2025 West Semifinals: (1) Oklahoma City Thunder Vs. (4) Denver Nuggets

Westbrook was HORRIBLE this season. Typical horrific efficiency. Denver was 8.3 pts better when he was on the bench because he's one of the most damaging offensive players in the league. Just another feather in the cap to Jokic, turning russ into a playable playoff player is just wild beyond belief. Literally don't think any other player in the league could do that, zero.

 

WB already has an all time status esp with his MVP and triple doubles lol

If he gets a ring he has a better legacy than Harden and Cp3 and its not even close.

 

lol no.

a ring as a role player for Jokic would not make him better all time than cp3 or harden.

 

He has the MVP. I know everyone here is salty about seeing him become successful over Harden and Cp3 but thats the reality.

cp3 doesnt even have 1 MVP so he is out. Harden will prob end with 0 ring so he is out. If WB ends up having a ring thats what matters. Its not like he is riding the bench ala Tmac dude just hit Gordon for the winner. The previous round he obv outplayed Harden.

 

lmfao you wild for this

 

Some of your pure trolling is amusing but this is not one of those, it's too absurd for anyone to believe you're being serious.

 

How is it absurd? If WB wins a ring he has more team and individual accolades than Cp3.

Stats dont matter if you always choke in the playoffs.

 

Getting a ring as a bench player doesn’t move the needle, look at TMAC.

NBA champion.


Hell dursnt was the best player and in a lot of people’s eyes he still isn’t a real champion. WB has a solid career but I wouldn’t put above Harden. Also no def not better than CP3 who is arguably a top 5 PG. WB as the main guy —> career failure. It was the talk of the league for a while and people made the case that a score first PG could never win

 

Tmac didnt contribute to his ring (?) how is that the same as WB when WB contributed a lot in the first round also won their game 1 this round?

Durant has 2 rings people say he is fake but really who puts Malone and Charles Barkley and Nash over him?You think those 3 are better than KD all time?

 

Ok give tmac 15 min a game and 10ppg

in this hypothetical does it move the needle?

of course not.

we’re talking about WB because he was the MVP and the main guy.

Now referring to him as a bench player doesn’t put him in the same critique category but then also not the praise. If he goes 0ppg nobody is blaming him for a loss.

 

WB was the main guy when he won his MVP. That puts him on par with Harden who also has his own MVP and both of them left Cp3 in the dust who has 0 MVP.

If WB gets his ring that puts him above Harden cuz he has a ring and Harden doesnt. WB is putting up 14/4/2 while shooting 38% from 3 and being one of their better perimeter defenders. If they win a ring he contributed to it and the Nuggets def dont win round 1 without him. Compare that to Tmac who had no impact.

 

Because cp3 was a WAY WAY better player? Anyway. This is just too asinine to debate

 

If Cp3 was so good why doesnt he even have 1 MVP?

Cp3 has more efficient stats but that never leads anywhere. Point god but has the most 2-0 collapse in NBA history

You are right it is too asinine to debate WB already has better individual accolades he will also have better team accolades when he gets a ring.

 

You realize that mvp is something that people vote on right? Just because you won doesn't mean it was deserved. CP3 was EASILY the mvp the year kobe got his, but voters wanted to give one to kobe regardless of how undeserved it was.

Looked it up just for fun:
1st team all nba, 4 to 2 for cp3
all defense, 9 to 0 for cp3
BPM, 6.6 to 3.6 for cp3
VORP 98.9 to 58.4
WS 215 to 112 for cp3
WS/48 0.226 to 0.131 for cp3

Tough call for sure, but i'd PROBABLY go cp3 here

 

Coulda woulda shoulda. At the end of the day Cp3 doesnt have any and WB has one. Rox prob win a ring if he didnt get injured but he did and we cant act like he got one.

If you wanna argue voting inconsistencies WB got his MVP for the triple double season but never got one after even if he average triple double again for like 3 yra straight. So really WB should have had 3-4 MVP.

Also looked at blown 2-0 leads in the playoffs. Tough call, but I'd go WB here. Cp3 is the ultimate regular season master, playoff choker. All his stats need to come with a disclaimer he will choke in the playoffs.

 

What ring does TMAC have?? You guys on here need to quit talking basketball, definitely out of your depth.

 

Na, russ shouldn’t have 3-4 mvps, he should have 5-6. Cp3 is also light years better in the playoffs than russ for his career. I know you don’t care about facts so i won’t bother posting it but you can look it up yourself. The gap in the playoffs between them is just as massive, if not more massive than the regular season.

 

Jesus fine he went to the finals riding the bench and didn’t get the ring that year.

it definitely completely changes my point right?? I’m glad you understand basketball dumbass. While you’re at it, perhaps read 99% of the rest of it and perhaps you’ll grasp the bigger point being made. It’s not subtle so if you think a bench player out of their prime winning a ring qualifies moving up in their legacy you need more help and time than I’m willing to give