Raptors not missing Kawhi. Why?

jimmythegreek

jimmythegreek

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Score the last 11 points in a furious comeback win over Indiana, Have won 12 straight. Now the #2 seed in the East.

Nice to see the defending champs looking potentially capable of contending with the Jimmy B's, Tatum and Browns, and the Greek Freaks.

This bunch has stepped up big time with the likes of Siakam, Ibaka and Lowry as well as VanVleet. The race for supremacy will be especially interesting after the ASB.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, no more shooting their load (management) either.
 
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John Kelly

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Feels like Milwaukee's time to reach the NBA Finals.

The Bucks are a ridiculous 43-7 this season.

They were expected to win about 57 games this season.

I saw RSW totals of 56.5, 57 and 57.5.
 
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WildBill

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I took a quick look at Sagarin ratings. With a 37-14 record, they have gone 11-13 versus the top 16 teams. So against the relative weaklings of the league they have gone 26-1! That's taking care of business. Won't get you too far in the playoffs though. Atlanta did this a few years ago and everyone knew they would eventually get steamrolled by LBJ and they did. This team does have that experience so they should be a little tougher out, but the top teams shouldn't struggle with them too much.
 
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bmiller

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Raptors will be a tough out but they will miss Kawhi when the playoffs start .. Milwaukee for some reason has decided to blow their load in the regular season i think that will come back to bite them in the playoffs .. Miami getting a lot hype but they are pretenders imo .. Boston is dangerous and people are counting out Philly because of their road woes in the regular season but the value is with Philly right now, Kawhi 3 point buzzer beater potentially cost the 76ers a championship last season they still have the most talent and they are more than capable of flipping a switch when the playoffs start
 
kane

kane

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bmiller said:
Raptors will be a tough out but they will miss Kawhi when the playoffs start .. Milwaukee for some reason has decided to blow their load in the regular season i think that will come back to bite them in the playoffs .. Miami getting a lot hype but they are pretenders imo .. Boston is dangerous and people are counting out Philly because of their road woes in the regular season but the value is with Philly right now, Kawhi 3 point buzzer beater potentially cost the 76ers a championship last season they still have the most talent and they are more than capable of flipping a switch when the playoffs start
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I don't know about Philly flipping a switch, there's something very wrong with that team, they've been massive underachievers all season and just the other day Al Horford said there were issues in the locker room. I don't follow them, so I don't know what those issues are, but I do know last year's Celtics had locker room issues and the thought was talent would win out and in the playoffs they could just flip that switch, but it doesn't work that way. Personally I think either Simmons or Embiid has to go, it doesn't seem like their games mesh, and for whatever reason Embiid continues to shoot more from the outside when there are very few players who can defend him in the post, both him and Simmons are a little immature, I remember last year Bret Brown called Jimmy Butler "The adult in the room", extrapolate from that what you want, but it doesn't bode well for them, I think they don't have any leadership, and that's a big problem for them.
 
John Kelly

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kane said:
I don't know about Philly flipping a switch, there's something very wrong with that team, they've been massive underachievers all season and just the other day Al Horford said there were issues in the locker room. I don't follow them, so I don't know what those issues are, but I do know last year's Celtics had locker room issues and the thought was talent would win out and in the playoffs they could just flip that switch, but it doesn't work that way. Personally I think either Simmons or Embiid has to go, it doesn't seem like their games mesh, and for whatever reason Embiid continues to shoot more from the outside when there are very few players who can defend him in the post, both him and Simmons are a little immature, I remember last year Bret Brown called Jimmy Butler "The adult in the room", extrapolate from that what you want, but it doesn't bode well for them, I think they don't have any leadership, and that's a big problem for them.
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With the 11-point loss to the Bucks tonight, the Sixers fell to 20-28-4 ATS.

Meantime, the Bucks continue to roll with records of 44-7 straight-up and an impressive 29-22 against the spread.
 
Viejo Dinosaur

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Philly has only lost two games at home...issues are on the road and them not being physical enough except for Simmons....

Kawhi never had a triple double playing for the Raptors....
 
kane

kane

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Viejo Dinosaur said:
Philly has only lost two games at home...issues are on the road and them not being physical enough except for Simmons....

Kawhi never had a triple double playing for the Raptors....
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After their embarrassing loss to the Heat, Simmons called his team soft. Embiid continues to play on the perimeter, he attempted 10 three's last night, there isn't anyone who could guard him in the post, yet he refuses to go down there, instead he would rather jack up a ton of three's all game, doesn't make sense. Last night Tim Legler was breaking the game down and he said Embiid isn't in great shape and doesn't want to run baseline to baseline, it's easier to get back on defense when your at the three point line as opposed to under the basket. In addition to being soft, Simmons and Embiid don't mesh offensively, the PG can't shoot outside of the paint, and the big man doesn't want to shoot in the paint. Embiid oozes talent, he's so talented it's crazy, but he isn't getting the most out of his ability, he should be dominating games, but for whatever reason he doesn't, another problem they have is not enough shooters, they have a hard time spacing the floor, they really miss JJ Redick, and the fact that Simmons doesn't even attempt a shot outside the paint is a problem. If I were them I would look to move Simmons in the offseason, I would think they could get back a pretty good haul for him. There's still enough time for them to get their act together, but at this point it doesn't seem likely
 
WildBill

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Agree on Sixers, Simmons as a PG just doesn't work. They need a real distributor who can be a threat on the PNR, Simmons can play off ball and attack an unbalanced defense better than trying to go right at it. But if anyone still believes in them can get almost 30-1 on that shit show at a couple of books.
 
kane

kane

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Viejo Dinosaur said:
Philly has only lost two games at home...issues are on the road and them not being physical enough except for Simmons....

Kawhi never had a triple double playing for the Raptors....
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Kawhi's only had one TD in his career, that really surprised me
 
kane

kane

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WildBill said:
Agree on Sixers, Simmons as a PG just doesn't work. They need a real distributor who can be a threat on the PNR, Simmons can play off ball and attack an unbalanced defense better than trying to go right at it. But if anyone still believes in them can get almost 30-1 on that shit show at a couple of books.
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There have been plenty of good PG's who weren't good shooters, there's never been a PG who refused to take a shot outside of the paint, it's so much easier to defend a guy when you know he won't attempt an outside shot. I'm not positive, but I think I saw where Simmons has 8 made FG's outside of the paint this season, that's pretty crazy
 
GameBred

GameBred

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Becuase he's not the guy so many people claim him to be. He's one dangerous MoFo but he's not a force multiplier and to even put him in the same Convo w/ LBJ (career wise) is fucking absurd.... not saying you are doing that, just in general. He's been on really good teams that he has made much better becuase he's a great player.
 
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