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as I said before, raptors are main candidates as long as durant is not available

Yes, they have been producing at high level. What I would fear if I am golden state is how to effectively contain Leonard without risking foul trouble for Thompson/green. If iguodala can handle him or limit him, then they win it. If he can’t, green will be forced to play out of position and the bigs will eat them alive

Durant missed only 1 game out of the 2 full Houston series Rockets could and should have won the series if kd had been out on every game the raptors now have that chance plus home court plus bigs and depth. They are the favourites imo

The first and last cavs team they faced were much worse than this raptors squad

They don’t win that series without their bench powell van vleet ibaka all stepped up big time

If Durant doesn’t play, raptors will win this in 5 or 6 they have kawhi at an all time great level and they have much better depth/bench/bigs than the warrios

If Durant doesn’t play, raptors will win this in 5 or 6 they have kawhi at an all time great level and they have much better depth/bench/bigs than the warriors

Kawhi is an absolute machine. He does everything right, most complete player in the league. Shoots, dunks, jumper, 3, defense, steals, blocks, off reb, def reb, passing. He does everything and is perfect at everything btw, we better not be that stupid to sign Middleton to a giant contract. He is not a difference maker

Giannis brogdon hill and ersan are dominating. Bucks defense is suffocating Toronto, who is not able to buy a basket without their mvp kawhi, who is one of the best 3 players in the league

If Durant stays they will win more rings than MJ - bulls dinasty but the league is not as fun with this kind of super teams

So, harkless, ilyasova and ibaka going for the finals kawhi, you sir are unbelievable

Kawhi Durant and giannis are the 3 best players in the league currently

it only takes a super idiot GM to offer butler a max extension guy's game will rapidly decline and is a locker room poison if he is not in an ultra contending team

it hurts me to see redick and harris doing so well on a contending team

Relying on development of the youngsters like Isaac, Gordon, fultz and bamba, a pick and a fa while setting you up with financial flexibility for the future is by far the best we can do the goal is not to be a perennial 8th seed. The goal is to build a real contender. You will not get that if you keep starting Fournier or pay vucevic long term crazy money

If we get rid of Fournier I would consider it a successful offseason but ideally let vuc and ross walk, trade Fournier and stretch mozgov and we can have something going

It is a nice story and I want to get on board with that, but I don’t think the depth you mentioned (current team minus vuc plus fultz and pick) is enough to make the playoffs. we could repeat a 7th or 8th seed, but it would take a big improvement from bamba (I don’t see it happening as fast as it was with Isaac) and decent performances by fultz - pick (I won’t believe it until I see it) the reality is that vuc was the heart and soul this season, and his all star campaign is the main reason we qualified (clifford, Isaac’s leap and ross are the others)

I wouldn’t mind if we are without vuc, Fournier and ross next season as it is, bamba Isaac and Gordon are the future along with hopefully fultz and the Sg we get in the draft i can deal with 2 more year out of the playoffs if we start building a contender

Not at all, especially the long term part

Leonard looked like Kobe yesterday his penetration and jumper at the top of the key is unstoppable our whole defense was atrocious, we didn’t even contest any shots, we did not get pressure, we let easy penetrations flow for them vuc has looked awful both games, siakam feasted on isaac, dj was not at his best hoping for a ferocious rant from Clifford so they wake up for the next game we need to have way more intensity and much better defense

Surprised to see elfrid glad for us it’s better when former players root for you

Great win dj has been doing this all season long. Nice defensive play by Fournier at the end. And also important buckets and rage by MCW woke us up

Harden on his own league

Why do we still have the why not us??? it is time for a rallying cry change

Then he extended Fournier with a big contract while gifting oladipo AND #11 to okc he set us back for many years the ross trade was his only great deal