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Where Do The Raptors Rank In The East?
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To be the champs you got to beat the champs
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bertarapsfan wrote: View Post
Saw a interview clip of a reporter asking ben simmions about his shot. He said something along the line of asking why he hasn't hit a 3 in a game yet. Simmions response was "ya i haven't but i was a all star last year". That kind of attitude concerns me about the sixers ceiling. Like ben do you not remember being shut down and completely ineffective in the playoffs? One of the main reasons your team got bounced in the 2nd round? The dude has no shot and if he is your number 2 and ball handler it make defending the team alot easier. Sixers will be a good regular season team but once the playoffs roll around if you have someone who can do a decent job on embiid 1 on 1 they are going to struggle.
Is Embiid one of those special bigs like Hakeem and Duncan where he can drag his own team to a championship without a top end perimeter player on his team? Hakeem won a championship in 93/94 season in Houston without a top end perimeter player. They won it again in 94/95 but they had Clyde Drexler on that team. Duncan in 99 won a championship without a top end guard.
Ewing is one of the greatest C of all time. He never had a top end guard to play in NY and he never won a championship. Shaq has 4 championships. He won 3 of them with Kobe. 1 with Wade. Would've been intereting to see if Shaq could win a championship without Kobe or Wade on his team.Mamba Mentality
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golden wrote: View PostBulletin board material right here....
Bottomline - I think the Raps will finish 3, 4 or 5. Can't see them finishing lower than 5.Mamba Mentality
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SkywalkerAC wrote: View PostSixers strike me as overrated (not that they shouldn't be slotted in at #2). They're counting on internal development to compensate for losing two key players (one allstar).
Their bench is garbage as usual though. And Simmons not having a jumper fucks up their offense a ton.
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Scraptor wrote: View Post
Not just internal development. They added two key pieces, Horford and JRich. They're both really good two-way players, and JRich was borderline all-star material at times last year.
Their bench is garbage as usual though. And Simmons not having a jumper fucks up their offense a ton.
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More than a few of the pre season media POWER RANKINGS have the Raps finishing behind both the Nets and the Chowders and Pacers by a considerable margin... When the Raps finish ahead of all those stiffs this year.. we can finally put to bed the objectivity of the US NAB MSM.There's no such thing as a 2nd round bust.
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Demographic Shift wrote: View PostMore than a few of the pre season media POWER RANKINGS have the Raps finishing behind both the Nets and the Chowders and Pacers by a considerable margin... When the Raps finish ahead of all those stiffs this year.. we can finally put to bed the objectivity of the US NAB MSM.
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Demographic Shift wrote: View PostMore than a few of the pre season media POWER RANKINGS have the Raps finishing behind both the Nets and the Chowders and Pacers by a considerable margin... When the Raps finish ahead of all those stiffs this year.. we can finally put to bed the objectivity of the US NAB MSM.
These guys are in the business of generating clicks, real analysis is secondary. It took unconventional guys like Chuck and Perkins last year (who just plain speak their minds) to really see the Raps for who they were. Some of these "analysts" like I hear on Sirius NBA radio can't even pronounce our guy's names right, and we're supposed to believe they really know the real strenghts/weakness of the players on the floor? I flat out laugh out loud in my car listening to these guys sometimes.
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inthepaint wrote: View Post
I think we can do that already. I couldn't find it online, but the other day I was looking for historical ESPN "projections" over the past 5 years (not the power rankings, the projected number of wins and seeding). I think the Raptors outperformed their "predictions" every single year (I know at least the last 2 yrs they have for sure).
These guys are in the business of generating clicks, real analysis is secondary. It took unconventional guys like Chuck and Perkins last year (who just plain speak their minds) to really see the Raps for who they were. Some of these "analysts" like I hear on Sirius NBA radio can't even pronounce our guy's names right, and we're supposed to believe they really know the real strenghts/weakness of the players on the floor? I flat out laugh out loud in my car listening to these guys sometimes.
Probably wouldn't be any surprises but you never know."We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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S.R. wrote: View PostThat would be really interesting, take a 10 year look at predictions vs. performance and see which franchises are disrespected the most and which are the most overhyped.
Probably wouldn't be any surprises but you never know.Last edited by chris; Mon Oct 7, 2019, 01:57 PM.
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