GT: Toronto Raptors vs. Brooklyn Nets | March 23, 2018 | 7:30 EST on SN1

dukes_wild · Post #441 » by **dukes_wild** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:07 pm

Geddy wrote:
dukes_wild wrote:Geddy how do you feel about Kendrys Morales
Fat
Useless
Slow
Bum

He's gonna hit more balls in the air though

LRJ · Post #442 » by **LRJ** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:07 pm

Geddy wrote:
dukes_wild wrote:Geddy how do you feel about Kendrys Morales
Fat
Useless
Slow
Bum

How do you feel about Edwin Encarnacion?

LRJ · Post #443 » by **LRJ** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:07 pm

Man, I'm so hyped for Vlad Jr. and Bo Bichette. HO MAN

Hero · Post #444 » by **Hero** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:08 pm

Last time I took the taxi to airport the driver was like "cash. Please cash!" In a really harsh tone..

But I really prefer paying with my card so I have a record...smh

dukes_wild · Post #445 » by **dukes_wild** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:09 pm

LRJ wrote:Man, I'm so hyped for Vlad Jr. and Bo Bichette. HO MAN

if AA was still GM he would have already traded them both for Bartolo Colon

Throwback24 · Post #446 » by **Throwback24** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:09 pm

Inevitable wrote:
lebron stopper wrote:Trading away Ibaka definitely won't set us back any amount of years LOL he is flaming trash. Sam Presti knew this and sent him away for guys who he then flipped for an All Star, Paul frickin George, a year later. Hell, even Rob Hennigan who trashed Orlando Magic for years with his horrible GMing, knew Ibaka was terrible, and somehow got a late first round pick for him.

It will cost Masai at least five more first round picks to remove Ibaka's tragic atrocity of a botched abortion of a garbage landfill of a contract off this sacred, otherwise-pristine young roster. All of those shipped-out picks will turn into young stud draft steal Rookie of the Year candidates like Kyle Alexander Kuzma, he who Masai missed out on so he could acquire the $20 million man of stone from the ruins of Orlando in the hopes of fortifying the sputtering freefalling Raptors for their next great playoff run.

Ibricka aka Rudy Bargnani aka DeSerge Carroll is a Slow footed, glorified 7 foot swingman "shooting" guard who can't make a shot because he loves to throw up the ball whenever it goes into his hands, compromising the very ball movement that we want from our team. He has no offensive game outside of catching and shooting, and occasionally fighting the other team's players when the Raptors are losing, or driving to the rim to dunk, before he's suspended or ruled out the next game with knee soreness, giving everyone a temporary sigh of relief knowing that we don't have to relive the awful DeMarre Carroll era and watch him chuck up wide open bricks on the next Raptors game.

As a so-called "defensive anchor" Ibaka sucks donkey balls. (He certainly does not hold a candle next to The Donkey from GSW as a defensive anchor, or overall player in general, nor will he ever after this point in time.) His only saving grace on defense is somehow being able to sporadically block random shots like Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks to send Raptors games into overtime, allowing DeMar to reach a franchise-high 52 points to compensate for the fact that Ibaka couldn't hit the ocean that night.

On the perimeter, Ibaka gets blown by, which leaves the paint exposed for easy layups, dunks, and mid-range shots that are nothing but net. He fouls on close outs or gets shots drilled in his face anyway despite putting his hand up. Sometimes even both! There are rare occasions where he will stand there waving his arms around pretending to play defense while a "shooter" (read: LeBron ****ing James) does his free throw routine behind the three point line and then drills a shot in his face. He's no better in the post, he will get overpowered by bigger and stronger players who then beat him there knowing he's too slow to keep up.

Ibaka's rebounding "ability" is mediocre at best thanks mostly to his buttery slippery hands of stone and his inability to position himself intelligently, giving up easy offensive rebounds and forcing our young team as well as old man Kyle to work that much harder to stay in the game. His rebounding inability turns winnable games like Minnesota and San Antonio into close, embarrassing, heartbreaking losses that leave us wondering if the Raptors are truly capable of contending in the playoffs.

It is a testament to the rest of the Raptors roster that they are able to perform at a high level and reach a 32-15 record, in spite of the negative contributions of the grossly overpaid dead weight player Serge Ibaka. I will never forget the San Antonio game where he started an altercation with LaMarcus Aldridge while the Raptors were losing, only for him to be fouled out on a nasty move. I will never forget the Denver game where he got posted up by Paul Millsap, chucked up all kinds of bad bricks beyond the arc, and fouled Millsap on two three pointers en route to Millsap's 19 points in the first quarter, to keep the Raptors out of the game. I will never forget when he made zero difference in the playoffs against LeBron's Cavaliers, as Kevin Love and Channing Frye and others did what they wanted as they pleased for three straight games, embarrassing the Raptors and pissing away any goodwill they built up from their ECF run the year before.

Ibaka is still a unicorn, just not in the way you would expect. Has there ever been a player on the Raptors, or in this league even, who is too slow to guard forwards, too small to guard centers, and too low-IQ to do anything worthy of staying on the court? He needs to pack his bags and leave Toronto for another NBA team if this Raptors team truly wants to improve and be better.

I'm in heaven reading this.

LRJ · Post #447 » by **LRJ** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:10 pm

dukes_wild wrote:
LRJ wrote:Man, I'm so hyped for Vlad Jr. and Bo Bichette. HO MAN

if AA was still GM he would have already traded them both for Bartolo Colon

He got Josh Donaldson. Put some respek on his name.

LRJ · Post #448 » by **LRJ** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:10 pm

Inevitable is a bully. Shame on you, Doug.

Drop Shot · Post #449 » by **Drop Shot** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:11 pm

Ibaka's role should be to dish out 1 or 2 hard fouls a game tbh

dukes_wild · Post #450 » by **dukes_wild** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:13 pm

Siakam looking at the starting PF spot right now like

zilby · Post #451 » by **zilby** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:13 pm

Why are the games on tonight absolute ****? I might actually get some work done on my paper instead of watching that trash HO MAN

C_Money · Post #452 » by **C_Money** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:15 pm

dukes_wild wrote:Siakam looking at the starting PF spot right now like

Casey doesn’t change the lineups unless we’re on the verge of getting kicked out of the playoffs.

dukes_wild · Post #453 » by **dukes_wild** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:17 pm

im pulling away ho man

Drop Shot · Post #454 » by **Drop Shot** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:19 pm

zilby wrote:Why are the games on tonight absolute ****? I might actually get some work done on my paper instead of watching that trash HO MAN

"See you tonight" -Geddy

Jonas DeRoss · Post #455 » by **Jonas DeRoss** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:20 pm

i'm in a lecture and the projector screen is around 3 metres from the front row and this dude with glasses had to take a picture of the slide to zoom in on the words because he couldn't read them lol

dukes_wild · Post #456 » by **dukes_wild** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:23 pm

Jonas DeRoss wrote:i'm in a lecture and the projector screen is around 3 metres from the front row and this dude with glasses had to take a picture of the slide to zoom in on the words because he couldn't read them lol

dukes_wild · Post #457 » by **dukes_wild** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:28 pm

dukes_wild · Post #458 » by **dukes_wild** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:31 pm

OH MAN

OGLife · Post #459 » by **OGLife** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:32 pm

I need someone to make me a sig with the pic used by ESPN of FVV and a current pic of him which says Toronto guys after High School and Toronto guys after College

johanliebert · Post #460 » by **johanliebert** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:38 pm

love the enthusiasm of this board but ESPN/NBA dont want no raptors in the finals. bad business.