Game Day Thread: Toronto Raptors vs. Utah Jazz
by Adam Francis on Jan 25, 2012 8:30 PM EST
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Remember saying last night the Raptors needed a win bad? Well they got it, and now they look to continue their winning ways tonight in Utah against the Jazz. Bargs will need to potentially score 56 in this one considering how well the Jazz have played to start the season. They're getting great production from a number of unlikely sources and have a bench that can cause some major match-up issues.
Yes, Devin Harris has played like he's about to enter the retirement home, but this will be a tough test for the Dinos, and a full team effort will be needed again tonight to get a W.
GO RAPS!
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First!!! lol
Can anyone confirm if Eric Gordon signed an extension today or if he is indeed a Restricted Free Agent this off season?
Today was the deadline…
4 Year $16 mil per is the max he can get…
Thoughts? Answers?
"the Truth"
Havent heard if a decision’s been made. Doesn’t Stern have final sign-off?
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by Adam Francis on Jan 25, 2012 9:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Trying to chat from Collingwood
So this may not work haha.
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by Adam Francis on Jan 25, 2012 9:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Houston Rockets are having a sale
They declined to pick up options on T Williams, J Flynn, J Hill and H Thabeet making them all F.A. this summer. They are apparently willing to trade any of them for players that can help them in the playoffs (Barbosa immediately came to mind).
Would you guys/gals do this:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=89mywyb
Houston also gets Toronto’s 2012 2nd round pick
Toronto also gets New York’s 2012 first round pick (top 5 protected) which is now owned by Houston.
Houston get’s some help off the bench in Barbosa while not committing to any long term contracts, while Ed Davis gives them a cheap PF prospect to replace the 2 bigs they are letting walk this summer. Their other PFs off their bench in Patterson and Morris are undersized for the position.
Raptors get T Will who has been hard to deal with so far but does have talent and personality and Thabeet just makes salaries work. They may want to resign TWill and let Thabeet walk in the summer. More importantly though, we get another pick which is likely to be in the 10-20 range depending on how the Knicks do.
If you were Houston would you do this?
I'm intrigued by Flynn, Hill, and Thabeet.
All low cost, low risk and could be great in the right situation. However, due to the nature of this year’s draft I think it is a real toss up as to whether anyone of them are better than having an extra pick in the first round, which we could most likely get for Barbosa from a team like the Lakers (trading Barbosa to the Lakers has been mentioned here recently and I think that would make a lot of sense).
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by Rebrand_the_Raps on Jan 25, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
we got an extra 1st round pick while giving up our 2nd round.
Thw 1st round pick we’d be getting from this is higher than what we’d get from the lakers. The question is if Davis is worth giving up in this trade.
No Big Al?
Yay, for the Raptors.
Boo, for my fantasy team…
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by Rebrand_the_Raps on Jan 25, 2012 9:13 PM EST reply actions
Raptors definitely catching a break
but Utah has one of the deepest front courts in the league
by Scott Campsall on Jan 25, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
i've had it with these
touch stupid fouls on big guys so early in the game.
it takes all fun and fairness out of the game.
really rediculous
me too
it gives them a different look and Amir doesn’t have to shoulder as much of the load at center
by Scott Campsall on Jan 25, 2012 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
wait, what happened?
Bayless was in the game, i looked down, looked back up and he was out of the game.
Ok so...
…we’re not getting the game here, but the score doesn’t look promising.
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by Adam Francis on Jan 25, 2012 9:31 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yikes. Painful. Giving updates to a bunch of Raps fans here.
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by Adam Francis on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
how is it every game we play
the fouls difference is so bad so early?
its like 8 or 9 to 3 right now!
OK…so at garbage time refs even it out after the game was already controlled by themselves so I don’t care about the foul count at the end…
the calls so early really determin how subs the rest of the game happen…
really pissed again tonight folks…
I think a big piece of the foul issue is Casey’s style too.
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by Adam Francis on Jan 25, 2012 9:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Josh Hayward
love Devlin.
Hope Utah leaves their bench out there…. they are giving Toronto a chance
by Not so Friendly Stranger on Jan 25, 2012 9:39 PM EST reply actions
hmmmm...not sure i'm a fan of this playless.guy
sorry…is it bayless???
sorry…slip
NBA stats has gray with 2 fouls
i thought it was 3
anybody know for sure?
Sorry Guys
having internet issue over here..
by Scott Campsall on Jan 25, 2012 10:11 PM EST reply actions
Tied at the half.....
Glad to see this…been busy and wasnt looking at the score but i noticed it was 26-12 in the 1st so i thought this one would be long gone…..looks like its barbosa, kleiza and bayless running the show right now. (just from the boxscore, idk how the game is actually looking)
Bayless...
Like DD and JJ he suffers from not being a good halfcourt player. While he has a better handle and jumpshot, he isn’t a very good passer. His reads aren’t bad but he doesn’t deliver the ball on target and in time. Jose is a floor general and much more vocal, he understands how to get the ball to people in good situations, a true pg. I see Bayless as more of a combo guard who can put up points, similar to Jamal Crawford. While Bayless has talent, his style isn’t that of a pure pg but a score first pg. Definitely could have a place on a team but I see it as a 6th man.
Have only caught some of the game. But from what I saw of Bayless he only has hurt the team. Taking ill advised shots early in the clock when Barbosa was going and when there was no rebounders. We get it that you can get a shot off. He doesnt seem to have the vision or handles to be a backup point. Barbosa does a better job of bayless tries to do.
by VancouverIslandRapsFan on Jan 25, 2012 10:50 PM EST reply actions
Touche! Take him out hes killing the flow.
by VancouverIslandRapsFan on Jan 25, 2012 10:52 PM EST reply actions
That pisses me off. Bayless decides to stand about 10 feet behind the three point line, instead of sprinting to the three point line where if DD makes that pass he gets an open look.
but no….he has to stop the flow and yell set up set up and point his finger, he takes teh flow out of the offence. It makes you appreciate Jose.
Sure does. Dont think he has the skills to pass to a cutting player. He always looks like hes at risk for causing a charge when he drives.
by VancouverIslandRapsFan on Jan 25, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
When he took that three I thought I was gonna have to eat my words, but nope another brick.
by VancouverIslandRapsFan on Jan 25, 2012 10:56 PM EST reply actions
I propose a DD and Bayless trade for CJ miles and Devin Harris.
by VancouverIslandRapsFan on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 PM EST reply actions
I used too. Think he will have a great career in the Drew league.
by VancouverIslandRapsFan on Jan 25, 2012 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
Disagree with Jack...
That was not fearless, in fact he got bailed out beacuse he didn’t take that strong. He double clutched, he has to goto dunk that ball first. He turned his body angle away from the hoop before he was even it.
AB jumper....
He is using his legs alot more on his three point shot and actually has some spring, you can fit more than change under there now.
Jack Armstrong...
Bargnani takes a charge…
Last year that would of been a dunk, that man would of been running two steps the other way. This year its a charge, thats improved help D.
Love JACKY!
Can someone tell me
What happened with Bargnani? Why was he forced to leave the game with 1 min left in OT?
Good way to end any chance of going on an extended winning streak. Bad break for Barney who played so/so.
Its Sad When..........
Guys like Bargs and Bosh are our franchise guy, yet on a good team they are no more than a number 2 or 3
Agreed! Like wtf is wrong with some people :)
by Assistant GM on Jan 26, 2012 12:53 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
That I don’t treat every game like its the NBA Finals and realize that us winning only lowers our lottery odds? Yeah wtf is wrong with me?
by billsfan_905 on Jan 26, 2012 4:12 AM EST up reply actions
big win
wanna see more of that kind of effort
I have to believe the site owners
are still in shock for this B2B win on the road..
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