Game #28: Toronto Raptors 118 - New York Knicks 108

[Zainab]

to be honest i think some of these details from bebe shouldnt be mentioned here. im sure theres reasons derozans potential return hasnt been mentioned officially yet. like other teams not having to game plan for him until the very last second.

To be very very very honest, I highly doubt other teams are reading RR Forums! lol

[psrs1]

To be very very very honest, I highly doubt other teams are reading RR Forums! lol

You never know ....

[Raptor Jesus]

You never know ....

For game plan decisions?

All the better for us.

[007]

Zainab, you might as well just make your own thread for future dates plus information gained from the inside.

[The Great One]

Another sunday, another Raptors win and another Seahawks win. Can't get any better!

[iblastoff]

Another sunday, another Raptors win and another Seahawks win. Can't get any better!

and another leafs loss! love it.

[mjt20mik]

To be very very very honest, I highly doubt other teams are reading RR Forums! lol

Honestly that is so cool to know someone on these boards that met/dated a player.

Keep the information coming lol

[GLF]

Thanks Zainab for the inside scoop. It was very entertaining to read lol. The thing I love most is that DD is coming back sooner than later. Couldn't be happier.

[GLF]

Did we go 6-0 in that 6 game stretch against sub 500 teams? I can't remember if we dropped one. But if we did I'm really impressed even though they were crappy teams. Just because it's very easy to play down to teams and not give you full effort and lose these kinds of games. I expected us to at least drop 1-2 games. I'm very glad we didn't.

[iblastoff]

Did we go 6-0 in that 6 game stretch against sub 500 teams? I can't remember if we dropped one. But if we did I'm really impressed even though they were crappy teams. Just because it's very easy to play down to teams and not give you full effort and lose these kinds of games. I expected us to at least drop 1-2 games. I'm very glad we didn't.

yep we did. overall, 8-2* without derozan. do people still think derozan is our magical defensive anchor still?

*against crappy teams

[bryan colangelo]

yep we did. overall, 8-2* without derozan. do people still think derozan is our magical defensive anchor still?

*against crappy teams

I think we all agree the downgrade in defense from DeRozan to GV is way bigger than we thought. And Terence Ross is actually horrible at defending his position.

In other words, a lot of people on the board were underrating DeRozan's defense. Even if he isn't a stopper at least he knows what he's supposed to be doing, and he's stronger and more reliable than Ross. When he comes back Derozan should probably be guarding 3's.

[iblastoff]

I think we all agree the downgrade in defense from DeRozan to GV is way bigger than we thought. And Terence Ross is actually horrible at defending his position.

In other words, a lot of people on the board were underrating DeRozan's defense. Even if he isn't a stopper at least he knows what he's supposed to be doing, and he's stronger and more reliable than Ross. When he comes back Derozan should probably be guarding 3's.

Well overall we've climbed back to near top 10 in defense again (we're at 11th in the league now) without derozan for whatever that's worth.

[GLF]

Well overall we've climbed back to near top 10 in defense again (we're at 11th in the league now) without derozan for whatever that's worth.

At first our D looked really bad without him but I feel guys just got comfortable and needed adjustment time. I still think DD makes our D slightly better though. I think it's because he's been in this system for a while now so he knows it to a T. This results in his team defense being very good. One on One and fighting through screens at times is a different story.

[consmap]

Well overall we've climbed back to near top 10 in defense again (we're at 11th in the league now) without derozan for whatever that's worth.

This is also because of Fields (and recently JJ) coming into the starting lineup. With GV in the starting lineup our D was about as solid as oxygen

[yabadabayolo]

Well overall we've climbed back to near top 10 in defense again (we're at 11th in the league now) without derozan for whatever that's worth.

But you have to consider the all d no offence fields being inserted into the starting lineup. For what it's worth