PG: Playoffs, we coming fo you!

RapsFanInVA · Post #181 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:32 am

Left Side Drive wrote:Can someone tell me why Rudy Gay is so popular on twitter? He has 700k - 800k followers. Way more than any other Raptor player or Grizzlie player for that matter.

There is a moderate to strong correlation between talent/skill + twitter followers.

Didn't actually crunch the numbers.

supra2k8 · Post #182 » by **supra2k8** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:32 am

Anyone have a video/gif of the fan running into the court? I was watching Knicks broadcast and the mentioned it but they were showing Knicks bench the whole time.

highness · Post #183 » by **highness** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:34 am

Illuminati_ wrote:
Marvin Martian wrote:Lowry and Gay are the future of the franchise. Derozan went MIA in the second half

That's demar's routine.

What? 18 and 6 not good enough for you :lol:

TheRealDeal · Post #184 » by **TheRealDeal** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:35 am

It's pretty amazing that we're even talking about playoffs after the start we had.

HiMyNameIsTrey · Post #185 » by **HiMyNameIsTrey** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:37 am

arpus wrote:Anyone have a video/gif of the fan running into the court? I was watching Knicks broadcast and the mentioned it but they were showing Knicks bench the whole time.

Same with the Raps feed..just focused on Demars face then a bit of the bench. Is it protocol to not show fans on the court?

Post #186 » by **Undefeated** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:37 am

Marvin Martian wrote:Melo is better than Gay but the gap is much smaller than what most people think. For all the offense Melo brings, he is very bad defensively and he showed it tonight. What the point of scoring 32 points if you constantly give up more of defense?

Gay is not as good offensively, but he can play quality defense and we saw that numerous times tonight; Did Melo even score one bucket against Gay?

Having a more consistent jumper and a better post game is actually a huge gap in skill.

Yes, Gay is a better overall defender, but 'Melo is decent and not as much as a pylon as you think. He's a solid one-on-one defender that knows how to use his body to steer his man into Chandler and he's a rock in the post. It's the help defense that he doesn't bother trying.

RapsFanInVA · Post #187 » by **RapsFanInVA** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:37 am

TheRealDeal wrote:It's pretty amazing that we're even talking about playoffs after the start we had.

Says a lot about the state of the NBA. Over half the teams make the playoffs and the talent has been diluted through expansion so that it's very top-heavy.

Post #188 » by **pbj** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:38 am

highness wrote:
Illuminati_ wrote:
Marvin Martian wrote:Lowry and Gay are the future of the franchise. Derozan went MIA in the second half

That's demar's routine.

What? 18 and 6 not good enough for you

While Gay was defecating on the court in the 1st half, Demar kept us in this game

Camboflage · Post #189 » by **Camboflage** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:38 am

Lowry saved our asses from start to finish, i can only imagine how we would've felt after that early forth melt down.

Poor coaching at it's finest, as some said, our better players stepped up and saved Casey's ass tonight.

Exactly why i don't overreact or comment after a Rudy Gay slump, he's inconsistent, but he's still THAT GUY.

hyper316 · Post #190 » by **hyper316** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:39 am

RaptorNews wrote:
hyper316 wrote:New Rotation:

Lowry/Telfair
DeRozan/Ross
Gay/Landry
Amir/Bargs
Val/

Please sit AA, JL3, Gray

Need a backup C that is not a stiff

Acy should play

haha I totally forgot he was on the team. Acy is a undersized PF tho, I dont think he can guard Cs

Danchan · Post #191 » by **Danchan** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:39 am

Lol they got a bunch of raptors ex-coach, assistant coach lined up on the bench no wonder they lost. They got a raptors ex GM as well?

HiMyNameIsTrey · Post #192 » by **HiMyNameIsTrey** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:40 am

Happy we won of course, but a loss would've made this board go crazy. Suspect offensive sets, AA chucking and bricking...

Haven't read through the thread but hope Amir got props. I'm so confident in his little hook shots

Waylon Mercy · Post #193 » by **Waylon Mercy** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:41 am

arpus wrote:Anyone have a video/gif of the fan running into the court? I was watching Knicks broadcast and the mentioned it but they were showing Knicks bench the whole time.

They don't show people that go onto the field/court on sports broadcasts anymore because
they don't want to reward attention whore behavior.

Camboflage · Post #194 » by **Camboflage** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:42 am

Amir is slowly creeping behind JYD as my favorite Raptor of all time, i really love this guy.

Retire a Raptor, we love you here.

Throwback24 · Post #195 » by **Throwback24** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:42 am

While Gay was defecating on the court in the 1st half, Demar kept us in this game

Very true. I can't really hate on DD as of late.

ThereIsNoSpork · Post #196 » by **ThereIsNoSpork** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:43 am

Great game!! ACC was rockin. Rudy had a monster 2nd half after a bad 1st and carried us to the win. Lowry was great too. JV grabbing boards like a madman and playing well and gets benched in the 4th even though Chandler was in foul trouble :lol:

nothing new here. So glad we won though. Always nice to beat the Knicks. OH and the booing Bargnani was way over the top... wtf is the point of booing him on the floor constantly? We're trying to win the damn game STFU. At one point we were up 10 and they were booing him still. I boo'd him early on though lol but they just constantly boo'd him all game.. that's just dumb.

Oh well. GREAT GAME! And to top it off I got pizza and a Lowry bobblehead! lol :rock:

Danchan · Post #197 » by **Danchan** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:43 am

Btw I think Lowry have some sort of back unhurt that's why he can't play heavy minutes. After he hit the tough shot teammates want to fly into him he kinda gave them a "easy there" gesture

kplooksafterme · Post #198 » by **kplooksafterme** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:46 am

Rudy was unreal in the second half. Great games from Lowry and Amir, and as has become usual with this team, really great toughness.

Superchunk · Post #199 » by **Superchunk** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:49 am

theonlyeastcoastrapsfan wrote:
ghuytro wrote:Pretty sure Val had no idea who Telfair was when he passed him in the ramp after the game.

Probably thought it was some kind of Make a Wish thing.

I'm still laughing.

Classic, actually laughing out loud.

ThereIsNoSpork · Post #200 » by **ThereIsNoSpork** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 3:50 am

Superchunk wrote:
theonlyeastcoastrapsfan wrote:
ghuytro wrote:Pretty sure Val had no idea who Telfair was when he passed him in the ramp after the game.

Probably thought it was some kind of Make a Wish thing.

I'm still laughing.

Classic, actually laughing out loud.

need to see a video of that