Game #40: Toronto Raptors 130 - OKC Thunder 121

[planetmars]

So when do we retire McCaw's number? Before or after we build a statue of him?

[slaw]

Well.. we can thank McCaw for getting a Wednesday night game thread up to 19 pages!

Is there anything he can’t do?

[MixxAOR]

So when do we retire McCaw's number? Before or after we build a statue of him?

with players like him you can't just retire the number. gotta retire the name as well

[golden]

Patrick McCaw's mom hacking into MixxAOR's account is the best thing to happen to RR in a long time. Bryan Colangelo is envious.

[golden]

with players like him you can't just retire the number. gotta retire the name as well

Can we set a firm date on the retirement? I mean, why wait another game. McCaw's got nothing left to prove.

[slaw]

Patrick McCaw's mom hacking into MixxAOR's account is the best thing to happen to RR in a long time. Bryan Colangelo is envious.

MixxAOR is the RR player of the month and we are only 2 weeks in.

[bertarapsfan]

with players like him you can't just retire the number. gotta retire the name as well

I think permanently having a McCaw parrot flying around the ACC would be appropriate as well

[Zak24gege]

That open court turnover to Schroder was simply a blip in an otherwise heroic effort in all the other non-stat stuffing contributions that only Coach Nurse sees.

[GOLDBLUM]

I think permanently having a McCaw parrot flying around the ACC would be appropriate as well

Genius.

During player intros he should actually enter last like Koko B Ware, accompanied by parrot.

[MixxAOR]

Kyrie is Patrick McCaw of leadership

[chris]

Davis in 17 mins - 12/7/3
McCaw in 26 mins - 6/0/5

similar to how gasol's impact is not always apparent when comparing numbers to serge, mccaw's contributions are not always evident in traditional counting stats. or plus minus stats. or advanced stats.

he really made this game more exciting.

[MixxAOR]

wow OG had 21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and three steals.

[DanH]

Pleeeeeeease get Patrick McCaw off my basketball team.

The entirety of the game, non-McCaw division, was pretty fun, and a delightful tease of what this team could be if healthy. Serge, hilariously, looked pretty good as a PF, slow defensive rotations aside, and they made it work. OG is always fun as a SG, and OKC didn't seem to be able to handle Pascal at the 3, though later in the game they figured him out a bit. Good on Lowry for taking over a bit at the end to close this one out, and on Nurse for finally taking the bad players out and putting in better ones (Gasol being a huge upgrade on Serge and Norm being OK compared to McCaw's black hole of suck). Looked for a minute like they waited too long and the momentum was fully against them, but they turned it around in time.

[slaw]

Kyrie is Patrick McCaw of leadership

Wow. I’d say that’s unbelievable but it is Irving. Nets knew what they were getting. They better hope Durant comes back 100%.

[inthepaint]

Ok, we have hope. Norm, highest scorer on the team tonight, 3rd highest +/-, 9 for 11 FG, 3 of 4 from deep and clutch at the end, was "ok" when compared to McCaw, according to DanH. We have hope people!