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Possible Target for backup PG: Buycks & Stone signed
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Puffer wrote: View PostOr Anthony Parker, or Jorge Garbajosa, or Jose Calderon.
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I've heard of dwight buycks. Don't remember when and where but i heard he has a ton of potential. J Stone and D Bikes at PG sounds good. They can duke it out for the backup spot. Who wins? I like them both, but i want J Stone to come out on top. Its fun watching a big PG run the show. He can see over defenders much easier and will be able to shot over top of them
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Puffer wrote: View PostNothing personal, but this is an undrafted signing of a guy who has bounced around for a couple of years. No one expects him to help the "franchise in the long run."
On the other hand, his numbers look pretty good. His tape looks pretty good. Guy has a very good motor apparently, judging by how far out he is on the breakaways in the videos. And his shooting % is effective from deep and efficient overall.
Some Raptors fans on this board are relatively pleased. Nobody is hailing the arrival of the new Gary Payton. So why are some posters crapping all over anyone who has something positive to say about this signing? I note that they are not crapping all over Ujiri for the signing, just other board members who dare to say "looks like an okay signing."
The fact that somebody points out Buyck has what looks like a good 3 pt shot doesn't make them a fanboy. It means they can read his stats.
Swear to God, a bunch of RR members sound just like 17 year old kids who think the height of level headed reasoning is to employ sarcasm, name calling, and one-upmanship. Do yourself a favour. Try to respond reasonably and with some judgement.
That way you won't have to be embarrassed at yourself and the posts you have made online in another 5-10 years.
(Believe me, I know what I am talking about )
What im merely pointing at is that there seems to be a trend in raptorland that virtual unknowns dont seem to last long with the team. Maybe not a fact, but i just pointed out a couple of the same type of signing that ended quite abruptly.
Also, im not crapping on this signing. Did i say it was a bad signing? a terrible signing? again, im just pointing out that signings of this type, by the raptors, did not help the raptors in the long run. But who knows, this could be the deviation.
not sure where youre coming from with this -Puffer wrote: View PostSwear to God, a bunch of RR members sound just like 17 year old kids who think the height of level headed reasoning is to employ sarcasm, name calling, and one-upmanship. Do yourself a favour. Try to respond reasonably and with some judgement.
That way you won't have to be embarrassed at yourself and the posts you have made online in another 5-10 years.
(Believe me, I know what I am talking about )
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enlightenment wrote: View Post
makes it a billion times better
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TheGloveinRapsUniform wrote: View Post...not sure where youre coming from with this - i dont recall being sarcastic, calling names or one-upmanship-ing anybody.
TheGloveinRapsUniform wrote: View PostIts the Raptor Fan Syndrome.
New signing and we glorify it like the second coming of Lebron James.
As for the sarcasm, one-upmanship etc. Not necessarily from you but there is sure enough of it going around.
My bad for responding to two different issues after taking a quote from your post. Apologies.
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I imagine that given Ujiri's keen awareness of french basketball (drafting one french player last year, his former staff drafting another this year), he was likely keeping tabs on Buycks through the season. There's also a pretty good chance that Nurse had some familiarity of him from his d-league days (they would have played twice, with Buycks having one game where he filled up the stat sheet with 14 pts, 4 assists, 4 steals, 4 rebounds). Not saying that makes Buycks good, just that this is probably a well-scouted signing, not just a shot-in-the-dark on one good summer league camp.
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Puffer wrote: View PostI agree, you weren't. that's why I said "nothing personal." but this was an earlier comment.
I expect you were being a little hyperbolic, but I don't see what's wrong with trying to take a slightly positive outlook on team activities. I don't recall anyone saying that this signing was going to push the Raptors up to the next level or anything. Just that, for what it was, it seemed like a reasonable deal...And maybe there were some comments along the lines of "Looks like another nice potential find by Ujiri."
As for the sarcasm, one-upmanship etc. Not necessarily from you but there is sure enough of it going around.
My bad for responding to two different issues after taking a quote from your post. Apologies.
And if you look at my post, i said "we", so im also guilty of having the Raps Fan Syndrome.
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TheGloveinRapsUniform wrote: View PostI was just trying to point out that "diamond in the rough" signings by the Raptors in the past did not really produce lifers, or helped the franchise in the long run.
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NoPropsneeded wrote: View PostI've heard of dwight buycks. Don't remember when and where but i heard he has a ton of potential. J Stone and D Bikes at PG sounds good. They can duke it out for the backup spot. Who wins? I like them both, but i want J Stone to come out on top. Its fun watching a big PG run the show. He can see over defenders much easier and will be able to shot over top of them
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