FIRE DWANE CASEY !! - Official Raptors 2017-2018 Season Thread

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I'm #Knickstape. Raptors making it to finals. The Cavs dominance is over.


The idea THIS Cavs team is about to roll over 3 teams on route to the finals is ridiculous lol.


Kyrie and his knees aint walking thru that door....
 

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Looks like Heat/Wiz may end up going to the 3A rule of tiebreaker, to figure out 8th spot
 

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Looks like Heat/Wiz may end up going to the 3A rule of tiebreaker, to figure out 8th spot


Raptors can actually dictate who they want to play out of those two with them playing miami tomorrow...
 

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Raptors can actually dictate who they want to play out of those two with them playing miami tomorrow...
Yeah, I'm thinking they still beat Miami to get #60

I could see Wizards splitting their final two. Puts them both are 43-39. Season series is tied too. Both in same division, so will come down to 3A rule which is who has the better record against Southeast. Didn't dig that far yet
 

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Players would be culpable but whats easier, to get rid of 3-4 players or fire a coach ?

Val is not completely useless when he scores the ball in the post and rebounds he is useful,he is useless tho defensively and the obvious sign of that is he doesnt play 4th quarter late in games very often....His PnR defense is emabrrasing and he does not protect the rim with any regularity...

Calderon was bad but your starting center being atrocious defnesively is a bigger issue since its near impossible to keep opposing guards in front of you anymore....

Agree that his PnR defense is bad and that's actually leading to him not protecting the rim properly. If allowed to play a big one on one defensively, he can hold his own. But anyway, yes this is why he's benched in 4th quarters.

Also agree on the player vs coach aspect. But I wouldn't get rid of the coach. I just cannot ignore the strides we've made. I guess it's easier to evaluate once we see what we accomplish come season's end.
 

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Agree that his PnR defense is bad and that's actually leading to him not protecting the rim properly. If allowed to play a big one on one defensively, he can hold his own. But anyway, yes this is why he's benched in 4th quarters.

Also agree on the player vs coach aspect. But I wouldn't get rid of the coach. I just cannot ignore the strides we've made. I guess it's easier to evaluate once we see what we accomplish come season's end.


Im positive Casey will get canned if we go out in the 1st round,theres HUGE expectations on this team now,theres no excuses to be made anymore.
No injuries,not enough rest,didnt have home court...we have everything in our favor now for the first time including an injured Kyrie and Bron and a mediocre ass supporting cast...If they cant do it under these circumstances at the very least you have to fire the coach...

JV's rim protecting is actually more about him just being slow to make decisions than it is with his PnR defense.I see many times during a game where a player drives the lane and instead of making a play on the ball he holds his man and allows layups or dunks....Ive heard that be argued into him having to play defense on 2 guys but its truthfully just him making bad reads on what to do....

I will never shyt on him of he leaves his man to contest a layup and then winds up allowing a drop off dunk as a result...That aint his fault.

What IS HIS FAULT is when he sticks to his man and allows an uncontested layup or dunk at the rim....Your job as a 5 is to protect the rim first and foremost,if you get caught in a 2 on 1 thats never your fault as a center...thats Lowry or DeRozans fault...
 
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