Everything Round 1 (2016)

[Apollo]

Things that changed since this last game seven:

- JV is out.
- Kyle is hitting shots again.
- DD is playing higher percentages finally.
- Biz has stepped up and is playing great.
- Norm has fallen off but I think it's due to mismatches.
- Ross is playing better but is still making some seriously bone head plays.
- Pat is struggling to hit pretty much anything.
- Bebe has given them ok minutes; never thought he'd see the light of day in this post season. Good for him, development is going well.
- JJ sightings. Not much happening but decent D.
- Scola finally got benched.
- Casey is making better adjustments and interesting rotations but the offensive struggles at times is killing the the team.
- Officiating has become atrocious. No trouble to tell they do not respect the Raptors.

[Mr.Z]

Derozan is just garbage


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[Jclaw]

Frank Vogel, with this team, came up with the second-best points per possession in halfcourt offense today. Guy’s so good.

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) April 17, 2016

Only so "so good" it seems. I guess playing a part in Raptors history is unforgivable.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15...rry-bird-world

[rightsideup]

I just caught the last 7 minutes of game 7 on NBA tv Canada With the tnt broadcast they pointed out a foul on DeMar on Mahami. As bad as we looked handling the ball there were some very bad feeds to JV but he also missed some put backs that he generally makes.

[We Tha North]

People remember what they want. The narrative has now become Demar was the key to us winning that series. JV was easily our best player, and if he didn't show up to play I could see us getting swept.

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People thought Demar was the key to us winning the series?

Did they actually watch the series?

[white men can't jump]

JV was a train wreck in low post isolations for three minutes in one game. Other than that he was fine all series.

People remember what they want. The narrative has now become Demar was the key to us winning that series. JV was easily our best player, and if he didn't show up to play I could see us getting swept.

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[Apollo]

Speaking of JV...

DeMar took more shots in game 7 than JV took in games 5, 6, and 7 combined. JV went 14/27 in those 3 games.

I don't know why they can't dump it into JV every second or third play and worst case if it's not there it's coming back out to DD or Lowry.

Down that same path, Norm had less shots in games three through seven combined than DeMar had in game seven. Norm shot 49% from the field over that span.

[ogi]

I'm torn on how best to utilize JV. I mean, I clearly see his efficient numbers, but I also see how much of a trainwreck he is when giving low-post ISOs.

I like JV in the PNR, but hate the clear outs with the ball in his hands.

He's pretty damn good in those situations generally. He still struggles a bit when he gets doubled but he's shown the ability to be able to pass out of those situations a lot better than he used to.

[ogi]

I can't recall which game it was, but in either game 6 or game 7 JV was distributing out of the post early, and it looked brilliant.

Ok I really like that this is (hopefully) becoming a part of our offense, but I've seen maybe one pass all season from JV that I would describe as "brilliant".

[DanH]

JV was a train wreck in low post isolations for three minutes in one game. Other than that he was fine all series.

[Barolt]

I'm torn on how best to utilize JV. I mean, I clearly see his efficient numbers, but I also see how much of a trainwreck he is when giving low-post ISOs.

I like JV in the PNR, but hate the clear outs with the ball in his hands.

I can't recall which game it was, but in either game 6 or game 7 JV was distributing out of the post early, and it looked brilliant.

[Nilanka]

Speaking of JV...

DeMar took more shots in game 7 than JV took in games 5, 6, and 7 combined. JV went 14/27 in those 3 games.

I'm torn on how best to utilize JV. I mean, I clearly see his efficient numbers, but I also see how much of a trainwreck he is when giving low-post ISOs.

I like JV in the PNR, but hate the clear outs with the ball in his hands.

[Barolt]

Speaking of JV...

DeMar took more shots in game 7 than JV took in games 5, 6, and 7 combined. JV went 14/27 in those 3 games.

[Apollo]

Indiana's strategy on JV was to grab his arms, shirt, anything while getting rebounds. I watched them get away with fouling him all series. Not gonna shed a single tear for Indiana here.

I agree. He did get some calls but there was a lot of contact not called on him. Far more than the minor stuff called against him. How many times did he get pulled for crap calls?

[big boi]

For now, yay. There must be yay.

I'm sure there was lots of yay to be had around The T. Sunday night