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bertarapsfan wrote: View PostSerge has still been great tho when JV was out. He was basically a walking double-double. He has defiantly been more impactful playing the C the PF role from last year. I think the main thing is at this point in his career he should always be playing C. Today's game suits him much better playing C essential what the PF position was in his hayday in OKC.
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DanH wrote: View PostOh, he should still play C, most of the time (he'd be fine with some PF minutes beside Gasol to get both their totals up high enough). But the Raptors sticking to a starting lineup that has largely been extremely mediocre since like, November, would be silly when they just made a big move for a C who they are hoping is an upgrade over the guy who already had better lineup numbers with the starters than Serge.
The hope is that the Gasol/Ibaka two-headed centre will be even more powerful than the JV/Ibaka combo.
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inthepaint wrote: View PostThe numbers since November were bad because Lowry was banged up, but also because we had Monroe instead of JV. If Ibaka stays exactly where he is (maybe with a little less minutes) and we have Gasol instead of Monroe, the bounce back will be astronomical.
The hope is that the Gasol/Ibaka two-headed centre will be even more powerful than the JV/Ibaka combo.
I mean, yes, we should hope that we are better now. But that does not mean Serge should start over Gasol.
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planetmars wrote: View PostTo be the champs you got to beat the champs
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Shots fired.
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/201...002110124.html
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Toronto Raptors
Marc Gasol helps, but he's lost a step defensively, and it's not even clear he'd be part of the best Toronto lineup in the playoffs. Meanwhile, in the past three months, the Raptors have gone from the clear favorites in the East to arguably the least imposing playoff team of the big four (Boston, Philly, Milwaukee, Toronto). I'm not sure what Masai Ujiri could have done to change that reality, but in any case, the Raptors were on the outside looking as most of their rivals got better.
Big picture: Kyle Lowry has been declining for months, the chemistry between Lowry and Kawhi Leonard still hasn't materialized, Pascal Siakam is a great complementary player but probably not someone who can anchor a new era next season, and the Clippers just cleared an obscene amount of cap space for this summer. Toronto could absolutely make the Finals a few months from now, but this was not a great week.
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bertarapsfan wrote: View Postwatching Philly vs den. 6ers look pretty dam good. also boban is now their back up C between him and embid that's a hell of a load for opposing teams C ever nightI relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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MixxAOR wrote: View PostHoney moon period.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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DanH wrote: View PostWhat does Monroe have to do with anything? I'm not talking about the bench sucking of late, or Lowry missing time, I'm talking about the actual starting lineup struggling in their minutes.
I mean, yes, we should hope that we are better now. But that does not mean Serge should start over Gasol.
Serge did his best to hold the fort a C, and played great games even on losses. The main reason the starters struggled was Lowry recovering from injury, both him and Kawhi being out of the lineup, and not having the luxury to start JV on games we would have. In simple terms, injuries is why we struggled. Not that you're saying that, but Serge had little to do with the starters struggles.
All I'm saying is instead of having Serge & Monroe as your centres (while JV was hurt), we'll now see have Gasol & Serge, which is of course much better, so we should see some improvement overall by the team.
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I dunno what thread this belong in so I'm just putting it here.
the league forcing NO to play Davis by treating 100gs a game he sit is absolute bullshit
1. he asked to be traded
2. who the hell is the league to dictate to a team the minutes their players must get.
3. what if AD gets a long term injury so team won't trade for him and wait till he hits fa
4. what if he does get injurys and pelicans get fucked?
5. this will create a circus around pelicans rest of the year.
if I was pelicans I'd say fuck off Pay the roughly 3 mil in fines and move on from AD in the summerTo be the champs you got to beat the champs
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