By "not going through enough playoff disappointments" I mean a lack of experience to win it all. And that means both players and coach. About the only guy on the team with real playoff skins on the wall is Fisher, maybe Perkins. Also pretty sure the Mavs won the title last year, finally redeeming themselves from all those years of struggle and frustration. Would like to see the Thunder do that and make the playoffs 12 years straight. The Mavs have built and rebuilt their team around Dirk to consistently win year in and year out. The Thunder have just sucked so bad that they have a team of young lottery picks all on the same team. Lets see how good they are when they lose Harden in FA after next season and don't have the benefit of drafting in the top 5 every year.
Mavs fans are the biggest damn crybabies of any franchise. You guys follow the lead of Dirk very well.
To win the whole thing (if they beat San Antonio) they would have beaten 4 out of the last 6 (Dallas, LA, SA, Boston or Miami) teams to win an NBA title since the Bulls had their dynasty - the other team is Detroit.
Really? So just because someone has an opinion that doesnt support your team of choice automatically makes them crybabies? What a fool. Dirk shut the mouths of all the Haters out there once and for all last year with his play on court. I'll admit that what the Thunder have done this year is impressive. I'm just saying I don't think they have what it takes to win it all yet.
That's not what I'm saying at all. I know several Mavs fans and they are all sour grapes whiners about the Thunder. Never giving the props that they deserve. No sweat off my balls.
I still like Ginobli and I still like the Spurs. They lost to a younger and better team in the Thunder. ...and I'm a Mavericks fan that is also a Thunder fan. They're sorta 1 and 1-A on my list...just not sure which one goes on top? I like the way the Thunder has been put together as a team and the way they've matured as a team before our eyes the past few years, so I'm leaning towards Thunder being my fave.
Thunder vs Miami or Boston is like taking on the NY Yankees in baseball. I would think almost everyone is pulling for the Thunder.(except maybe blue state folks)
If it's Thunder-Celtics I think fandom will be more evenly split. I don't think the Celtics generate the same type, or at least as much, fan hate as the Yankees do. If it's Thunder-Heat the great majority outside Miami will be Thunder fans in the series.
I agree that th Celtics don't gin up the dislike as much as the Yankees or the Heat, but they are still old school, blue-staters, although they MIGHT be considered an underdog vs the Thunder.
Hasn't Kevin Durant learned to keep quiet about his love for the tx cows? I sure hope he has seen the need to stifle such comments.
Not that I know of. He's tweeted things, flashed the "hook em" thing in Norman, said he hates OU, and signs most of his autographs in Norman with "hook 'em" all in the last year or so. Even so, everyone and their dog has and wears Durant shirts around Norman. I personally find it a bit distasteful, but I'm not even much of a Thunder fan.
