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Originally Posted by kmart
I thought the reffing really let Brooklyn dictate the physicality on their side of the ball and the Raps got called for small bumps that really compromised the defence. Small fouls like when Vasquez was fronting Johnson didn't allow the Raps to be physical with the Net's physical players.
The same calls were not called for both teams regardless of what happened. The block/charge game between the Raps and the Net's was a terrible display of officiating.
Interesting to note that Casey said DeRozan had the flu during the game.
As for the team moving forward I'm looking forward to the development of Jonas. I think he is all-star material and could potentially be the best center in the east in about 2-3 years. If you look at trends of post players most of them don't reach their peak until their 4th to 5th years in the league.
They should probably exercise the team option on Amir's contract and try to re-sign Lowry for a reasonable price.
I'm hoping they find a decent replacement for Salmons, because at this stage of his career he is a complete disaster on the offensive end. His offence pretty much negates anything that he does on defence. Maybe their draft pick could fill the void.
Great season this year. I'll be looking forward to next season for the Raps.
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Agreed with everything completely. Salmons needs to be replaced. The bench this year was incredible and played like solid 6th men. But back to Salmons again, the guy is useless at this stage. Slow, and almost emotionless in a bad way - he just didn't fit in. I was actually wrong about this team and Lowry this year and am so glad they did this well as a young team. Pretty much the St. Louis Blues of basketball. I don't know what their cap situation is, but aside from Salmons, I hope this team remains relatively intact. I don't think 1A FA signing will work for this team. There are certain concerns I have, and I'm not sure what comes of a guy like Ross. If it were me, I'd keep him, but then you have very similar players in Ross and DeRozan, and Ross won't have much development sharing time with him (but not good enough to be a starter yet as well). Real conundrum. Above all, where I think they have to address under the basket defensive defence. Way to many easy baskets under the basket this year, but also if they could get a solid player like Joe Johnson who can hit the 3, without overshadowing his teammates, that would be great. This is a real team atmosphere and anyone brought in can't overshadow that culture. While he wouldn't provide 3's, I wonder if JJ Hickson could be brought in?