Next Up: Golden State Warriors | Raptors Today – March 1, 2024

Next Up: Golden State Warriors | Raptors Today – March 1, 2024

Back at it talking Raptors Brad basketball with Sher Hamilton Javon Shepard the next opponent the Golden State Warriors before we get into the X’s and O’s of what the Raptors need to do to slow down this team what do we have to say about this Warriors team

Because the last one of a couple years back we uh counted them out and they won a championship and they’ve been trending downwards for most of the year a little bit of a recent upt we talked about before we got on air how do you assess this Warriors team right now Javon watch

Out right they’re they’re healthy you got back CP um and 21 game absence but more importantly and if you asked me this a couple weeks ago I would have said you know move him but Draymond is a big part he’s the reason why this team is clicking and mooving right now he

Puts that battery in their back I hate to say it yeah but it’s the reality of it he puts the battery in their back I think you have Klay now that’s playing he stopped feeling sorry for himself and he’s just he he’s got back his confidence he’s got his Swagger going on

I think kaminga he benefited the most when all those guys were out because he got to play extended minutes he got to play through his mistakes they also start to use him you know advancing the ball up the floor and handling it a bit to get Curry off the ball and you know

Initiate some of their off Kingo for calling out the coaching staff for a bigger role they responded I don’t I don’t know if he yeah yeah yeah but you know the reality is now like this team has Championship pedigree they have experience you know you have Andrew Wiggins that’s resurfacing again as well

So the pieces are there and then you have Steph Curry right so um I think with this group right here you really have if I’m in the west I’m I’m I’m looking out for them they’re like the Spurs of old yeah they to me one of the

Big moves they made as well is they brought Klay Off the Bench yeah that gave clay a totally different feel a totally different Outlook and and he’s kind of come alive a bit so I mean if they can capture that shooting magic that they possessed that really paralyzed the league for a

While yeah if they can get that back they can be a problem but I just don’t know if they’re could they be past their their prime or their their real peak their super they’re passed and can they capture that stuff again but you know this is still a championship team as

Javon said this is a team that knows what it takes to get there I just don’t know if they have the tank to get there at this point but I mean that team gets hot and starts shooting the ball the way we know they can in a seven game series

Unrifled oh my goodness I think one thing that could hurt them in obviously are you rapping right now I’m in the booth I’m in the booth Spit It come on man okay uh the one thing that that can hurt them is the lack of size right and teams really dominating them there but

To Sherm’s point if they catch fire shooting the basketball I think that’s the great equalizer in this game right now like we all know but you have two of the best shooters that this game has ever seen yeah and there’s teams that are better than them let’s let’s keep it

Real there are teams in the west that are better than L the Nuggets yeah I mean the Clippers You could argue is they’re two I mean but ultimately it’s still a championship team at one point and can they be that team again I don’t think they can okay

However that magic can be captured again okay so what do the raps need to do give me some terms Sher what what what like I said the Raptors really good on the break yeah you got to defend the three-point line obviously uh you got to match Steph’s move m in some way shape

Or form you got to be very active maybe a double team and get the ball out of his hands but you also got to stick to what you do well the Raptors are very good in the open floor they’ve got to get on transition they’re very good in

Creating turnovers and scoring off those turnovers Golden State’s a small team in the front as Javon said you got to crash their glass and create second chance opportunities and punish them in their pain attack downhill don’t settle for three so if they can do those things

They have a chance to to to give themselves a win but you got to execute consistently for 48 minutes and the biggest thing for me is on the defensive end is discipline right because this team has a number of guys that are capable of putting the

Ball in the hole but they also move a lot off of the basketball right so defending Cuts communicating on cuts and screens and so forth is going to be extremely important you’re not going to be able to stop two things you’re not going to be able to stop both things

Steph Curry and the off ball actions but you can’t be get beat by both all right Steph Curry back in Toronto for the first time since the 2019 NBA championships so the fans are going to be excited at scosa Bank Arena do remember it’s on both sportset and

Sportset is The FAN 590 730 tip off Warriors Raptors that does it for us we’ll see you guys next week Deuces thanks for watching the Toronto Raptor YouTube channel check out our latest videos and subscribe for More TR answers back Gary side step break got it

Akil Augustine, Sherman Hamilton and Jevohn Shepherd are in studio to break down the matchup against the Golden State Warriors. This will be the first time Steph Curry has played at Scotiabank Arena since the 2019 Finals.

0:00 Introduction
0:20 Warriors’ Form
1:45 Roster Moves
2:42 Interior Size
3:20 Sherm’s Terms
4:01 Jevohn’s Thoughts
4:48 Thanks for watching!
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