Should We Just Give OKC The Championship Already?

[torocan]

OKC may be the individual team favorite, but they are far and away under dogs to win the WCF. There are just TOO many good teams in the West that can potentially upset them.

The Spurs, Clippers, Memphis and to a lesser degree GSW and Denver all have a legitimate shot at an upset win in a series.

Face those teams twice and the odds stack up against you fast.

Heck, even the probable lower 7/8 seed teams (Utah, Rockets, Portland and the Lakers) could potentially upset any of the front running teams in a 7 game series if they got hot at the right time.

As for Miami, I think the teams that could give Miami the toughest time of the favored teams from the West are Memphis (too much size), Spurs (too much ball movement and experience) and the Clippers (crazy deep), with OKC oddly as the least favored of the four simply due to match ups of play style.

OKC has the best odds to win the WCF, but that doesn't mean their odds are even as good as 50/50 to win the WCF.

Compare this where the East where I think most people acknowledge that Miami is the odds on favorite with a better than 50/50 chance to come out of the East. With the injury to Rondo, who can really challenge the Heat this year out of the East?

The Knicks? Indiana? The Bulls (if Rose is healthy)? And 2/3 of those teams I wouldn't even consider a favorite against Denver or GSW in a 7 game series, let alone Memphis, OKC, the Spurs or the Clippers. Heck, I'm not even sure if 2/3 of those teams would be favorites against Portland and the Houston Rockets.

[jman94]

OP is an idiot. This isnt european soccer where best record gives you the championship

[justinnum1]

OKC may be the individual team favorite, but they are far and away under dogs to win the WCF. There are just TOO many good teams in the West that can potentially upset them.

The Spurs, Clippers, Memphis and to a lesser degree GSW and Denver all have a legitimate shot at an upset win in a series.

Face those teams twice and the odds stack up against you fast.

Heck, even the probable lower 7/8 seed teams (Utah, Rockets, Portland and the Lakers) could potentially upset any of the front running teams in a 7 game series if they got hot at the right time.

As for Miami, I think the teams that could give Miami the toughest time of the favored teams from the West are Memphis (too much size), Spurs (too much ball movement and experience) and the Clippers (crazy deep), with OKC oddly as the least favored of the four simply due to match ups of play style.

OKC has the best odds to win the WCF, but that doesn't mean their odds are even as good as 50/50 to win the WCF.

Compare this where the East where I think most people acknowledge that Miami is the odds on favorite with a better than 50/50 chance to come out of the East. With the injury to Rondo, who can really challenge the Heat this year out of the East?

The Knicks? Indiana? The Bulls (if Rose is healthy)? And 2/3 of those teams I wouldn't even consider a favorite against Denver or GSW in a 7 game series, let alone Memphis, OKC, the Spurs or the Clippers. Heck, I'm not even sure if 2/3 of those teams would be favorites against Portland and the Houston Rockets.

It's a great question, and the answer is maybe the bulls if rose gets back to 75% healthy. Otherwise miami won't face much resistance on their way to the finals.

[Ty Fast]

Nobody is beating them in a seven games series and Durant is poised to become the best player in the league. Miami doesn`t even have a shot because they are worse this year. So you might as well get a parade ready for OKC

how so??? miami got ray allen and okc traded harden for marin. if anyone got worse its okc.

[Nick O]

lol

[JWO35]

Yes

[Gritz]

"Sweet Jesus, let me kill this igga"

[JJ_JKidd]

Nobody is beating them in a seven games series and Durant is poised to become the best player in the league. Miami doesn`t even have a shot because they are worse this year. So you might as well get a parade ready for OKC

cool

[justinnum1]

how so??? miami got ray allen and okc traded harden for marin. if anyone got worse its okc.

that's d12 fan's dup account. don't mind him

[tht_one_guy]

Did you not mention biased commentators, or am I just seeing things?

dude i was making a observation on what i heard while i was watching a game i dont even like the celtics i was a neutral fan for tht game or did u just stop reading my post after u found the point u wanted to complain about if so go back and read it again when did i ever say tht there was some kind of conspiracy or anything against my team ever i was just pointing out the inconsistincey of even the commentators. When did i ever mention tht anyone has had it in for my team

[thenaj17]

OKC is the favourite for West but if Lakers somehow scrape into playoffs, that will be a tough 1st round match up. Then assuming they beat the Lakers as would be expected, odds are that they'd have to face either Clips or Spurs in the semis and then the other 1 in the finals. Grizzlies could also be 1 of those. That is not an easy route to the finals at all.

Miami should steamroll into the East finals minimum and probably to the NBA Finals well rested.

A lot of assumptions i know, but i definitely wouldn't be giving OKC anything yet.

[Big Zo]

dude i was making a observation on what i heard while i was watching a game i dont even like the celtics i was a neutral fan for tht game or did u just stop reading my post after u found the point u wanted to complain about if so go back and read it again when did i ever say tht there was some kind of conspiracy or anything against my team ever i was just pointing out the inconsistincey of even the commentators. When did i ever mention tht anyone has had it in for my team

LOL who's complaining? I was just pointing out that everyone hates Hubie Brown because he comes off as biased against both sides. He just has a terrible way of wording things. One side will catch what you pointed out about LeBron, and the other will only catch what he says about how it's "unfortunate" that their team did something good. Again, I never thought you were a Celtics fan, just pointing it out.

[bucketss]

OKC may be the individual team favorite, but they are far and away under dogs to win the WCF. There are just TOO many good teams in the West that can potentially upset them.

The Spurs, Clippers, Memphis and to a lesser degree GSW and Denver all have a legitimate shot at an upset win in a series.

Face those teams twice and the odds stack up against you fast.

Heck, even the probable lower 7/8 seed teams (Utah, Rockets, Portland and the Lakers) could potentially upset any of the front running teams in a 7 game series if they got hot at the right time.

As for Miami, I think the teams that could give Miami the toughest time of the favored teams from the West are Memphis (too much size), Spurs (too much ball movement and experience) and the Clippers (crazy deep), with OKC oddly as the least favored of the four simply due to match ups of play style.

OKC has the best odds to win the WCF, but that doesn't mean their odds are even as good as 50/50 to win the WCF.

Compare this where the East where I think most people acknowledge that Miami is the odds on favorite with a better than 50/50 chance to come out of the East. With the injury to Rondo, who can really challenge the Heat this year out of the East?

The Knicks? Indiana? The Bulls (if Rose is healthy)? And 2/3 of those teams I wouldn't even consider a favorite against Denver or GSW in a 7 game series, let alone Memphis, OKC, the Spurs or the Clippers. Heck, I'm not even sure if 2/3 of those teams would be favorites against Portland and the Houston Rockets.

can a team have the best odds to win the wcf and still be underdogs to win the west? lol

[kdspurman]

LOL who's complaining? I was just pointing out that everyone hates Hubie Brown because he comes off as biased against both sides. He just has a terrible way of wording things. One side will catch what you pointed out about LeBron, and the other will only catch what he says about how it's "unfortunate" that their team did something good. Again, I never thought you were a Celtics fan, just pointing it out.

I actually like Hubie.

He seems to praise both sides during the games and doesn't seem too biased one way or the other on most nights.

[Blitzbolt]

I think our bigs (Memphis)could beat OKC but they are the favorites.