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The Official Raptors Thread. (pg. 21)
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| TheVrk |
| VC = lifetime underachiever |
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| MarkT |
If Vince enters the contest, it cements him as a selfish mofo who just didn't want to be here...did you see the highlight reel from the other day? Dunk after dunk...intensity...THANKS VINCE! We all knew this would happen...now he can play hard and reach the *star* status that he SHOULD have reached here.
Garnett is a monster...imagine him in our front court with Bosh :eek:
Bonner had yet another solid game against Orlando...I love this guy. They leave him open, he quietly nails his shots. He's the best thing to happen to the raptors so far this year. I'm sure he gets no respect around the league though (yet!). |
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| Sly_Guy |
| raps beat the kings 96-93. Didn't see the game, but the kings are on the back end of a back-to-back. NE1 Tell me how we played? |
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| SPANIARD |
Decent performance by the raps. Bosh put in a great 23 or so points, he's really playing a great role in this team, you have to love his attitude.
Stojakovic and Webber had very forgetful nights for the kings. |
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| Sly_Guy |
| but didn't we give up a 37 point 4th quarter? [I checked the box score] |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sly_Guy
but didn't we give up a 37 point 4th quarter? [I checked the box score] |
yea, but what else is new? |
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| Crazy Serb |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilDust
wait, how does the only player to do well on your team contribute to losing? Shouldn't the blame be put on the guys that played bad like Kidd and Jefferson? |
Yeah, sure... but the case in Toronto was often the rest of the team slacking off by simply depending on Carter alone to carry them thru, or Carter taking too many shots and not allowing the rest of the team to contribute as well.
Hopefully for the Nets, that won't be the case... |
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| TheVrk |
def a real nice win....
was watching but i passed out in the 2nd(lil baked i was:eek: )
but they're def looking a little better...
this stretch of home games can really help out,
with many games against eastern opponents....
ps. i've been rippin VC lately - rightfully -
but C-Web is in the EXACT same class....
LIFETIME underachiever and BABY/BITCH:mad: |
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| Crazy Serb |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheVrk
ps. i've been rippin VC lately - rightfully -
but C-Web is in the EXACT same class....
LIFETIME underachiever and BABY/BITCH:mad: |
big time! |
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| Sly_Guy |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheVrk
ps. i've been rippin VC lately - rightfully -
but C-Web is in the EXACT same class....
LIFETIME underachiever and BABY/BITCH:mad: |
Maybe, but at least his team has a few more in 'W' column |
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| EvilDust |
| quote: | Originally posted by Crazy Serb
Yeah, sure... but the case in Toronto was often the rest of the team slacking off by simply depending on Carter alone to carry them thru, or Carter taking too many shots and not allowing the rest of the team to contribute as well.
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so when the team slacked off and relied on Carter, the blame should go to him? shouldn't the team know by now that they still have to contribute as much as they can?
you're also implying that Carter was a hog. I don't think this was the case. he was 3rd on the team in assists. The first 2 are our point guards. If your argument for this were true, then what do you think of guys like T-Mac, Kobe, AI and Pierce? Are they the poison on their teams?
Carter is a good player but I have to admit he's not the guy you can build your team around. New Jersey will still be a good team because they got 2 other guys they can depend on.
man, i missed a good game last night...37 points in the 4th though!? hope bosh plays consistently well then he'll be the next KG. and im glad for aroujo...14 rebounds! maybe he's not such a waste after all. i gotta say though that alston has to stop taking that many shots. |
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| Sly_Guy |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilDust
so when the team slacked off and relied on Carter, the blame should go to him? shouldn't the team know by now that they still have to contribute as much as they can?
you're also implying that Carter was a hog. I don't think this was the case. he was 3rd on the team in assists. The first 2 are our point guards. If your argument for this were true, then what do you think of guys like T-Mac, Kobe, AI and Pierce? Are they the poison on their teams?
Carter is a good player but I have to admit he's not the guy you can build your team around. New Jersey will still be a good team because they got 2 other guys they can depend on.
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It's just strange that when Carter scored 30+ in the last couple seasons, the team had a losing record is all. Or when Carter was given the last possession how badly our team finished the game. I'm not saying all these were Carter's fault, as I'm sure quite a few were the coach's decision as well, but I do think he caused a lot of problems by not sharing the ball, even if his teamates weren't making shots. I mean, wheter a missed shot comes from him shooting 42% or a team shooting the same average, really what does it matter? I'd ratehr have the entire team shooting poorly than giving one player all the shots and shooting badly. At least you'll get more open looks with a team than just a single player.
T-Mac - I'll wait till after this season to respond to whether or not he's poison for a team.
Kobe - A guy who runs the best coach and the most dominant player in the league out of town, and alienates a future hall of famer and one of the 50 top plaers in league history so he can get more shots and play for a .500 team, and he's not poison?
AI - ran larry brown out of town, has off-court issues weekly, and never shows up to practice and bitches when he's not playing well and gets benched. This isn't poison either?
Pierce - Much less of poison, but really, still plays more with himself than his teamates. How many championships has he won?
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The NBA has been complaining about low scoring for years and it's because of the players above that scoring has suffered. Defense in the league hasn't gotten better, it's because when Jordan came around, everyone wanted a player on their team as marketable as him, so every team created their own 'star'. As a result, these guys got more of the shots, and defenses became able to focus in on one player to stop an offense. If you look at the top scoring/best teams in the NBA now, they're all teams that share the ball. The Kings, the Mavs, the Suns, the Sonics, the Spurs. All of them share the ball, and 'star' status should be given to player that excel on teams that win, not because they take the most shots, or score the most points.
This is why I'm voting steve nash for MVP. Honour a team player, not some guy who can jack up the ball from anywhere on the court without a conscience.
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