John_Havok

Well I'd didn't see this game but ... What can you say about that foul call? It's terrible, it would be like an umpire calling strike 3 on a ball that slipped out of the pitchers hand and was flung into the dugout with the bases loaded in a tie game in the bottom of the 9th with 2 out.

I'll even take it a step further. A player is paid to make as few outs as possible.

A valid point. However he's had 4 seasons to improve his eye, or his realization that some of the curveballs aren't strikes...and failed. He also sucks against the fastball, slider, and change. Pitchers know he chases so they don't throw him strikes. His swing rate on balls out of the strike zone has increased every year

Wow. So much ignorance in one post.

I know. But seriously, just because it isn't really a bannable thing to post, it's pretty ridiculous to drag it through all these other threads.

With all due respect (admittedly...none), can you keep your Kalfus knob gobbling in the minors forum thread. Circle jerk to your heart's content there but f*** off in the rest of the forum already.

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Why give teams easy ways out of bad contracts?

Jays would have developed him as a starter though, not a RP from the get-go.

Not if they keep up this lazy effort. They started off great pounding it inside, then got the lead and suddenly nothing but mid to long 2's again....

Oh my ever loving f***.... "When we need to go in the inetrnational market to sign a player. They signed off on (Aroldis) Chapman, OK. It was us that made the decision not to get Chapman. We didn't see him well in a workout, but they signed off on Chapman." Fired.

He lost me after this ******** "You can only measure wins and losses. We're in it to win. We're not in it to just measure ourselves in pure economics." And that was the second, third and fourth line out of his mouth. Then... Later on "We're in this thing as a business. We don't apologize for it. We run this as a business. We're not in the business to lose money. But we're not in the business to make money either."

Sign: Arroyo Acquire: Franklin Trade: Santos

Berti has 31 steals in 46 games, 9 CS and a .425 OBP with 30 walks to just 13 K... What level would this be the equivalent of... Low A maybe?

Was that idiot talking about me? This is why the ignore function is needed. Saying you don't like his game and he should be taking it to the basket more doesn't mean I don't think he's useful, but he's settling for long range jumpers as a primary option rather than using that as the second or third option. He actually gets a ton of foul calls when he does go to the rack, so go there more...

Terrible act to put on a football show when your main demographic is male. Whoever set that up should have been fired for suggesting it

That's one area I have no knowledge on whatsoever, how the NBA cap system works...

I think when this is what we have to deal with, the FO f***ed up and nobody should be happy about the situation, because it comes down to which pile of s*** stinks slightly less.

The more I watch this team, the more I don't link DeRozan's game. Long two after long two with the occasional drive to the basket, the plus there being he does draw fouls. He does hit those shots though, but I'd much prefer him to be far more aggressive going to the basket and using the mid to long range two as the way to keep the defenders honest, rather than his primary choice. He coughs up the ball because he can't dribble for s*** in a crowd. Just like the final play last night, he loses his dribble 5 or 6 times every game going into the lane. I like Amir's game, he plays good D, rebounds well and has a good touch at the hoop, though I think he'd be better off the bench where he could go at 100 percent for short spurts rather than trying to play starters minutes where he just goes invisible for long stretches. They need to use Ross more. His use in the offense is basically "stand in the opposite corner of where DeRozan is and just stay there, only move if something breaks down and we need to dump it out late in the shot clock." JV still a very big work-in-progress defensively, there's time he just looks lost. Love the O though, and love his willingness to be physical. And Lowry is exactly what this team needs - get this guy re-signed.

That was a disaster first half. DeRozan, JV and Amir were all playing soft on D and they weren't getting good looks, they looked dead tired for pretty much the entire half. THe refs beat them into the ground with awful foul calls, and when you start the second quarter with Stone, Novak, Salmons, DeRozan and Hayes - that's just trouble

Link bro?

No clubs do until the final week

I don't think ST would be much fun, maybe as a test for some of the bonus options though to see how they work. There's so much turnover of players in a ST game...

JV still has a lot to learn defensively, so being able to watch and learn from Hayes is a good thing. I agree though, a few more minutes a game wouldn't kill him. The refs just kill him with sophomore fouls in a lot of games so sometimes it's just a matter of being in foul trouble that keeps him off the floor

Gotta remember though he was not even the third scoring option on most plays, Derozan, JV and Lowry are all ahead of him in the pecking order on most plays, and when he gets into quick foul trouble like all 2nd year players do since the refs in the NBA are like umps in baseball except worse for veteran bias... he loses time. If Demar is out for any length of time with this foot thing, I bet he shuffles pretty quick near the top of the scoring options list with that performance last night.

Yep