Daily Archives: November 14, 2009

Not often we play a better offensive and worse defensive team

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Check out the game preview thread we got going, it’s a great place to catch up on lineup changes, injury etc. The 8-2 Suns used to be 8-1 with everything going smoothly as ever, they were surprising people, dominating teams and proving the experts wrong. Then they went to LA and got theirs handed to   …Continue Reading

Three common Raptors misconceptions

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Rudy Gay and DeMar DeRozan - teammates soon?

Chris Bosh is playing harder than last year He’s not playing harder, he’s playing inside. Fans have been begging him to do that for six years now and he’s finally shifted his primary offensive game from 15 feet to 7 feet and that’s made all the difference. Comparing his hotspots to last year (08-09, 09-10,   …Continue Reading

Raptors (Go Hard) Beat the Clippers 104-89

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That’s what it takes to win games. Raptors 104, Clippers 89 – Box That’s how you start a Western road swing, with a come-from-behind win over a team who let up just enough for the us to pull the rug out from under their feet. The Raptors got down 22 points early in the 2nd   …Continue Reading

Morning Coffee – Nov 14

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Raptors Roll Call Nov 13 vs Clippers

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Rudy Gay and DeMar DeRozan - teammates soon?

The ‘ain’t no reason to sleep on this team’ edition. Banks – he was seen working on his tan behind the bench. Bargnani – if I told you he had 1 rebound in 33 minutes, would you be surprised? The guy rebounds as well as a bag of water thrown at a brick wall. Belinelli   …Continue Reading

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I think the 2007 Raptor team's biggest problem was a lack of secondary scoring option. We had Bosh (who was neutralized by Mikey freakin' Moore), and everyone else. Was any team scared of Calderon or Parker dropping 25? Definitely not.



This year, we've got 2 legit scorers in Lowry and DeRozan, and even Salmons and Vasquez have the ability to turn a broken play into 2 points. I'm not suggesting this current team are worldbeaters, but their offense isn't as one-dimensional as the 2007 team, without even saying anything about the improved defense.

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