It is time to trade Fred VanVleet. He will not accept coming off the bench and It is time to insert Scottie Barnes in the starting point guard role. The Raptors back court is too small. FVV had a great run, however, it is time for the Raptors to move on.

JimmiC

Canada20753 Posts

November 01 2022 16:59 GMT

#1723

KD gets one of his summer wishes. Steve Nash is out in Brooklyn.

andrewlt

United States7400 Posts

November 01 2022 19:27 GMT

#1724

This may be one of those mutual decisions where the guy going out wanted out as well.

JimmiC

Canada20753 Posts

November 01 2022 19:35 GMT

#1725

Couldn't have been fun and he has tons of money so maybe. But I think it was more that they have had a bad record and looked bad, maybe they want a veteran coaching voice to add structure? Not sure how that is possible with Kyrie constantly adding new and creative drama mind you. The Rumor is they have hired or are going to Hire Udoka, but I do not think he could coach this season.

andrewlt

United States7400 Posts

November 01 2022 19:43 GMT

#1726

Udoka was suspended by the Celtics, not by the league. From what I read, the Celtics are not going to get in the way of him pursuing another job.

JimmiC

Canada20753 Posts

November 01 2022 22:31 GMT

#1727

On November 02 2022 04:43 andrewlt wrote:
Udoka was suspended by the Celtics, not by the league. From what I read, the Celtics are not going to get in the way of him pursuing another job.

OK gotcha, that makes more sense. I wonder if the league will give some "supplemental discipline" if the nets hire him.

andrewlt

United States7400 Posts

November 01 2022 23:44 GMT

#1728

Knowing the Nets, what he did in Boston will likely blow up in the middle of the season with the worst possible timing.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada14762 Posts

November 03 2022 13:29 GMT

#1729

its so much fun being a Raptors fan...

OG is not reacting more quickly because he is in better physical condition or "game shape". He is a student of the league and has learned a tonne over his 6 years in the league. This is why he is reacting faster.

I still want to know what BS speech Ujiri gave Portland to get them to take Powell for Trent Jr.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada14762 Posts

November 06 2022 00:37 GMT

#1730

Kyrie Irving's "i'm sorry you feel this way" apologies are comedy gold. What a clown. Dadaistic comedians like Andy Kaufman and Nathan Fielder ain't got nuttin' on the clown show Kyrie is running right now.

This guy keeps playing these adolescent teenage word games and he'll be out of the league in a few weeks.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada14762 Posts

December 05 2022 23:49 GMT

#1731

i've always considered Kyrie Irving a brother... i'm glad he feels the same way about me.

just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Vindicare605

United States14552 Posts

December 11 2022 16:39 GMT

#1732

Who does everyone have? I think this one comes down to refs personally. We allow more physicality, I like Team Red. We call more ticky tack stuff I think Lebron and Curry benefit more.

Either way I think this match up is really interesting because it's a match up of the Immovable Object (Red) vs the Unstoppable Force (Gold)

andrewlt

United States7400 Posts

December 11 2022 18:43 GMT

#1733

People make too much about physicality. It is not the only rule change made in the last 20-30 years. Players in the late 90s whined about zone defenses so much when it was first legalized. Team Red doesn't have a zone buster unless McGrady gets hot. On the other hand, Shaq isn't the best center to pair with Magic and Lebron and probably even Steph.

JimmiC

Canada20753 Posts

December 11 2022 19:32 GMT

#1734

I agree, and would go with gold. I think Kobe is a bit of a bad fit, I'd sub in Klay, but he would likely figure it out with those stars.

miller18345

1 Post

December 30 2022 11:32 GMT

#1735

--- Nuked ---

zev318

Canada4247 Posts

January 16 2023 22:32 GMT

#1736

ive watched rodman while he was with the bulls, and he was always guarding the post, so not sure how good he was at guarding in the perimeter. i think that definitely would be the biggest question mark on the red team.

gold team, probably steph's size, jordan/tmac/pippen would be taking him into the post all game, altho red team def dont have the spacing/shooting to take advantage of all the double teams they would be getting.

id go with gold team overall.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada14762 Posts

January 23 2023 05:35 GMT

#1737

In the past 8 years the Raptors failed to sell out less than a handful of times as ticket prices skyrocketed. Welp, ticket prices have been falling recently AND ... they failed to sell out today.
It has been a damn long honeymoon... but its over.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada14762 Posts

January 26 2023 12:53 GMT

#1738

Joel Embiid has 2 words for the Brooklyn Nets...
https://streamable.com/xsinbv
Suck It!
In the background you can see fans with Philly shirts on doing the gesture as he does it. I wonder if this thing is going to catch on again? It was banned from my high school.

i think its great that Embiid has found a 20+ year old derogatory motion that is not officially covered by the NBA's team of thought police. Any of 1000 other gestures would result in a fine for Embiid.

Here are the originators of the Degeneration-X "Suck It" body motion.
youtube

This motion is an evolution of the hip gyrations Elvis Presley did on the Ed Sullivan Show... which was censored... he was only filmed from the stomach up.