2015-16 Raptors and General NBA Thread

[Huntingwhale]

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/dear-basketball/

[Hockey_Ninja]

Will the Warriors ever lose another game?

[Da_Chief]

I hope not. Would love to see history re-written.

[Hockey_Ninja]

I know a good amount of people on here don't like Kobe, but the NBA is really going to feel weird to me without him. It's hard for me to imagine basketball without him playing. He's easily one of my all-time favourites.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Kobe's been gone for about two years now. In an alternate world he makes the free throws after tearing his achilles, and retires post game. Instead Jimmy Buss is the dumbest man ever and offers him $50 million for two more years. No one could ever blame him for taking it. It feels like now he's just out there to put together one more great night before he goes. He'll be at the All-Star game despite possibly shooting under 30%, I never liked him but it isn't fun at all watching him basically go out there like a YMCA player.

[Hockey_Ninja]

EDIT: wrong thread

[Karl]

Great game from the Raps. Nice that Lucas Nogueira gets big minutes in the 4th quarter.

[Karl]

Great games by Lowry, Joseph & Mr. Mogueira.

[kmart]

Great game! Such a tough team they've got this year too. Offensively still a nightmare, but full credit on getting a win on a night where they just didn't have much in the first half.

[octothorp]

Disappointed I missed this one but sounds like I'll need to watch the second half when I have a chance. It would be great if they can develop Bebe a little more, even to the point of being a reliable backup C. Nogueira and Bismack are two very different types of defenders, and being able to throw either out there depending on matchup would be a nice luxury to have.

[kmart]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Disappointed I missed this one but sounds like I'll need to watch the second half when I have a chance. It would be great if they can develop Bebe a little more, even to the point of being a reliable backup C. Nogueira and Bismack are two very different types of defenders, and being able to throw either out there depending on matchup would be a nice luxury to have.

Both are long defenders, I'd say you would want Biyombo for larger players and Bebe for perimeter post players. For a 7 footer Bebe can really move those feet. The difference on the offensive end is a world of difference though and you can see it with the couple of alleys that Bebe caught today. I could see offense being a reason why Casey left Bebe in for the entire fourth quarter, though Bebe did good on the defensive end as well.

[kmart]

Just taking a glance at the NBA scoreboard and you see that Steph Curry scored 40 points on just 18 shots and also 28 in the third quarter. Unbelievable. The crazy thing is that he only shot 4 free throws to achieve that number.

[Senator Clay Davis]

The Sixers motto this year: Win under 10 for Ben. And after Ben Simmons put up a line of 43 points (15-20), 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks last night, you can understand why teams will be tanking for him. With the Sixers sucking so much, I honestly wonder if the Warriors can't beat them by 100 points. Something like 165-65.

[Karl]

Raps come up a bit short tonight at home against the Nuggets. A poor 1st quarter was their biggest undoing as they were outscored 29-19. Nuggets shot well from 3 point line. Lowry & Carroll stunk up the joint tonight with piss poor shooting the whole game.

[octothorp]

Raptors were unexpectedly close to GS last time, so either we're in for the same, or GS is going to be extra-prepared and win by 30. Between it being an afternoon road game, and not having Barnes, this is probably one of the only losable games the Nuggets have left this calendar year.

[bluejays]

I'm going to guess the Raps are going to get blown out early in this game. I don't think they can play the GS uptempo game. They tend to play the other teams game when they're overwhelmed. Lowry specifically has to make sure not to get caught playing the one on one streetball game to try and compete with Curry.

[kmart]

Man, the smallest lapse in focus will turn into a 3 for this Warriors team.

[kmart]

IMO, Raptors still running too much of last years offence where they try to isolate against mismatches. Against the Warriors that kind of offence hardly works.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Like last time you can arguably say they've outplayed the Warriors but you just cannot give them an inch. Should be a fun finish.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Lowry is a legit top 3 MVP candidate right now with Curry and Kawhi. That contract is a mega bargain right now.