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rootin for the eagles, boise state, the leafs,
raps, and jays
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mixing all day and playing all day
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sticking to his guns... is stuck to his guns...
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Yeah, they've been crap. They've also been stagnant. Never bad enough to get a top pick (except Jonas), never good enough to do anything else. The past few years have been awful, precisely because there was no concerted tanking effort. The effort to make the playoffs was put in, and they failed, and they got little in way of draft compensation for it. |
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a Raps fan
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if we play like we won't be tanking material Last edited by creative1mm; 11-14-2013 at 04:40 PM. |
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is the baby faced assassin
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is pounding the rock!
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In terms of getting little by way of the draft, I'm still unsure how this year is guaranteed to be any different. Weren't we supposed to draft third in the Kyrie Irving draft, ended up lucky to snag Jonas at 5th. Historically, teams with the 3rd best odds have landed the first pick most often apparently. This hasn't worked out for us on two occasions. Same thing with the 2012 draft, we missed out on the ability to take a much needed SF based on the coin toss, and winning the last game of the season. I think we were awful enough to gain sufficient compensation for our tanking efforts, but the ping pong balls didn't go our way. I still believe it's a little too late to start the tank, but the GM has to decide that. We also had the 1st pick at took you know who. Let's not forget the ability to take a quality player with the 8th pick in the 04 draft. We also could have had Hibbert, and we didn't need to tank for him. |
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Dwaneball. That's how we roll...over
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whatever
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Haven't watched drummond this year so I won't go there - but last season he was very impressive defensively. The reason I'm so high on him is because of his athletic abilities which are off the charts. He's that rare player who combines huge leaping with super quickness. JV doesn't have anything special, but he is above average in many areas. He will have to work a lot harder than Drummond to be as effective and must become a super-skilled big in order to become elite. I'm encouraged by his assists lately and I would like to see more steals from him. However, I'm not seeing stardom in the near future - and if we are to have any shot at doing anything with this core, he HAS to become a star center. Just above average won't cut it. |
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