Raptors Discussion: v90| Fighting through the injuries (but not Coronavirus. NBA Suspends season until further notice)

[sparxx87]

Deputy who sued Toronto Raptors president after altercation was convicted of insurance fraud

 

[ronzigato]

Deputy who sued Toronto Raptors president after altercation was convicted of insurance fraud

Amazing. That little tidbit of background information certainly clarifies the situation.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Anyone ever thought about this: IF the season resumes and we jump straight into the playoffs that both Kyrie and Durant will be healthy to play? Brooklyn would play us in the first round. Or no chance that both of them will be healthy by then?

 

[Maplebeasts]

Anyone ever thought about this: IF the season resumes and we jump straight into the playoffs that both Kyrie and Durant will be healthy to play? Brooklyn would play us in the first round. Or no chance that both of them will be healthy by then?

I doubt it. Even if they do come back there will 100% be significant rust for them to shake off. If Norm keeps his recent form going and FVV keeps it together we would still probably be favourites by a decent bit

 

[thewave]

New pattern?

Toronto win, MLB season cancelled. Toronto win, NBA season cancelled

 

[Gary Nylund]

Deputy who sued Toronto Raptors president after altercation was convicted of insurance fraud

Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Thanks for sharing this, made my day.

I really hope they get the playoffs in at some point, if there ever was a team that I wanted to see what they could do, it's this version of the Raptors!

 

[Radiohead]

 

[stickty111]

Durant confirmed to be one of them.

 

[yvrtojfk]

2019 NBA Playoffs Round 2 | Game 7: Philadelphia 76ers @ Toronto Raptors

 

[robertmac43]

2019 NBA Playoffs Round 2 | Game 7: Philadelphia 76ers @ Toronto Raptors

About to be the shot!!

 

[yvrtojfk]

About to be the shot!!

I replayed it soooooooo many times lol. Nice little distraction.

 

[robertmac43]

I replayed it soooooooo many times lol. Nice little distraction.

Agreed! Funny how even though we know what's going to happen it does not cease to excite!

 

[Suntouchable13]

Rewatching some of these playoff games now, wow, our bench was awful in the first 2 rounds. On the flipside, if our bench was good we wouldn't have "the shot" because Raps would have finished off philly in 5 or 6.

 

[stickty111]

Rewatching some of these playoff games now, wow, our bench was awful in the first 2 rounds. On the flipside, if our bench was good we wouldn't have "the shot" because Raps would have finished off philly in 5 or 6.

Just watched the Finals again, and I still had chills watching game 6 even though we know the result.

 

[Jozay]

Kawhi was next level against Philly.

 

[stickty111]

Doris tested positive

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[stickty111]

It's hilarious during the series people actually thought we would be better off with JV.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[stickty111]

Biggest thing that changed this series aside from Leonard saying to give him Giannis, was FVV returning to form. Another thing is our experience really overcame the Bucks. I might even argue Nurse outcoached Bud later in the series.

 

[ronzigato]

Masai's side of the confrontation came out in a legal filing.

Raptors' Ujiri alleges he was assaulted by deputy at NBA Finals - Sportsnet.ca

 

[Dr.Funk]

Report: Chicago Bulls want to interview Toronto Raptors GM Bobby Webster - TSN.ca

 

[robertmac43]

Was having a discussion with my Dad today during brunch. We were picking out our starting 5 Raptors lineups of all time in terms of best lineup and favourite players. Would love to hear people's thoughts on their own lineups.

Best Lineup:
1) Lowry
2) Demar
3) Vince
4) Kawhi
5) Bosh

Favourite Players:
1) TJ. Ford
2) Morris Peterson
3) Kawhi
4) Ibaka
5) Bosh

Lowry and Demar are both HM for favourite players.

 

[The Nemesis]

I feel like putting Kawhi and Bosh at the 4 and 5 is a little cheaty even if the modern NBA is increasingly moving to smaller/posititionless/hybrid position lineups. So with that in mind

Best
C - Valanciunas (no slight to Jonas, but my god is the historical list of "proper/legit" Raptors centers a junk collection. Gasol and Ibaka would get serious consideration and they both were well past their primes by the time they reached Toronto.
PF - Bosh
SF - Kawhi
SG - Carter
PG - Lowry

Favorite (I'm doing a full roster because I can't bear to leave some guys out )

Pos	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	Jonas Valanciunas	Marc Gasol	Keon Clark
PF	Amir Johnson	Donyell Marshall	Ed Davis
SF	Kawhi Leonard	Morris Peterson	Walt Williams
SG	Vince Carter	DeMar DeRozan	Alvin Williams
PG	Kyle Lowry	Damon Stoudamire	Jose Calderon

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Alvin is a bit of a cheat because he's really a PG, but I couldn't bear to leave him off and I'd take him over some of the other SGs I've liked such as Jalen Rose or Anthony Parker.

I don't always go all the way back to the very beginnings of the Raptors outside of Damon and Walt Williams because I was a Vancouver Grizzlies fan for their first 4ish years until it became clear they were living on borrowed time here. Were I allowed, I'd sprinkle in some Grizzlies to my all-time fandom team, replacing Davis and probably Walt Williams so I could shuffle the lineup around a bit to insert Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Anthony Peeler

 

[Radiohead]

Gotta get Antonio Davis and Jalen Rose in there somehow.