Lakerman0834
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Vince>>>Both these bums. I feel bad for toronto fans cuz they some of the most loyal fans but too bad their 2 stars are certified hoes
BREAKING: Toronto Raptors fire Dwane Casey
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“I was in the gym when I watched him on the floor against Toronto tell Patrick Patterson where he was supposed to go on the play they had called out of a timeout late in the fourth quarter,” Griffin said.
“He was like ‘no Pat, you’re supposed to stand over there and set a pin down for DeMar (DeRozan) over here.'”
https://sports.yahoo.com/report-lebron-james-told-raptors-130038224.html
VegetasHairline
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The same Brad Stevens who just coached Boston to back to back Eastern Conference Finals. Missing Hayward for all of five minutes. Kyrie in and out of the lineup until he was finally shut down. Dealt with a ton of injuries. The same Brad Stevens who played SIX rookies. These aren't excuses. Apply some context. Nobody was expecting shyt from Boston. They're well ahead of schedule because of Brad Stevens.
panopticon
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I think it was Chris Broussard that mentioned the other day he felt that Casey pulled DeRozan to keep the heat off him - he could tell that DeRozan just wasn't able to play and didn't think it was useful for him to stay on the court and take the full blame for the Raptors' collapse.
Essentially he stood in front of his star player and took a bullet for him...I gotta respect that
We are serious when any Joe blow would have had the same record. Casey is garbage
Not one person is shedding tears
Breh the context I need is thier record against LeBron in the playoffs and it ain't good for none of them brad Stevens included. I'm pretty sure dude has had the 1sr or 2nd seed year after year and has losing record in the playoffs. Stop caping had Boston played the Cavs they be home right now too.
VegetasHairline
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They had the 1 seed last year and the 2 seed this year. I know for a fact they didn't have a top 2 seed the previous years. This isn't even comparable to Toronto and Dwane Casey. I don't even care about his record against LeBron. You can't look at the roster they had last year and expect them to beat Cleveland. Why should Brad Stevens be on the hot seat because of his record against LeBron?
thats a good point but here's the thing though....its not particularly Lebron. anything less than the Finals this year and they were talking about breaking the team up. Lebron been to the Finals all these years...this was the most vulnerable his teams have looked, so the pressure was on the Raps, if you let the media tell it. Yet the Raptors overachieved in the regular season, mainly because the Cavs, Bucks, Wiz, Pistons, all underachieved.
Casey got instantly fired because of the sweep. So what if the Raps wouldve lost in 7? does that make Casey a better coach? still going home. so whether they got swept or not was irrelevant to me because his job was not guaranteed unless he came out of the East. if they wouldve lost to the Pacers wouldve been the same thing. it looked bad because Pacers had Cavs on the ropes and then Cavs swept the team with the best record.
Casey did a great job with what he had. Raps just dont have a strong roster design against the Cavs. Franchise record in wins though. What Ujeri shouldve worried about was getting a 3rd star instead of building this bench. Like Barkley said, you dont win with the bench...you win with your starters. Raptors are soft, they dont have a Draymond or Marcus Smart. They just didnt look like they had any fight in them.
Remember when the Chargers had those great records all those years? Schottenheimer's last year I think they went like 15-3. All those years, they could never get past the Patriots though. They fired him and hired Norv Turner. Aint been shyt since. Marty couldve eventually led them to the Super Bowl.
Toronto better hope they dont slide back into mediocrity and become the NBA's version of the Chargers.
Id rather be a 45 win team that goes 7 with LeBron than win 60 and get swept...
These guys don't get it
Casey was 2-14 in the past 16 against the Cavs, lost ten in a row. Only won one game 1, even the year we made it to the conference finals was rescued by norm friggin powell
Will the raptors win 59 next year nope, but who cares about regseason success
Any coach would have won with these players
People who didn't even watch raptors games are telling us who watched every single game and saw Casey over and over know how crappy he is
EarlyEarly
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Man called it a celebration 
Homeboy Runny-Ray
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has anyone ever been fired a day after winning coach of the year?
no coach is gonna change anything. the raptors are who they are. derozan is a 2nd option on a championship team, and lowry is a 3rd....and I'm being generous with that.
no coach is gonna change anything. the raptors are who they are. derozan is a 2nd option on a championship team, and lowry is a 3rd....and I'm being generous with that.