Game #9: Chicago Bulls 100 - Toronto Raptors 93

[Joey]

Lol

Jv is biggie?

Haha Oh man. Just went back and read some Multipaul Threads ... That guy was too much.

Funny enough I think he actually predicted that Demar would be the next recipient of the RR Wrath.


Just wish Demar wasn't making it so easy for you guys... LOL

[Joey]

I'm not sure if it was talked about or not, but does anyone else think DeMar tries to avoid contact when fighting through screens? I've been noticing that a lot this year.

Well you kinda should try to avoid contact when fighting through screens, no? Makes it a lot faster than getting tied up with a guy or getting called for the foul for just pushing through it. At least he doesn't go under screens. Nothing I hate more.

[Joey]

Ah shit ... this is a Game Thread ... my fault this time for carrying on. My bad guys. Haha

[OldSkoolCool]

I've contemplated wanting derozan to not be a part of this team for more than a year but i would have gotten flamed out of the forum from all these freaks that keep biggin up his leastern conference-many guards hurt-sympathy all star berth and his team usa b team only when Georges leg snaps like pencil gold medal.

I've been on this train since I started posting here. Speaking from experience you do get a lot of flame.

Glad some people are finally showing up to the party.

Other than that really stupid three point foul. He was solid.

But for the amount of hate getting thrown around. That incident isn't being brought up enough. I believe it was a 4 point game with like 1.6 seconds on the shot clock with dunleavey in the corner with like 3 defenders on him Exactly where you want him to be.

Imagine if we got a stop there and then a three on the other end. That's a one point game with about 40s left.

That Ross play was a momentum killer for sure. Bonehead play, and he should've definitely known better.

But we were down 17 points with 6 minutes left. Let's not pretend Ross is the reason we lost.

Thanks Nilanka.

I know this is early but I wish we had an elite coach..

There were many posters who were directly on this train after about Game 3 of the playoffs, and some before that but quite some time.

Casey overbearing "star" players
Casey not treating players equal
Casey not playing young guys who are clearly better
Casey ruining guy's confidence

It's been a broken record of this since Lowry, Ross and Val got into town

[Chr1s1anL]

This is also my final nail in dwanes coffin. He needs to go.

Yes let's fire the coach that has us on the best start in franchise history

[Dwane Casey]

Yes let's fire the coach that has us on the best start in franchise history

Not that I don't appreciate you sticking up for me, but we'd be 9-0 with Thibs.

[Mediumcore]

Well you kinda should try to avoid contact when fighting through screens, no? Makes it a lot faster than getting tied up with a guy or getting called for the foul for just pushing through it. At least he doesn't go under screens. Nothing I hate more.

I don't know about that. I think you [B]fight through [/B]screens so that the player you are guarding isn't able to create enough space to execute the offense. At least that's what I was thinking. Just noticing lately that Demar totally avoids the contact and the player the screen is being set for gets all kids of space.

[MixxAOR]

Not that I don't appreciate you sticking up for me, but we'd be 9-0 with Thibs.

Bulls are 7-2 with more talented roster.

[Dwane Casey]

Bulls are 7-2 with more talented roster.

But we've had a creampuff schedule.

[MixxAOR]

But we've had a creampuff schedule.

Bulls had easier schedule.

[Dwane Casey]

Bulls had easier schedule.

LOL it's true, I just looked it up.

Well, I guess it's official then: I'm a better coach than Thibs!

[MixxAOR]

LOL it's true, I just looked it up.

Well, I guess it's official then: I'm a better coach than Thibs!

Don't sell yourself short Dwane LMAO

[consmap]

LOL it's true, I just looked it up.

Well, I guess it's official then: I'm a better coach than Thibs!

Hi Dwane. Big fan here. Could you play Bruno next game? Preferably, in the 4th quarter with the game on the line? I mean, he IS the Brazilian Kevin Durant after all.

[CalgaryRapsFan]

Haha Oh man. Just went back and read some Multipaul Threads ... That guy was too much.

Funny enough I think he actually predicted that Demar would be the next recipient of the RR Wrath.


Just wish Demar wasn't making it so easy for you guys... LOL

I was predicting that long before Bargnani was traded. That's what happens when an organization over-hypes players as the 'face of the franchise' for marketing reasons rather than basketball reasons, because there is nobody worthy of such hype for strictly basketball reasons. Bosh, Bargnani, DeRozan, Lowry/Valanciunas/Ross/Bruno are not #1 guys. They're good players, potential #2/#3 type players, good people, good teammates, good citizens, etc... but NOT franchise players.

The franchise has been so desperate to find the next 'mighty mouse' or 'vinsanity', to market the team back to relevancy (in Toronto, across Canada, throughout North America and around the world), that they wind up setting their young 'stars' up for failure, when they [predictably] don't live up to the hype/hope that the Raptors marketing machine instilled in it's fan-base.

[MACK11]

Yes let's fire the coach that has us on the best start in franchise history

Mike Brown won 66 games, guess that makes him a good coach.