lets say he's a less offensively polished but more athletic Tim Duncan.
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JV is just special good. Hard to imagine a rookie center that had more offensive smarts than he has shown so far this year. He is battling the fact that he is coming from a system with a different rule book, but I can't believe how well he is adapting. He is very close to being my favourite Raptor ever already.
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Miekenstien wrote: View Posti think bigV is killing davis. amir hitting that 15-18 footer and bigv easily making up davis' rebounds seems like the end of davis to me. too bad because i like ed.
bigV had a great stat line tonight. loved the blocks.Twitter @WJ_FINDLAY
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Miekenstien wrote: View Posti think bigV is killing davis. amir hitting that 15-18 footer and bigv easily making up davis' rebounds seems like the end of davis to me. too bad because i like ed.
bigV had a great stat line tonight. loved the blocks.
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WJF wrote: View PostI think Jonas played a solid game, but when Ed came in he gobbled up quick boards, made good plays and stuck a 15 footer, lets not ship him out just yet. There will be plenty of games that Jonas gets the early hook due to fouls, and we can role with Amir and Ed together in that second unit.Nilanka wrote: View PostSome of Ed's minutes went to Acy. That probably won't happen once the season starts.Garbo wrote: View PostI agree with the two posters above. Ed played well and definitely has a roll on this team.
i think we all got super siked for jv then tempered ourselves and now watching him play he is already the best 5 on the team.
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Miekenstien wrote: View Post...now watching him play he is already the best 5 on the team.
What dampened enthusiasm a little were his stats from Europe and the Olympics. And, as has been pointed out on this forum previously by one of his countrymen, I believe, part of that is due to him being a young guy playing on established teams. I think how he was used by his coaches had as much to do with his stats as his ability. And he seems even better suited to the NBA game than Euroleague play.
I am super pumped to see what he is like by the All-Star break. Quite frankly, I don't even care how the Raps do this year, because watching this kid grow into one of the top 2-3 centers in the league in the next three years is going to give me goose bumps.
Oh...I am also super pumped about finding a facility with open gym time that I can get access to for $2.00 a trip. Maybe, with a couple of hours of practice to go along with the twice a week gaming, I can take the 6 blanks I shot during my old-timers game last Sunday and turn them into an ugly 3 for 6.
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Nilanka wrote: View PostAnyone notice that Valanciunas hasn't won an opening tip yet (or even come close)? He's barely left the ground before the ball's already in the opposing PG's hands....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_ball
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