gamethread-ORLANDO T-Rexes v TORONTO Land-Before-Timers 7:00

Post #401 » by **SOUL** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:29 am

Honestly who cares about JJ, its always about JJ win or lose. Evans isnt our worst player. I mean yeah tonight buut.. the whole game was frustrating, but the 4th was pretty good. Hedo/Shard made some clutch underrated plays.

happypedro12 · Post #402 » by **happypedro12** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:31 am

PG or SG? Uh...PG, easily. The real question is what's a bigger need, PG or PF.

We can always move Hedo to SG and Rashard to SF if we had a good PF.

ughhh sorry, but no way. 1. hedo will not be here next year, watch. and 2. even if he were, he would get BURNT by all the elite SG's. He would be a bandaid fix at our 2 spot. We need to trade hedo during the summer while he has the highest value possible and either get a good PF or SG, and a draft pick

happypedro12 · Post #403 » by **happypedro12** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:32 am

you know what scares me is that we barely beat Tor, but they didn't even have Bosh. We really need to avoid playing Toronto in the first round......................

zuppafly · Post #404 » by **zuppafly** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:35 am

From 5DOM in the Raptors boards:

Holy ****. If this was someone named Arroyo or Nelson, hell would rise to these boards right now. :lol:

Max Power · Post #405 » by **Max Power** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:35 am

I'm so glad we won this game. But man did we have to earn it, as I expected. Dwight made up for the first three quarters by blowing up in the 4th. Thats what superstars do.

I liked Jameer tonight, when he takes it to the rim we can do a lot, but his jumper never seems to fall anymore. Anyway, he played well, and hopefully gets to his November form again. He's been better lately.

Hedo and Lewis were well, Hedo and Lewis Both came up big when they were needed.

Soul, I gotta agree about JJ, what does it say about him when they keep an obviously injured Bogans in rather than throw him a bone.

But my favorite part.....Marcin Gortat got in!!! Too bad that pass he got was F-ed up. I love that guy (no homo).

goflyakite · Post #406 » by **goflyakite** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:36 am

Gotta disagree on that one, Pedro. I think that Hedo's length would bother shorter 2s on defense and he could just over power them on offense. Hedo at the two with a REAL PF to go with Dwight and Shard could be deadly to the opponent.

Post #407 » by **SOUL** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:39 am

Max Power wrote:I'm so glad we won this game. But man did we have to earn it, as I expected. Dwight made up for the first three quarters by blowing up in the 4th. Thats what superstars do.

I liked Jameer tonight, when he takes it to the rim we can do a lot, but his jumper never seems to fall anymore. Anyway, he played well, and hopefully gets to his November form again. He's been better lately.

Hedo and Lewis were well, Hedo and Lewis Both came up big when they were needed.

Soul, I gotta agree about JJ, what does it say about him when they keep an obviously injured Bogans in rather than throw him a bone.

But my favorite part.....Marcin Gortat got in!!! Too bad that pass he got was F-ed up. I love that guy (no homo).

Well of course, Bogans sucks

I misread it I guess, but whats done is done.. hopefully JJ can get more time as Bogans looked pretty gimpy out there

Last Guardian · Post #408 » by **Last Guardian** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:39 am

Good win, and gives us more space at the 3rd seed.

happypedro12 · Post #409 » by **happypedro12** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:42 am

Gotta disagree on that one, Pedro. I think that Hedo's length would bother shorter 2s on defense and he could just over power them on offense. Hedo at the two with a REAL PF to go with Dwight and Shard could be deadly to the opponent.

Ya maybe, but i dont' see hedo keeping up with rip hamilton, or michael redd, kobe, he would get destroyed. I'm not sayin it wouldn't work in the right situation at the moment, but not for a long term. besides we got a SF that we're tied to no matter what, so might as well go for another piece. i don't care either way, we need both SG and PF, i just think a PF is more needed at this poing.

Post #410 » by **UCFJayBird** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:52 am

Sorry pedro, but if Hedo at SG is far less of a problem than Rashard at PF. And you underrate Hedo's defense. He's not great or anything, but he can hold his own.

And you just said PF is needed more, isn't that what we said? Or did you mean to say SG again?

Post #411 » by **SOUL** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 2:59 am

We just need a big period. Watching Foyle attempt to shoot makes me cringe

TheRevTy · Post #412 » by **TheRevTy** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:01 am

First of all, how does NBATV get away with calling this a nationally televised game, yet using the Raptors' announcers. They are, quite possibly, the most annoying homers out there. What exactly does "And that is what I call an onion" mean?

Second, highlight of the game: Adonal throwing it down a la "Garrity over Dalembert"!

Third, I believe I have figured out the secret to Hedo's fourth quarter success. A long time ago, I read a quote about Gilber Arenas by Jameer that said "Gilbert has the greenest light of anyone in the NBA. That thing is like neon." Well, my friends, Hedo has that same green light in the 4th. Watch him throughout the game. He makes some nice passes, hits a shot here and there, drives well, and actually looks very similar to Rashard. What makes him so well-renowned? His fourth quarter production. Guy can throw up any shot he wants in the final 12 minutes. Imagine if Lewis or even Jameer had that freedom. "Yeah, you can iso and drive on every play if you want."

Finally, Arroyo reminds me of my high school football quarterback. Guy had tons of talent, could see the field well, but always tried to force a throw, just to look good. He dislocated more fingers than you can count on, well, your fingers, because he tried to show off his arm strength and heave it in there. Was Gortat really expected to come in cold and catch a ball thrown so hard that it deflected almost to the ceiling?

Shishnizzle · Post #413 » by **Shishnizzle** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:06 am

EasternMagic wrote:hey im finally a real gm

How did you get there before me? I have to get on my post padding game.

OhMyBosh · Post #414 » by **OhMyBosh** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:09 am

I'm jealous of your team. That's all I'll say.

And also, Hedo is becoming one of my favourite players. He's so quick and mobile for someone his height. Almost like a white McGrady. On my 2K8 team, he's averaging 21 ppg 6 rpg and 4 apg. And that's not far off from what his actual stats are!

Post #415 » by **UCFJayBird** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:13 am

OhMyBosh wrote:I'm jealous of your team. That's all I'll say.

And also, Hedo is becoming one of my favourite players. He's so quick and mobile for someone his height. Almost like a white McGrady. On my 2K8 team, he's averaging 21 ppg 6 rpg and 4 apg. And that's not far off from what his actual stats are!

Yea Hedo has finally become that player people thought he had the potential to be when he was drafted by Sacramento. What's weird is that we thought he had that potential when we signed him, but most of us had written him off after last season when he had his "turkoflu". It's been great to watch him come back this year and just play his best basketball of his career.

theTHIEF · Post #416 » by **theTHIEF** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:16 am

what a horrible game...

Bay_Areas_Finest · Post #417 » by **Bay_Areas_Finest** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:31 am

theTHIEF wrote:what a horrible game...

I know.

HOW DARE WE WIN! WHAT THE HELL WAS OUR TEAM THINKING!?

mhectorgato · Post #418 » by **mhectorgato** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:42 am

UCFJayBird wrote:Yea Hedo has finally become that player people thought he had the potential to be when he was drafted by Sacramento. What's weird is that we thought he had that potential when we signed him, but most of us had written him off after last season when he had his "turkoflu". It's been great to watch him come back this year and just play his best basketball of his career.

I'm in that group.

Perhaps him taking the summer off from his NT helped? :dontknow:

But this is not the Hedo of previous seasons.

Rick Rolled · Post #419 » by **Rick Rolled** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:45 am

I don't even care about the game.

Foyle made my life worth living tonight with that monster throwdown.

I still haven't recovered emotionally from it.

Hairy Midget · Post #420 » by **Hairy Midget** » Wed Mar 5, 2008 3:57 am

TheRevTy wrote:
Third, I believe I have figured out the secret to Hedo's fourth quarter success. A long time ago, I read a quote about Gilber Arenas by Jameer that said "Gilbert has the greenest light of anyone in the NBA. That thing is like neon." Well, my friends, Hedo has that same green light in the 4th. Watch him throughout the game. He makes some nice passes, hits a shot here and there, drives well, and actually looks very similar to Rashard. What makes him so well-renowned? His fourth quarter production. Guy can throw up any shot he wants in the final 12 minutes. Imagine if Lewis or even Jameer had that freedom. "Yeah, you can iso and drive on every play if you want."

Except Hedo actually scores in such positions, Jameer can't shoot and Rashard can't drive. Hedo is pretty damn good at both, along with being a pretty good passer.