Official Raptors Thread: We beat the Pistons(' beench)!!

Fucking 4 game losing streak, and all games were very winnable from start to finish. Its all because of poor coaching and not playing 48 minutes, which are both things that piss me off the most. Sam Mitchell needs to learn how to fucking draw a play and stop playing Eric Williams, whos a fucking tool. GIVE JOEY GRAHAM SOME PLAYING TIME YOU DOUCHE, YOU SAY YOU'RE PLAYING THE YOUNG GUYS BUT WHY AREN'T YOU PLAYING YOUR FUTURE SF?

Mike James also needs to learn when to pass the ball and when to shoot it. When he's cold the guy still hoists pull up three pointers. I'm not going to invest my money on a guard thats 31 and still can't run the offence properly.

So true...so true.

Fucking 4 game losing streak, and all games were very winnable from start to finish. Its all because of poor coaching and not playing 48 minutes, which are both things that piss me off the most. Sam Mitchell needs to learn how to fucking draw a play and stop playing Eric Williams, whos a fucking tool. GIVE JOEY GRAHAM SOME PLAYING TIME YOU DOUCHE, YOU SAY YOU'RE PLAYING THE YOUNG GUYS BUT WHY AREN'T YOU PLAYING YOUR FUTURE SF?

Mike James also needs to learn when to pass the ball and when to shoot it. When he's cold the guy still hoists pull up three pointers. I'm not going to invest my money on a guard thats 31 and still can't run the offence properly.

its not really cuz of coaching its mainly about the players being on the same page cuz look at the pistons do u know why they have won 40 plus games cuz they've been together for a long time and know eachothers game and how they play so it makes it easier for the coach to jus make up plays.

Fucking 4 game losing streak, and all games were very winnable from start to finish. Its all because of poor coaching and not playing 48 minutes, which are both things that piss me off the most. Sam Mitchell needs to learn how to fucking draw a play and stop playing Eric Williams, whos a fucking tool. GIVE JOEY GRAHAM SOME PLAYING TIME YOU DOUCHE, YOU SAY YOU'RE PLAYING THE YOUNG GUYS BUT WHY AREN'T YOU PLAYING YOUR FUTURE SF?

Mike James also needs to learn when to pass the ball and when to shoot it. When he's cold the guy still hoists pull up three pointers. I'm not going to invest my money on a guard thats 31 and still can't run the offence properly.

Word !
Graham needs more minutes. This kid deserves them.
Plays hard everytime he steps on to the court.
I don't care about Mr.Smiley ( Eric Williams ). STOP PLAYIN' HIM !
Anyways, today they play ATL.
Hopefully we can win this one and ye.

Fuck fuck fuck fuck.

We suck.

Man we better not lose to ATL

ahh crap, we tie because of mo-pete's 3 freethrows, but we also lose because mopete cant hit hit the tying shot in overtime. we are now on a 6 game winning streak...

we are now on a 6 game winning streak...

Ha. You wish.

You mean a 5 game losing steak

6 after this loss I think.

You mean a 5 game losing steak

Mmm... losing steak

Another loss, and another close game. I swear, the Raptors need to learn how to take care of the damn ball, run their offence and play defence during crunch time.

I'm going to grow white hair after this season.

Another loss, and another close game. I swear, the Raptors need to learn how to take care of the damn ball, run their offence and play defence during crunch time.

I'm going to grow white hair after this season.

Word man.
Lately they been losing in the 4th quarters.
That really pisses me off.
BTW, why is Eric Williams starting ?
I know Davis is hurt but you can start other guys you know.
bGood luck to them against Boston. WE NEED A WIN !

JJ is easily my favorite out of all of them, he would probly play nicely on the raptors

JJ is easily my favorite out of all of them, he would probly play nicely on the raptors

Screw JJ Redick.
I admit he is good but we don't need him.
I rather get like Adam Morrison or Shelden Williams.

i don't really know much about them two so i aint sure, i'll have to do some research or something

i don't really know much about them two so i aint sure, i'll have to do some research or something

Ye . Do your research.

What I hate is when people say like "oh JJ Redick will be good if he gets drafted by blah blah blah"

I bet people sayin that cause that's the only college person they kno or something.

Yo mike james is starting to piss me off he always jus jacks up the ball from the 3pt line in the dying mins of the game and then the other team goes on a run after that. my coach always tells me its better if you shoot a 2 then a 3 because u have a better chance of making it

Yo mike james is starting to piss me off he always jus jacks up the ball from the 3pt line in the dying mins of the game and then the other team goes on a run after that. my coach always tells me its better if you shoot a 2 then a 3 because u have a better chance of making it

My coach always tells me its better if you shoot a 2 then a 3 because u have a better chance of making it.

No really ?
He shot 3-7 which is ok from the three.
Maybe he should ease down and distribute the rock more.

He's a ball-hog sometimes, but I can deal with it if he hits the shot.

Our problem is we're not consistent. We'll have one good game than a bunch of bad ones. This is a good game; our defense is doing a good job containing all the Celtics and we're passing the ball around on offense for open looks. Now all we need is to do it on a nightly basis.

phew, we actually held on this time. we nearly blew the lead with a little over a minute left. pierce and the celtics nearly came back in that final minute. about time we snapped our losing streak.

I need to rant.

Sam Mitchell is a complete and utter moron.

You guys should know by now that Sam barely puts any effort into his substitions and defensive plays, but offensive (our biggest strength) doesn't have many plays to be ran either. Its absolutely amazing how he bitches at the rookies (like Graham or Calderon) for doing absolutely nothing while Mike James goes on a shooting spree from three point territory or Eric Williams/Antonio Davis hurls up a wild shot in the paint with three people in his face and barely graze the rim. Good judgement jerk ass, but last time I checked you were running a young team and team that would need to play through some of the mistakes of the team. Yet you're starting Eric Williams and give Joey Graham 14 minutes off the bench? Whoopty fucking doo.

Since I'm also on the topic of Graham, I don't get why Mitchell hasn't given him playing time. I'll re-iterate the fact that the trade deadline is over, and Eric Williams has shown that he sucks, he's a whiner, and a flat out bitch with no value left in comparison to his contract. WHY GIVE THE BASTARD MINUTES? WHY NOT GRAHAM. Sam Mitchell has also said that Graham hasn't been producing lately. Well a player can't really produce or get better if you let him rot on the bench while telling everyone that he has "done everything", when in fact Graham has doing nothing because Mitchell's too big of an idiot not to see that Graham actually got 8-10 points per game if he's given around 28-30 minutes.

Sam Mitchell also needs to smarten the fuck up and run some plays. I'm tired of seeing everyone standing around on offence, or one player like Bosh, James or Peterson drive into the lane and can do nothing but throw up an ugly ass shot while praying that it goes in because of stagnant offence. I swear to freaking god that Sam Mitchell's play book consistents of a stationary pick and a bunch of dust collecting on the other blank pages.

Anyway, the main point of this rant is that Sam Mitchell sucks and should play Graham. Bosh said he likes Mitchell, which is an incentive to keep him, but I'm sure he can be easily persuaded if a coach with a better reputation pops up and is available.

Its_asdf: Maybe Mitchell's trying to adapt to the Larry Brown mentality.



I'd rather change coaches. I've been weary of him for a long time now.

The thing is, Larry Brown actually runs plays, does he not? Sam Mitchell's probably most complex play is running a single pick and roll. Don't even get me started on his defensive schemes.

ahhh FUCK, we lost on a last second 3-pointer by damon jones...we double teamed on lebron and drew a third defender on him but he passed it to an open damon jones parked at the pocket. tough loss , we have like only one win in our last 8 or something...next game vs. denver.

This sucks big time!!!!!!!!