2015-16 Raptors and General NBA Thread

[Senator Clay Davis]

Lowry made the All-NBA third team, which is pretty impressive given the competition level at the position. I probably would have bumped LeBron for Durant on the first team. And DeAndre Jordan ahead of Cousins? Hmmm...

First team
Steph Curry
Russell Westbrook
Kawhi Leonard
LeBron James
DeAndre Jordan

Second Team
Chris Paul
Damian Lillard
Kevin Durant
Draymond Green
DeMarcus Cousins

Third Team
Kyle Lowry
Klay Thompson
Paul George
LaMarcus Aldridge
Andre Drummond

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Yeah, I mean I could understand if they were out getting hammered or something, but going out to a Casino is a pretty passive activity.

were they betting on the Cavs?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by InBurkeWeTrust

I think they take game 6, but cavs end up taking the series.

in the most lop-sided 7 game series of all time

honestly they can't beat the Cavs when they are actually putting in the effort

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Just started watching this after the hockey game, great action. Looks like the Warriors live to see another day.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/26...t-casino-visit]

So stupid. There's so much time for casinos in another week or two. Big games deserve concentration and preparation. The Raps didn't even show up ready to play. I don't care what anyone says, that's an unprofessional decision in crunch time. I mean, I even got to bed early the night before so I could be up late enough to watch the game, and that required no energy or preparation on my part. What the heck are these guys thinking?

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Steve Simmons is a hack.

Yes, the optics aren't great, he says they were walking through the casino. Were they gambling? Drinking? Partying? Getting something to eat?

DD even said he was up until 4 in his room watching a movie. Is that ok for Simmons?

They probably should be at least in their hotel, but walking through a casino doesn't mean much to me unless they're spotted doing something bad. Basically Simmons says they were up late and that's it. I'm sure he got a lot of hits on the site, though.

[kmart]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

So stupid. There's so much time for casinos in another week or two. Big games deserve concentration and preparation. The Raps didn't even show up ready to play. I don't care what anyone says, that's an unprofessional decision in crunch time. I mean, I even got to bed early the night before so I could be up late enough to watch the game, and that required no energy or preparation on my part. What the heck are these guys thinking?

Steve Simmons is a terrible reporter, who literally reports anything for click bait.

See Phil Keseel.

The hot dog vendor who parks daily at Front and John Sts. just lost his most reliable customer.

Almost every afternoon at 2:30 p.m., often wearing a toque, Phil Kessel would wander from his neighbourhood condominium to consume his daily snack.

Like really? Does he just follow players around from their home/hotel to wherever they are?

It must suck being an athlete in Toronto because of reporters like him.

[Trojan97]

Think for a second about the life these guys live. They play a game from 7-9:30 on most nights. By the time they meet as a team, shower, change, have media availability they probably arent leaving until around 11PM. You get home/to the team hotel and want to go grab something to eat/decompress a little bit. So you head out and probably don't even get anywhere until 1130-12. Say you're just out for a meal. That puts you out until 1230-1am without even doing anything "bad". I'm sure these guys carry their weird schedules over to the off days. I'd be worried if they were found in the club behind a velvet rope surrounded by women and multiple bottles. For all we know they were involved in a poker game that ran long. Big deal.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Corey Joseph said he had 11 hours sleep. If they won would Simmons print a similar article?

The Raptors played like garbage and lost. Carroll and Joseph probably should not have been in a casino that late, it looks bad. But walking through a casino and actually doing anything bad are two different matters. If there's a curfew issue, that's on Casey to take care of. It's not on Simmons to insinuate that those two are out partying like rock stars the night before a game.

Simmons is really, really happy with all the publicity, though.

[jayswin]

Scola needs to be on the bench ASAP. You can't win the biggest game in franchise history with a guy like him out there. Full, wide open, uncontested 3 and he's a full foot off, turn overs. Just awful.

[GirlySports]

Cheats

[Jbo]

Not the start I was hoping for...

[jayswin]

Wow, refs just handed the game to the Cavs with an inexcusable travelling call, then a VERY questionable flagrant 1 on Bismack. Just horrid officiating. Not much to see here tonight, if they're that intent on aiding the outcome.

[Skaloper]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Wow, refs just handed the game to the Cavs with an inexcusable travelling call, then a VERY questionable flagrant 1 on Bismack. Just horrid officiating. Not much to see here tonight, if they're that intent on aiding the outcome.

I thought that Refs in hockey were bad but holy crap basketball is horrid.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Skaloper

I thought that Refs in hockey were bad but holy crap basketball is horrid.

It's not horrid, it's calculated.

[jayswin]

As far as I'm concerned they took a 6-0 Raptors run, saw that it was likely to grow larger and "managed" the run from getting out of control. That's why basketball's so easy to manipulate, it's all based on runs, and runs are so easy to kill with one little forgivable "mistake"

[Skaloper]

Jefferson needs to calm down. Technical Foul on him and rightly so.

And they also gives Technical's to the Raptors what a joke.

[corporatejay]

Hahah oh boy.

[Jbo]

I mean, they got it right on the call on the refs..."gutless"

[corporatejay]

This is Kings-Lakers level