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That might have been true in Colangelo's mind, but word at the time was that the Raptors were actively shopping the pick and couldn't find an attractive offer.
If you're watching the games he looks even worse than the box scores indicate, if that's possible. Solid chance he has more air balls than FG this season.
Did you see last week when he stripped the opponent of the ball about two seconds after the final buzzer, and dunked it to get on the score sheet?
Please refer to them as the Atlantic Division leading Toronto Raptors.
I mean the silver lining, if you want to call it that, is that coming off his shoulder surgery he's a woefully out of shape tub of goo right now. The hope is once he gets his body in NBA caliber shape the obvious flashes of talent he showed in college will translate to the pro game. But the kid looks just absolutely mentally defeated out there on the court right now, and I'm not sure there's a worse coach in the NBA then potato head Brown, so he's not going to get much help there either.
You'd be bitter too if Dwight left your team as screwed as he did the Lakers. No worthwhile assets, a pile of dough owed to aging crap, and future drafts that look like this and offer no hope:
LaRue Martin, who had one good game against Bill Walton in college, which was enough to convince the Portland Trail Blazers to draft him #1 overall. No other team had him projected in the top-50.
Good shooting night for VO tonight as well (5-12, 42%) helping lift his FG% to 38.9% for the season.
Meant to offer my condolences after watching that Ok St/Memphis tilt last night. I know it's painful thinking about what might have been. Instead of Smart, you got Jonny Flynn Jr.
After reading Zach Lowe's Howard takedown yesterday, I'm starting to think we dodged a bullet. Even when the Lakers lose, they win.
You're gonna feel like you won a lot these next few years then.
And yet even at this current low point for Laker fans, we're still looking down at the Magic in the standings.
Agreed. Orlando won the deal, Denver at least got a good season out of AI. LA and Philly got hosed.
Great. I hope the Magic win like 15 games this season.
Pretty easy to look good beating up a soft schedule. I'll be interested to see how they look - especially Timmy - on the rodeo tour. I'm loving the play of Kawhi though. He's looking ready for primetime.
Because he's dumb?
Yeah I don't get it either. He's still in his first month in the NBA. Not even Anthony Davis looked good in his first month. Pretty certain every GM in the league would take him over anyone else from the 2013 draft right now, as well as MKG, Waiters, TRob, and most other picks from the much stronger 2012 draft (AD, Lillard, Drummond notwithstanding).
You answered your own question. With so many teams tanking this year, there are going to be a few teams that end up with inflated win totals. The Blazers will come down to earth once they play a few contenders.
pollardsvision said:sports_fan said:
The rockets defense is atrocious. Last night was a fun game and they move the ball really well, but goodness the d is bad.
Doesn't look like a big deal to me.pollardsvision said:sports_fan said:
Good work. People might have thought I was exaggerating. Is that not the weakest, most desperate move you've ever seen?
I did find that surprising. But I guess outside of Howard they don't exactly have a team full of stoppers. Either McHale isn't really focusing on any kind of defensive game plan or they just haven't figured out how to execute it yet. They need to figure that out or they're going to have a very short playoff run.
Also that one shot by Dirk that hit the front of the rim dead square and somehow popped up, bounced on top of the rim and fell in was classic Nowitzki. Man, what a touch that guy has.
I still can't believe they blew that game. Perfect through 3 quarters and pummeled in the 4th. And Dwight shot something ridiculous from FG/FT last night, making most of his shots.
