'Saur Losers II | FINALLY the 2013-14 season

[Axel The Great]

With the fact that he averages less than a steal and a block a game, he's not a defender. On offense though, he's very effective.

[Justine.]

I would love to see DeRozan as your if not primary secondary offensive option, so don't trade him. Unless if is needed.

[john26]

Barbosa should get more touches on offense. I think he's the best the Raps have. Bustnani's been real shit in the preseason

[Lamrock]

Martti., To be fair, I play at a far slower pace than Nellie's Warriors. Would love to see DeMar DeVelop into that though.

Axel., Yeah, it was my first game playing with 12 minute quarters so I really wanted to win it. Was really on the edge of my seat.

Houndy, On pace for 15 wins!

Clutch, Love to hate Spaggette. Had a hideous game, but is extremely effective. Hasn't been lucky enough to play on good teams, but he's an efficient fringe all-star. That said, if he wasn't on the Warriors this last season, they may have actually gotten a worthwhile player in the draft...

Justine., Yeah no trade plans for any players yet.

john26, He's the team's second leading scorer with like 15 PPG off the bench. Just haven't discussed him much.

[hova-]

How about the stamina of your players playing 12 mins quarter. At durability 50 my player do never get tired ... I had to tone it down to 22 ... anybody experiencing the same prob ?

[Axel The Great]

Yeah, after a full quarter of play, most player's staminas are still at 90-95. Been thinking of fixing that.

[Lamrock]

November 30, 2010


Nothing could stop Kleiza - not even impalement!

Against all odds, our Raptors have done the unthinkable: defeated a +.500 team! Indeed, the Wizards win launched perhaps the most inspired stretch of Raptors basketball in years, as we have now won 4 of our last 7 games, to put us at a cool mark of 5-12! Good for 27th in the league. Take that Philadelphia, New Orleans and Memphis!

We also actually played some decent basketball. A late run against the conference champion Celtics fell just a point short. However, we made up for it by annihilating the Sixers. After losing to Boston by 24, we stunned the then 11-6 Hawks, overcoming a 39 point game from Joe Johnson to hold them off 114-109 in the thrilling final game of the month. Jay can stay... for now.

Leading the way, surprisingly, has been An_rea Bargnani. Bargs hasn't exactly been efficient, shooting only 43% from the field (he's 7 feet tall, mind you), but he's shouldered the load, averaging around 18 points and 8.4 boards per game. Barbosa's also been a gem off the bench. Our guard rotation of Jose, Jack, DeRozan and Barbosa has been very solid. Unfortunately, our frontcourt hasn't.

Besides Bargs, nobody has stepped up. Amir fouls more than ever, and has been in a slump offensively. Reggie Evans has the offensive skills of a 10 year old. David Andersen just sucks. For some reason, Triano hasn't been playing Ed. May need to talk to him about that...

Can't say I expect this .571 play to continue. We were very lucky to play Philly twice in the span of a week. Even with the solid stretch of play, Ken Chalmers wrote a damning article called "The Craptors' Season Is Already Over".


After the 2010 finals, its odd to see him hitting shots. | SHAQ ATTAQ!!! (we really should have tried to sign him)

No way, Jose. | Speaking of bad teams...

Also, the Thunder have suffered an extremely disappointing start to the season, and have made the mistake of trading for Monta Ellis.

Thunder Trade James Harden, Morris Peterson for Monta Ellis
November 29, 2010 - Today, Sam Presti announced that we have dealt 2009 #3 pick James Harden and expiring contract Morris Peterson to the Golden State Warriors for inefficient prolific scorer Monta Ellis.

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Monta was turrible last season. The Thunder have suffered a myriad of injuries, being without many players, including Kevin Durant, for varying periods of time. The Blunder are 5-12, but I think its a bit much to bite the bullet so fast. I simply don't see how a Westbrook-Ellis-Durant backcourt will work. I've certainly been surprised before though (Kaman an all-star? WHAT.)

That's all for now. Time to drink!

11/17/2010: Raptors @ 76ers
35 28 15 20 98 (3-9)
L. Kleiza: 18/9/0 (JORDAN Player of the Game); A. Bargnani: 23/7/1
33 25 22 14 94 (2-10)
A. Iguodala: 23/5/8; J. Holiday: 5/2/3. 4 TO's (McDwyane Shitass of the Game)

11/19/2010: Rockets @ Raptors
22 33 21 21 97 (10-2)
K. Martin: 29/5/1, 14-23 FG (JORDAN Player of the Game); A. Brooks: 23/4/9
30 12 18 28 88 (3-10)
A. Bargnani: 24/15/2 blocks; E. Davis: 0/5/1, 0-4 FG, 2 TO's (McDWYANE Shitass of the Game)

11/21/2010: Celtics @ Raptors
33 16 22 31 102 (9-5)
K. Garnett: 28/5/4, 13-20 FG (JORDAN Player of the Game); R. Allen: 20/1/2, 8-12 FG
22 23 27 29 101 (3-11)
A. Bargnani: 20/7/2, 8-10 FG; J. Jack: 2/0/2, 1-6 FG, 6 TO's (McDWYANE Shitass of the Game)

11/24/2010: Sixers @ Raptors
22 23 20 27 92 (3-12)
M. Speights: 13/9/2; A. Iguodala: 10/6/2, 3-12 FG, 2 TO's (McDWYANE Shitass of the Game)
25 33 25 27 110 (4-11)
L. Barbosa: 21/2/1, 4-9 FG (JORDAN Player of the Game); J. Calderon: 14/2/12

11/26/2010: Raptors @ Celtics
22 27 20 20 89 (4-12)
D. DeRozan: 24/3/0, 9-13 FG; A. Johnson: 4/7/2, 2-7 FG, 6 fouls (McDWYANE Shitass of the Game)
32 27 32 23 113 (10-6)
K. Garnett: 17/11/1 (JORDAN Player of the Game); R. Rondo: 10/6/10

11/29/2010: Hawks @ Raptors
23 23 26 37 109 (11-7)
J. Johnson: 39/1/4; Ja. Crawford: 7/5/3, 2-10 FG, 2 TO's (McDWYANE Shitass of the Game)
23 37 29 25 114 (5-12)
L. Kleiza: 23/6/5, 8-11 FG (JORDAN Player of the Game); A. Bargnani: 19/8/2

[kibaxx7]

Sam. Presti. WTF? Monta?

I played a Spurs-C's game yesterday and won with a buzzer-beater by Manu, but Shaq burned me for a vintage 23 & 17 performance. KG was a monster too, gotta edit that Post Players slider...

[Fresh8]

me is not happy about the Monta Ellis deal.

[Lamrock]

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of it either. Not too unreasonable though. With KD in and out of the lineup, the Thunder have found themselves tied with the lowly Craptors and needed to do something, while the Warriors just wanted to get rid of Moped and his contract.

Will look into changing my recaps. Its lower maintenance, but I'm not proud of them.

[Axel The Great]

Stellar performances despite that 24-point loss. Laughed at An_rea Bargnani, that was pretty nice.

[dare]

Bargn is an allstar

[|)e8*]

I love the Kleiza pic!!

[deihatein]

That Shaq pic with Barbosa looking for a charge is

Still hoping you still turn the season around.

[Mark.]

Yeha that Monta deal is the opposite of what Presti should be doing.

Congrats on the wins. BTW im not ripping Maggette hard, I just had even higher hopes for DeRozan's future, a more rounded player perhaps. Still gotta love Maggettes ability at getting to the line.

[hova-]

Against all the other opinions I think the deal is not that bad for the Thunder. Ellis is a ballhog, yes, but he's also a skilled scorer and will be an upgrade offensively as long as he does not take away positions from Durant. Giving up Harden is not that bad and it's realistic since they are struggling.

[The X]

You're winning a lot now. Don't mind Monta deal since Thunder weren't getting it done

[newc]

Kleiza!!

I don't mid the trade either - with the selfish Monta gone, others on gsw roster will get more touches

[Martti.]

I like GS now with Steph and Harden back there knocking down threes.

Also, props on beating a play-off team.

[Clutch]

who knew Horford had mutant phasing abilities!? lucky for Klieza he's no android or he'd be burnt toast

Harden/Mo-Pete for Ellis is solid for both teams; when he wants to, Ellis has insane ability penetrate/break down the D and set up guys for the uncontested shot... only thing is he doesn't WANT to as often as he should

[shadowgrin]

As the Raptors GM, have you solved the sneaker shortage problem?

[Lamrock]

dare, Hell yes. Following in the footsteps of Kaman and Magloire!

dei., Haha, hard to believe we're ranked 30 in defense despite gallant efforts like that

Mark., Pretty turrible but for a move the CPU made, fairly reasonable.

hova-, Yeah. I'd probably give OKC a C- and Golden State a B+ for it.

The X, Yeah, we're basically contenders now.

Clutch, So glad Monta doesn't play for Portland. Such a frustrating player. Sometimes he makes plays where you're just "crash your moped and die!"

shadowGrinch, Yeah, as per new team policy they are all require to wear special Air Jordans.

[Bomb Diggity]

That's a sick picture of Kleiza over Horford! Good job with this man, enjoying the read

[Clutch]

Clutch, So glad Monta doesn't play for Portland. Such a frustrating player. Sometimes he makes plays where you're just "crash your moped and die!"

or he'll drop 27 in the 1st, then go 1-10 in the 4th+OT like yesterday's final pre-season v. Lakers

[Lamrock]

Been a few days since an update, and will likely be a couple more since I have New Vegas. Any feedback on the recapping style and the association overall? Are the recaps good? Are you into this at all? Would love to get some constructive criticism.