OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread
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JackBurton
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I can't imagine how much NBA players would try to avoid Montreal like the plague.
MindzEye
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Raptors for two reasons. Hockey has a lot more luck based variance within a game and a 7 game series. The better team usually, usually wins in a basketball playoff series. In hockey it's a lot more of a toss up. Second is that the Eastern Conference in the NHL is pretty beastly these days (There's a very real possibility that the Leafs will have to beat 3 105+ point teams to make the finals). In the NBA, only the Celtics & Raptors are finals worthy imo and neither will see a "good" team until at least the 2nd round.
MindzEye
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Yep, wait until some dude from southern california is chirped by the media because he has no interest in learning french.
MindzEye
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Big guy with legit big man skills who is determined to play like a little guy, where he only has mediocre skills.
MindzEye
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Big guy with legit big man skills who is determined to play like a little guy, where he only has mediocre skills.
MindzEye
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It's usually a sign of a team in transition. Shit, having 4 white guys on the roster is usually a bad sign.
MindzEye
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Early thoughts:
- We are definitely not looking like the "Eastern Conference Rockets" that I heard about a few weeks ago. A lot of dribble drive into the paint. A lot. Offense generally looks out of sync, which is cool in the first game of the year with a few guys in new roles and 2 new major additions.
- Val isn't being used as a passing big as advertised
- Kawhi looks like a guy who hasn't played in a year
- Defensively you can see the potential here, but again out of sync with a bunch of breakdowns. Which is normal in the first game under a new system/coach. Thankfully it's the Cavs they got on day 1.
- We are definitely not looking like the "Eastern Conference Rockets" that I heard about a few weeks ago. A lot of dribble drive into the paint. A lot. Offense generally looks out of sync, which is cool in the first game of the year with a few guys in new roles and 2 new major additions.
- Val isn't being used as a passing big as advertised
- Kawhi looks like a guy who hasn't played in a year
- Defensively you can see the potential here, but again out of sync with a bunch of breakdowns. Which is normal in the first game under a new system/coach. Thankfully it's the Cavs they got on day 1.
leaffan2005
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Lowry playing out of his mind.
Kawhi looking much more comfortable as the game has progressed. Only concern is the rebounding but the Cavs are generally a good rebounding team and we have gone small a lot so not entirely surprising.
Kawhi looking much more comfortable as the game has progressed. Only concern is the rebounding but the Cavs are generally a good rebounding team and we have gone small a lot so not entirely surprising.
MindzEye
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He'll get dialed into his new role, don't worry. He's got the tools to be a really good "new nba" 5. He was allowed, by 2 coaches in a row to play in a way that didn't accentuate his skillset. They tried to turn him into a stretch 4 and that was cool for a few years before he lost a step of his athleticism.