I'm sick of the Toronto Raptors, but I'm even more sick of the borderline rail birds that profess to love the NBA but have no real affiliation with any team unless it's the team that's beating up the Raptors of course. If you're offended about this characterization then I'm talking about YOU. Yes YOU the guy who never says a peep when the Raptors reel off 7 straight wins in the regular season or beats a decent Bucks team in the first round. The guy who has all the answers and criticisms during the playoffs and then hibernates for the rest of the year. If you're not a die hard Raptor fan I simply don't want to talk Raptors basketball with you, sorry. If I hear one more generic comment about how Derozen and Lowry suck in the playoffs I'm going to slit my wrist. A real Raptor fan knows it's common place for these guys to disappear and not the the exception. I've said it many times before, being a Raptor fan is taxing, it's exhausting, it'
Ok boys this is game day! I'm feeling nervous, this is like the show down with the school bully and it's almost home time. I need to make some predictions so I can say "I told you so" when they happen. First off this is not a series we can win by simply playing well, we need a combination of Cleveland not playing optimal basketball and us playing really well or Raptors playing extremely elite basketball which we have not seen for more than 2 consecutive quarters in my opinion. We have to respect this team, they are the defending champions and any stubborn decisions from Casey will cost us, we can't be too proud to try anything against this team. Sadly I don't see Casey suddenly seeing the light and becoming a great in game strategist over night. I know how to guard Lebron James wether you like it or not we need to make Lebron a scorer and let him eat, eat a lot. Do not I repeat do not throw double teams at him, he is an elite passer who will pick us apart