Official NBA General Discussion 2019-20 V2.0

Kurtz · Post #3581 » by **Kurtz** » Mon Oct 5, 2020 3:13 pm

Zeno wrote:
mtcan wrote:If only the Raptors had a guy with the gamer mentality like Butler. I know Kyle is like that but we need another. Imagine a team with Kyle and Jimmy together...wow.

NBA All Balls Team

Jimmy Butler
Kyle Lowry
Marcus Smart

I'm having trouble filling out the roster help me out.

Can't have an all-balls team without Draymond Green. And Paul.

Raptors_128 · Post #3582 » by **Raptors_128** » Mon Oct 5, 2020 3:13 pm

Tha Cynic wrote:
Raptors_128 wrote:
Tha Cynic wrote:
Leonard handicapped the Raptors by dragging them along in free agency, making then think they had a chance. The Raptors really had no time to do anything significant when he finally told them he wasn't returning. More than anything else, that was the worst thing Leonard did to the Raptors. It was as douchy as it gets.

Yeah Kawhi took a long ass time to decide. I think he was just waiting for the PG deal to go through and had no intention of signing with the Raptors.

Wish he told us from the beginning that we were out so we could pivot to another direction.

Lowry/Butler/OG/Siakam/Gasol is so nasty. The bench would need to be addressed depending on which combination of Powell/Fred/Serge are traded.

To me Jimmy Butler would have been the perfect fit on this team and would have probably made the Raptors a legit championship threat, if not the favourites.

But, the Raptors would have had to do some additional moves to make it happen, so who knows. As it sits today, this roster is still a star like Jimmy Butler away from being legit contenders. They don't really need a superstar.

This is exactly how I feel. All we need is another player that can create his own shot in the half-court and we’ll be legit contenders.

Someone like pre-injury Oladipo or Beal would be prefect. Maybe even LaVine to a lesser extent.

Zeno · Post #3583 » by **Zeno** » Mon Oct 5, 2020 3:26 pm

Kurtz wrote:
Zeno wrote:
mtcan wrote:If only the Raptors had a guy with the gamer mentality like Butler. I know Kyle is like that but we need another. Imagine a team with Kyle and Jimmy together...wow.

NBA All Balls Team

Jimmy Butler
Kyle Lowry
Marcus Smart

I'm having trouble filling out the roster help me out.

Can't have an all-balls team without Draymond Green. And Paul.

Yeah I thought about it and came up with quite the small ball lineup.

Draymond
PJ Tucker
Jimmy
Klow
Paul

Sixth Man
Marcus Smart

Also Westbrook but he's probably in the "balls too big for his britches" team.

Bigs to consider...
Bam - if he comes back in this finals an plays well the legend will grow.
Robin Lopez - To beat up mascots and for that general crazy look.

720 · Post #3584 » by **720** » Mon Oct 5, 2020 3:27 pm

sycammer wrote:I watched like 5 mins of the game 3 - this loss proved only 1 thing..all this talk of LBJ being better than MJ23 & even the late Kobe Bryant needs to be put to rest...both of them would have finished the opponents off by taking over the game, the Lakers were overconfident just like the clips were against the nuggets after taking 3-1 lead (2 games ahead situation) & became complacent...and giving the heat this hope of making this series 2-2.

they should win the series but no way should this finalks extend beyond 5 games; all depends on the lakers urgency..

Kobe is not in the conversation.

ash_k · Post #3585 » by **ash_k** » Mon Oct 5, 2020 3:34 pm

Tha Cynic wrote:To me Jimmy Butler would have been the perfect fit on this team and would have probably made the Raptors a legit championship threat, if not the favourites.

But, the Raptors would have had to do some additional moves to make it happen, so who knows. As it sits today, this roster is still a star like Jimmy Butler away from being legit contenders. They don't really need a superstar.

and since when Raps fan like non-3pt-shooting All-stars? Since when?

Tha Cynic · Post #3586 » by **Tha Cynic** » Mon Oct 5, 2020 4:24 pm

ash_k wrote:
Tha Cynic wrote:To me Jimmy Butler would have been the perfect fit on this team and would have probably made the Raptors a legit championship threat, if not the favourites.

But, the Raptors would have had to do some additional moves to make it happen, so who knows. As it sits today, this roster is still a star like Jimmy Butler away from being legit contenders. They don't really need a superstar.

and since when Raps fan like non-3pt-shooting All-stars? Since when?

Meanwhile the playoffs are showing how important the mid range game is. That's what all the 90s superstar 2 guards were known for.

Basketball_Jones · Post #3587 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 1:36 am

DeButler going off again!

ash_k · Post #3588 » by **ash_k** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 1:38 am

Basketball_Jones wrote:DeButler going off again!

and MIT is not happy about it at all!

ash_k · Post #3589 » by **ash_k** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 1:54 am

Lakers have been playing so softly.

Basketball_Jones · Post #3590 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 2:07 am

Hero playing pretty dumb out there. Normally a smart player

720 · Post #3591 » by **720** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 2:07 am

Herro taking some really dumb shots. Butler needs to be more aggressive. Iguadala scared to attempt a layup.

TheRealDeal · Post #3592 » by **TheRealDeal** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 2:15 am

open your third eye people

Watch on YouTube

ash_k · Post #3593 » by **ash_k** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 2:15 am

I dont get why D12 is not used more...LAL size is their advantage. I don't get those soft-switches on JB. JB cannot score on AD one-on-one

ash_k · Post #3594 » by **ash_k** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 2:41 am

AD has become so shy with taking shots..LeBron must have told him to chillax at the end of game 2

GG0701 · Post #3595 » by **GG0701** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 3:18 am

Tha Cynic wrote:
Raptors_128 wrote:
720 wrote:We didn’t have capspace.

Neither did Miami. We could have made it happen if he wanted to be here imo.

Leonard handicapped the Raptors by dragging them along in free agency, making then think they had a chance. The Raptors really had no time to do anything significant when he finally told them he wasn't returning. More than anything else, that was the worst thing Leonard did to the Raptors. It was as douchy as it gets.

How did Kawhi do that when he allegedly asked the Raps to get another star (Beal, etc) and Jimmy said that he was going to a warm climate?

sidsid · Post #3596 » by **sidsid** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 3:26 am

I'm trying to think of a worse 3 through 8 for a championship team and I think you have to go back to the Shaq/Wade Heat where you're making a case for Antoine Walker for the third guy.

Rondo at best plays two quarters of good ball a game and the rest is junk. LeBron and AD is still too overpowering but you can see why a bunch of teams could see an outside path to a chip this year.

LJKO · Post #3597 » by **LJKO** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 3:34 am

Bye Heats

RapsAndJays21 · Post #3598 » by **RapsAndJays21** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 3:37 am

Gross.

720 · Post #3599 » by **720** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 3:40 am

Lakers have to be the worst championship team in the last decade. This heat team has to be the worst eastern team since those early 2000s nets teams.

Butler also played way too passive today. Idk what he was thinking.

RapsAndJays21 · Post #3600 » by **RapsAndJays21** » Wed Oct 7, 2020 3:40 am

sidsid wrote:I'm trying to think of a worse 3 through 8 for a championship team and I think you have to go back to the Shaq/Wade Heat where you're making a case for Antoine Walker for the third guy.

Rondo at best plays two quarters of good ball a game and the rest is junk. LeBron and AD is still too overpowering but you can see why a bunch of teams could see an outside path to a chip this year.

There isn't one. I can't believe a supporting cast of Rondo, Dwight, Caruso, KCP and Kuzma are gonna win rings lol.