Game #17: Toronto Raptors 103 - Golden State Warriors 112

[isaacthompson]

Wow. So glad I went to bed after the first half. That is beyond brutal.

[Superjudge]

goood goood

[rocwell]

JVs bball iq has turned to a turnip in 14 months of Raptor association.

JV is playing like his head is loaded full of coaching shit. I'm not ranting about coaching here. I know speed isn't there yet if we talk about defensive end, but c'mon he makes such a silly mistakes that drives me crazy!!! JV tries to do something more advanced without using simple fundamental skills. This should be freaking muscle memory. It's like driving manual car, if you keep thinking/forgetting how to find biting point to drive off ... then it's good for you, you'll stall your car(s) for the rest of your life. JV does something 'more advanced' and fails - why? Because he doesn't use his fundamental skills. I don't know if he's forgetting to use or he can't "perform" under pressure(this one more likely.), but something isn't right here. It could be coaching or it could be something else.

I watched 20+ JV games when he played for Lietuvos Rykas and I never saw him setting screens in weird angles!! ( one example we saw tonight vs GSW which led to offensive foul. )

He doesn't use his basic fundamentals skills and that leads to bad habits and even poorer defense!!! ( let's face it, he's interior defense is good but everything else sucks! )

This team gotta change. JV will not improve playing with two scoring wings ( + coaching/developing decisions raise some questions.. ). No way, I just can't see it. Casey told that JV should be playing pick up games this summer - it's hard to say, but Casey is absolutely right here. No european shit for now ( no offense here guys! ). He needs to play with guys who are strong, fast and tall - he's going to have much better improvement than playing in Europe with bunch of non drafters. sorry.

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I can't fall asleep, this game made me so pissed.

[yukhan1980]

JVs bball iq has turned to a turnip in 14 months of Raptor association.

All thanks to Mr Casey

[yukhan1980]

And the Raps dropped to 3rd place in the Titanic division... the horror!

Yessssssss we are going in the right direction

[RepRaptorsintheUSA]

I was there.

I was about 6 rows back behind the bench.

I've been behind Casey for a long time, but I am asking for his head now. After every huddle they put there hands together and said defense. Casey has been preaching defense since he got here. You can't lose a 27 point lead and preach defense anymore. Casey looked powerless.

J O'neal started pushing around Tyler & Amir. I kept calling for Casey to put him back in the game, but he wasn't playing smart so i guess Casey left him out. When everyone started being concerned about the middle, the Warrior fell right into there game.

Really disapponted in Rudy Gay. No leadership. No come on guys. No responsibility for allowing Curry to play make off of him twice. I understand he's smaller, but you have no reason to be out on the wing anyway. He should have been in the key boxing out Lee and Oneal so Amir or Tyler could get the board. He took way to long to make a move. Always dribbling with no one to pass to. He just sulked and whined like a hoe. Would talk to anyone. Just rolling his eyes and acting like it was everyone else's fault.


The only play I saw Casey run was the inbound after the time out when we hit a 3. There was one time when Kyle was looking at him like "What do i run?" The last 4 shots of the game were embarrassing. I have NEVER seen Novack hit step back shot. Lowry (obviously frustrated) didn't even give rebounders a chance to get under the hoop when he missed his three. Gay was looking for a bail out, like a wuss. Amir has NO RIGHT to be taking 3's at the end of the game.

I'm venting to you because you understand and you care. I am near grief. I'm in fear to go to work tomorrow as i will be ridiculed by all my coworkers. I feel betrayed. This one hurt deep. My wife felt ashamed to be in her Raptor shirt. I unfortunately am used to the pain. I love my city. I have endured a lot for this team. I'll never give up. But today is a very very sad day. We tried to leave Oracle Arena with our chin up.

I'll still watch every game, and i'm going to drive to Sacramento to see them play there.

The sun will shine tomorrow. Sleep is the cousin of death.

Truly my sadest night as a Raptor fan.

[mcHAPPY]

Too much negativity here.

Optimistic take:
Rudy with first game shooting 50% on season!

[S.R.]

In the 4th quarter, the Warriors’ offensive rating was 207. Two Hundred and Seven. Over two points per possession...

Via twitter

Yeah but Rudy Gay had laser surgery, Fields has been working on his shot, JV was summer league MVP, and Casey finally has a full training camp with a stable roster. I've got a good feeling about this team. [/sarcasm]

[mcHAPPY]

In the 4th quarter, the Warriors’ offensive rating was 207. Two Hundred and Seven. Over two points per possession...

Via twitter

[thead]

well I'm off to sleep...will be checking hoopshype and twitter first thing the morning to see who got fired and traded.

[GLF]

Hahahaha!!! He had such potential coming into this season. This organization gave him a libotomy.

That's my other worry. I really don't think our organization is good at developing players so any potential JV had he probably won't reach it on our team.

[KazanTheMan]

[KazanTheMan]

[Chr1s1anL]

We finally get Rudy to just take 12 shots and this is how you re pay us basketball gods!!!


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[b2kelly]

JVs bball iq has turned to a turnip in 14 months of Raptor association.

Hahahaha!!! He had such potential coming into this season. This organization gave him a libotomy.