***** Round 2: Spurs vs. Blazers *****

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Chipotlemonger
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Buying a Leonard shirt ASAP. Damn I love Kawhi.

Anyone have a link or vid of that crazy steal/dunk last night by him? Through 2 defenders? I had prior obligations and couldn't watch the game.

Can't wait to beat the Clips or Thunder. Go Spurs!
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Diet Cokehead
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Durant is just like the rest of the superstars.

Except he's not.

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After the speech, everyone focused on Durant’s wonderful words about his mother, and rightfully so — that section alone could have been a pantheon sports speech. But I couldn’t get over how graciously Durant treated his teammates. They were sitting behind him like little kids, fighting to keep their composure as he mentioned them one at a time. He explained how each player resonated with him, sprinkling each story with a personal touch and smartly saving his buddy Westbrook for last.

“I know you guys think I forgot Russ,” he joked as everyone laughed nervously. “I could speak all night about Russell. An emotional guy who would run through a wall for me. I don’t take it for granted. There’s days where I just want to tackle you and tell you to snap out of it sometimes. I know there’s days you want to do the same thing with me. I love you, man. I love you.”

Stop there. No way Jordan would ever describe Pippen that way. No way LeBron describes Wade that way. No way Kobe describes ANYONE that way. Durant’s best quality was always Duncan’s best quality — he doesn’t care how his team wins, just that they do. He’s one of the best teammates ever. And just with those eight sentences, he squashed even the most remote possibility of an Avon-Stringer ending. But Durant wasn’t close to being done yet.

“A lot of people put unfair criticism on you as a player,” Durant said, his voice quavering. “And I’m the first to have your back, man, through it all. Just stay the person you are, man. Everyone loves you here. I love you. I thank you so much, man. You made me better. Your work ethic — I always wanted to compete with you, I always wanted to pull up in the parking lot of the arena or the practice facility, and if you beat me there I was always upset. I always wanted to outwork you. And you set the bar, you set the tone. Thank you so much, man. Thank you. You got a big piece of this [trophy]. You’re an MVP-caliber player and it’s a blessing to play with you.”

So much for trading Russell Westbrook. I have been following sports for something like 40 years — I can’t remember a teammate sticking up for another teammate better than that. Not ever. The point was made. Russ is my brother. We are in this together for better and worse. And just like that, we went from thinking They’re trading Westbrook if they don’t win the title soon to They’re never, ever, EVER trading Westbrook. Kevin Durant flipped the script on the “journey,” just like that, in less than 50 seconds. Either KD sticks around like Duncan stuck around in San Antonio, or he’s a greater actor than Daniel Day-Lewis. I’m betting on the former. You can’t fake that stuff. You just can’t.


http://grantland.com/features/simmons-oklahoma-city-thunder-nba-championship/
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Diet Cokehead
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mAgnoliAg
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Ok it'll be fun when he jumps ship after the next 2 seasons. My biggest highlight of Durant this season was when he screamed "get off me *****" at Terrence Jones after making a contested layup on him. It was picked up very loud and clear by the tv mics. I still hope he takes y'all to the woodshed though, so the best player in the game can then show him who's boss.
Brian Earl Spilner
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Grade 1 strain for Parker. Says it's not that bad and he will be able to play. For comparisons sake, he suffered a grade 2 strain of the hamstring during game 3 of the nba finals last year. He should be alright.

Hope clips win tonight to give him a couple extra days rest though.
Diet Cokehead
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My biggest highlight of Durant this season was when he screamed "get off me *****" at Terrence Jones after making a contested layup on him.

A player in the NBA playing with emotion? Shocking. There is only one Kawhi Leonard.
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My biggest highlight of Durant this season was when he screamed "get off me *****" at Terrence Jones after making a contested layup on him.

A player in the NBA playing with emotion? Shocking. There is only one Kawhi Leonard.

Oh I scream "get off me *****" all the time when I play along with plenty other worse things, but people don't think I'm a saint.

Oh and don't even get me started on Kawhi Leonard. Nah Kawhi is a good guy and one of the very few I like on the spurs.
Guitarsoup
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Kawhi smiled once. It was awful.



jr15aggie
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Rofl at that gif... Seriously!!! It's like he got mad at himself for showing emotion! So much win there!

U da man Kawhi!
Ulrich
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I always wondered whether he had teeth.
Ulrich
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From PtR
GatorAg03
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So are the Clips this good or has OKC taken a step back since the Harden days? I still think OKC advances, but they have looked very beatable. The could have easily lost both series they played. Do these close series wear them out or battle test them? Can we defend the post like the Griz and Clips have done?

Make them a jump shooting team and keep them out of transition appears to be the recipe.
Diet Cokehead
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We own the Clips. OKC has been mediocre all playoffs but they got the zebras on their side.
DTP02
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Dp

[This message has been edited by DTP02 (edited 5/15/2014 11:13p).]
DTP02
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If you went to "Tux and Tennies", the Spurs big fundraiser, last year, they showed video of a skit with Kawhi and "Coach B" on it where Kawhi wore a red Orphan Annie wig AND smiled AND winked. It's like seeing legit UFO or Loch Ness monster footage. Incidentally the real stars of the video (well, in my eyes anyway) were my two sons who were on Coach B's team along with Kawhi.

[This message has been edited by DTP02 (edited 5/15/2014 11:15p).]
Ag Natural
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Its all about the matchup. LAC has Griffin and Jordan up front and they really give OKC problems that the Spurs won't give them. Ibaka tends to dominate the Spurs defensively but he gets handled by Griffin.
agwin12
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Looks like OKC and the Spurs with game 1 Monday night.
Brian Earl Spilner
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@ DTP:
Btron
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This is awesome!
 
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