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Roland17:
You see, this is the problem I have with coaches who fail to make their superstars accountable to the team. DeRozan and Lowry for the longest time since Casey's reign in Toronto have gotten away with poor performances in the post season and that is how the sense of entitlement started. They believed they were untouchables and Casey did not address this sense of entitlement which led to more issues.

I understand Casey got desperate but guess what, during the regular season, he encouraged DeRozan to attempt more 3 points which led to a significant increase in his percentage during the regular season but still below average. When playoff's started, they reverted to what they knew best and looked clueless most times until when Casey decided to bench DeRozan. Which begs my question, why bench your superstar for a crime you encouraged throughout the regular season?

I don't think Casey should be coach of the year, I would personally take Quinn Synder ahead of him since they have chosen to black ball Brad Stevens.

Casey will not teach DeRozan how to be more assertive on offense or shoot better. Me I believe Casey is also a victim of his success because this Raptors team no too good like that. However they were good enough to avoid a sweep

Lowry 13th year in the league. DeRozan 9th year in the league. These guys should be like assistant coaches on the floor.

I think for DeRozan becoming a better facilitator and 3pt shooter was a doctrine of necessity. The past version of DeRozan had a predictable ceiling. However the biggest issue with DeRozan was mental. He is the extreme opposite of Westbrook and neither approach would ever get it done. His game is similar to Oladipo's but see how they both performed. Benching DeRozan was the right call because he was hurting the team

Roland17:
End of the road for D. Casey with the Lizards. I guess the coach of the year award was not enough conviction for the Lizards. I expect him to get another gig in the NBA immediately but I think he was part of the problem with the Lizards. They needed to change how they played but he was too rigid with his system. You don't demand accountability in the post-season by benching your best player when you encouraged the same style of play in the regular season.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23471720/toronto-raptors-fire-head-coach-dwane-casey-7-seasons

He was just desperate!! It's not his fault DeFrozen is a mental midget! He had to try something and anything to get a much needed spark

Brad Stevens is COY tbh but Casey built this team from ground up. If they think they are going to pull a Golden State a la Mark Jackson they are sadly mistaken

Wow this is pathetic! It's Casey's fault that DeRozan is a mental midget? Is this his reward for transforming the Raptors from a joke to a contender in the East? Wow these organizations don't deserve any kind of loyalty.

If I were Casey I'd go to Milwaukee just out of spite and pettiness! Giannis isn't a mental midget like DeFrozen and if he keeps working on his J he could be the next James

Shekpe-Terry

By the end of next season.

Rafinha - 34
Robben - 35
Ribery - 36
Boateng - 30
Hummels - 30
Javi - 30
Neuer - 33
Lewandowski - 30

Na like this Milan start oh

Roland17:
Goal tending was horrible. Peka conceded some very cheap goals, particularly the first one which instilled some confidence in the jets. Taking him out did not resolve the abysmal goal tending as Saro was even worse. My guy Suban had a good playoffs if you ask me, the offense was not bad especially the first with Johansson but the 2nd and particularly the 3rd looked uncomfortable.
One of the reasons I love the NHL and hockey in general is the fact that home ice really means nothing. Congrats to the Jets, they missed the playoffs last year but this year they are in the conference finals. Not sure what the predators would do with their roster.

As for my blackhawks, next season is the last chance for coach Quenville because we don't do mediocrity. The core of the roster will stay but we neee some good trades and hopefully pick better in the upcoming draft.

Remember I told you the NHL is designed to promote dynasties? That is another reason I love it. For the sake of his legacy I pray Ovy nicks this year's Stanley cup.

Rinne is a good goalie but his floor is unacceptable for any team trying to win a Stanley Cup. He was sub .900 in their home games this postseason and that never gets the job done.

Subban is a good player when he's not diving however Yanshville lost ultimately due to its poor home record! What is the use of winning President's trophy only to go 3-5 on home ice and completely defeat its purpose. They always started games sluggishly and unfortunately ran into a Jets team dripping with underrated firepower. Scheifele, Wheeler and Statsny all killers which means they didn't even need Patrik Laine or Kyle Connor to show up.

Lol for the Blackhawks who do you bring if you fire Quenneville? I think that dynasty has ended! Toews, Hossa , Keith , Kane and Seabrook will not bring another cup to the Hawks as the core ever again

Nothing for Ovi. They ran into a gassed Pittsburgh team with Kessel and Malkin completely useless. Tampa would kpo kpo them in 5 games

Robben and Rafinha extend. Geriatric FC

@Roland17
Yanshville Predators crashing out the Cup like

Manutd19:
Personally I believe most sports (if not all) are rigged.
NBA can make LeBron the goat this year if they want to. Jordan is a past tense imo. He was good and made as well.

That one go hard small. Let them get past their respective opponents first. Upsets still happen in sports. Superbowl LI taught me that

Basketball is really a funny odd game. Who would have expected less talented teams like the Bucks and Pacers to give the Celts and Cavs much more problems like the relatively deeper Sixers and Raptors side

The opening night's games are the Conference Finals lineup. The NBA is rigged people!

As good as I thought the Celts were I didn't expect them to dispatch the Sixers with this much ease, in fact but for foul trouble with many of their key players this could have been a sweep. I don't know how they are going to do it against the Cavs especially if the other Cavaliers show up but I know I'd be looking forward to Lebron vs Jayson Tatum. I mean Donovan Mitchell was good but Tatum is just killing it quietly shooting at 58% FFS

I think the Cavs should still win but Boston would put up a much tougher fight than last year thanks to Rozier's maturation and the fact that Boston's best player isn't 5'9. I hope the Celtics can at least Game 1 so we are assured an entertaining series

birdman:
Agree with u on rockets, disagree on cavs. Rockets havent been in this situation before. I see a 4-2 or 4-1 win by gsw. No way cavs beat celtics. Lebron literally has to repeat magic 4 times againt the best coached team in the league. I would like it to happen, but it wont

Ye ma gbe wa mo ra

BushWickBill:
Agreed. Add No-rata to the list. Let's see the market that will see the shaku shaku on Thursday.
For all his etighi a trip to Greenland and North Pole is in order

Morata just got there so he no go dey as despondent as the rest

If I'm Roman I wouldn't sack Conte or sell Hidden. We must all enjoy and endure Yorupa League football together

RuuDie:
Honestly I don't see what you guys see in this Hazard guy that makes you people rate him highly... I don't think the dude is very intelligent. Always trying to play into tight spaces.

I mean you guys have Giroud and Morata up there for fvcks sakes!

Mans done talk. We tell them them no hear! We warn them them no gree. Some were talking Balon D'or 2018 some say na 2019. But when the time is ripe them no dey tell e person

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ8KK8u9dN8


Chelsea sailing to Iropa League. Sail away sail away sail away

raumdeuter:
Would it be a terrible thing if I wish Robben and Ribery have a season ending injury from now. The type Koscielny had last week

No it won't!! Since they are both being shameless and irresponsible! I saw Robben training on the Bayern Twitter feed. Da fuq is he training for when we know he would be injured when it counts the most! Smh

raumdeuter:
The team have a lot of potential but their management are even worse than ours

Favre is a respected guy that can right the ship. We would need Dortmund to come back to their senses because it seems that is the only way our board can come to theirs

NictisZorander:
My conclusion from watching them play as well. They just don't have what it takes and the vast majority of their players are grossly overrated. Lowry and DeRozan included. He did his best as far as I'm concerned. I'm more surprised the headlines aren't reading that Casey is about to quit.

They ran into a Cavs team with all their secondary scorers clicking, Lowry and DeRozan are good but not great players! I think their regular season record really brought about unrealistic expectations akin to the 60 win Hawks of a few years back

I can't say enough of how big a disappointment DeRozan was in this series averaging 16pts per game!!! A supposed star

The real problem for the Raptors is that they have so much tied on Lowry. DeRozan and Ibaka that they are stuck with them another two years at least! They better just pray OG. FVV and Siakam keep improving because the Celtics and Sixers are better placed to topple the Cavs in the future as it stands

I think it's a damn shame that there are even whispers that Casey's job is on the line, what do you do when your best player is unwilling to put up a fight and at least play like the all-star you say you are! DeRozan's numbers have been a crying disgrace

donlittle25:
Rodney Hood lost his spot to Cedi Osman and refused to check into the game yesterday

Hood has always been a mental midget. He has the ability to be a 2nd more likely 3rd scoring option on a contending team but his mental softness was well documented even in Utah. I'm sure the Cavs thought playing next to Bron would help but truth is it's not every patient that would respond to treatment

Roland17:
Baba, Ovy has slain his demons ohhhhh

Caps are going to the conference finals.

Law of averages! We were 9-1 H2H against them so they were due a win.

The turnovers and odd man rushes we allowed also didn't help matters never mind our over reliance on Sidney Crosby! He was on the ice for 13 of the 14 goals the Pens scored all series

I'm disappointed in Kessel and Malkin not to mention the mid season acquisition Brassard who has looked like an absolute bust.

Back to back Stanley Cups is not beans sha and Ovy can only slay his demons if he gets to a Stanley Cup final. After seeing how the Lightning destroyed the Bruins I'm not counting on it

Starting McConnell for Covington looking like ace right now

More than officiating na turnovers dey really kill Boston though

donlittle25:


You can tell chuck never went to class.

My guy said what does that means? i died inside yo

Man, i love his honesty though

Chuck has always been country dumb. I'm surprised you didn't know this! He makes up for it with his personality but he's never really been the sharpest tool in the shed

BarthramLestat:
LOL. But you dont need 3 point shooting in that era. Valanciunas and Ibaka will eat up that era though. And the way 90s basketball and defense was primarily around the post lowry will be shooting the lights out, i reckon he'll be like a mini reggie miller and derozans mid range game will shine.

DeRozan's midrange game is not usually consistent in the postseason. Lowry's shooting is also hit and miss. Let's even agree he is a better 3 point shooter than most, can he facilitate like Stockton or Penny or Kevin Johnson?

Ibaka? What is Ibaka actually good at? He has gone to shyte since leaving OKC.

JV? You really believe JV would rumble with the Dream? Shaq? Ewing? Barkley? Really?

raumdeuter:
Dortmund announce Lucien Favre as head coach

Hope he can make Dortmund relevant again. That's the only team that can awake us from our slumber like they did in 2011 and 2012

raumdeuter:
Ribery extends contract, What a disgrace, He obviously has no shame and our board lacks ambition too.

All Ribery has been doing lately is those monkey post Hazard like dribbles with no end product yet we reward him with an extension

What a disgrace. When Liverpool are trying to land Fekir!

BarthramLestat:
Fun Fact: This raptors team people keep making fun of and are a joke would have won 75 games and the chip in the 90s. That's how bad the league was then.

Who would they beat with DeRozan's midget mentality and non 3pt shooting asss. You're reaching

Manutd19:
I stand to be corrected but has thede been game(s) where all three (Curry, Klay and KD) played at their best together? I see people say this many times but truth is I haven't seen all 3 played at their best together.
2 of 3 or 1 of 3.

This is a very underrated point yunno

Golden State before Durant came were a massive group of overachievers. This is what the 73-9 crowd still don't get!! They were essentially a rich man's version of today's Raptors

chic2pimp:
Definitely not a better scorer. Embiid has more in his Arsenal. Giving the choice, Most coaches would rather have Embiid as their No1 scoring option.
Embiid might be slightly overrated when compared to Rudy Gobert as a defender but He is still way better than Jokic.

Like I said. Na Denver coach I blame. Jokic is the better scorer than Embiid just that he has the unique misfortune of having a coach unwilling to run the offense through him. Jokic has more range and versatility than Embiid! Don't believe the hype.

Embiid is a good defender but I always get alarmed when I see him in DPOY convos

BarthramLestat:
Was about to agree with you then I realised there just aren't that many good centers in the league anymore. The league has truly evolved.

Well the game has left them behind. Especially the ones who have refused to evolve eg DeAndre Jordan.

You have to have a lot more in your locker than just blocking and rebounding.

Anyway we still have a few guys doing ok. Capela. Towns.

chic2pimp:
Nah not having that. Sure Jokic is clearly the better passer but better player?

Better scorer as well! He's an offensive warhead and his coach is clueless on how to unleash, his only downside is his defense but even Embiid is low key overrated as a defender