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chico wrote: View PostBold 1: Being a good playmaker is certainly a big asset to have in the game, but is hardly the only facet of a complex game that makes a player "better". Many different skills are needed in a successful team game, and if you don't have elite scorers who can make plays for themselves, you'll never go far.
chico wrote: View PostBold 2: Does getting suspended 4 times in 11 months, 3 of them for throwing balls/chest bumping officials count in his IQ rating? Pretty selfish and team-dumb if you ask me.
chico wrote: View PostBold 3: Like getting suspended over and over, or taking a vacation in Mexico when suspended 2 games, instead of working on his game, with his team. Or showing the rest of his team how hard working and serious he is, by coming out for warmups with untied shoes and practicing his left handed FTs. A model teammate for sure.
chico wrote: View PostBold 4: Except when he doesn't have 3 HOFers near their peak around him.
chico wrote: View PostBold 5: It might mean something if he'd shown he knows how to win without 3 HOFers around him, and with a HOF coach. He hasn't, so what has he learned from this winning? If that's such a key point to you, I'd rather a guy who never takes a day off, and who can actually stay on the court, even when he isn't suspended. In his last 4 years, Rondo:
2010-11: missed 14 games
2011-12: missed 13 games out of 66
2012-13: missed 44 games
2013-14: missed 52 games
DeMar has missed 11 games in 5 seasons
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blackjitsu wrote: View PostFinding a shooting guard is easier than finding a point guard? I think we're watching two different sports.
3&D players are cheap and easy to find.. actually we are developing one now.
I like the DD/KL tandem and I hope KL stays.
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I think in terms of value to our team, a Rondo-DeRozan debate is pretty irrelevant unless we lose Lowry. If we keep Lowry, Rondo has close to zero value to us.
Now in a vacuum where the other 14 guys on the roster don't exist? I think I take DeRozan. I really think Rondo's impact on the floor is overstated. While he does rack up a ton of assists, he has a very high turnover rate as well. His ast%/to% rate is usually around 2:1 which isn't particularly amazing for a point guard.
Then there's the whole issue with him being incredibly inefficient as a scorer despite his low volume of shots, by virtue of having no jump-shot and being a piss-poor FT shooter.
And as was already mentioned, the injury issues over the past 4 seasons. Yes obviously the ACL has a lot to do with that, but either way it's going to be a problem going forwards and I'd rather have my guys play 75+ games a year than 40.
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JordanMariam14 wrote: View PostSources saying Raptors are going to show interest in .... TREVOR ARIZA
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And if they do bring him in, Im hoping that its on an economical contract and not one that jeopardizes the Raptors chances with bring in bigger names.I know this may be a bit controversial but I think the Raptors have proven that they're the best team in the NBA from Canada
-random Facebook user. 2016
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YoungGunRaptor wrote: View PostSource?
And if they do bring him in, Im hoping that its on an economical contract and not one that jeopardizes the Raptors chances with bring in bigger names.
"@KevinRashidi: Source: Raptors expected to express interest in Free Agent Trevor Ariza. Story will be up tomorrow with more details."
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Kevin Rashidi is less a source so much as a RealGm poster who got booted for spreading false rumours and pretending to be an insider, and took his talents to twitter instead.
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Deng or Ariza?
Both the same age. Deng, I believe would command a bit more, but also does a bit more than Ariza does.
Ariza is 3 & D, Deng, would be everything but the 3, lol.
What happens with TRoss if we grab one of these then? We know T-Ross isn't adept enough at creating his own shot...needs to constantly run off screens. Could benefit being 6th Man though, in place of the Salmons role.
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planetmars wrote: View PostAgain it goes back to who I think would be easier to pair up with. I think it would be harder to find a PG with a good IQ, can shoot the ball and can play defense (who I think you need to pair up with DD) than a 3&D SG to pair up with Rondo.
3&D players are cheap and easy to find.. actually we are developing one now.
I like the DD/KL tandem and I hope KL stays.
http://hoopshype.com/free_agency/sho...uards_2014.htm
Right now, it's actually easier to find point guards -- strictly talking about the open market.
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