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The Official 2006/2007 Toronto Raptors & NBA Thread (pg. 36)
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sly_Guy
Eventually, they'll have a game where the jumpers are falling, and that'll do it for them. |
No no no. The Raps can't play that game. The Raps should be up 2-0, if they went to the basket more. Only person who is consistently doing that is Bosh and it's useless when he's the only one going to the basket and the rest of the team takes jumpshots.
The Nets are killing the Raps in that department and if Carter gets going, the Raps are ed. |
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| Sly_Guy |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
No no no. The Raps can't play that game. The Raps should be up 2-0, if they went to the basket more. Only person who is consistently doing that is Bosh and it's useless when he's the only one going to the basket and the rest of the team takes jumpshots.
The Nets are killing the Raps in that department and if Carter gets going, the Raps are ed. |
Raps are a penetrate and kick kinda team on offense. Penetration is key to getting good open looks, and we've been missing those [as well as bad jumpers too]. When they do settle down, they'll start falling, and we'll be in good shape. Getting to the rim is intregral in keeping the defense honest, but in the series thus far because we haven't made anything from the outside. Because of that Jersey has done nothing but pack the paint, making it difficult to get in our offensive flow.
We can try to attack the rim constantly, but they're still gonna send us to the line. But it's when they start having to cover us on the perimeter do our options open up on offense. |
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| Porky |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
Turnovers on their own don't tell the whole story...that's why assist-to-turnover ratio is a better marker of a good ballhandling PG
While Nash indeed leads all PGs in turnovers, he also leads in assists...and ends up 8th in assist-to-turnover ratio (Calderon is 4th behind Daniels, Paul and Billups...and TJ is 25th).
for a "pure PG", this is the most telling stat, along with FG% (because if you can't shoot, your opponents simply leave you alone and double up on someone else...hence Calderon's FAR superior FG% furthers the argument that he's a "better PG" than Ford...that doesn't mean Calderon is a better all-around player, just a better pure PG, IMHO). |
+1
what he said
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sly_Guy
Raps are a penetrate and kick kinda team on offense. Penetration is key to getting good open looks, and we've been missing those [as well as bad jumpers too]. When they do settle down, they'll start falling, and we'll be in good shape. Getting to the rim is intregral in keeping the defense honest, but in the series thus far because we haven't made anything from the outside. Because of that Jersey has done nothing but pack the paint, making it difficult to get in our offensive flow.
We can try to attack the rim constantly, but they're still gonna send us to the line. But it's when they start having to cover us on the perimeter do our options open up on offense. |
Even if the Nets are playing tough interior D, the Raps should be driving to the basket first. But too many times just settle for mid range and 3 pt shots which aren't falling. Doesn't help that the Raps having problems against Nets zone defence too.
Def. not enough swinging the ball.
Raps win when they attempt to go into the paint, then see what's open. But when settling for jumpers first, Raps lose |
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| slingshot |
Game Day! w00t~!
GO RAPS!
hopefully Kidd is out today... |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by slingshot
Game Day! w00t~!
GO RAPS!
hopefully Kidd is out today... |
... I gotta find a pub to watch it.
This no TSN bull is getting annoying :mad: :whip: |
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| Sly_Guy |
I would just like to announce, I scored a courtside seat to game 5.....BOOOO YAH MOTHAF@CKAAAA!!!!
It's too bad it might hurt my bank account too much to go. Anyone know what regular lower bowl and courtside seats have been going for on eBay? |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sly_Guy
I would just like to announce, I scored a courtside seat to game 5.....BOOOO YAH MOTHAF@CKAAAA!!!!
It's too bad it might hurt my bank account too much to go. Anyone know what regular lower bowl and courtside seats have been going for on eBay? |
well game one, a pair of lower bowl seats were going for $300US on ebay..
I know average lower bowl seats were like $114 regular price...but as the games go up (Game 5,6,7) the price gets steeper (eBay prices). Best bet is to go to
www.redflagdeals.com and go to the forum and click on Buy/Sell/Trade and go to other...there might be people who sell tickets on there...and tehy only sell at face value, cause well, its a deal site for Canadians.
I have access to lower bowl seats for the playoffs, but i'm leaving for Europe tuesday night and won't be back till the Championship finals...
PLEASE PLEASE RAPTORS...win it all :D lol |
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| Sly_Guy |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
well game one, a pair of lower bowl seats were going for $300US on ebay..
I know average lower bowl seats were like $114 regular price...but as the games go up (Game 5,6,7) the price gets steeper (eBay prices). Best bet is to go to
www.redflagdeals.com and go to the forum and click on Buy/Sell/Trade and go to other...there might be people who sell tickets on there...and tehy only sell at face value, cause well, its a deal site for Canadians.
I have access to lower bowl seats for the playoffs, but i'm leaving for Europe tuesday night and won't be back till the Championship finals...
PLEASE PLEASE RAPTORS...win it all :D lol |
So, I have to single seats. One lower bowl and one courtside, my plan was to offset the cost of my courtside seat by selling my other single for a small profit. Am I screwed because it's a single and just sell it to a friend at a modest profit, or should I venture on eBay to unload it in auction? |
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| exstasie |
the problem w/ eBay ... is that you can't really sell it at above face value to an Ontario resident...(or something like that)...its weird how it works.
You can try eBay..but I've been ed over before by people buying then not paying it and stuff like that...
I would personally sell it to a friend or colleague...or worse comes to worse, scalp it at the game...
I'm sure you could easily get 50% above face value for game 5...depending on the raptors situation
I wouldn't risk it...selling single seats will be harder...but I would sell to a friend over eBay... |
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| zoogla |
| Where is everyone watching the game tonight? Any plans to get together for a drink or something? |
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| Sly_Guy |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
the problem w/ eBay ... is that you can't really sell it at above face value to an Ontario resident...(or something like that)...its weird how it works.
You can try eBay..but I've been ed over before by people buying then not paying it and stuff like that...
I would personally sell it to a friend or colleague...or worse comes to worse, scalp it at the game...
I'm sure you could easily get 50% above face value for game 5...depending on the raptors situation
I wouldn't risk it...selling single seats will be harder...but I would sell to a friend over eBay... |
Well then I'm hoping for a win tonight to maximize the time in which the Raps are in good shape this series. [not that I don't think they'll win, I just don't want to leave it to chance] |
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