[14-16] Raptors : Colossus of Losses | Around the NBA - DEC

[Lamrock]

Monster game for Odom. Looks like you're starting to turn the Craps around.

[qfrmcpt310]

I actually love all the moves you made. I could have actually seen the Raps doing these deals which makes it that more believable, well except for Lamar playing good

[kibaxx7]

What a game for the Candyman Shame it had to come against the Spurs... keep it up man!

[john26]

Monster game for Odom. Looks like you're starting to turn the Craps around.

8th seed here we come!

I actually love all the moves you made. I could have actually seen the Raps doing these deals which makes it that more believable, well except for Lamar playing good

Thanks bro, didn't want to do too much trading before the season started. Now I'm thinking if I should go after a John Wall-type of PG and what package I can put together but it seems unrealistic so maybe I'll just hold off till the draft.

What a game for the Candyman Shame it had to come against the Spurs... keep it up man!

Yes that was unfortunate, but thanks

[john26]

Chapter 5: El Fuego

Lamar Odom had only a few hours to spare in Dallas before flying to San Antonio for a New Year's Eve showdown with the Spurs...he decided to spend this time with his family

After donating blood at the local blood bank Lamar Odom was pushing his infant daughter in her stroller with his wife Khloe by his side and Khloe's great grand mama who survived the holocaust, to the local soup kitchen so they could all sing to the disadvantaged and who did they bump into...bum bum bum Vanessa Bryant. Khloe, an adoring fan kindly asked

"Pardon me im very sorry to bother you..."

before Lamar's beloved church going wife could finish her sentence Vanessa with the coldest of pure satan blood red eyes discarded the crack pipe filled with the finest hollywood grade PCP from her mouth into Lamar's infant daughter's stroller. As he scrambled to take the pipe out of his daughter's stroller, she stared deeply in grand mama's eyes and spoke german loudly and aggressively. Grand mama turned to Lamar's daughter and then to his wife, and said with the most traumatic of tears in her eyes, "It's my time, it's just my time, tell my great granddaughter i love her and..."

Lamar's wife couldn't hear the rest over the loud German profanities and their daughter crying. The great grand mama dropped the homemade peach cobbler she slaved over for hours to feed to homeless at the soup kitchen, and looked at Vanessa, said a Jewish prayer and dropped friggin dead on the sidewalk.

Vanessa laughed loud and horribly, the baby still crying because of the crack pipe burns, and she pulled out a cigarette and lit it like she just had sex and needed an after sex smoke. Being a devout christian and all Lamar felt the right thing to do would be turn the other cheek and walk away but as he was, Khloe who just recovered from lung cancer (it was kept secret by the media to not interfere with the taping of her show) inhaled Zooeys second hand smoke and dropped dead on the sidewalk too.

As he (Lamar) was about to cry Vanessa's personal assistant drove up over the curb in the biggest gas guzzling suv and killed his baby along with a couple of baby seals and the cutest panda.

Looking in horror at this vile creature who just destroyed his whole family on New Year's Eve of all things Lamar looked and said, "Why" (choked tears and whatnot). She put the cigarette out on his nipple, got in the SUV and rode away.



Raptors' locker room, just a few minutes before stepping into the court against the Spurs...

"Ok so that's it, we got (DeMar) DeRozan, (Brad) Miller, and (Lamar) Odom on inactive. There, send it to the scorer's table, will you? Before we get Roger Masoned and all that" Casey handed over the team lineup to assistant coach Alvin Williams.

As Alvin was about to exit, Odom burst into the room, and started changing to his warmups. "Coach, I want to play today."

"Are you sure about this?" Casey questioned the veteran. "Yes, this is all I have. My family's gone and I want them to be proud of me, wherever they are..." Odom would score a career high 45 points to lead his team to an overtime victory.

[john26]

LEAGUE LEADERS

Points: Kevin Durant OKC 32.5 ppg
Rebounds: Blake Griffin LAC 11.0 rpg
Assists: Rajon Rondo BOS 11.1 apg
Steals: Josh Smith ATL 2.6 spg
Blocks: JaVale McGee WAS 2.2 bpg

FG%: Ed Davis TOR .588 3PT: Daquean Cook OKC .582 FT%: Danilo Gallinari DEN .955

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK/MONTH

Week - East | West
Nov 27-Dec 3 Amare Stoudemire (NYK) | Kobe Bryant (LAL)
Dec 4-10 Dwight Howard (ORL) | Kevin Durant (OKC)
Dec 11-17 LeBron James (MIA) | Russell Westbrook (OKC)
Dec 18-24 Amare Stoudemire (NYK) | Dirk Nowitzki (DAL)
Dec 25-31 Deron Williams (NJN) | Kevin Durant (OKC)

Kia Motors Players of the Month for November
Amare Stoudemire NYK 30.8 ppg 7.4 rpg 1.2 bpg .518 FG%
Kevin Durant OKC 32.4 ppg 9.4 rpg 1.6 spg 1.5 bpg .489 FG% .380 3P% .902 FT%

ALL-STAR GAME VOTING - LEADERS

Guards - East | West
Derrick Rose CHI (1065562) | Kobe Bryant LAL (1858004)
Deron Williams NJN (1003442) | Russell Westbrook OKC (1092960)
Dwyane Wade MIA (934362) | Chris Paul LAC (952060)

Forwards - East | West
LeBron James MIA (1724358) | Kevin Durant OKC (1484560)
Carmelo Anthony NYK (1037529) | Dirk Nowitzki DAL (1477028)
Amare Stoudemire NYK (859243) | Blake Griffin LAC (834701)

Centers - East | West
Dwight Howard ORL (982246) | Andrew Bynum LAL (505098)
Al Horford ATL (433602) | Chris Kaman NOH (501609)


ROOKIE REPORT - LEADERS

Points: Klay Thompson GSW 15.8 ppg
Rebounds: Kenneth Faried DEN 9.5 rpg
Assists: Kyrie Irving CLE 6.5 apg
Steals: Markieff Morris PHX 1.7 spg
Blocks: Tristan Thompson CLE 1.2 bpg

T-Mobile Rookies of the Month for November
Bismack Biyombo CHA 6.5 ppg (20th among rookies), 8.9 rpg (3rd among rookies), 1.2 bpg (2nd among rookies)
Donatas Motiejunas HOU 13.5 ppg (5th among rookies), 8.2 rpg (3rd among rookies), 0.8 bpg (6th among rookies)

ROOKIE WATCH

Note: All rankings are among rookies.

Lone Wolf
Derrick Williams MIN 13.6 ppg (4th), 3.4 rpg (13th), 0.7 spg (9th), .360 3P% (11th)

Brooklyn Swag
MarShon Brooks NJN 11.9 ppg (8th), 3.2 rpg (14th), 3.4 apg (6th), .449 FG% (10th)

The Empire State
Iman Shumpert NYK 7.6 ppg (14th), 1.6 apg (14th), 0.6 spg (12th), .424 3P% (6th)

Kool Cat
Brandon Knight DET 3.8 ppg (38th), 3.6 apg (5th), .756 FT% (29th)

PLAYER STATS


STANDINGS


TEAM STATS - LEADERS

Points: LAL 104.6 | 24th TOR 92.6
Points Allowed: BOS 87.8 | 3rd TOR 91.8
Pts Differential: BOS 13.1 | 13th TOR 0.7
Rebounds: MEM 49.9 | 29th TOR 42.1
Assists: MIA 24.3 | 6th TOR 22.9
Steals: DAL 9.7 | 25th TOR 6.9
Blocks: OKC 5.9 | 2nd TOR 5.9

FG%: BOS .479 | 7th TOR .458
3PT: DET .450 | 20th TOR .352
FT%: POR .824 | 13th TOR .777

[Fluke32]

How about trading for Ramon Sessions? Luke Walton + a pick for him should be good enough. You'll turn a bad contract into a player that addresses a team need even though he only has a 1 year contract.