Raptors Make Terrible Mistake By Firing Tom Sterner ... no one cares about Bayno.

[Mess]

If Hansbrough is ever the most effective player for a team then that team has no shot at winning. I know all the Raps played poorly but not sure how you can praise Tyler. Other than to say that, unlike the other Raps, he didn't play below his ability. Which is something I guess.

[caccia]

If Hansbrough is ever the most effective player for a team then that team has no shot at winning.

Wrong. He had a top-seven net rating in the NBA through most of the season, and it was highest during the early season, when the team was winning. Hansbrough had by far the best net rating on the team, and that continued through the first three games of the playoffs. He also had far and away the best +- for 36 minutes during the regular season. So that merely continued into the playoffs. It was not his fault that the rest of the team played like they were wearing hobnail boots.

The previous season, that was not true at all, and Hansbrough had the worst net rating and the worst +- on the team. The main reason for the change is because he had good teammates around him: Lou Williams, James Johnson, Patrick Patterson, Greivis Vasquez--that together were almost as good as the starters. The coach stopped playing them together when DeRozan got injured, for reasons best known to himself. Hansbrough's overall game improved, as well, although his rebounding was down a bit from 2012-13.

So yeah, he can be a very effective bench player on a winning team, more so if he plays at power forward, not centre.

[peanutwoozle]

If Hansbrough is ever the most effective player for a team then that team has no shot at winning. I know all the Raps played poorly but not sure how you can praise Tyler. Other than to say that, unlike the other Raps, he didn't play below his ability. Which is something I guess.

Tyler was the only one giving something called Effort. unlike the other lazy oafs who looked like a mix of Eddy Curry and Bargnani out there.

[Mess]

Ok, instead of staying "most effective player", I should have said "only effective player". I know the Raps bench was top 5 all year and he was a part of that. But put him in the starting 5 where the other 4 players are barely doing anything, and all his effort will barely move the needle. I think it was more a criticism of the other players than of Tyler. He plays hard all the time but (and because) he can't do much else.

[Mapko]

Ok, instead of staying "most effective player", I should have said "only effective player". I know the Raps bench was top 5 all year and he was a part of that. But put him in the starting 5 where the other 4 players are barely doing anything, and all his effort will barely move the needle. I think it was more a criticism of the other players than of Tyler. He plays hard all the time but (and because) he can't do much else.

In college Tyler was as big & strong as most centers & bigger & stronger than most 4s. Add his tenacity & hustle -he dominated.
In NBA some SF are 6'9" or more & he has no size advantage in the paint (where his strength is inside 8-10'). Nene is bigger & stronger. The result was predictable.
Clearly TH strength is second unit. Our problem is 3 backups at 4 and no starters (no offence to Amir, his body simply does not match his heart any more).

[GinobilisBaldSpot]

Has anyone heard of any possible replacements that the Raptors are looking into?

[rocwell]

best teams at developing players..



http://harvardsportsanalysis.org/201...oping-players/

[JimiCliff]

best teams at developing players..

Dude, come on. All NBA executives, general managers, head coaches and assistant coaches are equally talented. None of them are better at their jobs than any other ones. They're all basketball geniuses - because, after all, they do this for a living, therefore they MUST be basketball geniuses. End of conversation. There's no point arguing about which ones are doing a better job than other ones, because all that matters are the players themselves. A stiff is a stiff is a stiff. Players come into the league fully formed, and no one franchise is better at developing them. If you believe anything else to be the case, I have some interesting chemtrail videos for you to watch.

How do you do the pink font again?

[rocwell]

Dude, come one. All NBA executives, general managers, head coaches and assistant coaches are equally talented. None of them are better at their jobs than any other ones. They're all basketball geniuses - because, after all, they do this for a living, therefore they MUST be basketball geniuses. End of conversation. There's no point arguing about which ones are doing a better job than other ones, because all that matters are the players themselves. A stiff is a stiff is a stiff. Players come into the league fully formed, and no one franchise is better at developing them. If you believe anything else to be the case, I have some interesting chemtrail videos for you to watch.

How do you do the pink font again?

what the fuck is the pink font around here? am I missing something?

[Cody73]

what the fuck is the pink font around here? am I missing something?

Pink Font is used to be sarcastic, rocwell.


Unless you are like me and decide to use teal font....

[Joey]

Or now that Zainab is on hiatus (the only person here incapable of interpreting sarcasm), we just go back to assuming people unerstand the nuances of a good sarcastic jab.

[octothorp]

Or now that Zainab is on hiatus (the only person here incapable of interpreting sarcasm), we just go back to assuming people unerstand the nuances of a good sarcastic jab.

Please use the aquamarine 'burn' color for this post.

[DanH]

Or now that Zainab is on hiatus (the only person here incapable of interpreting sarcasm), we just go back to assuming people unerstand the nuances of a good sarcastic jab.

Wait, are you being sarcastic here?

[Cody73]

Or now that Zainab is on hiatus (the only person here incapable of interpreting sarcasm), we just go back to assuming people unerstand the nuances of a good sarcastic jab.

You know you did this post to tease the fuck out of me, eh Joey?


YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID.

[Joey]

You know you did this post to tease the fuck out of me, eh Joey?


YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID.

... I actually don't ... but now I'm dying to know! Haha