Weed The North - Season Long Raptors Thread

Mr Dillett 

Cookie Monster 

The guy is still a Canadian legend and forever will be.

I completely emersed myself into that era of bodybuilding and totally geeked out everytime a new mag would come out to see what were the newest supplements and meal plans and training routines they were writing about.

I knew very early in all of them were on the juice and i never wanted to go down that road...since the age of 17 I have been a natural bodybuilder with ups and downs, but i do it because i love investing in my physcial and mental health...theres no better feeling than that post workout pump where you cant even reach far enough to shampoo your own hair 

When you look at it frame by frame, atleast to me, it seems like hes going for a quick crossover dribble but either he loses the handle or just froze and showed yet again his true incompetence in crunch time...the way he reacted immediately was that of someone who wasnt trying to hotdog it, but to genuinely recover a botched dribble...just so happened to go thru the defenders legs...pure randomness of sports.

However, i am so down on Lowry this entire season, that despite banking all year long supporting this team as a bettor and a fan, i want him gone asap...whatever happened to his game, hes completely lost his game mentally and will become a liability moving into the next season.

Game 3:

Raps ML...big...i slept on this and should have locked in back on Tuesday morning when they were +1.5...Raps should zigzag again here and bounce back hard following their worst effort in the Kawhi era...and yet it was still within reach of going to OT on their final possession...Raps should win this game comfortably and regain all confidence and momentum...4-1 series win isnt out of the question, but i still like the -1.5 game series wager...which basically will either live or die with tonights result.

Thanks my friend...same to you with your future card

Game 4, Sunday

Toronto Raptors -1 @-110  4u

76ers, 2nd & 3rd quarter  'live' ingame

I think we got this one Scal...game 6 after party - im buying the 1st round 

Regardless of what ends up happening, history will ultimately be on Ujiri's side when we look back at the Kawhi trade - arguably a top 3 player in the league overall, and his playoff experience (along with Danny Green's and Marc Gasol) may be end up being one of the leagues best "single season team shuffling and roster acquisition" in the history of the NBA if everything works out and the Raps end up playing June basketball.

The Six is going absolutely nuts right now, and im loving every single minute of it.

Lowry's steals and induced charges late in the 4th Q salvaged what was another putrid effort by him until the end

I think Kawhi is a piece of shyt. Quit on his team, and the people of San Antonio, with an "injury" just to force a trade. Gets sent to a fine city that he probably has no intention of staying in, even now. And he's the media darling. KD high-tailed it out of OKC, a poorly run, poorly coached team that, by the way, is in OKC! Lands in the Bay and he's vilified.

Disclaimer - Im a Raps fan.

Disclaimer - Im sitting on Raps to win the east from very early on at great odds.

Disclaimer - Ive been ice cold reading Milwaukee all year long

If i were to look at this series as a random capper with no bias, i still say Raps in 6 (+900 range)...why?

I will go into more detail before 5pm - just really busy today with some personal things.

Should be a heckavu series.

Quick Cliff Notes I like Toronto here:

- Kawhi

- Raps team defense has bought in fully (Green, Leonard, Gasol, Ibaka, Lowry...very impressively committed to D in their first 2 rounds)

- Conference Finals Experience (and beyond with Leonard/Green)

- Having the extra day off between Game 7 and Game 1

Locked in:

Raps +6.5 (-105)...3u...yup, im a sucker here - i dont expect blowouts in this series...i strongly lean ML here +235 but its not my style at the moment given my futures wager.

Heres how i see this series going:

Game 1 - Raps win in a very close game.

Game 2 - Bucks win and likely cover the spread (likely around -5)

Game 3 - Raps win and likely cover relatively easily, perhaps avoiding a late game backdoor garbage time cover by the Bucks (likely -4.5)

Game 4 - Raps win and Bucks likely cover in a 1-3 pt squeaker (OT wouldnt surprise me here)

Game 5 - Bucks win and cover wire to wire (this could be the one blowout potential / Raps letdown spot)

Game 6 - Raps win and cover in the end due to the Bucks fouling late out of desperation and chucking/missing their 3s going for broke.

The next 2 weeks are going to be fun here in Drakeville...i hear hes going to be wearing all Milwaukee gear in hopes to jinx them...what a Degrassi punk move...love it!