The Toronto Raptors are a mess right now however Scottie Barnes has been one bright spot. Ben Rogers breaks down the state of the Raptors following their tough loss to the Portland Trailblazers.
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Scottie is not disciplined and takes some bad shots so dont get that excited. Tired of Toronto media always thinking glass is half full. It is what it is, get out the tank montages Ben.
Agree with your Otto Porter take
The fact that we haven't started a rebuild around Scottie yet is absurd. This roster has 0 potential for growth. Masai says he wants an unselfish team, yet 4 guys are on expiring deals and looking for a payday. Should have traded our main guys for young pieces and picks instead. Darko is being set up for failure with the current roster construction. Masai and Bobby's decisions since 2019 have been extremely concerning. The chip was 5 seasons ago, time to move on from the roster. Unfortunately too late to maximize our guys' trade value now.
maybe I should become a nuggets fan then il finally know what it feels like to win on a consistent basis and not languish in mediocrity as a raptors fan😢
Ive been saying it for a while now, trade Siakam, all in around Scotty and OG. Siakam and Trent package mid season lets go.
Team dhot 14% from 3 wth!
I immediately had to apologize to everyone for saying they would finish with more than 41 wins this year… I can already tell there is no way that’s happening.
I like what I've seen from Darko. Obviously new coach, very new system, it will take a good amount of time to get used to, so I'm not as worried as I would be if this was still Nurse's offense. One thing I'm not liking from Darko and I'm sure he'll adjust is I love that he wants to spread the ball, but when we are in these droughts which we have seen a lot of, we need a jolt from our best players. We see Scottie taking over in these situations, but let Pascal go to work too, and maybe even run a couple plays to get a three from gradey or GTJ. I don't think Pascal has just suddenly lost his ability, I think he's just taking some time to adjust to his new role in this offense where he isn't as much of an alpha anymore (but yes, he is in a slump). Gotta love what we seeing from our young guys in Scottie and Gradey. If we build around those guys, the future is bright.
Scottie is looking great out there but I do still worry about his emotional maturity. Every second he's on the floor he's either grandstanding about a dunk or crying and whining to the refs about a call. Shit gets tiring to watch, even if he's playing well.
Darko is the opposite of what I thought he was. Raptors needed a new identity but Darko is surprisingly a players coach more than we need for this team.
The thing with Barnes is if you see glimpses of some of his nice plays and your a casual viewer he seems pretty good . But if you watch every game and most of his action he is not fluid, uncoordinated, low basket ball IQ , has trouble with the basics. Hope he eventually develops some killer instinct but he looks just ok . Same goes for Siakim , Poertl, Bouche lol, . Trent Jr plays best if he starts because of his ego. If he when he starts for his new team we will see him elevate his game. Dick passed too much if he shot some of his open looks a few times we would have won last 2 games. But there is a tradition and pattern that the core group of players arent into that.
Where are all the casual raps fans who were excited for the start of the season? I beefed with a couple of yall in the comments where tf you at?? We fucking lost to the blazers at home while they were on a back to back 💀💀 is anyone going to defend masai and this shit ass roster now?? Oh and lets also thank him for trading our pick for poetl this year which is top 5 protected!! Fucking embarrassment
I want pascal gone so bad
I don’t understand the Scottie hate on here. It’s only year 3 and maybe only 4 players drafted after him that are possibly better (Sengun, Franz, Kuminga and Murphy). There’s no point in trading him for injury prone KD or a disgruntled Lillard. The age of instant gratification i guess.
Honestly let's trade all the Lebronto Scarred players. OG, Siakam and Poeltl can't guard him, or a superstar like him
I guess I’m alone on this.. but I’ve really enjoyed this team so far this season. I like the more risky (less iso) play style.. yes I would like wins ( especially to build confidence) – but for me these games have been very entertaining.
The fact that Craptors lose to the Blazers especially a young Blazers team with no Lillard or Nurkic is funny as hell… A new look Blazers too you can't make it up y'all
I like our new system right now as we need to let the team get used to it. It's gonna take some time, but Scottie is the main guy who needed to fit into this ystem because it's designed for him. Gradey Dick is also playing pretty well. Once we get it flowing we'll see what changes we need to make to the roster in the future, but I feel way better about this team than I did last year.
Lol FVV.. he’s trash.
Masai getting the boot at the end of season guaranteed. Rogers already dislikes him so this shit season will be the cherry on the cake