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FluLikeSymptoms wrote:I'd love for the Raps and Wiz, two young-ish teams with terrible names, to develop a healthy long-term rivalry. To good health- see you in the playoffs?
FluLikeSymptoms wrote:I'd love for the Raps and Wiz, two young-ish teams with terrible names, to develop a healthy long-term rivalry. To good health- see you in the playoffs?
pineappleheadindc wrote:CSN+ for FIOS
Channel 575 HD Tier / 78 SD tier
montestewart wrote:FluLikeSymptoms wrote:I'd love for the Raps and Wiz, two young-ish teams with terrible names, to develop a healthy long-term rivalry. To good health- see you in the playoffs?
Rather face the Bulls in 1st round
SHFT wrote:dlts20 wrote:Matty wrote:
We're definitely not the Heat or the Pacers. But we're certainly proving to be a level above the rest.
It's really up to you guys to show otherwise tomorrow. You guys are good on the road, right? come beat us at the ACC.
actually I think the exact opposite. As of right now you are definitely in the group with us and the Bulls. 3 games ahead of us with our game later today and only one game over the Bulls so you havent separated yourselves at all. Its actually up for you to change that and pull away. If you lose to us then you are basically tied with the Bulls and only 2 games up on us while having lost to both of us at home in a week's span.
We will be their and make it our house. Wall will separate himself from Lowry while owning Ross in the process and Beal will make Derozan his itch...........lol
That last part was a joke (kinda....wink wink) but in seriousness this does have the makings of being a pretty good rivalry for years to come if we were to meet in the 1st round
While we all talk about the standings let's not forget that while we had Gay on the roster it was a totally different team. Obviously those W/L's count towards our overall record but we are a better team then our record shows and are a class (or two) below MIA/IND but a class above everyone else in the east, except MAYBE Chicago.
FluLikeSymptoms wrote:montestewart wrote:FluLikeSymptoms wrote:I'd love for the Raps and Wiz, two young-ish teams with terrible names, to develop a healthy long-term rivalry. To good health- see you in the playoffs?
Rather face the Bulls in 1st round
Why? Those Bulls don't break. Who knows what the Raps will do in the playoffs?
pineappleheadindc wrote:CSN+ for FIOS
Channel 575 HD Tier / 78 SD tier
Sluggerface wrote:SHFT wrote:dlts20 wrote:actually I think the exact opposite. As of right now you are definitely in the group with us and the Bulls. 3 games ahead of us with our game later today and only one game over the Bulls so you havent separated yourselves at all. Its actually up for you to change that and pull away. If you lose to us then you are basically tied with the Bulls and only 2 games up on us while having lost to both of us at home in a week's span.
We will be their and make it our house. Wall will separate himself from Lowry while owning Ross in the process and Beal will make Derozan his itch...........lol
That last part was a joke (kinda....wink wink) but in seriousness this does have the makings of being a pretty good rivalry for years to come if we were to meet in the 1st round
While we all talk about the standings let's not forget that while we had Gay on the roster it was a totally different team. Obviously those W/L's count towards our overall record but we are a better team then our record shows and are a class (or two) below MIA/IND but a class above everyone else in the east, except MAYBE Chicago.
lol a class or two below Miami/Ind. Lol.
Indiana has two players that are top 5 in the league at their position, a should-have been all-star in lance stephenson, and the best defense in the NBA. Hate to be captain obvious here, but MIA has the best player in the world, and a roster that has won back to back NBA championships. Vogel and Spo are elite coaches too.
Toronto isn't a class below them. They aren't two classes below them. Toronto is playing high school ball while Indiana and Miami are in the Final Four.
This is why everybody in the NBA thinks you guys are hilarious for acting like you're the ****. You don't see us getting all uppity after coming back to relevance.
picc wrote:If the Lakers get Dragic, a championship is back on the table for this season. He's that good, and we're that close.
Mediocrity wrote:Wizards fans: as a Raptors fan, I can't stand 2/3 of the Raptors RealGm posters. They are morons. Anyway, it should be a good game tonight, and you guys will benefit from having to play small. Could go either way!
FAH1223 wrote:Mediocrity wrote:Wizards fans: as a Raptors fan, I can't stand 2/3 of the Raptors RealGm posters. They are morons. Anyway, it should be a good game tonight, and you guys will benefit from having to play small. Could go either way!
Every time I go on RealGM, I'm astounded at all of the Raptors fans. It's crazy.
And against you all, you're right... we're better playing small. Would love to see Ariza at the 4 with Webster at the 3. Give Wall the spacing he'll need.
picc wrote:If the Lakers get Dragic, a championship is back on the table for this season. He's that good, and we're that close.
SHFT wrote:Sluggerface wrote:SHFT wrote:
While we all talk about the standings let's not forget that while we had Gay on the roster it was a totally different team. Obviously those W/L's count towards our overall record but we are a better team then our record shows and are a class (or two) below MIA/IND but a class above everyone else in the east, except MAYBE Chicago.
lol a class or two below Miami/Ind. Lol.
Indiana has two players that are top 5 in the league at their position, a should-have been all-star in lance stephenson, and the best defense in the NBA. Hate to be captain obvious here, but MIA has the best player in the world, and a roster that has won back to back NBA championships. Vogel and Spo are elite coaches too.
Toronto isn't a class below them. They aren't two classes below them. Toronto is playing high school ball while Indiana and Miami are in the Final Four.
This is why everybody in the NBA thinks you guys are hilarious for acting like you're the ****. You don't see us getting all uppity after coming back to relevance.
1) Lance was not an allstar before Kyle Lowry
2) While our D is not the best in the NBA it is top 7 I would say.
3) No arguments with your MIA statements re Bron Bron and championship caliber.
4) Only reason I will say Spo is "an elite coach" is because he is endorsed by Pat Riley...people thought Mike Brown was an "elite coach" as well during his time in Cleveland
5) In no way can you say we are "high school basketball" and MIA/IND are "final four", those are 2 different leagues but I'm sure you knew that. What you probably didn't know is in our 0-3 record vs Miami our point differential is only 7. In our 1-2 record vs Indy, we beat them by 13 once, they beat us twice by 7. So by your stupid sarcastic remark what you are essentially saying is if you took a highschool basketball team and put them up against 2 seperate final four squads they would have 1 win and point differential of 7.
Are we 1 class below? That was a little generous I guess. We are 2 classes below.
I'm not getting "uppity", but thank you for clarifying why the NBA laughs at us, I will make sure I relay that to my fellow Raps fans.
Sluggerface wrote:
2) Bobcats have a top 5 D, but still suck major ass. You need more than good efficiency to be a contender. Just look at Minnesota. They are top 10 in both offensive and defensive efficiency and are struggling to even make the playoffs
TrosstheBOSS wrote:Very interesting stat the Washington Wizards are an NBA WORST 0-4 when playing for the NBA Championship Belt. I think they are the only team in the NBA not to hold it this season.