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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#41 » by JustaKnickFan » Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:47 am

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JustaKnickFan wrote:DD's rebounding seems very overrated. The more I watch Raptors game, the more I realize that the only rebounds DD grabs are the defensive rebounds where 3 Raptors are around it and maybe only 1 player from the other team.


That is basically how rebounding works. I think other than Lowry, our wings/guards rebounding are average.

Not necessarily, guys like Landry get some pretty nice offensive boards, and will occasionally get a defensive rebound in traffic, and even Calderon will sometimes get a long rebound, while DD only seems interested in getting the rebounds where there isn't much competition for. I rarely see him box out, too.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#42 » by MoMan24 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:34 am

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D-BE-LAW wrote:derozan is not the problem. I will evaluate him more harshly once we have bargs gone, and maybe fields. This team could have been solid if not for stupid decisions like resigning bargnani and etc. Derozan improves every year and can be a solid guard, but I think he can be apart of the core, but not the guy, just a complementary player. We need a franchise player.


Still not a reliable shooter, defender, attacker, or ball handler... As our starting SG who plays huge minutes, he's hurt us in a lot of games. If he continues to be treated like a main guy, we're in trouble for years to come.

Well said, he is given 37 min which means he is a main guy. What gets me angry about this team is guys like Demar are treated like they have done things in this league like Lebron or Kobe so no matter how bad they play or hurting the team he will still get his minutes and that is why we will be in trouble.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#43 » by mango2209 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:42 am

I like demar but I don't see him playing up to his contract unless he works soo hard this summer that he miraculously develops above average handles. He has a mid range game, average post up game, and he's a below average defender.

He was able to draw fouls last season but for some reason that has gone away. Could attribute that to lack of respect from refs I guess.

Recently, he's been playing very passively as well. Could attribute that to defenders paying more attention to him I guess.

Basically, demar needs to adjust. Everyone has figured him out. His success in this league will depend on his ability to continue to improve and adjust

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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#44 » by YoungG » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:48 am

Watch, now DD is going to go off in tomorrows game and everyone will start to change their minds about him once again. In all honesty, he is a very flawed player who is 23 years young. In for him to become something important to not only this team but the league, he's going to have to attend some kind of Point Guard camp and learn from a Defensive specialist.

Teach him how to be a play maker, increase his dribbling ability, teach him how to move with and without the ball.

Defensively teach him how to properly guard the opposition. Force them to a side in order to stop himself from second guessing where the ball handler is going to go.

I think those are the things he really is lacking... Ball handling, play making ability and defensive know how
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#45 » by TheAlchemist » Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:56 am

lol. The thread title implies he can't be separated from the core.

I just want a solid draft pick for him.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#46 » by hkr » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:02 am

D-BE-LAW wrote:derozan is not the problem. I will evaluate him more harshly once we have bargs gone, and maybe fields. This team could have been solid if not for stupid decisions like resigning bargnani and etc. Derozan improves every year


Unfortunately I haven't seen concrete evidence for that. Derozan's scoring efficiency went down, he's not grabbing more rebounds, not making much more passes, etc. The only thing he has clearly gotten better at is taking more shots which netted him the ridiculous contract extension.

Demar maybe has gotten better at somethings but none of that made him a more productive player that helps the team win more games.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#47 » by tmac101 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:52 am

hkr wrote:
D-BE-LAW wrote:derozan is not the problem. I will evaluate him more harshly once we have bargs gone, and maybe fields. This team could have been solid if not for stupid decisions like resigning bargnani and etc. Derozan improves every year


Unfortunately I haven't seen concrete evidence for that. Derozan's scoring efficiency went down, he's not grabbing more rebounds, not making much more passes, etc. The only thing he has clearly gotten better at is taking more shots which netted him the ridiculous contract extension.

Demar maybe has gotten better at somethings but none of that made him a more productive player that helps the team win more games.

Contradictory at its best.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#48 » by hkr » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:18 am

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hkr wrote:Unfortunately I haven't seen concrete evidence for that. Derozan's scoring efficiency went down, he's not grabbing more rebounds, not making much more passes, etc. The only thing he has clearly gotten better at is taking more shots which netted him the ridiculous contract extension.

Demar maybe has gotten better at somethings but none of that made him a more productive player that helps the team win more games.

Contradictory at its best.


What I mean is that whatever improvements Demar made hasn't made him a better player at all. In terms of production he hasn't improved as a player except he's taking more shots. He's not scoring more efficiently, he's not grabbing more rebounds, he's not making better passes, and although this is more arguable, he's not defending better either.

I've written this before but that's because all his improvements have been in taking the worst type of shot in basketball, long midrange jumpers. This perpetuation with taking more shots in the midrange made him less valuable as a player.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#49 » by theskydrops » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:22 am

Have I read this thread before?




Or three times?
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#50 » by StatsMan99 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:16 am

LOL. It's "a part", not "apart". I agree though that he can't be a part of the core if we are ever to make the playoffs. He's one of the worst players in the league. Go to Wages of Wins and do a search for Demar Derozan if you don't believe me.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#51 » by StatsMan99 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:19 am

mirrornick wrote:23


He's in his 4th year, and his stats have barely improved at all. In fact, in several areas they've gotten worse. He's not going to improve much from here on out. With SGs, what you see by their 4th year is what you get.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#52 » by StatsMan99 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:20 am

Throwback24 wrote:His defense is below-average @ best. 35 year old guards blow by him with relative ease and if this is happening at such a young age, can you imagine DeRozan at Kobes age? He'd be practically crippled.


DeRozan won't be in the league when he's Kobe's age.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#53 » by StatsMan99 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:31 am

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C_Money wrote:
JustaKnickFan wrote:DD's rebounding seems very overrated. The more I watch Raptors game, the more I realize that the only rebounds DD grabs are the defensive rebounds where 3 Raptors are around it and maybe only 1 player from the other team.


Yes he sucks at rebounding but that is just one of many things that he can't do. He also can't play defence, pass, shoot, or drive to the basket. So really WTF is he actually doing out there?


Wow DD must be out of $$$ from paying the other NBA player to LET him Average almost 18 & 5 there are more than 15 other teams who SG do not produce at these rates. With him sucking so much I would say he must be blackmailing them so we should D League him ASAP


Season stats:

Old-man Vince Carter: 17.8 points/36 minutes on 54.8% true shooting
Demar Derozan: 16.9 points/36 minutes on 51.0% true shooting

Old-man Vince is averaging 0.9 more points/36 minutes, and shooting nearly 4% better than DD.

Old-man Vince Carter is also averaging more rebounds, more assists, more steals, and more blocks per 36 minutes than Derozan. A 6'6" SG who is about to turn 36 years old is averaging three times as many blocks per 36 minutes (1.0 vs. 0.3) as DeRozan, a 6'6" SG who is only 23 years old and supposedly has "great athleticism".
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#54 » by StatsMan99 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:44 am

In fact, here are Demar Derozan's season stats per 36 minutes vs. Vince Carter's, a 15th year player who is about to turn 36 years old, and is near the tail end of his career. Plus he (VC) is only making a little over $3 million per year, while DD is about to make nearly $10 million.

http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b57 ... 2ab95d.png

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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#55 » by Chaos Engine » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:02 am

Unfortunately he is. The new Bargnani folks, with his legions on fanboys to defend him!
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#56 » by G R E Y » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:18 am

StatsMan99 wrote:In fact, here are Demar Derozan's season stats per 36 minutes vs. Vince Carter's, a 15th year player who is about to turn 36 years old, and is near the tail end of his career. Plus he (VC) is only making a little over $3 million per year, while DD is about to make nearly $10 million.

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While I don't disagree with your point, these #'s say as much about VC in a positive way as they do about DD in a negative way. Not a huge VC fan but man good for him.

DD is presented as part of the core and gets the requisite minutes for that shiny new contract.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#57 » by Scase » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:26 am

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StatsMan99 wrote:In fact, here are Demar Derozan's season stats per 36 minutes vs. Vince Carter's, a 15th year player who is about to turn 36 years old, and is near the tail end of his career. Plus he (VC) is only making a little over $3 million per year, while DD is about to make nearly $10 million.

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While I don't disagree with your point, these #'s say as much about VC in a positive way as they do about DD in a negative way. Not a huge VC fan but man good for him.

DD is presented as part of the core and gets the requisite minutes for that shiny new contract.

Which is a depressing viscous circle. He's "core" so he get's signed to a ridiculous contract to lock him up, and then gets force fed ridiculous amounts of minutes to justify the contract.

Makes my head spin. God I hate BC and want him fired.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#58 » by preacher » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:10 am

It's "a part" not "apart"
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#59 » by kwamebargnani » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:19 am

mirrornick wrote:23

4th year in the league. He's been getting undeserving 35 mins of playing time for the past three years, and still hasn't shown more than what an average bench player can do.
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Re: DD Can't Be Apart of the Core 

Post#60 » by Laowai » Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:21 am

For all the crao heaped on Bargs the reality the defense hasn't improved especial points in the paint and both Amir and Davis are better defensively.

Why?
The obvious is DD and Jose are so bad that a cripple or a blind man can beat them.
That allows easy penetration which any big has a problem stopping.

Before the season I stated that I would be happy DD getting 14 to 15pts. but play good defense, rebound and get a few assists. He will never have handles or a 3 pt. shot.
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