On Saturday January 23 the Cleveland Cavaliers fired head coach David Blatt. This has came as no surprise to me as Lebron James, their best player has voiced some concerns with Blatt. After a blowout loss to the Warriors it was the last straw for Blatt.
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With the recent lost to the defending champions I have a few questions about wither or not the Raptors are actually a play-off team or just a mediocre eastern conference team. Heading into Tuesday nights game everybody was calling the Warriors to blow out the Raps. But early on into the game it was obvious that the Raptors were going to put up a fight. This had been the story all year. The Raptors have always put up a solid effort but never had enough to get to the next level.
As to their play-off readiness, I have a hard time telling myself that they can go deep in the play-offs. Every time the 4th quarter start there is a little voice in the back of my head that knows there gonna choke. Things like this is why I can tell they are not going deep in the play-offs and will remain a mediocre team.
On Sunday the Raptors were playing the Sacramento Kings and it was a pretty average game. They went back and fourth for 3 quarters, nothing special happening. The Raptors entered the fourth quarter with a 10 point lead and they were playing well for the most of the game.
Things fell apart in the 4th quarter, they gave up that 10 point lead in 2 minuets. The defense played terrible allowing the Kings to shoot over 50%. The reason for the horrible play late in games is the coach. Dwayne Casey is flat out BAD. He subbed out Patrick Paterson with 6 minuets left when he was on fire from 3 and playing some shutdown defense. Casey was also calling horrible plays on offense, when we needed clutch shots he didn't go to the guy on fire but instead he went to some rookie. After a couple of free throws made, the game was over with only 1 person to blame, the coach.
Every team to start 5-0 as gone to the conference finals. As a background the Raptors haven't made it past the second and as a Raptors fan I would be ecstatic if they made it to the conference finals. In my opinion I'm a bit skeptic. The Raptors are known to choke in the playoffs example the last two years they made it. But one thing I'm excited about for these playoffs is that fact that the arch nemesis of the Raptors, Paul Pierce, is now in the western conference and can crush our dreams.
On the positive side, the Raptors have added some key contributors off the bench. Players like Corey Joseph and Bismack Biyambo in my opinion have made a huge difference in these last 5 games. I'm now excited to watch the bench play because they have this energy to them that is exciting. When I watch a basketball I'm looking for the players to play with and urgency. They should always be looking to attack and that's exactly what these players do.
Earlier in the school year we talked about how Hotline Bling wasn't gonna be a huge successes or make an impact on society. Yesterday he posted on Instagram a thank you for everyone who bought it and listened. Right now its second to What Do You Mean and its on its way to being #1. This would be drakes first #1 and this would certify him as a hip-hop juggernaut. Also the video for Hotline Bling droppes today which will only get it more views.