Next 10 games... what do you think our record will be?

Nov 13 vs Bulls - L
Nov 15 vs Jazz - W
Nov 19 vs Grizzlies - L
Nov 21 vs Bucks - W
Nov 22 @ Cavs - L
Nov 24 vs Suns - W
Nov 26 @ Hawks - W
Nov 28 vs Mavs - W
Nov 30 @ Lakers - W
Dec 2 @ Kings - L

I say 13-5 after that strech, I think that's fair. Suns/Mavs will be very tough to beat at home, but I think we will.

He got frustrated with himself (he does that, coaching staff needs to address it) and he got tired. But yeah he looked bad.



It could go in a lot of directions. I think they'll take a few losses. They can beat all of those teams if they play well but I expect losses to the Bulls, Grizz, and possibly Suns/Mavs. Cavs ... look pretty bad right now but they're very talented. They should be beating teams by 20-30 points routinely.

13 wins 5 losses is a good record still and puts raptors in contention for one of the top seeds

I'm interested to play LeBron again, I always felt we never had anyone who could guard him because T-ross/demar are too small and someone like amir is too imobile. But, I feel James Johnson could be the guy, he's about the same height and weight as LeBron and I'm sure he would be up to the challenge.

e/ just looked it up, they're both listed at 250 lbs and JJ's got 1 inch on Lebron

This post was edited by Moofy on Nov 12 2014 02:59pm

^ JJ was brought back specifically because they need someone who can guard Lebron, Melo, etc. JJ is one of those guys who is really strangely athletic, a bit like a Rodman. He has made some players look like kids.

BIG game vs the Bulls ahead. I expect a good battle.

So basically we would have won if it wasn't for that terrabad 3rd qtr. Neither team played especially well, but I felt the Bulls played much closer to their potential than the Raptors did. However both coaches should probably be fuming after that one. The good news is that both teams can learn from it. Overall, despite what people have been saying, I don't think this proves the Bulls are better than the Raptors right now. The Bulls had one big quarter but the Raptors beat them in the first half and looked better than them in the 4th qtr. Moreover Derozan didn't play well and Gasol had a big night; I wouldn't expect either to be "normal", but Gasol should play well against the Raptors. Butler played well. Ross needs to attack the basket more often.

What I don't like is that the Raptors had poor defensive focus outside of the 4th qtr. That's inexcusable against good teams like the Bulls. If that's going to be the tendency, they may get 50 wins but they definitely won't get out of the 1st/2nd round of the playoffs. This is a top defensive team in the NBA but it feels like they need to get a push from Casey or Lowry. That's not good enough. You have to want it.

Vasquez and Demar have been hurting us lately, they're shooting horribly. They should learn from Lowry; when he knows he's having a bad shooting night he won't try to force his shots and instead he'll distribute the ball and do other things to help the team.

he's a point guard (so lowry can do that) that's like telling Kobe to start passing the ball..

That's not going to happen. Maybe Vasquez might tone it down but i doubt you'll see Demar stop shooting

This post was edited by TDizzle on Nov 14 2014 09:39am

Lowry has that mindset because he's a point guard demar won't .

Vasquez tried to distribute the ball and turned it over 3 plays in a row ...he's just sucking dick

Nice to get another for the win column v Utah tonight
Utah was starting to look good ... until tonight