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There's math, and everything else is debatable.
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Superjudge wrote: View PostBrooklyn will get ALL the help in the world, you can count on that. The NBA has much to gain when an NYC based team makes the later rounds. They generate so much bullshit media and fluff to feed the masses it isn't funny. Whoever get Brooklyn first is gonna have to really, really go hard.
toronto, well they are the ugly stepchild, and I hope they know it, and use it as fuel.There's math, and everything else is debatable.
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RobertArchibald wrote: View PostMy point is that most people here are thinking that a first round victory is a sure thing. I'm not a pessimist, but a realist. Disagree about your chess comparison. In chess you have the ability to manipulate your opponent in order to position yourself better for future moves. The Raptors cannot influence what happens in a series they aren't playing in. Focus needs to be one series at a time, one game at a time, one quarter, one play etc. This concept is heavily studied in athletics and elite performance.
We're still being realistic. Nobody is talking about NBA Finals matchups because we know that's not realistic. Your argument is akin to rooting for a team in the NCAA tournament, but refusing to look over the bracket and picture a way through the region into the Final 4. It's just not realistic, we're fans, we wanna think "what if".
If we were the 8 seed playing Miami in the 1st round, then yeah, it would be fucking stupid to be looking at 2nd round matchups. But fact is we're going to be the favorite in our 1st round match, which is a feeling many of us have never felt, hence why you might be so averse to looking at round 2. It's ok. You can be a little bit confident in the Raptors now.Last edited by Primer; Thu Apr 10, 2014, 05:06 PM.
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