Fred is a Raptor!

[Shaqness]

The Raptors subreddit had a ton of people that were really negative on FVV a few weeks ago. Went over there just now to see if people still felt the same way. There are a ton of really positive posts now. Total 180.

That's the NBA for ya.

[jdshock]

That's the NBA for ya.

To be fair, half the posts are of the "wow, I was wrong about Fred" variety, which is a lot more palatable than just flip flopping.

[Shaqness]

I didn't know reddit was a place for accountability. I must have been confused with twitter. LOL

[wsushox1]

Another great game for Fred tonight. Played down the stretch.

[im4wsu]

Another great game for Fred tonight. Played down the stretch.

Again leads team in +/- at +9. 5-9 FG and 11 points; 6 assists; no turnovers in 24 minutes. Let’s not forget the 4 rebounds

[Zubcut]

From the Toronto Sun’s account of Friday night’s game:

“VanVleet in particular is growing on his coach.

“He’s tough. He’s tough, he’s a winner, he’s come from a winning college program, he’s smart, he’s one of our high IQ guys,” Casey said. “I trust him, I totally trust him. He knows what every position on the floor should be doing. This is his second year? He’s earned it.”

If Casey ever did look out and see the 6-foot VanVleet and wonder if that might be a hindrance going forward, he doesn’t anymore.

“I don’t how much bigger he is than Kyle, a little bit,” Casey said. “They’re the same size but you can’t judge his heart. He and Kyle’s hearts are huge and I’ll take that any day. Guy’s got a high motor, a toughness, intelligence. I don’t’ think it’s hurt us yet.”

[Zubcut]

Fred is now 16th in the entire NBA in Plus/Minus. The second highest Raptor player is #38 (Pascal Siakam).

[ShockingButTrue]

Big shoes for Landry to fill, but most believe he can get there eventually. It'll start today in Waco...

[im4wsu]

Fred is now 16th in the entire NBA in Plus/Minus. The second highest Raptor player is #38 (Pascal Siakam).

He's tied for 14th as of this morning with Boston's Kyrie Irving, but had played about half the minutes (16.2 to 31.7) On a 48-minute basis:

Rank	Player	Min	+/-	Adj-48
14	Pachulia, Zaza GS	14.7	138	450.6
15	VanVleet, Fred TOR	16.2	130	385.2
1	Curry, Stephen GS	32.6	245	360.7
21	Hilario, Nene HOU	14.3	102	342.4
13	Korver, Kyle CLE	21.6	140	311.1
23	Livingston, Shaun GS	15.6	100	307.7
3	Gordon, Eric HOU	31.6	195	296.2
2	Harden, James HOU	35.9	215	287.5
4	Horford, Al BOS	32.5	194	286.5
6	Smart, Marcus BOS	30.9	171	265.6
11	Mbah a Moute, Luc Richard HOU	26.5	145	262.6
5	Ariza, Trevor HOU	34.2	186	261.1
7	Anderson, Ryan HOU	30.2	155	246.4
29	Harris, Devin DAL	18.3	93	243.9
9	Green, Draymond GS	31.7	153	231.7
10	Brown, Jaylen BOS	31.8	149	224.9
8	Durant, Kevin GS	34.4	154	214.9
18	Tucker, P.J. HOU	27.5	120	209.5
12	Thompson, Klay GS	33.1	141	204.5
34	Siakam, Pascal TOR	21.2	87	197.0
15	Irving, Kyrie BOS	31.7	130	196.8
17	Covington, Robert PHI	31.4	127	194.1
23	Gasol, Pau SA	25.8	100	186.0
29	Capela, Clint HOU	25.9	93	172.4
19	Gibson, Taj MIN	32.6	114	167.9
23	Green, Danny SA	29.0	100	165.5
20	Aldridge, LaMarcus SA	33.2	109	157.6
22	Porter, Otto WSH	32.9	101	147.4
32	Embiid, Joel PHI	29.6	90	145.9
31	Tatum, Jayson BOS	30.5	92	144.8
27	Beal, Bradley WSH	34.6	99	137.3
28	Wall, John WSH	34.4	97	135.3
23	Lillard, Damian POR	36.5	100	131.5
33	Walker, Kemba CHA	35.2	88	120.0
35	Westbrook, Russell OKC	35.4	85	115.3

[Kung Wu]

So you're saying that FVV knows how to value and distribute the ball, meanwhile he can play a little defense? Who knew?

[FadedCrown]

So you're saying that FVV knows how to value and distribute the ball, meanwhile he can play a little defense? Who knew?

Color me shocked!

[WstateU]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/10/07/1412674132255_wps_18_Pic_By_HotSpot_Media_CHEE.jpg

[RoyalShock]

In Fred's last four games, covering 88 minutes:

24 assists
0 turnovers

He's also hit close to 50% (14 of 29) of his 3FGs over his past 9 games.

[SHOXJOCK]

In Fred's last four games, covering 88 minutes:

24 assists
0 turnovers

He's also hit close to 50% (14 of 29) of his 3FGs over his past 9 games.

Keep this up he will get one hell of a new contract in the off season!!!

[FadedCrown]

I don't know how to feel, one of my favorite players just caused another one of my favorite players an injury

[ShockTalk]

I don't know how to feel, one of my favorite players just caused another one of my favorite players an injury

Thanks for the added info.