[Coatesvillain]

24-20 Raptors, 1:43 left in the first quarter.

Sixers Lineup on the floor:

C: Brian Skinner
PF: Corliss Williamson
SF: Kyle Korver
SG: Aaron McKie
PG: Willie Green

[Coatesvillain]

So far I'm loving the defensive intensity and hustle, there's rarely an open man, and always a hand in the face.

Willie Green picked up his third foul on Chris Bosh, bringing in Kevin Ollie.

Raptors 29-23 at the end of one.

[HB]

I know its just a preseason but Vince and Bosh in double figures in just one quarter sounds pretty impressive

[Yao Mania]

29 points by the Raptors in the first Q?

They couldn't score that much by the half last season!

[Coatesvillain]

Bosh had a poster caliber dunk earlier, should be in SlamUPs.

And Korver came back and just blocked a shot. Kyle Korver! That's hard to believe especially considering how he's not know as a shot blocking threat.

[Coatesvillain]

The current lineup out there is the definition of non-athletic:

C: Skinner
PF: Williamson
SF: Korver
SG: McKie
PG: Ollie

Slow footed, getting damaged on the boards badly, and the shots aren't coming anywhere near close to going in.

Korver's coming in with some nice intensity on defense, and he's making things happen, from that block, to forcing a jump ball, to another steal.

The Raptors are bombing the Sixers right now. Then the Sixers bring in:

C: Dalembert
PF: Thomas
SF: Josh Davis
SG: Iguodala
PG: Iverson

[Rayza]

i was just thinking how the coach could prefer korver > salmons .. well guess iwas wrong about korver. Would you consider him as a good defensive playeR ? or decent ?

[Rayza]

who's playing good so far ? all i can follow it on is NBA.com.

iam very curious to know how Iggy is playing
I havent' yet to see him play

[Coatesvillain]

Originally posted by Rayza!
i was just thinking how the coach could prefer korver > salmons .. well guess iwas wrong about korver. Would you consider him as a good defensive playeR ? or decent ?

I wouldn't consider Korver decent yet, but if he continues at this pace he can become a decent defender, he's still below average.

who's playing good so far ? all i can follow it on is NBA.com.

iam very curious to know how Iggy is playing
I havent' yet to see him play

Iverson is the only player who's shining through as playing well, but I'm not liking him as PG. He's doing what O'Brien wants, but I want a little more ball movement, and it's almost like when AI brings the ball down the court he can't see it all, which will hurt us terribly at points during the season. If you're on the same side of the court as him, he'll see you but he's not going to find you on the other end.

I'll wait on judgement though.

Iguodala got in, along with the others, the Sixers were down 17 and now they're down six. There's more offense, and athleticism, as well as defensive play.

Iggy had a nice drive to the basket where he finished with his left hand, and another play he played extremely tough defense on Mo Peterson forcing a terrible shot that missed. Of course good with bad, Iggy made a terrible pass when he penetrated on another play, but that's expected.

Also I have to say, Morris Peterson is looking like a junk baller out there, all he's doing is spotting up, no slashing or anything. Also Milt Palacio how is he still in the league?

I like the Raptors starters, but the bench is troublesome.

[Rayza]

thnx philly .. nice insight

[Coatesvillain]

Chris Bosh is going to be an All-Star this year.

[crimedog]

PhillyPhanatic, I like to hear you say that. We're not getting the game live up here. I'm hoping for a breakout season and there is definitely some room for forwards in the east. I think dalembert and bosh are going to grab their spots in the game in the next couple of years and hang on to them for the next decade or so.

[Coatesvillain]

Current lineup for the Sixers:

C: Skinner
PF: Thomas
SF: Robinson
SG: Kedrick Brown
PG: Iverson

Skinner just committed a flagrant foul and he has four on the game. Kedrick Brown hesistates on a three and misses.

Jalen Rose follows up with a wide open missed three. Iverson follows up with a three of his own.

Three consecutive threes. Iverson is playing extremely efficient out there.

I wonder why we don't see Dalembert, Skinner and Thomas out there at the same time, to at least feel what it's like.

[Coatesvillain]

Originally posted by crimedog!
PhillyPhanatic, I like to hear you say that. We're not getting the game live up here. I'm hoping for a breakout season and there is definitely some room for forwards in the east. I think dalembert and bosh are going to grab their spots in the game in the next couple of years and hang on to them for the next decade or so.

I thought the world of him when he was in college, and he didn't receive anywhere near the credit he should've gotten last year for the rookie year he had playing out of position. He can do it all, he's a guy I'm sure everyone would love to have on their team.

Also I'd love to see Dalembert and Bosh on the Eastern Conference team for the next decade. Looking at these teams, I think after this year we could be looking at two (of three) teams fighting for the Atlantic lead with Toronto, Boston, and Philly all being young and improving in spots.