after harden and then Martin left. It had absolutely nothing to do KD not being good defensively. Miami could because they could shoot, D.A.
@daexlin@Prhymate777@iovewrld223 Uh no. Perkins was brought in because they wanted a big man who could guard the post. Matter fact, neither safalosha, perkins, Roberson, or any of those other players are guys you'd bring to cover the flaws of those two, so you're just talking. You dont know what their flaws are