Raptors Discussion: v56|All-Star Saturday Night (Lowry in 3pt contest) Sat, Feb 13 8pm ET/5pm PT

[Budsfan]

Game Day: Raptors vs. Mavericks

Matt Tierney - Raptors.com

Time: (7:30PM ET - TSN, TSN1050)

Toronto (17-12) will be looking for a bounce-back performance tonight as they host Dallas (15-12) at Air Canada Centre. The Raps will want to quickly move on from their home loss on Sunday to the Kings. The Mavericks come to town on the back of three days rest after defeating Memphis at home Friday night.

WHO’S HOT?

Chandler Parsons – It’s unlikely to consider a player in good form who has season averages of eight points, three rebounds and two assists per game. These are the numbers that Parsons is putting up in his second season in Dallas but they don't tell the whole story. The small forward is slowly making his way back from offseason knee surgery after sustaining the injury in last season’s playoffs against his former team Houston. He has started the year coming off the bench with a minutes restriction but slowly has increased his production and broke out in Friday’s win over Memphis putting up 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

Patrick Patterson – One of the silver linings in Toronto’s loss to Sacramento on Sunday was the strong play of Patterson. The Raptors have been waiting for their power forward to hit top form after a slow start to begin the season. With Jonas Valanciunas and DeMarre Carroll out and after a Lowry ejection and DeRozan foul trouble, Patterson found himself playing extended minutes. He responded with a season-high 18 points and eight rebounds, including four three-pointers. Toronto will hope he can keep it going tonight against the Mavs.

Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors: Tuesday game preview

The Mavericks' Deron Williams is enjoying a career revival under head coach Rick Carlisle.

By: Chris O'Leary Sports Reporter, Published on Mon Dec 21 2015

Mavericks at Raptors

Air Canada Centre

Tipoff: 7:30 p.m.

TV: TSN1

Radio: TSN 1050

Probable starters

Dallas: Deron Williams, Raymond Felton, Dirk Nowitzki, Wesley Matthews, Zaza Pachulia.

Toronto: Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRozan, James Johnson, Luis Scola, Bismack Biyombo.

Key matchup: Kyle Lowry vs. Deron Williams.

With 15.1 points and 5.9 assists per game, Williams is enjoying a rebirth in Rick Carlisle’s system, working off another point guard in Raymond Felton. Of course, having Dirk Nowitzki as a recipient of your drive-and-kick game is always a plus. Lowry will have to shake off a recent shooting slump (he’s shot .207, .444 and .308 in his last three games) and be ready for another fast-paced backcourt, much like what he saw on Sunday against Sacramento.

Need to know: The Mavericks are coming in off of a 97-88 win over the Grizzlies, but have dropped three of their last five games and have split their last 10 . . . The Raptors have taken four of their last six meetings with the Mavericks . . . At 37, Nowitzki leads Dallas in scoring, with 17.2 points per game and leads the team with 0.7 blocks per game . . . Tuesday’s game marks a reunion between Canadian national team members Cory Joseph and Anthony Bennett (with the Raptors) and Dwight Powell, with the Mavericks . . . In his 13th season, Dallas centre Zaza Pachulia is having a career year, with 10.2 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. His career numbers are 7.1 points and 5.8 rebounds.

Up next: Saturday at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

 

[Apotheosis]

This. we havent had a superstar since Vince. Without that caliber of player, I cant envision us winning a championship. I hope we do anyway.

*crosses fingers so Wiggins decides to come home*

Lowry - Derozan - Wiggins - Carroll - Valuncianas


One can dream.

 

[Swervin81]

*crosses fingers so Wiggins decides to come home*

Lowry - Derozan - Wiggins - Carroll - Valuncianas


One can dream.

Lowry will be 37 by the time Wiggins likely becomes a UFA. DeMar will be 34, Carroll will be 38, even JV will be 30.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Lowry will be 37 by the time Wiggins likely becomes a UFA. DeMar will be 34, Carroll will be 38, even JV will be 30.

LOL, that would be one hell of an old team I guess that poster does not think that people age?

Could you imagine that team, though? Haha!

 

[Giuseppe Sallo]

LOL, that would be one hell of an old team I guess that poster does not think that people age?

Could you imagine that team, though? Haha!

I agree. We need to rebuild or go all out this season. This draft is interesting and JM would look good in a raps uniform.

Problem with this team, they haven't evolved. Even with the new pieces, it's clear these roster aint gonna win a title,

 

[Giuseppe Sallo]

We do not have that superstar level guy. That's literally it. You don't win in this league without someone like that. Demar and KLOW are good and I think JV will be one of the best centres in the league one day, but there's no one on this team that actually strikes fear into opponents like Lebron, KD, Curry, Harden etc.

Kevin Durant?

Is that Masai master plan?

 

[Mach85]

Lowry will be 37 by the time Wiggins likely becomes a UFA. DeMar will be 34, Carroll will be 38, even JV will be 30.

Then we trade for him as a RFA in two years .

 

[Swervin81]

Then we trade for him as a RFA in two years .

The Wolves will match any offer and they'll be able to easily afford both him and Towns, and given how well they'll be set up going forward, they aren't gonna trade a young star.

Oh, and trading for him will cost us our entire future and probably a core piece.

With this core, it's pretty much KD or bust this summer given the ages of core pieces (especially Lowry).

 

[tp71]

Kevin Durant?

Is that Masai master plan?

Probably wouldn't have signed Ross to a deal if that was the case.

 

[Joey24]

Raps just aren't that good truth be told...

Decent eastern conference team but when you look at the big picture, we're simply mediocre

They are missing two core starters, not many teams would be competing with two cores down.
To say that they aren't that good' is kinda silly

 

[Apotheosis]

Lowry will be 37 by the time Wiggins likely becomes a UFA. DeMar will be 34, Carroll will be 38, even JV will be 30.

;-;

I apologize. I haven't been sleeping much.

 

[Eyedea]

Casey using Wright? What is this

 

[Swervin81]

Casey using Wright? What is this

I'm as stunned as you are.

Anyways, refs swallowing the whistles way too much. Only 10 FTA's combined at the half is unheard of nowadays.

 

[Swervin81]

Lol Bennett guarding Dirk. Is Casey out of his mind?

 

[Eyedea]

What an insane game fuelled by runs.

 

[habamillions]

pheww.

 

[KapG]

They are missing two core starters, not many teams would be competing with two cores down.
To say that they aren't that good' is kinda silly

No it's not. Results speak for themselves.

We're an ok eastern conference team but in the big picture, we're just an average team imo

 

[Swervin81]

Lol at nearly blowing it to the Mavs 3rd unit. We got the W, though, all good. Especially to continue our utter dominance of Dallas sports teams in the last 3 months.

 

[Eyedea]

Lowry may not be a superstar, but he has most certainly placed himself within that 2nd tier, all-star quality pool of players. I'd say he's a top 15 player right now, and in a tier with CP3 behind Curry and Westbrook.

No it's not. Results speak for themselves.

We're an ok eastern conference team but in the big picture, we're just an average team imo

I can agree with this, but you're also not accurately representing the league as a whole. There's basically 4 elite teams: GS, CLE, SA, and OKC. Then pretty much everybody else in the postseason is "average" and 2nd fiddle. Then you have a bad but not terrible group, and then finally the worst of the worst in PHI, LAL, BKY, and NO.

It'd be a huge upset if the finals ended up being anything other than Cleveland vs. GS/SA/OKC.

 

[KapG]

Fair and valid points eyedea.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

Lowry may not be a superstar, but he has most certainly placed himself within that 2nd tier, all-star quality pool of players. I'd say he's a top 15 player right now, and in a tier with CP3 behind Curry and Westbrook.



I can agree with this, but you're also not accurately representing the league as a whole. There's basically 4 elite teams: GS, CLE, SA, and OKC. Then pretty much everybody else in the postseason is "average" and 2nd fiddle. Then you have a bad but not terrible group, and then finally the worst of the worst in PHI, LAL, BKY, and NO.

It'd be a huge upset if the finals ended up being anything other than Cleveland vs. GS/SA/OKC.

Lowry a top 15 player in the NBA????

 

[Eyedea]

Lowry a top 15 player in the NBA????

Why not? He's 5th in win shares behind Curry, Leonard, Westbrook, and Durant. 4th in Box plus/minus behind Curry, Westbrook, Leonard, and James. 13th in PER.

 

[KapG]

Lowry a top 15 player in the NBA????

If you look at this year only, he probably has been playing as a top 15-20 player.

He's been outstanding. Gotta give him credit. He's bout the only exciting thing about this team lol.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

If you look at this year only, he probably has been playing as a top 15-20 player.

He's been outstanding. Gotta give him credit. He's bout the only exciting thing about this team lol.

He isn't shooting that well this year, barely a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio.

 

[tp71]

He isn't shooting that well this year, barely a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio.

Westbrook is averaging 9.4 assists to 4.5 turnovers a game. How would you evaluate him?

Lowry has 5.9 assists to 2.9 turnovers.

Westbrook - 2.08 assists per turnover
Lowry - 2.03 assists per turnover