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Weird that they NBA Champs got their first game so late it was actually their opponent's second game. Almost like the NBA gives the only Canadian team no respect.
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Perennial all-star is quite good at basketball.
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Aug 2, 2020 04:57
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The best record the Carter Raptors ever achieved, 47-35, is worse than the worst recorded by the Raptors since the Rudy Gay trade in 2013-2014. If Derozen somehow retires before Lowry, his number can be retired first. Otherwise it had better be Lowry. Carter's already got some statute his mom built for him using his money. That's enough.
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Vinestalk posted:To be fair, couldn't you say Vince Carter was more than just a ROY, All Star, and Dunk contest winner? The guy made an atrocious Toronto team enjoyable to watch, took them to their first playoffs, and inspired Canadian kids to actually play basketball. Could Antwan Jamison have done the same thing? Would the Raptors have stayed in Canada if they didn't have that amazing surge? That last point is very clear yes. The question only arises out of a fallacy created by how Canadian teams get covered by US sports networks. Which is to say they're basically not covered, for the very good reason that those networks don't air in Canada. The Raptors inaugural season was in 1995. In the winter of Katana_Warrior posted:Sure, people can say what they want. I also think it's reasonable for a franchise to not want to retire the jersey of a player who was as toxic in their last year as Vince was. The way he left was so, so bad. Levered being the first franchise player to get his way on personnel moves. They were bad moves. He got frustrated, and then quit and forced a legendarily bad trade. Maneck fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Aug 4, 2020 |
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There are various vaccines, some in stage 3 trials. But it's going to be months before they really know if they'll work. And if they do work, it's going to take months to years to ramp up production to where it's needed for literally everyone on earth. Especially if it turns out that working means it is 50% effective and that protection lasts only for 6 months. It's in their interests to plan for things getting much better, but that likelihood of that occurring is modest.
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Aug 7, 2020 19:45
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A first birthday is for the kid the same way funerals are for the dead.
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Aug 8, 2020 00:38
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The Glumslinger posted:Lmao, not even in the bubble and still loving up While this one got the fine, his take on Black Lives Matter and Canada was much worse. Please don't enable the denial of our racist shitheads!
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Aug 9, 2020 22:16
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Lockback posted:I mean some teams were a lot more prepared, some teams have seen an uptick in injuries, some teams haven't been able to shake off the rust, some teams don't even appear to be playing for wins while others are absolutely gunning for their lives. It's like, the beginning of the season is usually chaotic and then things settle, but now you have that chaos at the end of the regular season. I think that affects teams in ways that don't necessarily mean anything long-term when things go back to "normal" (whenever that is). This fair and accurate. Also, for teams chasing and trying to pick up games, the removal of the truly bad teams (except the Wizards) meant it seemed like they would face an even steeper uphill. But as it turns out it is far more complicated. Some of the good teams aren't trying, some are trying at random, and some are going full out. It is a super weird vibe.
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Aug 10, 2020 18:22
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MourningView posted:There were like 60 games pre-bubble where the suns mostly stunk they can get lost imo No, they were really good at the start of the year too. They stunk intensely during mid season.
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Aug 14, 2020 14:35
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He needed to save the timeout so he could stop the clock with 20 seconds left while down 30.
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Aug 14, 2020 15:21
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Declan MacManus posted:i wouldn’t even move og for that package This undersells how good og has become under the radar. His defence was always good, but it's been flat out great in the bubble. And if his bubble offence turns out to be for real, he'll finally get some attention for his all nba defence. Which sounds stupid, but that seems to be how it works.
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Aug 16, 2020 22:42
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Cool Buff Man posted:Celtics have poo poo on the Raptors this year, it win't be an easy series either way especially with injuries getting involved. Sorry you got swept and are lashing out though It's what every Raptor's fan is saying, because they know in reality that Boston is their hardest match up.
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:Norman Powell is the NBA playoff leader in +/- at +69 Yeah. The Nets played above expectations, notwithstanding that they lost decisively. That said, the Raptors reserves having video game stats from playing against whomever the Nets could hire to fill and roster was foreseeable.
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Aug 24, 2020 21:36
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runaway pancake posted:the hong kong protests started because a 19-year old kid from hong kong murdered his pregnant girlfriend and couldn't be charged with a crime, maybe people shouldn't reflexively support poo poo they don't know anything about in the name of "democracy" and "freedom". lebron had the correct take. it's an indictment on our society that people jumped on him immediately, and even worse that people still are. When the government takes advantage of an outrageous crime to pass a crime bill with sweeping crack downs on civil liberties, which mostly has nothing to do with the crime in question beyond the government using it as a pretext, those protesting government overreach are supporting the murder of pregnant women? gently caress you. This is the stupidest post in the sub forum this year. Including the time where they briefly unbanned monkeu. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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quote:In filings submitted to the court Tuesday, lawyers for Alan Strickland say Ujiri is “taking advantage of the now pervasive anti-law enforcement prejudices and to falsely allege racial animus and prejudicial bias is the reason for Strickland’s conduct on the date of the incident. The sheriff's department promulgated the narrative that Ujiri was the aggressor, despite knowing there was video disproving it. The same type of abuse of the public trust which has resulted in injustice for untold thousands of people of colour because of the traditional bias to believe police. At a minimum Strickland went along with the public smear and then attempted to take advantage of it within his lawsuit. Ujiri's lawyers released videos disproving the police narrative. Strickland's response? To ignore that the police narrative has been disproved and instead claim the man he is suing is playing to the public's "pervasive anti-law enforcement prejudices". It's a trippy level of arrogance. How often has this guy been believed in court, just because he's a cop, to make him think he can "Because I am a cop" through multiple video angles and against topflight legal counsel? Maneck fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Sep 2, 2020 |
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I was aware he was a considerably underrated basketball player, but now feel inadequate for being unaware of his twitter prowess.
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Lockback posted:Those Vince teams were more fun than necessarily good. I don't think Toronto had HC advantage in any of their playoff appearances in that stretch. Very much this. In 2000-2001, peak Vinsanity and easily the high watermark for the franchise during its first 19 years, was good enough for a 5th seed and an upset win in round 1 of the playoffs.
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Sep 6, 2020 19:36
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Raptors Celtics turned into a hockey game.
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Sep 10, 2020 03:00
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Harden used a shell company to win bid for the COVID testing contract and then hire strippers to staff it. He's been using a Dennis Nedry style override of the theme park security system to get the strippers in, but last night there was a bug in the system. Per the contingency plan, House takes the fall.
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Senator Drinksalot posted:What free agents are available this off season that are better than the ones they didn't even call last off-season? Bucks can't do it, but there are several teams that should consider just signing the 75% of the Toronto Raptors roster which is available in free agency. Pretty good team!
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Also it's a robot. Maybe the robot is an alien, but that's not clearly there.
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R.D. Mangles posted:i don't loving care what he says, it's 2020 and you can choose to believe whatever insane bullshit you want with no consequences, so for me Magic sends the tweets A take that doesn't recognize 2020 as a consequence is a bad one.
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