2017-18 Toronto Raptors and General NBA Thread

[Jbo]

Ugh

[TheAlpineOracle]

Casey is supposed to be a defensive specialist right?

[I_H8_Crawford]

Lol. Another sweep.

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by Beninho

I wouldn’t be so confident, lebron is the freak of all freaks and he will probably play those minutes and average 35 10 and 10. I’ve seen him do this for 14 years now, the Cavs are going to be extremely difficult to beat. Any team lebron is on is hard to beat, regardless of whose on his team

Don’t want to say I called it but... he’s averaging 35pts 11assists and 8 rebounds.

Lowry had a great game, a shame Derozan couldn’t just have had a decent game.

[Strange Brew]

Well that is tough. Hard to defend a running bank shot from one of the greatest of all time. I mean, that’s a shot you can’t really stop him from getting off, you’d think he would miss it.

[mivdo]

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

Wow. LeBron just walked into the huddle of the Raptors during the timeout. Ref tells
Him to leaves and he laughs and says “this is my house”.

I cant wait till GSW runs the cavs over.

[Drake]

NBA fines Raptors Masai Ujiri $25K for "walking onto the playing court at halftime to verbally confront game officials."

Joel Embiid was not happy with the lack of calls in Game 3. Not fined lol

[dino7c]

fold the franchise...you are never gonna get top talent to play in Canada and in the NBA you can't win without the SUPERSTARS

[Beninho]

Raptors defense has been terrible for a very long time now, for a defensive coach like Casey that is very damming imo. If there is one thing this team should be good at it is playing defense.

2 more years of 40 year old Ibaka

[Beninho]

Derozan driving the rim trying to be lebron. Not even looking for his mid range again. No idea what he’s being told by the coaches but holy hell has he been awful.

[The Big Chill]

Originally Posted by Beninho

Derozan driving the rim trying to be lebron. Not even looking for his mid range again. No idea what he’s being told by the coaches but holy hell has he been awful.

You don't want DeRozan driving to the rim? He's started this game just fine. It's our team defense that's been awful.

[The Big Chill]

JV is showing why Casey failed this team. The Cavs have absolutely no way of stopping him. He should have been getting the ball in his hands right from game 1.

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

JV is showing why Casey failed this team. The Cavs have absolutely no way of stopping him. He should have been getting the ball in his hands right from game 1.

100%, Ibaka’s ass should be stapled to the bench the rest of the way. Roll Siakam JV and play Lucas. At least Lucas can provide some rim protection. Ibaka is a liability on both ends

Edit: oh look he’s right back in. Casey needs to go. Sits Demar but plays Ibaka whenever he can.

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

You don't want DeRozan driving to the rim? He's started this game just fine. It's our team defense that's been awful.

I like him driving to the rim but that’s all he’s been trying to do this series. Has went completely away from his mid range game, which is what makes him lethal. He has to be doing both or he becomes way too predictable

[Beninho]

Classic Casey, 2 minutes too late for the timeout. Not enough Van Vleet or Wright this game. Lowry been garbage. This could be game here

[savemedrzaius]

Why take JV out when he was dominating the game?

Stupid stupid coach.

[Senator Clay Davis]

This has to be one of the worst defensive performances ever by a team who was in the top five in defensive rating. Pathetic really.

[The Big Chill]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

This has to be one of the worst defensive performances ever by a team who was in the top five in defensive rating. Pathetic really.

Ya I can't believe how hard we've fallen apart on the defensive side. Every shot for the Cavs was wide open

[savemedrzaius]

Every single pumpfake is bitten. It's like the Raptors have never played basketball before.

This is how a franchise loses fans. People get tired of this and just say screw it I'm done.

[Senator Clay Davis]

No communication, lazy switches, half hearted jump out efforts, no discipline. Just a total team collapse both mentally and basketball wise.