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JawsGT wrote: View Postibaka at the 5 with pat is a small ball lineup. great for spacing and matching other teams small lineups. not sure anyone expects him to play extended minutes there.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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No one should expect Ibaka to start at C, but him and Pat in the front court is a great defensive lineup, they can switch on to guards or defend the perimeter or the paint. It'll be good against stretch bigs like the Love/Frye combo, but he shouldn't be playing a large amount of minutes there.
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GLF wrote: View PostExactly lol. People are out here acting like we want him to be our permanent starting 5. I think we all know it would only be good in spurts and for certain matchups. Now its whether CASEY knows that but I wouldn't bet on it.
Now, if Jakob is ready to start next year then that'd be terrific, but I'm highly skeptical of it.
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The hope is that Ibaka at the 5 would be strictly a matchup thing. It may evolve into a closing lineup regardless of matchup, a decision I would disagree with but understand. If it becomes any more than that, I suspect it would struggle to maintain any success it has in smaller doses. Maybe as a twice-a-half transition lineup for a couple minutes, going from the starters to the bench unit and vice versa it would be OK. Would be lethal offensively - might be a good idea for DeRozan-led bench lineups, with Nogueira keeping his role with the Lowry-led units.
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DanH wrote: View PostThe hope is that Ibaka at the 5 would be strictly a matchup thing. It may evolve into a closing lineup regardless of matchup, a decision I would disagree with but understand. If it becomes any more than that, I suspect it would struggle to maintain any success it has in smaller doses. Maybe as a twice-a-half transition lineup for a couple minutes, going from the starters to the bench unit and vice versa it would be OK. Would be lethal offensively - might be a good idea for DeRozan-led bench lineups, with Nogueira keeping his role with the Lowry-led units.
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KHD wrote: View PostYeah, i have no problem with it in the right scenario. i just have zero faith that Dwane Casey is capable of identifying such scenarios with acceptable sensitivity and specificity.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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GLF wrote: View PostTHAT'S where the problem lies. I know Casey is going to use Ibaka at the 5 WAY too much and that's when things will fall apart. If he plays Bebe over JV all the time when he shouldn't he's definitely going to do it with Ibaka. Hopefully he proves us all wrong
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Ibaka and Patterson sound like great mentors for the young guys on the team. With Patterson injured that's something that was probably missing during practice. Now with both Ibaka and Patterson the young guys have two true professionals to learn from.
Not to mention, the improvements you should see from Norm, Delon and others. Getting to the rim just got a whole lot tougher, same with decision making.
Adding a player like Ibaka really does affect the team in so many different ways.
I'm pumped. Someone fast forward to Friday.Sunny ways my friends, sunny ways
Because its 2015
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Casey said Ibaka is picking things up quickly, particularly on D. He mentioned Patterson as being especially helpful with the newest Raptor
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) February 23, 2017
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tDotted wrote: View Post
Casey said Ibaka is picking things up quickly, particularly on D. He mentioned Patterson as being especially helpful with the newest Raptor
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) February 23, 2017
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tDotted wrote: View Post
Casey said Ibaka is picking things up quickly, particularly on D. He mentioned Patterson as being especially helpful with the newest Raptor
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) February 23, 2017
"We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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KHD wrote: View Postwell, there's a good contingent on here who think Ibaka means you can trade JV and give the reins to Bebe/Jakob, because Ibaka will be playing the 5 a lot. Just saying you really shouldn't count on that and expect it to actually be very effective.
Now, if Jakob is ready to start next year then that'd be terrific, but I'm highly skeptical of it.
To me, part of the idea is contingent on yaks growth, for sure. Also, that you have a sully type on mle to get boards. Thats $5m + mle for 3 players with different skills at C + Ibaka.
Seems there might be 2 x $15m contracts up for grabs between 3 players.
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