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Quote Originally Posted by melossinglet:
eh,im not so sure of that friction thing...they both make no secret whatsoever of being best friends off the court in real life and nothing contrary has come up so youre just reading too much into it probably.
as for everyone saying "its different this year,its different this year,raptors are different",question is how do ya really tell??i personally felt they might be ready to turn the corner also,but not enough to bet on it...but regardless,is there any real way for us bettors to predict the reversal of a long-term trend such as this that highly likely has a large psychological element to it??short of talking to raptors players therapists what can we do,we're totally guessing,right??
cos when you look at the cold,hard facts there is ZERO to suggest that they are actually "different" this season...they were very,very good in the 82 game sched,as they always are...but then thats never been their problem,its always flaming out in the playoffs over and over again to the point where it MUST be partly mental at least....i mean we get derozan in the post game presser after a series loss basically saying they will always lose so long as the other team has lebron and toronto has lost to lesser teams than themselves as well.........no point in pointing out what a big jump they took this year in so many statistical categories and how great their bench is because,once again,its in the REGULAR SEASON.thats not the issue..everything they achieved and all the players that achieved it still hasnt been proven on the stage that matters.
again,i liked their chances like alot of people in here (and the series aint over yet so i dont mean to insinuate any finality just yet),but the bigger question for all of us is how do we recognise the end of a pattern such as this,is it just a matter of "well,about now feels right!!"???...in the nba it seems you just dont bet against a historically transendent player perhaps??i mean eventually they all lose at some point but you would have lost a shi..t-tonne of money over the years betting against jordan,lebron,kobe/shaq in waiting for them to fall..
They kind of remind me of that great Cavs team in the past, with
(Ron Harper, Mark Price, Brad Daugherty and Larry Nance) that Jordan owned. They have the talent but not the balls/mental fortitude it takes to break through and go all the way. But that cavs team was better than the raptors, imo.
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