Danny Ainge has to be grinning like a cheese-eatin possum because you know he knew Perkins was gimp, and Nate Robinson wouldn't even sniff the court this late in a playoff season. Kristic and Green haven't been world beaters in Beantown, but so far the edge goes to the Celtics front office on this trade.

The Lakers peaked on their long winning streak after the All-Star break. They look like circus elephants now, old and slow. Phil will have to settle for 12 NBA titles (six with the Bulls, five with the Lakers, one as a player with the Knicks)but he does get to keep Jerry Buss's daughter, Jeannie...and of course those rings.

Tell-tale sign the Thunder are in HUGE trouble: TEN points in the fourth quarter in Memphis Saturday, the Grizzlies can play defense...especially when the Thunder stand around waiting on each other to rotate and screen.

Sure looks like Sports Illustrated, ESPN, CBS Sports and the other "little" league media needs to rethink its criticism of Westbrook.

Picker, You are a joke. Glad you came back to talking about OKC. Perkins was a great trade and made our team better. Perk is locked up for the long term and will only get healthier.

Presti made a mistake with aldrich but he was the best big man availalbe and that was the need of our team. Presti's track record speaks for itself. Ibaka was a steal, the westbrook move looks like pure genious as well.

Westbrook deserves the criticism. He looks lost late in the game. It is inexusible that we did not make one pass in 4 of our last 5 possesions against Memphis. That is the trigger man's fault. He can't get all the credit for being great when he puts up big numbers and avoid criticism when he doens't.

The Thunder will win in 6. We dominated the majority of game 3 and it looks as though we have been successful limiting randolph and gasol.

Any one else find it funny the cartoon character from the minor league market is questioning other media members knowledge of the NBA?

Is it arena football time yet?

Westbrook is not the problem, it's the coaching....

When you give the PG one(1) option (pass to KD) in the final few minutes of the game, the other team can figure that out & double & triple team KD forcing Russell to get his own shot....

Russell doesn't help by walking the ball up the court watching his teammates set up(that can be fixed), but 3 on one side with KD & Russ on the other in a Double Diva style offense that the coach demands, can easily be defensed....

On offense Thabo can't shoot & neither can Perk, SERGE has to be in position to succeed when he receives a pass....

The OKC HEAD COACH either refuses to or he doesn't have the ability to adapt his team to the situation at hand in a crucial moment of a game....

Russell Westbrook is a STAR & he will only get better, KD is a STAR & he will only get better, the OKC Squad is young they still haven't peaked as a team yet....

Problem is.... Has their coach reached his mountaintop ???? He has all this talent & pieces to put together on a basketball court but he rigidly insists on putting two guys who can't score on the court at the same time in CRUNCH TIME....

Why does OKC struggle to score at the beginning of games & they always start slow after the halftime break ???? BECAUSE they play 3 against 5 on OFFENSE !!!! Having one(1) defensive specialist on the court who can't score is acceptable & possibly wise BUT two(2) at the same time can be crippling to success....

Hit the nail on the head with this one Pick. The kid is 22. Never before have I seen a guy averaging 26.5 ppg catch more grief than Westbrook and the OKC media continues to show their backside with their schizoprhenic coverage of the Thunder. But I think I said all this last week but the Pick does say it better...BTW, what was Westbrook supposed to do? I watched the game and KD stood there and allowed himself to be guarded by Allen, never ran off any screens,etc. Looked to be pouting a little. Brooks biggest mistake was not leaving Harden in. We couldnt hit the side of a barn and he puts Sefolosha in for Harden? Harden's defense is plenty good.

Another Okie, our subscriptions are up since the switch, pretty amazing don't you think. Your Thursday bread is appreciated, as I am negotiating for a cut of that single issue business. You get 10 freebie looks, ten looks here has to beat the daily pounding the senses take at the Oklahomering.

JG78, how much is the wager for charity that subscriptions are up?

GH, you don't think Westbrook has played scared ever since the attacks on him for his role in a losing effort at Denver? He seems much more unsure of himself. What's with all the public blabbing, anyhow, the coach himself saying Westbrook was shooting too much. What does the coach want, the shot clock to run out? Draw up a play, pal, so he'll have something to run. On the pay per read business, what's worth a few pennies if not the Picks.

I couldn't tell you squat about the Thunder,
but love the camaraderie shown here!
Maybe the World can open a special subscription
for Picker Access Only - a High Testerone Deal.

I guess Russell Westbrook wasnt too scared and unsure of himself last night....40 points and 3 turnovers... and he'll still probably get ripped.