Boston started Horford at the 4, in their first preseason game at least.
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SkywalkerAC wrote: View PostBoston started Horford at the 4, in their first preseason game at least.
Cleveland thinks they are being smart starting Love at the 5, but over the course of a full season, it may come back to bite them, even if they do ravage teams offensively in the meantime.
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GOLDBLUM wrote: View PostI'm certainly as big a supporter as anybody is of JV remaining in the starting lineup and being fully utilized. I'm wondering though, should the news that Kevin Love will be playing center with TT coming off the bench change our thinking about that at all? If our two biggest competitors in BOS and CLE are rolling with small ball centers, Love/Horford, are we gonna get left in the same position we usually do in the playoffs, scrambling to make adjustments to match opponents, moves that could've been implemented during the regular season? I mean I'm really not convinced that we have the wing players at the 3-4 spots to even make the shift for Ibaka to better match Love and Hereford make sense for what we'd lose elsewhere. Just curious if our competition's composition should be changing our thinking about that at all? Thoughts?
Like, how bad would it be to have JV dominate the glass at C against guys like Horford, with Ibaka at the 4 to stretch the floor? Now all of a sudden we're not only strong at the glass with an elite screener, but also a strong stretch PF, and depth at SF (of all places!), with Miles/Norm/OG.
I know the game is trending small-ball, especially at the end-game frame, but I think there's still value in having the tallest/most physical guy on the court sometimes.
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inthepaint wrote: View PostI get that matchups are key, but sometimes I wonder why it seems like we're the ones always chasing/reacting to what the other teams are doing, rather then us setting the pace and have them try to matchup to us.
Like, how bad would it be to have JV dominate the glass at C against guys like Horford, with Ibaka at the 4 to stretch the floor? Now all of a sudden we're not only strong at the glass with an elite screener, but also a strong stretch PF, and depth at SF (of all places!), with Miles/Norm/OG.
I know the game is trending small-ball, especially at the end-game frame, but I think there's still value in having the tallest/most physical guy on the court sometimes.
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Hotshot wrote: View PostThe Raptors are a winning team, yet we are usually playing with less confident then their opponent does. I hate this style, its like we are a paper tiger and in the playoffs it is proven right.
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This is a very reasonable preview of the Raptors this season.
Pay extra attention to the questions about early-season tests and the focus on playoff success. As much as some people are currently preaching it's only preseason (myself included), I'd also encourage people not to go overboard during the first 3-4 weeks of the season. The first 15 games or so, apart from the nemesis Bulls, will be a good test.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/r...sive-approach/
Also, this is..man...this is something.
Miles will be the Raptors' 14th opening-night starter at small forward in 15 years, following in the footsteps of Michael Curry, Jalen Rose, Joey Graham, Morris Peterson, Jason Kapono, Jamario Moon, Hedo Turkoglu, Linas Kleiza, Rasual Butler, Landry Fields, Rudy Gay, Terrence Ross and DeMarre Carroll.Last edited by Mess; Fri Oct 6, 2017, 12:55 PM.Two beer away from being two beers away.
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Mess wrote: View PostThis is a very reasonable preview of the Raptors this season.
Pay extra attention to the questions about early-season tests and the focus on playoff success. As much as some people are currently preaching it's only preseason (myself included), I'd also encourage people not to go overboard during the first 3-4 weeks of the season. The first 15 games or so, apart from the nemesis Bulls, will be a good test.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/r...sive-approach/
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Wiltjer, Rautins and Meeks have been cut according to the RR homepage.
I'd've liked to have given Wiltjer a little more of a look for his three-ball shot alone.
The other two make sense to cut bait with though.
Wonder if we'll see any of them with the 905?
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GOLDBLUM wrote: View PostWiltjer, Rautins and Meeks have been cut according to the RR homepage.
I'd've liked to have given Wiltjer a little more of a look for his three-ball shot alone.
The other two make sense to cut bait with though.
Wonder if we'll see any of them with the 905?
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Mess wrote: View PostAs much as some people are currently preaching it's only preseason (myself included), I'd also encourage people not to go overboard during the first 3-4 weeks of the season. The first 15 games or so, apart from the nemesis Bulls, will be a good test.
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Nilanka wrote: View PostAgreed. We're not known to strike the first blow (slow 1st quarters, slow start to playoff series), and we certainly don't force other teams to matchup against us. It's always the other way around. I cringe at what would've happened last year vs. Bucks if Norm never got into the starting lineup.
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