PG: 3 at last, 3 at last...THANK NORMGOD ALMIGHTY WE HIT A 3 AT LAST

Jayt99 · Post #121 » by **Jayt99** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:11 pm

When Norman the whipping boy has been better than Siakam the golden child.

Klayforspicy · Post #122 » by **Klayforspicy** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:13 pm

Jayt99 wrote:When Norman the whipping boy has been better than Siakam the golden child.

The focus Norm is playing with is the focus Kawhi was playing with. Siakim often times looks out of it, like hes gonna take whatever the defense dictates.

Jayt99 · Post #123 » by **Jayt99** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:13 pm

Been on the Norm bandwagon since day 1. Remember when bums were saying trade him for JJ.

TheWave · Post #124 » by **TheWave** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:18 pm

Normgod got Kawhi stem cells to heal his shoulder while at Drake's while injured. He is now now...

Norm Powhi

basketball royalty · Post #125 » by **basketball royalty** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:20 pm

YelloC wrote:At least there’s lots of video to show how not to play. We missed 10 fts which is not typical.
We gotta work on the breaking the press. It’s our Achilles heel this season.

Have the feeling that if Kyle or Fred we’re out there instead of McCaw it wouldn’t have been much of a problem.

dagger · Post #126 » by **dagger** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:21 pm

This is a And+1 thread title. Congrats.

dagger · Post #127 » by **dagger** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:22 pm

Jayt99 wrote:Been on the Norm bandwagon since day 1. Remember when bums were saying trade him for JJ.

At times, that would have been justified. There is no comparing what he's doing now with any part of any regular season he's played in. He's called Playoff Norm because Regular Season Norm wasn't so consistently good, sometimes not good at all.

MFS · Post #128 » by **MFS** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:22 pm

TheWave wrote:Normgod got Kawhi stem cells to heal his shoulder while at Drake's while injured. He is now now...

Norm Powhi

Might not understand the reference..

LoveMyRaps · Post #129 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:29 pm

Must be fun playing alongside a vet like Lowry. No wonder everyone enjoys playing with him. He's too valuable to this team.

SharoneWright · Post #130 » by **SharoneWright** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:31 pm

Siakam better NOT be Team 1 or 2. So much hinges on the accuracy of voters.

Kevin Willis · Post #131 » by **Kevin Willis** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:36 pm

LBJKB24MJ23 wrote:
Kevin Willis wrote:TD is really outplaying OG. OG started off so well and now he's back to being OG - inconsistent. He's becoming more and more tradeable every game.

except they play different positions in a vacuum.

Masai is only trading OG for an all star calibre player - which makes sense cuz you want someone to play above the role OG is playing right now. the trade where they switch Convington and OG is pretty much a parallel in terms of roles on the team. they would do the same things in the same role.

OR

OG has a leap somewhere in the future. just like Norman Powell and Masai has foreseen it.

OG will have his games later in the year where we would be like, why would we have even dreamed of trading OG etc. like when he D's up opposing team's player in the playoffs and shut them down - i mean its a very plausible scenario.

It is very plausible. I have faith that OG will get better but TD is looking more confident - taking and making more shots. OG is like Bowen or Ariza of our team. When the opportunity is there he might shoot it but mostly he plays defense and passes. I was hoping for better numbers.

Last 5 games OG is 14 ppg/ 2 a / 5 rpg and TD is 12 ppg / 3 a / 6 rpg. Not only that but OG is shooting 37% from 3 and 66% from FT while TD is shooting 40% from 3 and 94% from FT for the season.

Maybe there are too many weapons in the starting line-up who knows. Nurse has sworn allegiance to OG because he starts for both the small and big lineups.

F22_Raptor · Post #132 » by **F22_Raptor** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:38 pm

basketball royalty wrote:
YelloC wrote:At least there’s lots of video to show how not to play. We missed 10 fts which is not typical.
We gotta work on the breaking the press. It’s our Achilles heel this season.

Have the feeling that if Kyle or Fred we’re out there instead of McCaw it wouldn’t have been much of a problem.

Trae Young is quick. I think Fred would've done a nice job on him like when he defended Steph Curry.

AkelaLoneWolf · Post #133 » by **AkelaLoneWolf** » Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:43 pm

LBJKB24MJ23 wrote:
kassian wrote:
aminiaturebuddha wrote:Look, I understand why people don't like him, but people placing all the blame on McCaw for choking away that lead simply weren't watching the game very closely.

In the last four minutes of the game, there were 6 turnovers by the Raptors - 1 by McCaw, 1 by Davis, 1 by Siakam, and 3 by Norm. There's a lot of blame to go around for that stretch of play.

How about the times he got burned by Trae and then fouled him on the 3? No one is blaming him for his offensive woes. Everyone is just astounded, rightly so, that he's being used as some sort of defensive wizard around whom you can shuffle your lineup around while he ain't that.

In McCaw's defense, Trae burns everyone. like Curry. Curry has made everyone look stupid and Trae has that ability. its not the fault of McCaw tbh, don't think Lowry or FVV could do it either.

The point being that he has to contribute if he's going to be out there. If he's a zero on offense and defense,then put in someone that can contribute. That is on Nurse btw not mccaw.

Raps in 4 · Post #134 » by **Raps in 4** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:36 am

Brinbe wrote:can we get into why mccaw is getting this time? wouldn't we rather see thomas or boucher get his spot in the rotation?n

media gotta grow some balls and ask him what's up

Nurse is probably having an affair with a pornstar or something and McCaw has dirt on him.

Quattro · Post #135 » by **Quattro** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:36 am

SFour wrote:
Quattro wrote:Didn’t catch the game today but just finished reading this PG thread. Cant believe we got blown out by the Hawks. No excuse. McCaw sounds like he was a -25. Why is he playing. Horrible that we lose to a team like the Hawks!

Thank God I come here for some accurate perspective on these games cause when I read about the team in the media, it sounds like we’re actually having a good season.

Raptors played like trash for 3 quarters and then almost blew a 21 point lead with 4 minutes left in the 4th quarter against the worst team in the NBA....lets not act like it was a perfect win and there's no reason to be complaining.

The only positive in this game was Norman Powell

As we all learned last year, it doesn’t matter if you win games in January, it’s HOW you win them. January is what really counts.

raptor jesus · Post #136 » by **raptor jesus** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:39 am

My sources tell me Nurse is pushing to get McCaw citizenship so he can play him over Murray/SGA in Olympic qualifying this summer.

arneil · Post #137 » by **arneil** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:49 am

Since the Raps are on a win streak, all the bandwagon fans come out. Once the Raps lose 2 in a row....watch.

SharoneWright · Post #138 » by **SharoneWright** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:53 am

This game was a mess.

Tanner · Post #139 » by **Tanner** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:56 am

Maximillion wrote:Nurse is damn near flawless except for his obsession with McCaw. Nearly ruined NormGod's great performance. Hope he stops playing him soon.

Yup. Minute distribution and obsession with McCaw. Other than that, no real complaints. Last couple of games he’s gone away from Nick Thibodeau so if that keeps up then only his love affair with McCaw is his flaw.

Ksessel15 · Post #140 » by **Ksessel15** » Tue Jan 21, 2020 1:00 am

My few thoughts
-pascal’s motor from the early season isn’t there anymore
-Freddie is a massive ball stopper, very similar to derozan
-a win is a win