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POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer?

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Who should be our closer?

Kyle Lowry
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64%
Andrea Bargnani
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3%
Demar Derozan
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We don't have him yet
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12%
 
Total votes: 110

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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#21 » by Undefeated » Wed Nov 14, 2012 4:43 pm

lobosloboslobos wrote:2) Val - I think we should build our entire offence around him and that includes the end of the game


I agree. One thing I can't understand is why the Raptors never run the side pick-and-roll with Jonas where he can pop to the baseline setting up for the short 12-foot baseline jumper. That jumper of his from there is money. It's always the high screen-and-roll and/or flat for Jonas.
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#22 » by arbsn » Wed Nov 14, 2012 4:51 pm

Whoever has the most swagger

so obviously Lowry
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#23 » by niQ » Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:00 pm

lobosloboslobos wrote:
evenflow wrote:Whoever has a good shot.

There should be no one individual player who automatically gets the ball in those situations. Run a team orientated offense and just get a good shot. We have guys who can hit those shots, just make sure we get the best shot possible.

No more of this one on one and Iso BS.


I agree with this. Iso ball bores me. But having said that, who would i want to have the ball with the game on the line:

1) Lowry
2) Val - I think we should build our entire offence around him and that includes the end of the game
3) Demar


Damn, I forgot about Valanicunas. Yea, I think he's a nice option if we need that mini running hook.
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#24 » by TwoCrownKing » Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:11 pm

Lowry is the closer. Either as the facilitator on a drive and kick, or as the primary scoring option.
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Post#25 » by RyanW » Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:17 pm

Terrible1 wrote:Clearly, it should be Jose Triple Double Calderon

Or Kleiza
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Post#26 » by -InFeRnO- » Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:23 pm

Lowry

right now Demar
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Post#27 » by Indeed » Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:36 pm

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lobosloboslobos wrote:2) Val - I think we should build our entire offence around him and that includes the end of the game


I agree. One thing I can't understand is why the Raptors never run the side pick-and-roll with Jonas where he can pop to the baseline setting up for the short 12-foot baseline jumper. That jumper of his from there is money. It's always the high screen-and-roll and/or flat for Jonas.


Hmm, Jonas is shooting 25% from 10-15 feet, and 40% non at-rim attempts:
http://www.hoopdata.com/player.aspx?nam ... alanciunas

I think we might want to hold on to the hypes, and allow him to take his time to develop as a good player.
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Post#28 » by Mister Ze » Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:52 pm

Doesn't make sense to say "we don't have him yet". It doesn't matter how bad a team is, they always have a closer.
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#29 » by Raptors Aiya » Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:30 pm

I voted for Demar because Lowry is hurt right now.

In hindsight, Lowry is hands down the clear choice to be our closer but Demar should be the 2nd option and the 1st option to take the shot when Lowry isn't on the floor.
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#30 » by 22haytham22 » Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:51 pm

Lowry is ur number 1 and ur number 2 should be derozan
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Post#31 » by Thesachman19 » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:40 pm

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Post#32 » by theycallmeZZ » Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:04 pm

(Almost) Anyone but Bargnani.
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Post#33 » by Mascot » Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:11 pm

Landry Fields....get that draft pick trade out of the way before it kicks us in the ass
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Post#34 » by ansoncarter » Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:43 pm

dunno but it shouldn't be derozan. Unless we want another repeat of the Utah game in overtime where they cleared out for Demar and all he brought was a bizarre twirling spin move shot from nowhere near close enough to the basket to be worrying about bizarre twirling spin moves. That thing was embarrassing to watch

don't need a closer anyways rather just leave the other team guessing
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Post#35 » by mirrornick » Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:02 pm

ansoncarter wrote:dunno but it shouldn't be derozan. Unless we want another repeat of the Utah game in overtime where they cleared out for Demar and all he brought was a bizarre twirling spin move shot from nowhere near close enough to the basket to be worrying about bizarre twirling spin moves. That thing was embarrassing to watch

don't need a closer anyways rather just leave the other team guessing


That was actually a very unusual move, but you can't deny that it almost went in. DD does make tough fadeaways a lot, so I wouldn't say that it was a bad shot.
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#36 » by Undefeated » Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:35 pm

Indeed wrote:Hmm, Jonas is shooting 25% from 10-15 feet, and 40% non at-rim attempts:
http://www.hoopdata.com/player.aspx?nam ... alanciunas

I think we might want to hold on to the hypes, and allow him to take his time to develop as a good player.


True, but I was referring to his baseline jumper rather than the jumpers he takes from the foul-line or elbow time to time which he doesn't connect on nearly as much.

I just went through Jonas' shot chart for the 8 games, and he's currently shooting 3-for-8 on 10+ feet baseline jumpers. 38% isn't that bad of a shooting percentage.
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#37 » by Lateral Quicks » Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:00 am

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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#38 » by TripleMKE » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:44 am

imho, we don't have that guy yet...Lowry's good but, I don't feel like he can get off a shot whenever he wants, he kind of just takes the lanes that are given to him.
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#39 » by J-Roc » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:11 am

Raps are still learning how to play the first 3 quarters of a game. Next will be 4th Q ball, where everything changes. And if they ever make the playoffs, yikes.
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Re: POLL: Who Should Be Our Closer? 

Post#40 » by cdel00 » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:15 am

Amir johnson :)

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