tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239671995333340850.post8120317253675351250..comments2023-09-22T14:11:00.915-04:00Comments on RandoMango: Raps rolling?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239671995333340850.post-63799111978691554582009-12-09T10:23:06.408-05:002009-12-09T10:23:06.408-05:00It will never cease to amuse me reading that thin ...It will never cease to amuse me reading that thin air is better defensively than Jose Caleron. <br /><br />Word is the popcorn vendor blew by him last night, too.TBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00544648114168755444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239671995333340850.post-55977897038012630032009-12-09T10:20:48.779-05:002009-12-09T10:20:48.779-05:00It should also be pointed out that Jarrett Jack ha...It should also be pointed out that Jarrett Jack has a stop% well above average, too: he's been impressive on the defensive end this year. He's a big part of the Raptors' recent defensive success.Blake Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892935630385126023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239671995333340850.post-87541266766395188742009-12-09T10:13:47.274-05:002009-12-09T10:13:47.274-05:00Stats? We got 'em.
In the previous 21 games, ...Stats? We got 'em.<br /><br />In the previous 21 games, the Raptors with Jose Calderon playing over 20 mpg had only held opponents to fewer than 1 point / possession twice: against Chicago on Nov 11, and the home opener (you know, high energy + discombobulated opponent). But in the past two games with Jose playing < 20 minutes against Chicago and not at all against Minnesota, the Raptors have pulled that feat twice in a row.<br /><br />I passed along an argument on RC that since Jose's stop% in the games I've tracked with Project Defensive Score Sheet for was actually less than thin air's this year (.339 for thin air to .338 for Jose) and he was bearing 19.9% of the team's defensive possessions, with 4.1 stops produced in 12.2 possessions faced, that if we did nothing else but add a point guard who did nothing else but produce an average % of stops (.505 is the league average stop% as of early last week), that the Raptors would improve as a team about 5.2 points allowed / 100 possessions, which would put our total points differential in the positives (assuming the offense doesn't drop off drastically, and I don't believe Jose actually does enough to make the offense good for his loss to have a huge impact). What that means is, we'd win a lot more games with Jose gone than here just due to his complete inability to guard people.<br /><br />And that assumes that there are absolutely zero residual affects from him going, e.g. other guys not getting easy scores off the endless amount of blow-bys that he allows. As it turns out, I believe there are quite a few residual effects of Jose being here.Blake Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08892935630385126023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239671995333340850.post-10074287487179669092009-12-09T09:58:43.342-05:002009-12-09T09:58:43.342-05:00what do you think the odds are that the mother-in-...what do you think the odds are that the mother-in-law was rushed to hospital in the middle of the night after awaking to find a dark shadowy figure standing beside her bed... naked. erect. hands on hips. greasy schlong glistening in the moonlight. Tiger is one horny dude.<br /><br />Sign me up for half a dozen pics of Tiger's chowder sprinkler. I'm giving them out as Christmas gifts this year.bukkakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7239671995333340850.post-30854474778756135282009-12-09T09:58:00.157-05:002009-12-09T09:58:00.157-05:00Spent the weekend in the tri-state area and got to...Spent the weekend in the tri-state area and got to witness the Nets first win at home. Unreal watching the other 10,000 for a 1-18 team at the time party like they just won the NBA Championship.<br /><br />Caught half of the MorencySports show last night. Great interviews but I feel stuck with a bunch of stoners and alcoholic gamblers. Feel right at home. <br /><br />Those Huskie Unis remind me of Duke. No thanks.YFnoreply@blogger.com