06-14-2019, 08:48 AM
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#2961
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Holy what a stressful back and forth game, all of the drama, wow, just mentally draining. What a crazy feeling. World Champs!!! I am alive to witness a team I cheer for win a championship. Such a great feeling. Really happy for the city of Toronto, I love that place and they are going to put on a hell of a show for that parade. PLAN THE PARADE!!!
But wow. Time to party Toronto!!!
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I debated putting this in the RGMG thread and I don't want to pick on you in particular. I'm glad the Raptors won, I actually watched the last three games , its the first NBA games I've ven been interested in. However they most certainly are NOT World Champs and it annoys me greatly whenever I hear it being referred in this way. They are league champs, they are NBA champs, they are a damn good team but to claim they are world champs is over the top. I'll give props to ABC last night and anyone they interviewed. Nobody was proclaimed world champions that I saw which was a nice change.
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06-14-2019, 08:48 AM
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#2962
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Just a crazy way for that dynasty to potentially just crash down.
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Yes and the dynasty practically ended with a Chris Webber timeout. Who would have thought of that?
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06-14-2019, 09:09 AM
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#2963
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Lifetime Suspension
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The Raptors beat any team outside the NBA easily (except US national team, which would be all NBA players), that should be a good enough definition of World Champ for anyone
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06-14-2019, 09:10 AM
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#2964
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GGG
A once in a generation trade is no way more replicable than tanking for a once in a generation stars.
You needed to have an injured star who missed a year who didn’t trust his team. The injury needed to be bad enough that his value was depressed so you didn’t have to gut your team to get him. You needed to have him come back at 100%. You needed to have a top 4 team to start with with Cap space / matching Salary to make the trade.
This is not a replicable way to win a championship. And Toronto doing it just increases the trade cost for everyone trying to replicate it. The price for Davis just went up so now you will deplete your team trying to acquire the top 5 player.
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This kind of reminds me of how Burke won in Anaheim
Pronger needed out of Edmonton
Niedermayer wanted to play with his brother
Not replicable
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06-14-2019, 10:03 AM
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#2965
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matata
The Raptors beat any team outside the NBA easily (except US national team, which would be all NBA players), that should be a good enough definition of World Champ for anyone
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Yes they could, but until they do I cannot accept the claim of world champs.
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06-14-2019, 10:04 AM
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#2966
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Franchise Player
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So apparently some Sheriff tried to block Masai Ujiri from getting onto the court, and now they're contemplating charging Ujiri with assault. Damn, those US cops sure are brazen!
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06-14-2019, 10:20 AM
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#2967
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kitsilano
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lubicon
Yes they could, but until they do I cannot accept the claim of world champs.
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It’s important that you take this stand right now. Good for you.
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06-14-2019, 10:27 AM
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#2968
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
So apparently some Sheriff tried to block Masai Ujiri from getting onto the court, and now they're contemplating charging Ujiri with assault. Damn, those US cops sure are brazen!
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1139422207669493760
Sheriff looked heated, Masai looked like he didn’t know what was going on. At the end, Lowry pulls him onto the court to celebrate with the team.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1139523702939357187
Last edited by Nsd1; 06-14-2019 at 10:29 AM.
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06-14-2019, 10:41 AM
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#2969
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Franchise Player
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They're trying to say they were attempting to determine who he was before letting him on the floor, which, first of all, isn't their job, and second of all... there's like a couple hundred people on the floor, with and without credentials? He's in a suit. What do you think he's doing?
Idiots.
Anyway, Kawhi winds up 3rd all time in points in a single postseason, behind Jordan and Lebron. Had they played Game 7, he might have actually made it to first place, as he was 33 points back.
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06-14-2019, 10:45 AM
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#2970
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Franchise Player
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He is a bit of a hothead. What kind of executive yells "eff New Jersey" to a crowd of 10,000.
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06-14-2019, 10:58 AM
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#2971
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary, AB
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Yeah he looked pretty pissed off there - think there is more to that altercation than the video is showing.
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06-14-2019, 11:27 AM
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#2972
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First Line Centre
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Fat white cop harasses black man, then presses charges against him for retaliating. Never heard of that happening before!
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06-14-2019, 11:45 AM
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#2973
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kitsilano
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
He is a bit of a hothead. What kind of executive yells "eff New Jersey" to a crowd of 10,000.
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Totally. Arrest him.
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06-14-2019, 12:19 PM
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#2974
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lubicon
Yes they could, but until they do I cannot accept the claim of world champs.
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06-14-2019, 01:12 PM
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#2976
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lubicon
I debated putting this in the RGMG thread and I don't want to pick on you in particular. I'm glad the Raptors won, I actually watched the last three games , its the first NBA games I've ven been interested in. However they most certainly are NOT World Champs and it annoys me greatly whenever I hear it being referred in this way. They are league champs, they are NBA champs, they are a damn good team but to claim they are world champs is over the top. I'll give props to ABC last night and anyone they interviewed. Nobody was proclaimed world champions that I saw which was a nice change.
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Find a basketball team in another league on this planet that can beat the Raptors.
At least a Canadian team winning it internationalizes the phrase.
World Champs. Feels good.
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06-14-2019, 01:38 PM
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#2977
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
They're trying to say they were attempting to determine who he was before letting him on the floor, which, first of all, isn't their job, and second of all... there's like a couple hundred people on the floor, with and without credentials? He's in a suit. What do you think he's doing?
Idiots.
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Just another power tripping cop. That's just one aspect.
The other is the race thing. That doesn't happen if Masai is white.
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06-14-2019, 01:39 PM
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#2978
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Franchise Player
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Man this hangover feels great today
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06-14-2019, 01:43 PM
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#2979
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 868904
Just another power tripping cop. That's just one aspect.
The other is the race thing. That doesn't happen if Masai is white.
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It's a race thing first.
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06-14-2019, 01:51 PM
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#2980
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UnModerator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
He is a bit of a hothead. What kind of executive yells "eff New Jersey" to a crowd of 10,000.
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The likeable kind.
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