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After a thrilling 7-game series, the Oklahoma City Thunder are finally NBA champions
NPR ^ | 06/22/25 | Becky Sullivan

Posted on 06/22/2025 8:44:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 06/22/2025 8:44:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Hahahahaha...the thug league is finally over. Who the f cares?


2 posted on 06/22/2025 8:50:14 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Fungi

Yawn.


3 posted on 06/22/2025 8:55:33 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: SeekAndFind

No stars. Unknown players.


4 posted on 06/22/2025 9:00:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: SeekAndFind

Oklahoma has a basketball team? What happened to the Chicago Bulls? I remember when they were big.


5 posted on 06/22/2025 9:00:41 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: SeekAndFind

Brutal postseason for the NBA. So many of the better players in the league went down with injuries before and during the playoffs. TV ratings for the finals were at/near historic lows. Given the relatively small TV markets of the two teams, it was expected there would be some decline from last year. But they really dropped off a cliff.


6 posted on 06/22/2025 9:08:23 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If NPR is reporting this as news it cannot be good for the Country.


7 posted on 06/22/2025 9:15:19 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s a hollow victory tyrese tore his Achilles so without their star player the pacers didn’t stand a chance..but Indiana blew game 4 when they were up 10 they would have won the series in six


8 posted on 06/22/2025 9:31:17 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SeekAndFind

They got really lucky that their opponents best player wasn’t healthy most of the series.


9 posted on 06/22/2025 10:00:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway ( )
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To: CatOwner

And now a promising young team, the Rockets, decided to fold.


10 posted on 06/22/2025 10:01:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

And yet it was the most competitive series since the last time the Finals went to Game 7 in 2016 (when the Cavaliers got their sole Finals victory over the Warriors).


11 posted on 06/22/2025 10:39:53 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Unknown players? Umm, okay.


12 posted on 06/23/2025 12:11:32 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: nickcarraway

KD will never be THE guy on a championship team


13 posted on 06/23/2025 12:15:10 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Maintaining player health is part of the game. The Pacers failed at that.
Failure = No championship.

And I was pulling for them.


14 posted on 06/23/2025 12:47:31 AM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Thrilling”? A basketball game? Hyperbole much?


15 posted on 06/23/2025 1:00:24 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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No. He peaked when he was still on OKC. But since he’s left the Warriors, none of his teams were contenders even though they were “super teams.”

I was happy the Warriors didn’t try to trade for him last season. Butler actually dragged lesser teams to the finals. KD can still put up numbers but he can’t seem to help his team enough.


16 posted on 06/23/2025 3:01:11 AM PDT by nickcarraway ( )
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To: Fungi

Trining camp starts in August. Theses thugs are on YV 24/7


17 posted on 06/23/2025 3:11:55 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Fungi

Viewership was down significantly for the couple of small-market teams.


18 posted on 06/23/2025 3:12:43 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

I hadn’t watched the NBA for a long time.
Being that the Pistons made the playoffs I tuned in.
Followed the rest of the season on and off and I would agree.
Pretty good playoffs for the most part.
Onward with the Tigers now.👍


19 posted on 06/23/2025 3:27:12 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !!s)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Really?

I mean it’s OK not to be a fan. But your statement is just ignorant.


20 posted on 06/23/2025 4:28:20 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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