2016-17 Toronto Raptors and General NBA Thread

[Senator Clay Davis]

Andrew Bogut's Cavs career might end up lasting exactly one minute. Broken tibia, out indefinitely.

[Hockey Fan #751]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Andrew Bogut's Cavs career might end up lasting exactly one minute. Broken tibia, out indefinitely.

Reminds me of Doug Gilmour's second stint with the Leafs which lasted one game (ironically, the game was in Calgary).

[Machiavelli]

Casey riding JV in the fourth? What is life??!!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Happy for JV, he needed this game for his confidence alone.

[Drake]

Man remember when the Warriors lost depth but got Cupcake? Now there #### without him, they won't be getting out of the West if he isn't back by the playoffs.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Two weeks ago, Spurs-Warriors looked like a great matchup with #1 seed implications, and five All-Stars scheduled to play. And now there are....zero All-Stars playing. Kawhi is in concussion protocol, Durant is out, and now Kerr is resting Steph, Klay and Draymond. Oh yeah, this is the ABC showcase game of the week. Wonder if ABC demands a refund.

[Drake]

Westbrook passes Wilt Chamberlain for 2nd-Most Triple-Doubles in season with his 32nd this afternoon. Can he get 10 triple doubles in 16 games to break the single season record???

[St. Pats]

Not too many comments on the Raptors these days. Understandable considering they are looking like a fringe playoff team of late.

[killer_carlson]

I loved Casey's answer after he was asked about JV having a great game. He was asked if he thought running some plays for JV helped get him into the game at both ends.

Casey responds with "it shouldn't matter", blah blah blah. And it shouldn't. But it absolutely does. Casey has such a narrow focus as a coach. Someone needs to tell him that the forwards would like to handle the ball once in a while during the game - and where it doesn't come off of a last second off balance pass from the guards.

[Karl]

Raps 100-78 over red-hot Dallas Mavericks. Not too shabby.

[Karl]

Fist fight in Raptors game. Lopez & Ibaka ejected.

[The Big Chill]

Ibaka caught him pretty good. Terrible game so far though.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Bulls just have their number. At least it's extremely unlikely they see them in the playoffs.

[bluejays]

Great comeback by the Raps, but absolutely ####ty shot by DeRozan at the end. Idiot has all the time in the world and take a shot 5 feet from the 3 point line.

[Karl]

COJO!!! That'll do it!

[The Big Chill]

We beat Chicago!!!

[octothorp]

That was epic; of all their many comebacks this year, it's hard to top a late 4th comeback over the Bulls. Tucker in a Raptors uniform just feels so right.

Hopefully Serge only gets one game and didn't hurt his wrist in the altercation. Lopez on the other hand should probably get about 3-5 for initiating it after the whistle and then throwing the first punch.

[St. Pats]

What a weird and crazy game. Ibaka likely suspended and possibly injured. Playing like complete goofs and then the fight and they wake up. Slash and claw complete with stupid plays galore especially by DD at the end of regulation. Then a heart thumping OT and finally the curse is OVER!!!!

[Senator Clay Davis]

While we all clamored for help at PF, the Raps certainly have more than enough depth at PG. Lowry, Joseph, Wright, VanVleet...nothing to complain about there.

[St. Pats]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

While we all clamored for help at PF, the Raps certainly have more than enough depth at PG. Lowry, Joseph, Wright, VanVleet...nothing to complain about there.

I think they are lucky they have the three of them. Tonight Wright was off and the fourth stringer gets it done. But Wright has had some very good games especially defensively. Getting it done by committee.

But please basketball gods let Lowry comeback and let Ibaka not be seriously hurt. Cause that committee ain't getting it done in the playoffs.