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Fray

I also trust in Carter's jumpshot.

And playoff experience definately matters.

JuniorNoboa

That was not my post... that was my sig.

ghoti

Ever get a new job?

You get better and better the longer you do it. You see more and more things, you make mistakes and learn from them, you do stuff that works and exploit those things for all they are worth.

Your confidence grows and you look back at the newbie you and say "What the hell was I thinking? I really sucked at this!"

Then later on you look back at that you and say, "I still sucked! I thought I was so great! Haha!"

And if you have the same co-workers and together you grew and now you all kick *** together, you are even more confident.

Experience is a very, very important factor in every aspect of life.

NBA Playoff basketball is a high-profile, pressure packed atmosphere that can punish even the most talented athlete. Knowing what to expect and how to deal with that is a huge, huge advantage over a less experienced opponent.

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4BiddenKnight

As seen in today's game, I guarantee you experience matters.

Fray

I'm aware of that. I can't comment on your sig? (Which is now gone I noticed)

JuniorNoboa

Correct, your not allowed to comment on my sig.

jarkid

If you dare to put the things you want to say in the sig, you should be criticized if your saying is just ridiculous and sarcrasm.

Yes, I believe Carter's jumpers.

firstrounder

The point wasnt really IF it mattered, it was more why does it matter. I started this thread because it appeared as if the Raptors lack of experience was killing them, which frustrated me, because havent these guys all had extensive big game experience before?

The point was, yes experience seems to matter, but why? All of these guys should have the necessary experience from past "big games" at every level they have played at.

ballocks

i don't know, man. i think playoff experience matters only to those who think it matters. i think that's why it usually comes to light with young teams- they're often not stubborn enough to deny the idea, they're too often resigned to accepting/believing it.

if you go into a game thinking, "man, i've never been here before. everyone says that it's different if you've never been here before so it's going to be different for me, too," it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

i'm not going to blame it all on the media and fans... but i am. media and fans want to simplify things for themselves and if they get a hold of something like this (experience), it becomes stigmatic very quickly. soon enough, if you're not careful, the theory finds its way into the locker room and manages to pick away at the players. the effects are then seen on the floor.

#1) leadership. you need it here. you need it from the wily ol' vets and coaches. the leaders have to clothe the kids with an armour that'll resist the often ridiculous public comments, expectations and temptations to play in the same games as the people not playing in the games.

#2) the game itself is the same. people can talk about the difference between regular season and postseason forever, but it might never make a difference to me. you still have four 12-minute quarters. you're still playing according to the same rules. nothing has changed besides the fact that you're playing the same team over and over and over again. there may be more of an 'event' around every game but that's strictly off-the-floor rhetoric. if you're a basketball player duly focused on the basketball, virtually nothing has changed...

unless, again, you think it has and enter the picture in that frame of mind. then you're just fighting yourself. some people say you need experience to adjust to the postseason but i'd put a different spin on it: you might need experience to realize you don't need experience.

peace

JuniorNoboa

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nets1

Game 6 the raptors players played like they have playoff experience. Many of you must have wondered damn where were these guys during the series? Well now its safe to say the raptors team does have playoff experience including Bosh who finally realized or clicked in the 4th qtr. If the raptors of game 6 showed up in game 1 this series goes 7 games and who know who would win. Now you know why playoff experience is so valuable. And now your team has it, good luck in the off season and you should be proud of a strong season by your young and talented team...

oh yeah, go nets!!!!

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Mateo

The series went 6 games with one team having hardly a player with playoff experience and the other team having a lot of experience, including 2 players with back-to-back NBA finals appearances. The reality is that the playoff experience disparity was so great that if it matters as much as some claim we should have seen some basketball disparity as well. But we didn't. From that I have to think that if playoff experience matters at all, it matters very little.

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