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Ben Rogers breaks down the Toronto Raptors’ loss to the New York Knicks
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29 Comments
We are tanking man and all these fake comebacks are to show we are not losing on purpose :)))
Considering they were overplayed and laboring so early in the season. There is no reason except stupidity that they wouldn't have used the bench way more thoughout the season. Because no matter how you look at it, their record would be about the same or possibly better right now. Just stupidity
Sorry to say this was the first game of the year where my mind was on the tank. Team has talent but just isnt working and the rest of the league got better. Hope to get lucky at the draft I guess.
Load up the tank please. This team isn’t good and there’s no point trying to put makeup on a pig to hopefully sneak into the playoffs for a first round exit. Give me some first round draft pick’s and some young players please.
Masai needs to hit the nuke button and let the tank officially begin. 💣
The team players just don't fit. I think missing Otto is hurting them.
Been sayin it
But imagine we get Victor Wemby?
We're playing this hard and can't get through consistently. We're tanking. Did you see Gary's wardrobe the other day? Styling.
What I noticed thru the game was rebounding. It seems when the rebounding isn't there it actually lowers your chances of winning because of those 2nd and 3rd chance opportunities. What I didn't like about there rebounding when it was there was this jumping and one handed put back tries. I say unless your 7 feet don't try that, I mean this 6 9" lineup looks like a volleyball team who desperately trying these put backs with no control. Keep it simple grab the rebound with both hands gather and go up and it probably goes in or hopefully you'll get fouled. And the bench continues to be a problem, because when the starters go off for a break, basically the other team says great let's go on a run and they did. Because the knicks had an answer for Pascal and we did not have a answer for them, when teams zero in on Pascal we as a team need an answer so Pascal can take a different approach and figure out different ways to score. And as for Scottie he needs to figure it out because he has too much talent to be held basically scoreless the last 6 of 7 quarters. So there's a lot of areas that need attention and I hope they can figure it out because this is turning into a long season, because there's times that this team looks like the team we expect them to be and other times like that first quarter of the Bucks game. BRUTAL
Can't score when it matters. We need a shooter and a rim protecting center (if NN will play a traditional center)
Raptors fans are stupid I knew we was tanking from like 10 games ago
Can't use the injury excuse now since Porter is the only player out. Only teams with worse records than the Raptors (16-23) are Hou, Det, Cha, SA & Orl. NN had the 40 minute club activated tonight (GTJ 42, FVV 41, OG 40, PS 40). Early season NN didn't develop bench playing each game like a playoff game. Still time to turn it around but the margin of error is slowly slipping away.
Jonesy 👮♂👮🏽♂👮🏻👮🏿👮🏾♀👮♀🚨🚔 Minutes Police… it's all about wins. Raptors are 3-11 since losing two games in Orlando who had the worst record in the NBA at the time.
Been sayin it the run last season was a fraud it was because teams was avoiding the nets for the playoffs and their injuries was before the start of the playoffs while the raptors got healthy. Anyways what change in the lineup, it should have improved, is it because of Rico Hines lol… I think its chemistry issues and the FVV contract year and Gary might be one of the issues as well as OG wanting more offensive touches plus Barnes 2nd yr comin from an outstanding rookie year. With all this concerns going in this season I think the FO and the coaching staff did not handle it correctly affecting the team chemistry.
When you embrace the tank the pain hurts less.
We definitely made a mistake letting yuta go…
Nick doesn't use bench players consistently and negatively effects their development
Cancer. There is a metastasizing cancer somewhere on this team/org.
There is enough talent here to get through a playoff round (on par with what our developmental progression should be. A realistic, conservative expectation). Something, someone is putting us in the basement or play in and out territory at best.
Fred could not make impactful shots anymore. Fred and Gary need a new home since it is their option year. We need a great PG to lead the team. We should try to get a few first round picks through trades.
I don’t recognize this team any more. It has no soul or purpose.
Masisi is really a smart man
Small ball was an experimental failure. You have to have a mobile big, enough to guard the paint, rebound at both ends and for the easy alley-oop.
I'm going to say it, Barnes should not be getting more than 12 minutes a game if he can't play any better than this. His field goal percentage is abysmal and he can't shoot 3s to save his life. People were praising his defence previously and Raptors defence sucks lately. The other team just shooting wide open 3s all night long
It was Kawhi who got us a championship. Not Nick Nurse. This coach doesn’t develop the whole squad.
It is time for a new head coach and bring his assistant coaches with him. They all have to go. They never develop the bench. The team has no depth. The Raptors just keep losing because they play poorly when comes to guarding the perimeter, they give up too many rebounds and they continue to shoot poorly from the perimeter. They will not win any games because the team is not talented enough and that is why they are too inconsistent in many aspects of the game. Also, with no depth, I do not see this team climbing to 5th seed like last season or even 4th seed which is a safer spot if they want to advance in the second round of the playoffs. The way the team is constructed they are not making the playoffs. Watching them play every game and continue to struggle is not fun to watch. It is a bad season and this team is going nowhere. Such an ugly and rough season.
First time I ever bet against the Raptors last night – it was weird cheering for the Knicks but they were huge underdogs LOL didn't like it, won't do it again – but yeah TANK MODE.
Scottie and GTJ have regressed this year .. along with FVV .. having said that, I say tank, get another primo pick, and let the core develop another year as Raptors are a Very young team and it's too early to pull the plug on this group ..
We can’t shoot consistently. As in make buckets vs attempts. Our Oh is the weakest part.
I don’t know why not NN take the blames, his system does not work and he plays starters with heavy minutes with aggressive defence, and shoots not falling and it needs your legs for shooting simple… they are so tired to have the legs to get their shots falling…. I think it’s all on NN that we have no system can score in half court and tired the players out with his transition systems.