The Raptors will not be a good team this year, they just don't have enough talent to be very competitive. That is not to say that some of the young players won't develop into good pieces for the future, it just won't happen this season, we have a long wait. Many fans want to believe in miracles, and they remember sometimes when the Raptors surprised, and overachieved. That won't happen this season for these 3 reasons; 1- Teams that overachieve are always teams that can defend. Playing good defense can help an average team win many extra games. We saw that in the past when the Raps D always made them competitive. The Raps are a bad defensive team this season, period. Hard to find players who can defend on this team. Barnes, Poeltl, are okay, but Barrett, IQ, Gradey, need a lot of work. Olynyk? Mitchell may help, it may be doubtful that Ochei gets many rotational minutes, if he does not get cut from the team. And we will be playing many rookies who are not experienced. Shead will be a good undersized defender, in the future … but lets be honest, this is a bad defensive team, with a bad defensive coach. The Raps will not be winning games based on their "D". 2- Coaching? A brilliant coach like Nurse was able to find ways to get the most out of his teams. Darko is not a good coach, and not good at building around his players strengths. The Raptors coach is not capable of overachieving with this team, period. 3- Siakam was capable of winning many extra games for the Raps, and that has not been replaced. Even if Barnes takes the next step, Barrett & IQ, will not out perform what we got from Spicy & OG. A big drop off in immediate talent, and a lack of developed depth, will doom this team into being a lottery team. Frankly it is just being delusional to expect more from this team, next season.
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The Raptors will not be a good team this year, they just don't have enough talent to be very competitive. That is not to say that some of the young players won't develop into good pieces for the future, it just won't happen this season, we have a long wait.
Many fans want to believe in miracles, and they remember sometimes when the Raptors surprised, and overachieved. That won't happen this season for these 3 reasons;
1- Teams that overachieve are always teams that can defend. Playing good defense can help an average team win many extra games. We saw that in the past when the Raps D always made them competitive.
The Raps are a bad defensive team this season, period. Hard to find players who can defend on this team. Barnes, Poeltl, are okay, but Barrett, IQ, Gradey, need a lot of work. Olynyk? Mitchell may help, it may be doubtful that Ochei gets many rotational minutes, if he does not get cut from the team. And we will be playing many rookies who are not experienced. Shead will be a good undersized defender, in the future … but lets be honest, this is a bad defensive team, with a bad defensive coach. The Raps will not be winning games based on their "D".
2- Coaching? A brilliant coach like Nurse was able to find ways to get the most out of his teams. Darko is not a good coach, and not good at building around his players strengths. The Raptors coach is not capable of overachieving with this team, period.
3- Siakam was capable of winning many extra games for the Raps, and that has not been replaced. Even if Barnes takes the next step, Barrett & IQ, will not out perform what we got from Spicy & OG. A big drop off in immediate talent, and a lack of developed depth, will doom this team into being a lottery team. Frankly it is just being delusional to expect more from this team, next season.