Losing Streak Morale & Vince Carter Memories with Garrett Temple | Raptors Show Clips

Losing Streak Morale & Vince Carter Memories with Garrett Temple | Raptors Show Clips

DAYS. IT WAS A BIG WEEKEND FOR GARRETT TEMPLE. >> Will: YOU ARE THE FIRST RAPTOR TO JOIN US ON BACK TO BACK PROGRAMS. OBVIOUSLY LAST ONE WAS FRIDAY. WELCOME BACK, GARRETT. HOW YOU DOING, MAN? >> I’M DOING WELL. I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME. >> Will: LAST TIME WE

INTERVIEWED YOU, IT WAS BEFORE THE OKC GAME YOU PLAYED ON FRIDAY. WE ASKED YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY TONIGHT? WE GAVE YOU THE QUOTE DARKO TELLS PEOPLE BEFORE THE GAME. LET YOU KNOW YOU WERE IN A ROTATION. DID HE LET YOU KNOW? YOU PLAYED AGAINST OKC.

>> THE OKC GAME IT WAS ACTUALLY INTERESTING. I WASN’T IN THE ROTATION. >> Will: OKAY. >> AND THEN IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE COACH LOOKED DOWN THE BENCH AND WENT ON A LITTLE RUN AND LOOKED AND STOOD NEXT TO ME. HE LOOKED DOWN.

HE WAS NEXT TO ME. PUT GARRETT IN. COACH WAS LIKE COME ON. PUT ME IN. >> Blake: FRIDAY — >> THAT WAS THE SITUATION WHERE HE CHANGED UP THAT ROTATION. >> Blake: THIS IS GREAT. FRIDAY YOU TOLD US SCOTTIE IS COMING ALONG. NOW HE’S COACHING.

WE SAW KYLE LOWRY THE OTHER DAY. NICK NURSE TRIED TO PUT CAMERON PAYNE IN. SCOTTIE IS DOING THE ROTATIONS AND STUFF AS WELL. YOU PLAYED 29 MINUTES ACROSS TWO GAMES ON A BACK TO BACK. I KNOW THAT YOU’RE STILL A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. YOU KEEP YOURSELF IN PEAK CONDITION.

THAT’S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MINUTES THAT YOU HAVE PLAYED MOST OF THE SEASON. HOW DID YOU FEEL COMING OUT OF THAT BACK TO BACK? >> I DIDN’T FEEL BAD. CALF IS A LITTLE TIGHT. THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IN GENERAL, I FELT GOOD DURING THE GAMES.

WE HAVEN’T HAD AS MANY PLAYERS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY WHAT WE CALL CONDITIONING GAMES OR PLAY GROUPS. THE GUYS THAT HAVEN’T BEEN IN THE ROTATION PLAYING GAMES, 5-ON-5 SCRIMMAGES ON GAME DAYS, WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT FOR, LIKE, THE LAST TWO OR THREE

WEEKS. I HAVE JUST BEEN GETTING SOME SPRINTS IN ON THE TREADMILL, JUST CONTINUING TO LIFT. BODY FELT PRETTY GOOD AFTERWARDS. >> Will: YEAH, GARRETT. I DO A POST-GAME REVIEW. I HAND OUT THREE STARS. YOU GOT MY THIRD STAR. THAT’S TOTALLY UNBIASSED. >> Blake: IT WAS A LITTLE

BIASSED WHEN YOU AND I WERE WATCHING IN THE PRESS BOX. >> Will: WE WERE HYPED WHEN YOU GOT IN THE GAME. THERE’S OUR BOY GARRETT. WHAT’S HE GOING TO DO? ONE OF THE FIRST POSSESSIONS IS SHAY. THIS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM. IT’S A PROBLEM FOR SHAY.

YOU ACTUALLY RIPPED SHAY AND GOT THAT STEAL THERE FOR ONE OF YOUR TWO STEALS AND KNOCKED DOWN TWO THREES AS WELL. THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE IN THE BOOTH ENJOYING THE FACT THAT, YO, YOU CAME ON THE PROGRAM. >> Blake: +10 IN A 20-POINT LOSS.

>> Will: COACH BARNES SHOULD HAVE PLAYED YOU MORE. >> Blake: INDIVIDUAL PLUS/MINUS IS NOT THE BE ALL AND END ALL. YOU HAVE GOT TO FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE STEALS WE WILL MENTION. YOU WON THE MINUTES ON THE FLOOR. >> . >> NO QUESTION.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WANT THE TEAM TO PLAY WELL, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, WHETHER YOU’RE A PART OF THAT OR WHETHER YOU’RE THROUGHOUT AND THE OTHER FOUR GUYS ARE DOING GREAT, YOU’RE NOT MESSING UP. YOU WANT THE TEAM TO DO WELL AT

THE END OF THE DAY. ESPECIALLY A GUY LIKE MYSELF WHO’S VERY TEAM ORIENTED, UNSELFISH. IT’S NOT ABOUT SCORING OR ME DOING ANYTHING SPECTACULAR. I WANT THE TEAM TO PLAY WELL, TO FLOW. THE GAME TO FLOW WELL. THAT WAS POSITIVE. >> Will: THE NEXT GAME AGAINST

WASHINGTON THE NIGHT AFTER, YOU WOULDN’T BE IN THE ROTATION. I DIDN’T THINK THEY WOULD USE YOU BASICALLY AT CENTRE. WE HAVE GOT A SMALL BALL FIVE ON THE BOD. TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> MAN, THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME OFFICIALLY BEING NUMBER FIVE PROBABLY SINCE MAYBE ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL, MAYBE FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW ALL THE PLAYERS FROM THE FAST FIVE IN TODAY’S GAME AND A LOT OF CONFIDENCE, THE FIVE IS REALLY THE PERSON THAT’S SETTING THE TABLE. WE HAVE KO MAKING A LOT OF PASSES FROM THE TOP OF THE KEY.

HIM AND JONTAY HAD GREAT ASSISTS THE LAST FEW GAMES AS WELL AS JAK WHEN HE WAS PLAYING. I’M NOT POSTING UP AND TRYING TO GET A BUCKET ON THE BLOCK. WE’RE JUST TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS UP. PICK AND POP THREE, I MADE, WHICH WAS GREAT.

WE’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLAY WITH WHAT WE HAVE. AND I THINK I WAS ZERO PLUS/MINUS. IT WAS EVEN WHEN I WAS IN THE GAME. I LET MARVIN GET AN EASY DUNK ON ME. WE DID PRETTY WELL. >> Blake: YOU HIT A PICK AND POP THREE.

YOU’RE NOT GOING TO RUN THE OFFENCE THROUGH YOU IN THE POST. WE NEED A PICK AND POP VERSION OF THE SMALL CHIRP. IF YOU POSTED UP MARVIN BEGLEY, IT’S TOO SMALL. >> I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE. I HAVE NO IDEA.

GOD DIDN’T GIVE ME THE CREATIVE GENE. I HAVE TO ASK ONE OF MY YOUNG PLAYERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT CHIRP WOULD BE. >> Blake: SCOTTIE HAD ONE EARLIER IN THE YEAR. IT WAS DRUMMOND. HE MOCKED HIS UPRIGHT RUNNING POSITION. THAT WASN’T ON A PICK AND POP.

SOME VERSION OF TOO SLOW INSTEAD OF TOO SMALL. GARRETT, YOU MENTIONED I BROUGHT UP THE PLUS/MINUS FIRST. YOU MENTIONED IT AGAIN FOR THE SECOND GAME. THERE’S A LOT OF CONTEXT IN THERE. I HAVE BEEN CURIOUS, WHEN YOU COME BACK AFTER A GAME AND YOU

INDIVIDUALLY OR YOU GUYS AS A TEAM, WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS COME UP IN CONVERSATION. WHAT DO YOU LOOK AT IN THE BOX SCORE? WHETHER IN THE BOX SCORE, ONE OF THE ASSISTANTS IS TRACKING? WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS IS DARKO BRINGING UP? BEFORE IT WAS A STAT AVAILABLE

ON NBA.COM, COACHES WOULD TALK ABOUT I GOT TRACKING DEFLECTIONS. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT AFTER A GAME NUMBERS-WISE? >> WE LOOK AT DEFLECTIONS DURING THE GAME, HALFTIME, WE HAVE A NUMBER UP THERE ON THE BOARD. A LOT OF THINGS WE LOOK AT IS TRANSITION POINTS.

WE WILL LOOK AT TURNOVERS. POINTS OFF OF TURNOVERS. BEFORE WE GOT IN, BEFORE WE WERE DECIMATED BY INJURIES. WE WERE LOOKING AT OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS. THESE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS A LITTLE LESS TELLING. I THINK WE REBOUNDED BY ALMOST 20 LAST GAME. THEY ONLY HAD A COUPLE MORE,

MAYBE THREE MORE SHOTS THAN US. I THINK THE BIG THINGS RIGHT NOW ARE JUST TRANSITION POINTS. HOW MANY WE’RE GIVING UP AND HOW MANY WE’RE SCORING AND TURNOVERS WITH OBVIOUSLY A WHOLE NEW TEAM. DARKO SAID IT. HE WANTS TO BE A TEAM THAT HE

WANTS TO BE A COACH OF A TEAM THAT PASSES THE BALL A LOT, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TURNOVERS. WE’RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE A GAME WHERE WE HAVE ZERO OR ONE TURNOVER. HE’S OKAY WITH THAT. WE CAN’T HAVE 25 OR 20. IT HAS TO BE 10, 12.

IT’S GOING TO BE IN OUR DNA TO PASS. WE’RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF ASSISTS AND OBVIOUSLY LESS TURNOVERS. >> Will: SO, I MEAN, IT’S BEEN GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE ROTATION. GREAT TO SEE YOU CONTRIBUTE. THE TEAM OVERALL, THOUGH, 10

STRAIGHT LOSSES, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO CRACK THAT TONIGHT AGAINST THE NETS. HOW DO YOU — HOW ARE YOU GUYS HANDLING THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON THIS LOSING STREAK AND THE SITUATION IS DIFFICULT WITH LOTS OF PLAYERS BEING OUT? IT’S NOT THE TEAM IS BAD.

HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ON A 10-YEAR LOSING STREAK? >> I HAVE BEEN ON A FEW DOUBLE DIGIT LOSING STREAKS BEFORE ON DIFFERENT TEAMS. THIS I CAN SAY IS THE BEST VIBE. I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF INJURIES.

WE HAVE GUYS OUT. SO I GUESS THE EXPECTATION ISN’T AS HIGH AS OTHER TEAMS HMAYBE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE’S NO EXCUSE, YOU KNOW. WE’RE PAID TO PLAY BASKETBALL AND PAID AT A HIGH LEVEL. WE GO OUT THERE TO TRY TO WIN GAMES.

NOBODY IS OUT HERE TRYING TO LOSE. AND AS COMPETITORS AT THE END OF THE DAY, INTRINSICALLY, WE WANT TO WIN. THAT’S PART OF WHAT MAKES THESE LIVE SPORTING EVENTS WHAT THEY ARE. EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO WIN. AS COMPETITORS, IT’S TOUGH. ESPECIALLY LOSING A GAME LIKE IN D.C.

LOSING THE GAME IN OKC. WHEN YOU’RE THERE, YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT’S TOP 3 IN THE LEAGUE IN WINS AND LOSSES. YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO GET IT DONE. TEAMS WIN IT IN A CLOSE GAME AND NOT ABLE TO GET IT DONE. IT’S DIFFICULT. THAT’S THE THING ABOUT THIS LEAGUE.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER IF NOT THE NEXT DAY. YOU HAVE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT. >> Blake: YOU SAID SOMETHING WITHIN THERE THAT I THINK IS HELPFUL FOR FANS TO REMEMBER.

THE PLAYERS ARE TRYING TO WIN. NO PLAYER IS TRYING TO LOSE. I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU’RE ON TWITTER. I’M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN FAN BASES OR PARTS OF THE FAN BASE ARE TANKING THIS, TANKING THAT. IT’S BETTER TO LOSE WHATEVER. I WILL PUT OUT AN INJURY REPORT.

SCOTTIE DIDN’T DISLOCATE HIS FINGER BECAUSE OF TANKING. WHAT’S THAT LIKE ON THE PLAYER SIDE? HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO NAVIGATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO WIN EVERY GAME. THE ORGANIZATION DIDN’T CARE ALL THAT MUCH OR IN SOME CASES OR SEASONS MIGHT PREFER TO SLIDE

DOWN THE STANDINGS. WHAT’S THAT LIKE FOR YOU GUYS? >> HONESTLY, IT’S ONE OF THE MOST CONTRADICTORY THINGS IN SPORT. AND IT’S A OF A BALANCE FOR THE NBA IN GENERAL IN MY OPINION AND FOR THE SPECIFIC TEAM. I HAVEN’T HEARD ONE TIME FROM

OUR COACH OR OUR FRONT OFFICE WE’RE TRYING TO LOSE. I HAVE BEEN ON TEAMS WHERE IT WAS SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO LOSE. GUYS BEING VERY HEALTHY AND JUST NOT PLAYING. IN THIS SITUATION OBVIOUSLY INJURIES HAPPENED.

HE DIDN’T DISLOCATE HIS FINGER OR LIGAMENT. SCOTTIE DIDN’T BREAK HIS HAND ON PURPOSE. THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN PEOPLE’S PERSONAL LIVES DIDN’T HAPPEN ON PURPOSE. HONESTLY, MOST GUYS, IT’S PRETTY EASY TO FOCUS. WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO WIN AND TRY TO WIN AT ALL COSTS.

IT’S NOT AS IF WE’RE TOEING THE LINE. IF A TEAM IS SLIDING DOWN STANDINGS, IT’S MORE DIFFICULT ON THE PLAYERS THAN THE COACHES. WE’RE TRYING TO PLAY AS HARD AS WE CAN AND COMPETE AND TRY TO WIN. THE COACHES MAY HAVE TO PLAY

CERTAIN GUYS, CERTAIN MINUTES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AS A PLAYER, YOU’RE LOOKING AT A COACH SAYING WHAT’S UP? WE’RE TRYING TO WIN GAMES. AGAIN, IN THIS SITUATION WE’RE IN A SITUATION WHERE NOBODY HAS SHOWN ME OR OBVIOUSLY TOLD ME THAT WE’RE NOT TRYING TO WIN GAMES.

WE JUST ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS HAVE SHAKEN OUT. >> Will: YOU MENTIONED THE PREVIOUS SPOTS. YOU HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE HEALTHY PLAYERS — TANKING IS A REALITY OF THE LEAGUE EVEN IF IT’S NOT EXPLICITLY SAID.

HOW DO YOU GET BUY-IN BACK IN THOSE PLACES ONCE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> IT’S DIFFICULT, MAN. IT’S DIFFICULT. >> Will: YOU CAN’T SIGN TO LOSE. NOW WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE NEED TO WIN. >> Blake: THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.

YOU CAN’T JUST GIVE PLAYERS, YOUNG PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, MINUTES JUST BECAUSE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OF THE OPINION, PEOPLE HAVE TO EARN THEIR MINUTES. WHAT DARKO HAD GRADEY DO. GRADEY DIDN’T COME IN AND GET MINUTES RIGHT AWAY. YOU GO TO THE G-LEAGUE, PROVE

THAT YOU CAN PLAY AT A HIGH LEVEL, YOU SHOW GROWTH, AND THEN YOU GET A CHANCE. IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR CHANCE YOU GET MORE WHEREAS SOME TEAMS AND SOME ORGANIZATIONS WE’RE JUST GOING TO PLAY THE YOUNG GUYS NO MATTER WHAT. IF WE LOSE, THAT’S EVEN BETTER.

WE GET A BETTER DRAFT PICK. I DON’T LIKE THAT. MOST OF THE TEAMS, A COUPLE OF TEAMS THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THAT HAD THAT MIND-SET, THEY DIDN’T GET ANY BUY-IN FROM THE PLAYERS SPECIFICALLY. HONESTLY, THAT FRONT OFFICE IS NOT THERE ANYMORE. IT’S DIFFICULT TO GET BUY-IN.

I THINK FROM THE PLAYERS OR THE COACHES HONESTLY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE’RE ALL COMPETITORS AND WE WANT TO WIN GAMES AND THE FANS AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY WANT TO SEE A PRODUCT OF PEOPLE PLAYING HARD AND WINNING.

IF THINGS SHAKE OUT TO WHERE YOU DON’T WIN GAMES. OKAY? YOU MAYBE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A GREAT PLAYER. AT THE END OF THE DAY ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FANS, YOU WANT TO PUT A PRODUCT ON THE FLOOR THAT YOU’RE PROUD TO SAY THAT’S MY TEAM, WIN OR LOSS.

>> Blake: RAMSAY IS GOING TO START THIS GAME. I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE 10-DAY GUYS. THE G-LEAGUE CALL-UP GUYS. I APOLOGIZE AGAIN. I TALKED TO HIM ON FRIDAY. HE SPOKE HIGHLY PICKING YOUR BRAIN A LITTLE BIT DURING 20 DAYS WITH THE RAPTORS. THE RAPTORS DECIDED NOT TO

CONTINUE ON. SIMMONS IS UP WITH YOU GUYS FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS NOW. DID YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH RAMSAY? HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO KOBE? >> I HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO JR. I’M GOING TO REACH OUT TO HIM. I LOVE MY STORY.

I LOVE HOW I GOT HERE. I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME TO HAVE PEOPLE HAVE A MIND-SET OF A 10-DAY GUY. WE’RE TOO ENTITLED, AS PLAYERS. WE HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE POSITION THAT WE’RE IN. I DID TALK TO COLB TODAY DURING SHOOTAROUND.

I JOKED WITH HIM ABOUT HIS HIGH SCHOOL MIX TAPE. WHEN I SAW HIM COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS LIKE THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE COLD. HIS CHANGE OF PACE, HIS ABILITY TO SHOOT, SCORE, HANDLE THE BALL. BUT, YEAH, I’M DEFINITELY GOING

TO CONTINUE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. HE’S OUR POINT GUARD FOR THE SECOND UNIT RIGHT NOW. HE’S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HIS EAR. I’M GOING TO LET HIM SOAK IT ALL IN. I’M AN EAR IF HE NEEDS ME. I HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME

SITUATION HE’S IN MULTIPLE TIMES AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT LAST PODCAST. >> Blake: YEAH. THAT’S A TOP 10 RECRUIT. >> Will: I HAVE GOT TO CHECK OUT THE HIGH SCHOOL MIX TAPE. I WASN’T FAMILIAR WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL GAME. >> HE WAS COLD. HE WAS COLD, MAN.

HIS CHANGE OF PACE. HE WAS REAL SMOOTH, QUICK. LIKE JA BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL. >> Will: OH, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I’M DEFINITELY SEEING THIS MIX TAP. SPEAKING OF SOMEONE’S MIX TAPE THAT I HAVE SEEN QUITE A NUMBER OF TIMES. ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR FORMER TEAMMATES VINCE CARTER.

EVERYONE IN TORONTO KNOWS WHAT VINCE DID DURING HIS PRIME. YOU GOT TO BE TEAMMATES WITH VINCE IN SACRAMENTO. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS GOLF. YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS AROUND THE LEAGUE. IT’S GOT TO BE COOL BEING FRIENDS WITH VINCE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE AT THAT TIME?

HE HAD PIVOTED TO BEING MORE OF A ROTATION GUY, VETERAN VOICE. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNEW WHAT HE WAS BACK IN THE DAY. A LOT OF PLAYERS SAY VINCE AND WERE LIKE THAT’S VINCE. HE’S LIKE, MAN. >> I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE THIS, WHOEVER WOULD LISTEN.

VINCE CARTER, THERE’S PEOPLE THAT ARE THE MOST DOWN TO EARTH SUPERSTARS I HAVE EVER MET IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. VINCE CARTER AND PENNY HARDAWAY. AND VINCE BEING HIS TEAMMATE, MAN, JUST SUCH AN OPEN BOOK. WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO KNOW, HE’S WILLING TO TELL YOU.

WE PLAYED A BUNCH OF GOLF TOGETHER OBVIOUSLY. WE PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER WHEN HE WAS IN MEMPHIS AND OBVIOUSLY BEFORE WHEN HE WAS — I DON’T KNOW WHERE HE WAS AT. >> Will: DALLAS? >> I MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE LEAGUE WHEN HE WAS IN DALLAS.

FOR SURE A LOT. WE MATCHED UP IN MEMPHIS. I PICKED HIS BRAIN ABOUT HIS REGIMEN AND ALL THAT STUFF. WE CONNECTED LIKE I SAID ON GOLF. I WENT WITH HIM TO HAWAII AND HIS FAMILY IN HAWAII. WE PLAYED IN THE SUMMERTIME. WE STILL STAY CONNECTED TODAY.

HE’S PLAYING GOLF ALMOST EVERY DAY NOW WHICH I’M JEALOUS OF. IT’S AMAZING TO SEE HOW HUMBLE HE IS. SIGNS EVERY AUTOGRAPH. JUST A VERY NICE GUY. I SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT HIS TIME IN TORONTO AND HOW CRAZY IT WAS. >> Will: RIGHT. >> HOW THE FANS ARE AMAZING.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN AMAZING WHILE HE WAS THERE. IT WAS GREAT. LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN YOU GOT TO THE HALL OF FAME, ME, HIM, GEORGE, JUSTIN JACKSON HAVE A GROUP CHAT. WE ALWAYS HIT EACH OTHER UP. WE PLAY IN SAG. WE’RE TIGHT TO THIS DAY.

WE HIT HIM UP AND TOLD HIM CONGRATULATIONS OLD MAN. VC IS ONE OF MY — IT’S CRAZY FOR ME TO SAY HE’S ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS I HAVE HAD AS A TEAMMATE. >> Will: WOW. >> FROM THEN ON. GREAT GUY. GREAT GUY.

>> Will: I’M HAPPY YOU GUYS DID TALK ABOUT TORONTO A LITTLE BIT. I WONDERED WITH VINCE IS THIS A SENSITIVE SUBJECT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HE TOOK TORONTO TO THE VERY, VERY HIGH HEIGHTS. ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST HEIGHTS TORONTO HAS BEEN IN BEFORE THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

IT ENDED IN A WAY THAT WASN’T PRETTY. IT WAS A LOT OF RETURNS TO TORONTO WHERE HE GOT BOOED HEAVILY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THERE WAS FAULT TO GO AROUND. IS IT A SENSITIVE SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT TORONTO? >> NOT WITH ME, IT WASN’T A

SENSITIVE SUBJECT. IT WASN’T A SENSITIVE SUBJECT. HE TALKED ABOUT IT. GUYS ON THE TEAM. A LOT OF GUYS DIDN’T REALLY KNOW THAT IT WAS KIND OF, I GUESS, A NON-AMICABLE BREAKUP. IT’S INTERESTING. I SAW ON TWITTER THE OTHER DAY, THE FIRST TWO TIMES BACK IN

TORONTO HE WAS IN NEW JERSEY. >> Will: THAT WAS VICIOUS, MAN. >> HE WAS COOKING. HIT A GAME WINNER. WHO’S VICIOUS IN THIS GAME? >> Will: YEAH. >> BUT, NO. HE DIDN’T SEEM TO HAVE ANY ILL INTENT AT ALL TOWARDS THE CITY AND TALKS ABOUT IT VERY HIGHLY.

>> Will: OKAY. THAT’S NICE. >> WELCOME VINCE BACK WITH OPEN ARMS NOW. >> Will: I THINK HE’S GOING TO BE THE FIRST RAPTOR OR FIRST PLAYER TO GO IN THE HALL OF FAME LIKE A RAPTOR. IT’S NOT LIKE BASEBALL WHERE YOU LITERALLY PUT A HAT ON.

>> Blake: ON YOUR BUS AT THE HALL OF FAME. THERE’S A LIKENESS OF YOU. THEY PUT THE LOGO ON YOUR HAT. >> Will: THAT’S THE FIRST PLAYER WHERE THAT’S A RAPTOR GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO HAKEEM. >> VINCE, FOR SURE, PUT TORONTO

ON THE MAP FOR BASKETBALL. THAT WAS — YOU THINK ABOUT VINCE CARTER. YOU THINK ABOUT THE TORONTO RAPTORS FOR SURE. >> Blake: YOU ARE, WHAT? 37. VINCE IS A DECADE OLDER THAN YOU. YOU HAVE GOT JUSTIN JACKSON. THE 10-DAY JUST WRAPPED WITH THE WOLVES.

GET HIM BACK TO THE LEAGUE KILLING IN THE G-LEAGUE. YOU HAVE KIND OF THESE COUPLE GENERATIONS. WHEN YOU PLAYED WITH VINCE, YOU WERE A VET. NOT THE LEVEL OF VET THAT VINCE IS. THERE WERE YOUNG GUYS COMING UP. I’M CURIOUS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT

THE MULTI GENERATION AND THAT — JUSTIN JACKSON WENT TO UNC. IT’S A LITTLE EXTRA. HE’S NOT THE BEST EXAMPLE. HOW MUCH — WHERE IS THE LINE THAT YOU FIND THAT PLAYERS ARE LIKE THAT’S VINCE CARTER? VINCE CARTER IS CALLING MY GAME. IS THAT STILL THERE WITH GUYS IN

THE LEAGUE? IS THAT GENERATION MINE AND YOUR GENERATION OF, OH, MY GAWD, THAT’S VINCE CARTER? >> I THINK IT’S MORE MINE AND YOUR GENERATION HONESTLY, WHICH IS CRAZY. J. JACK, JUSTIN HAS TO BE AT LEAST 27 NOW, I WOULD IMAGINE. HE MIGHT BE MORE. HE MIGHT BE 26. INTERESTING.

LIKE, I DON’T KNOW IF GRADEY WOULD BE IN AWE OF VINCE AS MUCH AS — YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT — >> Will: YOU HAVE GOT TO PUT HIM ON, MAN. >> I THOUGHT ABOUT PAUL GEORGE BEING HIS G.O.A.T. PG? NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM

PG’S GAME. IT’S CRAZY. JUST IN TERMS OF THE AGE, I’M LIKE WOW PG, YOU KNOW? NOT KD, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? PAUL GEORGE. WITH THAT SAID, ANYBODY 26 AND OLDER, 27 AND UNDER I SHOULD SAY, 26 AND UNDER, THEY WON’T UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT VINCE

CARTER HAD ON THE GAME. >> Will: THAT SHOULD BE DARKO’S NEXT FILM SESSION HAD. SHOW HIM VINCE CARTER 20-MINUTE HIGHLIGHT CLIPS. >> Blake: JAYS AND CAPOSTPONO — THIS LONG TWO. >> Will: THAT’S FUNNY. DO YOU EVER LOOK BACK? YOU GOT IN A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

EVERYBODY WAS COMING OFF A SCREEN AND TAKING A MID RANGE JUMPER LIKE HAMILTON. >> WE TALKED ABOUT IT. ME AND JAMES, OUR COACH COCOA, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MID RANGE TWOS AND THE R.I.P. HAMILTON. I WASN’T A GREAT THREE-POINT SHOOTER. MY COACH LIVED IN THE MID RANGE.

PULLUP MID RANGES AND FAST BREAKS. INSTEAD OF SHOOTING THREE, WHEN THEY SWING IN, SWEEP IN. NO DRIBBLE. SWEEP IN. I USED TO DO THAT. >> Will: I BET YOU WERE DOING THAT. >> WHAT THE — CALL A TRAVEL OR SOMETHING? SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN.

THE WORLD WOULD BLOW UP IF A GUARD SHOT A SPOT UP TWO-POINTER. THAT WOULD BE SO INTERESTING TO SEE. >> Will: YEAH. >> OH, MAN. BASKETBALL TWITTER WOULD GO CRAZY. >> Will: A LOT OF PEOPLE LEFT A LOT OF POINTS ON THE BOARD.

>> Blake: THE MID RANGE BEING DEAD IS EXAGGERATED. IT’S SUPERSTAR TERRITORY. IF THE DEFENCE IS TAKING AWAY THE PAINT AND GETTING UP ON YOU TO TAKE AWAY YOUR THREE, THE MID RANGE BECOMES VALUABLE. BRENDAN INGRAM SHOOTS AT A TIME. >> Will: GARRETT, THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION.

YOU NEVER SEE THE RAPTORS REALLY TAKE THE MID RANGE. >> Blake: ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES IN THE LEAGUE. >> Will: WHO’S GOT THE BEST MID RANGE GAME ON THE RAPTORS? >> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. HMM. LET ME THINK. >> Will: YOU NEVER TOOK IT.

>> Blake: YOU DON’T EVEN WARM IT UP PREGAME. THE BEST IS GARY TRENT JR. >> Will: G. TRENT. HE DOES TAKE THEM SOMETIMES. >> YEAH, YEAH. THEY’RE TOUGH. BUT HE MAKES THEM. THAT’S ONE OF THOSE GUYS LIKE, OKAY, KNOCK IT DOWN G. THAT’S ONE OF THOSE GOOD MAKE. GOOD MAKE.

GET BACK ON DEFENCE. [ Laughter ] >> Will: I FEEL LIKE WITH GARY THAT MID RANGE JUMPER IS EASIER THAN THE TRANSITION LAY-UP, MAN. I SWEAR THIS GUY HAS A COUPLE OF 3-ON-1s. SHOULD BE A LAY-UP. >> HEY. WE WATCHED IN THE FILM TODAY. >> Will: OKAY.

>> I THINK THE ONE THAT HE MISSED, MAYBE IT MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE PERSONAL HIM AND VINNIE WERE KIND OF JARRING BEFORE HE GOT THE ONE. MISSED IT. HE HAD A NICE FINISH. >> Will: HE DID, HE DID. >> I THINK A COUPLE OF

POSSESSIONS AFTER THAT. HE’S GOOD ON THAT, MAN. >> Will: WHAT WERE THEY BEEFING OVER? YOU JUST TRASH TALK JUST FOR FUN. >> G IS NOT A GUY THAT TRASH TALKS YOU. CERTAIN GUYS RUB YOU THE WRONG WAY. MAYBE ONE OF THOSE GUYS. >> Will: INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE GOT — THAT’S FOR NEXT WEEK. I’M GOING TO ASK YOU A LIST OF GUYS THAT RUB PLAYERS THE WRONG WAY, YOU KNOW? >> Blake: DENNIS IS BACK TONIGHT. WE ASKED DENNIS. HE’S ONE OF THE KINGS OF THAT. HE GETS INTO IT WITH EVERYONE. I’M CURIOUS.

DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE SPICY WITH DENNIS TONIGHT? >> I EXPECTED IT TO BE MORE SPICY LAST GAME. I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE HE’S GOING TO TEST JEVAN. WE WILL SEE. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE SPICY. HE DIDN’T HAVE A GREAT GAME. HE DIDN’T GET STARTED AT ALL.

WE HAVE TO KEEP HIM AT BAY. IF HE STARTS SCORING AND HITTING THREES AT THE WRACK, IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME IN TERMS OF TRASH TALK. >> Blake: WE CAN’T LET FIBA KEEP GOING. >> Will: WE NEED THE FREEZE TONIGHT. MY ONE REQUEST. APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING

William Lou and Blake Murphy are joined by Garrett Temple to discuss team morale during the losing streak, getting more minutes recently, his friendship with Vince Carter and how long midrange shots have disappeared in the NBA.

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