Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players Sonics..umm -Randy Livingston was signed to play for the remainder of this seasosn.-Ray Allen is not Jesus(in the sonics case)
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Apr 12 2007, 11:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Arial">I disagree, I would rank Leandro Barbosa, Brevin Knight, Tyron Lue, and maybe even Earl Boykins over him. I think he's a very good point guard, probably top 5. He's not the best in the league though.</span></div> Jose Calderon is clearly better than Earl Boykins, Tyronn Lue. I think Barbosa is the best, and Brevin Knight can be debated. Earl Boykins/Tyronn Lue are both defensive liabilities, size liabilities, are too shoot happy on offense and neither are as smart as Calderon and neither can pass as well as Calderon does. I give Knight a pass on his size because he's a very good passer/smart. Calderon is very underrated.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players Gerald Green hasn't lived up to what he can be doing and makes A LOT of mental mistakes on the court..it isn't all about his dunksI love the kid..just saying..cause a lot of people who don't watch games on the regular and look at the box score usually think he's already a stud when he has a lot to work onAlso what other Celtics fans have mentioned...I just wanted to name one of the cons while the others mentioned the pros
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Apr 13 2007, 01:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Arial">Yes, he can. Why did you say this?</span><span style="font-family:Arial">I disagree, I would rank Leandro Barbosa, Brevin Knight, Tyron Lue, and maybe even Earl Boykins over him. I think he's a very good point guard, probably top 5. He's not the best in the league though.</span></div>Are you f*cking kidding me? Did you just say that Tyron Lue, Earl Boykins and Brevin Knight are better than Jose Calderon? Man, don't judge if you don't watch Raptor games. Jose is amazingly good...I'd like to know...how many point guards with over 8 ppg shoot over 52 percent from the field....yeah, that's right....Jose is surprisingly quick, and he has shown that he can take it to the rim with ease...He is so smart, and he is a veteran..He's won alot of championships in the past...He makes great decisions with the ball, and he has really good court vision...oh yeah, and he's also a good mid range shooter. He gives us almost 9 ppg and 5 apg....Yeah, im pretty f*cking sure that he's better than Tyronn freaking Lue. Give me a break. Leandro Barbosa is better just because of the way he can score the ball. Excellent shooter, excellent penetrator, and he is amazingly quick....He'll give you 15-16 ppg so I won't argue that...but the rest...? Give me a break..
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Apr 13 2007, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Are you f*cking kidding me? Did you just say that Tyron Lue, Earl Boykins and Brevin Knight are better than Jose Calderon? Man, don't judge if you don't watch Raptor games. Jose is amazingly good...I'd like to know...how many point guards with over 8 ppg shoot over 52 percent from the field....yeah, that's right....Jose is surprisingly quick, and he has shown that he can take it to the rim with ease...He is so smart, and he is a veteran..He's won alot of championships in the past...He makes great decisions with the ball, and he has really good court vision...oh yeah, and he's also a good mid range shooter. He gives us almost 9 ppg and 5 apg....Yeah, im pretty f*cking sure that he's better than Tyronn freaking Lue. Give me a break. Leandro Barbosa is better just because of the way he can score the ball. Excellent shooter, excellent penetrator, and he is amazingly quick....He'll give you 15-16 ppg so I won't argue that...but the rest...? Give me a break..</div>agreed with you. Calderon also makes his teammates look better as well. He is definitely underrated. And should get the respect from the refs as well.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players lets see...-brandon roy has been a father for about 3 weeks now-martell webster is a cousin of jason terry-brandon roy is way more clutch than people give him credit for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yt1N_v0Ihk o baby! third one vs denver is the best. - raef lafrentz has played like 7 games this year and is getting payed 10 mil. who signed 'em to that ridiculous contract?!?!?!- ime udoka was a long shot to make the team. The only reason he made the preseason roster was because Aaron miles failed his physical. Ime's dad died during the preseason, with ime still working to make the team, but it didnt matter and ime went to not only make the team, but start every game he played. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yankshater213 @ Apr 12 2007, 12:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If Rajon Rondo had seen consistent minutes like he's getting now all season long, he'd be the rookie of the year (or at least a top candidate).</div>- brandon roy still should have won ROY even if rondo and bargs got the same playing time, IMO. Late season is where players, especially new ones, get stats they rarely get ever again in their career. I dont see anyone hailing Tarence Kinsey as one of the top rookies.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players well the Blazers traded Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and a 2nd round pick in 2008 for Dan Dickau, Raef Lafrentz and cash..
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Apr 13 2007, 08:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Gerald Green hasn't lived up to what he can be doing and makes A LOT of mental mistakes on the court..it isn't all about his dunksI love the kid..just saying..cause a lot of people who don't watch games on the regular and look at the box score usually think he's already a stud when he has a lot to work onAlso what other Celtics fans have mentioned...I just wanted to name one of the cons while the others mentioned the pros</div>Im starting to watch the Celtics more, and I watched most of the Philly game, hes going to be good from what I saw. But much like atlove highschool players, he does make bad mistakes like you said. When Paul Pierce gets back in there this offseason, expect Green to improve alot. People dont realize how good players get from the teams star player.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (blazerspwnu @ Apr 13 2007, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>lets see...-brandon roy has been a father for about 3 weeks now-martell webster is a cousin of jason terry-brandon roy is way more clutch than people give him credit for. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yt1N_v0Ihk o baby! third one vs denver is the best. - raef lafrentz has played like 7 games this year and is getting payed 10 mil. who signed 'em to that ridiculous contract?!?!?!- ime udoka was a long shot to make the team. The only reason he made the preseason roster was because Aaron miles failed his physical. Ime's dad died during the preseason, with ime still working to make the team, but it didnt matter and ime went to not only make the team, but start every game he played. - brandon roy still should have won ROY even if rondo and bargs got the same playing time, IMO. Late season is where players, especially new ones, get stats they rarely get ever again in their career. I dont see anyone hailing Tarence Kinsey as one of the top rookies.</div>Tarence Kinsey is going to be very good...I know when players get "end-of-season" points, and when they get points from just being that good. Tarence will probably average about 12 off the bench next year...he was scoring alot when the season was still heated....so unless you seen him play, dont make comments about the player just cause some stupid analyst whos never seen him said that hes only getting points cause its the end of the season.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (austingriz @ Apr 14 2007, 12:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Im starting to watch the Celtics more, and I watched most of the Philly game, hes going to be good from what I saw. But much like atlove highschool players, he does make bad mistakes like you said. When Paul Pierce gets back in there this offseason, expect Green to improve alot. People dont realize how good players get from the teams star player.</div>Oh man I know..Pierce has been Gerald's mentor his entire career..especially this yearI definitely expect him to improve alot and he has (doubling his scoring production this year) but he still makes many mistakes night in and night out..I'm just saying that people may not realize he makes these mistakes and just read the box scores and thinks hes been a stud this year when he hasn't really lived up to ALL the expectations yet..but I expect him to have a great season next year
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players Yeah, without Melo and Gasol, Warrick wouldnt be as good as he is.But Gerald is NOTHING like Tracy McGrady IMO. Okay, hes a 6'8 highflying forward...but other than that, I dont see it. T-Mac is a much better passer, but as GGs age, hes a better shooter than Tmac. GG doesn't shoot nearly as much as Tmac. The two are just different scorers...its sortve like comparing Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant...Yeah they are similar..but really nothing alike.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (austingriz @ Apr 13 2007, 09:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Tarence Kinsey is going to be very good...I know when players get "end-of-season" points, and when they get points from just being that good. Tarence will probably average about 12 off the bench next year...he was scoring alot when the season was still heated....so unless you seen him play, dont make comments about the player just cause some stupid analyst whos never seen him said that hes only getting points cause its the end of the season.</div>yeah im not dissing kinsey or anything. He nailed a jumper to beat the blazers in portland. But theres a big difference between a guy who does well late in the season vs. a guy who does it consistently year round. then theres defensive assignments. When a team plays the blazers, who do they have to guard? Zach Randolph, and Brandon Roy. On Boston, theres Pierce and Jefferson. On Memphis;Miller, Gay, and Gasol. Roy has gotten WAY more defensive pressure than any other rookie.but ennuf about rookies, this is about peoples teams. I dont want it to go down a rabbit trail.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Are you f*cking kidding me? Did you just say that Tyron Lue, Earl Boykins and Brevin Knight are better than Jose Calderon? Man, don't judge if you don't watch Raptor games.</div><span style="font-family:Arial">First of all, you have no idea how many Raptor games I watched this season. I have seen Toronto play plenty of times, I watch alot of every team in the league. Second of all, Brevin Knight IS better than Jose Calderon. Tyronn Lue and Earl Boykins can be debated, although I can see why people would pick JC over both of them.</span><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Jose is amazingly good...I'd like to know...how many point guards with over 8 ppg shoot over 52 percent from the field....yeah, that's right....</div><span style="font-family:Arial">Shooting 52% is impressive, but he only takes 6 shots per game. It's alot easier to hold down a high percentage when you're taking a low amount of attempts.</span><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Jose is surprisingly quick, and he has shown that he can take it to the rim with ease...He is so smart, and he is a veteran..He's won alot of championships in the past...He makes great decisions with the ball, and he has really good court vision...oh yeah, and he's also a good mid range shooter. He gives us almost 9 ppg and 5 apg....</div><span style="font-family:Arial">You don't need to ramble on and state the obvious to me. I know all about Calderons game, It's not like I starting watching the NBA yesterday. I don't make comments about a player unless I have seen him play enough times to make an accurate judgment.</span>
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ Apr 12 2007, 08:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>11. NBA Players actually will tell you Toronto is the best city in the NBA, were very multicultural.</div>Don't know which NBA players that is, but that is an obvious lie, Disney World is not in Toronto. Orlando is obviously the best NBA city, as well as having much better weather than Torontne time the Orlando Magic only scored 59 points against the Cavaliers in December. Scott Skiles set his 30 assists in a game as a member of the Orlando Magic, against Denver. The Magic have had 6 head coaches in their franchise history, that started in 1989.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (valo35 @ Apr 14 2007, 02:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Don't know which NBA players that is, but that is an obvious lie, Disney World is not in Toronto. Orlando is obviously the best NBA city, as well as having much better weather than Toronto</div>I don't know how many NBA players would want to go to Orlando. The team averages what? Like 12000 fans per game? :no1:
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Legacy @ Apr 14 2007, 09:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I don't know how many NBA players would want to go to Orlando. The team averages what? Like 12000 fans per game? :no1:</div>17,076 av. so far this year, 18th in league.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (blazerspwnu @ Apr 14 2007, 01:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>17,076 av. so far this year, 18th in league.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance</div>Well whuddaya know? Toronto has a higher attendance...orlando is clearly the better city Valo.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (blazerspwnu @ Apr 14 2007, 01:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>17,076 av. so far this year, 18th in league.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance</div>that's pretty bad.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players Not really, it's near max capacity for the building they are in. They get about as much as the building can hold, every seat is filled. They just don't have a very big arena right now. As far as the festivities in Orlando, the people around there, and things to do it's the greatest city to be a part of.
Re: Things other fans don't know about your team/players What does attendance have to do with how much the players like the city? Nothing, unless they are looking to sign there as a FA. Being the "best NBA city for players" has more to do with what entertainment and such the city offers... and in that case I think Orlando would beat out Toronto. But there are better cities out there than Orlando too, in my opinion.
