The Toronto Raptors

[roguejuror]

Cavs could have gone on vacation to Fiji and back.

 

[mcbaseball10]

I am already on record as predicting Miami will be the team to get swept by Cleveland.

Im calling reverse psychology or something like that from Senor Mudcat.

 

[Mudcat]

I would like the Raps to win but no, that is a sincere prediction based on what I've observed of the Raptors' weak-ass shit.

I am simply placing the air bet I think is most likely to win. Well actually 5 air bets. Miami-Cleve-Cleve-Cleve-Cleve.

 

[eggs]

I would like the Raps to win but no, that is a sincere prediction based on what I've observed of the Raptors' weak-ass shit.

I am simply placing the air bet I think is most likely to win. Well actually 5 air bets. Miami-Cleve-Cleve-Cleve-Cleve.

Nice win today, happy for for Gamelive's Toronto posters!

 

[Matty]

Yay, basketball.

 

[eggs]

Well when the entire country misses the hockey playoffs at least you have something to enjoy!

 

[MrMonkey]

Thought they would win but thinking Heat would lose it in a close one taking Miami in the 2nd half! Hope they give Cavs some tough moments!

 

[eggs]

Getting the feeling Cleveland has an edge vs the Raptors!

 

[Matty]

We're looking like ruhtards out there.

 

[Mudcat]

About the only thing you can say - by way of a bright side - is that sure, the Raptors have no chance against this Cleveland team for the next 3 years or 5 or whatever it is.

But there is no sense getting fixated on that and thinking omygawd we're not good enough and that, until you can beat them, you have to blow up the team and make radical changes and whatnot.

Because every other team in the east is in the exact same boat. No one is as good as them. Teams can blow themselves up all they want. No one has a Lebron so you're fucked. The NBA is not a league of playoff upsets.

Just gonna have to be the best you can be for now. Toronto was comfortably 2nd best this year so be as positive as you can. Make incremental improvements. Maybe you get lucky and Lebron is injured in the playoffs one year. Otherwise, build a good organization. Hope for the future. That's it. That's all you can do.

 

[MrMonkey]

At least get one game Raps! Go!

 

[Matty]

They're unable to get in the paint. Have to take all these low-percentage shots just before the shot clock runs out.

$10 says they're getting swept.

Look at me talking basketball and shit.

 

[Mudcat]

I was predicting a Cleveland sweep of the Tor/Miami winner before either of their previous series started.

The fact that Cleveland has won by 30 and 20 - with Lebron only playing 28 and 34 minutes - does not lead me to modify my expectations.

 

[Matty]

Yeah, I thought the Cavs were a one-man show but no. They're totally neutralizing the team with the stupidest name in the history of human sports.

 

[eggs]

Nice break Lowry took yesterday that led to a big Cavs run. What an ahole.

 

[Mudcat]

Lowry is a historically bad playoff performer. There are some stats I've heard tossed around that are really amazing, how bad he has been.

And here's the whacky thing: DeRozan is right down there in the bottom of the barrel too.

Maybe if I get some motivation, I'll look up the specific stuff but it's something like there are ~250 guys who have started x number of playoff games - and Lowry and Derozan are both in the bottom 5 for shooting percentage and, I dunno, some shit.

Bottom 5 playoff performers of all-time. Both of them.

 

[reno cool]

one shot needed to be made out of the last six. One shot:sparesomecutter:

 

[Mudcat]

What are you referring to there, kemo sabe?