The Toronto Raptors have a serious problem that has shown its head over the past two games against the Bucks and the Wizards. Ben Rogers breaks it all down and takes a look at how the Raptors will fare moving forward.
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47 Comments
That problem is their shitty front office
Knew it siakam plays like mvp on one game and comes back like a total garbage that he is on the next. 😂
What do you expect when the front office hasn't put the right pieces around Siakam and Scottie? Either trade one of them or find shooting depth.
MU is going to waist away SB years. No draft picks, no good free agents = lost seasons
ROSTER COMPOSITION is the problem. This isn't f'n rocket science.
NN understood he had a team filled with non-shooters. So, he emphasized grinding out possessions such that the Raptors always, always, always took more shots than the other team. A decent front office might have prioritized some shooting efficiency, since you can't outgrind your opponents for 82 games and hit the playoffs healthy. Our Front Office fired Nurse instead and brought in a new guy to play with the same pieces.
Time for MLSE to step in and blow this all up Utah Jazz style.
Yes it is obvious the Raptors are sleeping through the first half or even into the 3rd. They can't count on comeback heroics. Our bench is still very very weak. If any of our starters is tired or injured we have no one to fill in. The problem is the team composition. Every team has made a lot of improvements but we haven't done so. We keep making bottom level trades/moves. Its on Management.
Lets face reality. Team needs to be blown up. It's just not working. Team is not consistent. Decisions need to be made now on who to keep and let go. The players you would definitely keep are Barnes, Schroder, Poetl and OG. Dick and Otto Porter would survive, but everyone else need to go. Fans don't deserve a middle of the road team. I understand we find it difficult to sign free agents. Maybe hold a review which will investigate the short comings of what is going wrong. Accountability is needed now. No more excuses
Ur giving Darko too.much credit. His offense sucks… his substitution paterns are horrible, and he shouldnt have started Gradey tonight. Pascal forgot how fo play basketball. Pat Bev was 100% correct this team.has no dawg
Dennis is not an elite PG in the NBA! Carry on!!!
One thing I noticed is that most teams have a center that can do more than stand near the basket and hope for a pass. Jakob , unless he's spoon fed the ball he can't do much of anything. He had more energy last year and played pretty well, but not this year so far. We need a strong rim protector and a offensive rebounder. Jakob is almost a liability out there unless he's standing at the right spot at the right time. He can't really drive the basket, can't make three's and can barely make the odd midrange shot. Precious is basically useless, the only big is Boucher who can be great some nights. Our stars can't do it all every night, and we only have a few. We need a full team of guys who can contribute night in and night out. Raptors can't perform miracle come-backs every night especially without OG and Gary Trent, and even with them as a team we must score at least 10 3's a night or we will probably lose most nights.
OG is our key
Trade Precious for Aj Griffin. We need another young three point sniper. Trade Siakiam, Koloko and Flynn to Indiana for Turner and McConnell. Having Poetle and Turner at Center will give Darko many options. Turner can stretch the floor while Poetle dominates the paint. Let Barnes start at PG and have Dennis come of the bench. It’s time for Darko to get serious.
Raps have always had a problem. This is exactly why i dont watch them no more…
Dick needs to stop standing in the corner. Demand the ball and drive to the net and shoot your mid-range, And when the three point shoot comes take it.
?!?! Ok, the Raptors already have an issue getting decent players here so you're going to trade Pascal for who??? and are they going to want to stay? All I hear how Scottie needs help, well you got Pascal but the real issue is the rest of the team that couldn't hit the side of a barn if you asked them to!
Flynn is trash. I dont care what his dad says. Play nowell
FT don't count as buckets, we still waiting on Markquis' first!
This shows the value of OG anunoby more than anything. With him this team is a play in team, borderline top 6 team in the east but without him on a given night any team could beat us
There's more 👍 than views! The Raptors could use some of this magic!
Darko not seeing the Lighto. What happened to pick n roll? Running players of staggered screens? And NO over dribbling? These guys DON’T box out! Fundamentals have been missing from Raptors more and more. The unnecessary double teams and leaving their feet. Anyway, I have an appointment with the counselor to help alleviate my Raptoritis and PTSD (Post Toronto Stress Disorder)!
Raptors are a horrible mismanaged franchise, they grown fat and lazy off fans money since the championship, they don't care anymore.. look at those ticket and merchandise prices for a horrible product.. embarrassing
Pascal and Scottie aren’t complementing each other. It’s one playing good and the other sucks
We need consistent 3 pt shooters when the other 😊team is full of good rim protectors especially Raptors are not favoured by the refs to be awarded foul free throws.
Not sure about Darko either he is deceiving or legit . I hope he gets more serious
Well Schroder hurt not 100 % he is not suppose to play today. He play very slow last 2 games. Without OG and GTJ not play we don't have spacing. Everyone pad inside not allow you drive and let you shoot 3. They know we are suck
Flyn 0 for 8 in tree pointers .. not sure what els to say
Sad Masai couldn't find a decent PG anywhere. The lil guard shorter than me doesn't count
How isn’t it obvious that we should run things through Scottie? He almost always makes the good reads, that doesn’t mean score, or assist, but finding the right players in the right position. Might not translate to the stat-sheet but that’s what a good player does.
Time to trade Siakam, if somehow we can get KAT that would be great
Dark-Uh-oh 😂
4 issues from last year still there no culture change:
1 Basketball IQ / Heart when a team like Boston crushes you a very good to great responds you should come out next game wanting to kill but not if you don’t have IQ or sense of urgency! I don’t want to hear in March & April we really need to focus and win now like last year. The team needs that attitude for most games.
2 Shooting consistency with too many players.
3 Bench consistency
4 competent back up PG.
Defensive end were pretty good our rebounding both offensive and defensive is impressive but shooting is sub-par… They made 20 three's we made only 9. If were shooting 27.3% from 3 and our opponent 51.3% we will lose no matter how good we are defensively. We need to bring in a good seasoned shooter like Bogdan Bogdanovic
It’s not fun to watch Raptors anymore, team are not even good and yet still divisive about Barnes and Pascal. Most of you guys, are disrespecting Pascal, he still here and yet all I see trade Pascal, blame Pascal for losing. FVV played till the end of his term, why not blame Scottie when he gets the ball and still lose. Darko tried to increase the morale of new player while ignoring Pascal. You can trade Pascal but be more respectful for someone who is loyal. Pascal won and other players got appreciated. It’s ridiculous! Raptors deserved to lose. It seems NN is a better coach than Darko.
Pat Bev was right the raptors just don’t got that dog in them 💀
I am sick and tired of hearing fans saying oh its early in the season we can't judge them. How long do we wait 40 games, 50 games the whole season. This team is trash and it starts with the roster. It's time to trade players, doing the same thing and expecting different results is insanity.
You have Dick shooting bricks nearly all season. He finished -29 vs Bucks and that cost us the game.
Just play the 905 squad.
We haven’t even played 25 games yet, and everyone is calling trades, chill out you guys are all over the place, one day pascal is the man next day trade him lol
How’s this for shock value, Flynn is now our only pg option when Schroeder is injured.
We have zero muscle and no fear factor. Opposing players waltz into our house saying, “the Raptors are nice dudes.
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Did I hear boo’s from the fans when Flynn kept hitting rim after rim ? Maybe not, just wishful thinking. I do wish the crowd would have a little back bone and let the organization know they are disappointed with the product on the floor. I’m sure the network can see the tv viewers changing stations during the game.
missing Fred more and more
The problem is the coach
4th quarter showed me everything I needed to see… Scottie makes everyone better when he has the ball.
Don’t use the word scared buddy. Raptors will never be scared to any team in the NBA. The right word to use is, yup i agreed they’re flat, frustrated and don’t want to play maybe they are tired or so whatever reason but don’t use scared. Idiot!
Start Chris Boucher
It’s Time to trade Pascal Siakam and Jakob Poeltl for a Zion Williamson
Why are people surprised? Raptors are going to be inconsistent all year long. Its the roster construction & having a rookie head coach. They will be right around that .500 mark all year. Only way around it is to trade players and pick a direction before losing most of the core for nothing..