NBA Playoffs! Round 2, Game 2: Toronto Raptors 110 - Cleveland Steamers 128 (CLE 2-0)

[DogeLover1234]

That's better than being Bulls, Bruins, Patriots, Seattle FC, Seahawks fan though.

Whoa whoa whoa lets take it easy on fans of Seattle sports, we are a respectful, passionate bunch.

[KeonClark]

I know it’s not the same at all but:

The Bulls lost to the Pistons in the playoffs 3 years in a row before finally getting over the hump. They lost in the playoffs 6 years in a row before winning.

Obviously they had MJ. But I need to make myself feel better.

That's what I'm trying to get it. Before Twitter and social media, the armchair gm stuck to sports talk radio and beers with his buddy.

Many many teams hit the wall for multiple years until they broke through. Sometimes they didn't. But by the time a scorched earth rebuild works LeBron James Jr. Will be crushing new souls. I maintain, masai should work his magic with Lowry and ibaka gone. Bring in a coach that's a bit of an asshole. Dwane Casey is a great guy I'd love to be his friend. We're leading the league in sportsmanship per 36

[tDotted]

Raps in 6 huh?

The Cavs have won 2 games out of 7 so

[rocwell]

Whoa whoa whoa lets take it easy on fans of Seattle sports, we are a respectful, passionate bunch.

Real Seattle fans are lit, my man.

[The Great One]

Whoa whoa whoa lets take it easy on fans of Seattle sports, we are a respectful, passionate bunch.

I'm not a Seattle sports fan. No clue what rocwell is talkin bout.

[suspenders]

You can't trade 12 guys for picks and d leaguers. You wanna race Phoenix to the bottom?
We have top 3 gm, exciting young pieces and 2 "all stars" if you can't be more creative than "suck worse than Chicago" that's a shame.

At first blush, Casey, Lowry and ibaka should see the door. That's substantial and I believe could really alter the mental makeup around here.

Lowry is our "engine" that goes from a corvette to a ford fusion in may

Not that my opinion matters, but I 100% agree with you.

Lowry, Ibaka, and Casey all need to go. I like (love) the rest of our team. I really think we have a lot of other great pieces, including DeRozan.

[MixxAOR]

DeRozan is loyal you gotta give him that but the fact that he plays no defense and we have nobody
To hide him on is a real issue. Everybody he guards lights him up. If you think theres a chance that he’ll learn from new coach thats cool but im personally done taking chances that he’ll learn

[MixxAOR]

This fucking sucks

[A.I]

The Cavs have won 2 games out of 7 so

Ignore the troll, he said Wizards in 6 too. Raptors could be up 3-0 on the Cavs and he’d say Cavs in 7.

[planetmars]

DeRozan is loyal you gotta give him that but the fact that he plays no defense and we have nobody
To hide him on is a real issue. Everybody he guards lights him up. If you think theres a chance that he’ll learn from new coach thats cool but im personally done taking chances that he’ll learn

Yeah his defense in this series has really been exposed. Not sure if a coach can really do much to bring that out of him. He's also going to bring back the most in any trade. Quite arguably our best trade asset even if he's making more than $30M a year.

[The Great One]

LMAO I needed that laugh.

That was good eh? lol

[Nilanka]

You can't trade 12 guys for picks and d leaguers. You wanna race Phoenix to the bottom?
We have top 3 gm, exciting young pieces and 2 "all stars" if you can't be more creative than "suck worse than Chicago" that's a shame.

At first blush, Casey, Lowry and ibaka should see the door. That's substantial and I believe could really alter the mental makeup around here.

Lowry is our "engine" that goes from a corvette to a ford fusion in may

Hoping broken minds fix themselves....bold strategy, Cotton

[Nilanka]

If BC traded us the number one pick for a 32 year old who is making $31 million next year, thereby squandering their capspace, I am pretty sure Philly fans would burn the city to the ground.

They are looking to add LeBron or George with that capspace. Even if they strike out BC isn't going to dump his first major acquisition that quickly... The guy held on to Bargnani for years before giving up on him.

Then again, BC has been known to be somewhat infatuated with players from his past.

[Nilanka]

Full on tanking, no. Retool, sure. Like I said, I’m excited for the young guys and want to see them try hard and try to win.

Young guys are fun and energetic, but there's nobody here that's capable of turning this franchise around. Good pieces, but still very much lacking the requisite "elite" talent.

[LJ2]

DeRozan is loyal you gotta give him that but the fact that he plays no defense and we have nobody
To hide him on is a real issue. Everybody he guards lights him up. If you think theres a chance that he’ll learn from new coach thats cool but im personally done taking chances that he’ll learn

That's why you have to partner him up with someone that doesn't want to be his best friend. Maybe Lowry/Serge for Lillard or Kemba and whomever.