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2013-14 NBA Oct-Nov Season |OT| They can't hide the championship banners Forever
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Syphon Filter
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you konex'ed them lol.
Dominican Power
Member
When does Casey get fired?
Hopefully not anytime soon. His incompetence is perfectly suited for the tank
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Only three Raptors with an assist today, wtf.
Rudy Gay with 33 possessions and no assists, lol.
Rudy Gay with 33 possessions and no assists, lol.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
They opened up OT with three straight possessions without a pass.
you have to actively work to NOT get assists
makes melo look like prime magic
Syphon Filter
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ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Rudy Gay could end up being the 2nd perimeter player in NBA history (and first in 30 years) to have a season with a USG% over 30 and an AST% under 10, he's determined to make history this year.
Dominican Power
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54 shots between DeRozen and Gay
lawlohwhat
Banned
that's pretty much how they ended the 4th quarter too
Who is he meant to be passing it too?
Derozan can't shoot, Lowry went 1-7 from 3, and none of their bigs have range.
I'm ambivalent on the rudy gay front these days, but that team is an out and out mess.
Meh. I find it more telling that portland had to take this to OT.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
Valanciunas with one shot in the last 17+ minutes in the game, he was 8/11
sigh.
sigh.
10am game, up 17 in the fourth, let the crowd get back into it, Rudy Gay hit a couple of threes, lackluster defense to close out the 4th. Meh. That was just a game of runs, and Toronto got hot with 6 mins to go and then flatlined in OT when Portland decided to move the ball again.
Like I said, TRASH.
But we're missing our best low post option and rebounder.
Our PG is playing with an injured shoulder and our head coach was just in the hospital as well.
We're only 1 game under .500.
pls understand
:3
Rodeo Clown
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We have the third best point differential?
Yeah. Portland really aren't that convincing a team.
Got lots of easy wins at the start i think?
Probably not sustainable, no, but I've seen crazier things happen.
The fact that they're winning on the road and at home is encouraging, since that is most of the times a really good barometer whether a team is actually good or not.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
The Blazers have had an easy schedule and their opponents aren't making any threes (Portland is first in three point defense now at under 30% and that's probably just luck) and those two things won't continue, but 8-2 is still a good start regardless.
And people bitching about Irving as well.
http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland...s-96-ot-jason-lloyd-s-final-thoughts-1.445539
Amir, Valanciunas, and DeRozan are all very good finishers around the basket though so most guys would be able to get a lot of drive and dish assists if they were using the obscene possession totals that Gay is using.
And people bitching about Irving as well.
http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland...s-96-ot-jason-lloyd-s-final-thoughts-1.445539
Amir, Valanciunas, and DeRozan are all very good finishers around the basket though so most guys would be able to get a lot of drive and dish assists if they were using the obscene possession totals that Gay is using.
Yeah. But there's no spacing at all. You can literally have 5 guys just stand around the restricted circle. Its very crowded in there.
I'm not saying Rudy is great or anything. But the makeup of that team isn't helping anything. It wouldn't surprise me if Toronto was the lowest assist team in the league. They have no offensive system what so ever. Casey should be fired for that alone. its one thing if the players can't carry out your system. Another if you don't have one.
Yeah. Toronto are dead last. 1.2 behind Utah even.
Portland's defensive rating jumped from 28th to 18th in the last couple of days, but that doesn't include today's game. It's still early in the season so it's kinda hard to gauge these numbers.
It's a good sign that they have a win against someone like the Spurs under their belt.
Lillard needs to get his ridiculously low 2PT% up as he's 22/61 in the paint and that's not good at all.
It's a good sign that they have a win against someone like the Spurs under their belt.
Lillard needs to get his ridiculously low 2PT% up as he's 22/61 in the paint and that's not good at all.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Look at the Raptors' roster they are fucking bad and most likely deserve the 1st pick
Thing is, 4 of the 5 pieces i actually like. But none of them should be your best player. Or second best. And most of them don't fit together at all.
To clarify, lowry is the player i wouldn't want on my team. Another trash Rockets PG.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Toronto needs to trade Gay and DeRozan for anything at this point. I don't see what role they can possibly have on a good team at their contracts since those guys shouldn't be starting with how insanely one-dimensional and inefficient they've gotten. Preferably, they should traded for Amare so that Gay and Melo can have a fight on the court over who gets to iso next. Then they can free Amir Johnson and send him to a good team so that the league can see that he's very good.
Rodeo Clown
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You like DeRozan?
Bubble Metropolis
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Grizzlies finally playing how they're supposed to? Really like having Koufos in the team.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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The Heat are the worst offensive rebounding team in NBA history so far this year and they're still the best offense in the NBA, that is incredible.
Going to thank Gregg Vogel for the rest of my life for taking Duncan out to allow 2 straight offensive rebounds at the end of game 6
Psychological Intellect
Banned
All according to plan
But yeah, our assists per FG was insane in some of the earlier games but it looks like we're regressing to the mean now while LBJ ascends to efficiency heaven.
Bubble Metropolis
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Cousins seems like a very angry young man. Am I reading this right?
I think DeRozan has value.. in the right situation. I think he's massively over paid, and should be on about half what he's making. But i think he's salvageable as a player. He is ok in the post, finishes well. I think I've even seen him play defense. Which is rare up there. He also seems to try. Which again, is rare up there.
I think Rudy can be controlled, and could be your 3rd best player. He played good defense in Memphis, and has an ok shot when he's set. He really shouldn't ever be allowed to iso though and really needs to be brought under tight control in a offensive system where he's not the first or second option. Again though, he should probably be on 10m per max. Instead of the 18M this year and 19M next year.
I don't think Lowry is salvageable at this point. I think he is who he is.
Psychological Intellect
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If Wiggins/Randle/Parker really can become superstars then if Toronto gets one, they'll alreasy have a good second option in Valanciunas ready. Trade everyone else though.
I'd say the bigger positives are that Rudy is an expiring next year, and Lowry's contract is done this year. And they've got the non-guaranteed contracts of Amir and Hansbrough to play with too.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Why are we playing the Warriors again tomorrow :/
I don't know.
Why is enes kanter playing so badly?
I didn't realise he was that bad on defense. He looks completely shocked when ever he has to do anything on defense. Some of the post defense he gave up to lee/bogut were WTF.
I don't even