The Toronto Raptors fell short of expectations so here are FIVE things they need to address this off-season.
After winning 48 games and finishing as the 5th seed in the Eastern Conference in the 2021-2022 NBA season the Raptors entered this season with high expectations but fell well short after winning only 41 games and missing out on the NBA playoffs after losing to the Chicago Bulls in the NBA play-in tournament.
A difficult offseason lies ahead for Masai Ujiri, Bobby Webster, and the rest of the Raptors front office and there are many needs that NEED to be addressed. Nick Nurse, Fred VanVleet, Gary Trent Jr. and Jakob Poeltl, in particular, are areas of concern for this fanbase and after the three seasons of failures from the front office, it is time for them to step up.
What does Masai Ujiri have in his bag?
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0:00 – Overview
0:37 – Masai Ujiri’s last three season
1:33 – 1. Nick Nurse as head coach
4:16 – 2. Free Agency Concerns
6:32 – 3. Roster Depth
7:52 – 4. We need shooters
10:01 – 5. Internal Development
13:57 – How many can they do?
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Yes, as long as FO hold on to the fantasy that a Siakam and fvv led led team will be contenders. Every team tank sooner or later. the longer the team keep siakam and fvv with the team. The longer this will just be bad
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Trade Nurse for draft picks! 🤣
I am very interested to see the fire in all this smoke. Is the team really torching itself from within? Idk… the Poeltl trade might tell us that PS/FVV/JakP/OG/SB are in place next year. NN might be the one who leaves tho.
Scottie/Pascal/OG are a nice core. Sure we have lack in shooting but I believe Scottie can show incremental increase to maybe around 32-33% 3PT shooting. Pascal can rebound maybe back to 35-36% 3PT shooting. But I'm seriously thinking of getting some sign-and-trade deals for FVV/GTJ to get some bench depth.
We only have Boucher/Precious as reliable bench pieces who have regressed a bit in shooting. Maybe we can get Otto back for some depth at SF. But we still need a knockdown shooter and/or playmaker ala White/Brogdon to shore up that bench. We can get someone in the draft but that's gonna be a project just like Koloko, Banton and Harper jr.
Changes are needed and I believe 2ys is plenty sample size to evaluate and make changes. Plus some coaching changes may also help the vibes as they are at an all time low. But still, it was good to see some of the players hanging out together at the Leafs game.
A big reason why we don't have depth anymore is because we don't draft in the first-round anymore… Yak, Pascal, Delon, OG, Jonas, T-Ross, DeMar etc. were all players that were used to play in the championship run or were traded to create even more depth. We need to stop trading valuable picks for mediocre players, especially with how good we are at finding and developing talent
Earth is flat, how about that?
Chill and let the Gm do his job. Let’s take a step back and enjoy the game. We know masai ain’t gonna do us wrong. We just got too used to winning
Think it's time to rebuild.
S&T FVV, move Pascal to the Blazers. Rebuild around Barnes, whatever we get from the Pascal/FVV trades.
At the draft, if you can't get Wallace @ 13, move back and grab two of Podz, Jones, Bufkin, Cissoko.
Being a point-guard is about making your teammates better, not giving assists. Keep the ball moving is one of the best ways to do so. Finding who has the advantage and give then the ball in the right situation (directly or through a team mate).
Scottie has a way better basketball iq and vision than Fred, that’s why he’s a way better point-guard, even if he wouldn’t score a single 3 point.
I don't feel any different about Scottie than I did this time last year. You can't blame him for not getting any better when most of the team actually took a step back from last year
every time i think i'm out they pull me back in
at least their not as bad as the leafs lmfao
Well.
Either fire nurse or make a trade.
Next year, if Masai holds the same roster with the same result, he will be fired. So he has to be careful.
Nurse needs to go. Take his big ego with him. High school coach at best. Take siakam and Fred with him.
Our future is very very bleak as of today. That Jakob trade may have set the franchise back a couple of years if we don’t tear it all down this summer and even then we should willingly lose our pick so the protections don’t roll onto the better draft class that is 2025. trading a pick when you future’s uncertain is incredibly dumb as is squandering a top 5 lottery odd for the 10th seed. Masai Ujiri and Bobby Webster have been operating like idiots and they have dug us deep into nba purgatory
Nick Nurse is overrated and will go no where with the Raptors next season.. He has no Kawhi leonard to hide behind.. He wears out his starters for fear of losing ridiculous coaching.. I will not watch another Raptors game with him as coach
I can handle losing but high school defense and no offense they look lost in the four quarter no trust in bench.. The bench gets better by paying Malachi Flynn period.. He waste energy arguing with refs.. Ridiculous coaching
How can you go from the future looks bright to everything is wrong… just be a fan.
If you recall, last year he mentioned that the media was asked if they wanted the press conference sooner or later. They chose sooner, then I think Masai said something about it might be better to wait a bit. I think that is in part why he has decided to delay. Too many things are up in the air. He said last year that he would only do 1, and then too many unanswered questions if done too early.
Sign and trade even into next season rather than let players walk.
Trade Houston for 2024 first or two seconds for NN
We only have 1 option really with no 1st next year… Resign them back and then trade for what you can either at trade deadline or next off season!
It isnt all bad this year was disappointing but if Porter Jr can comeback healthy and deliver what we think he can and step up of Precious and Coloco the bench could look a lot deeper and draft either a pg or sg to increase backcourt depth to pair with front court to make a new bench mob!😊
Day 7 and Masai is still MIA 🤣
Doomed..lol..No..Get rid of Fred and Fire Nick Nurse..Bring in different coach, Udoka..u got a 1st rd player coming in, plus fix your bench. Porter will b coming back, find some guys who have playoffs experience, veterans 2 help the likes of Barnes, Achiuwa, Koloko, Gary..etc….Gary will b back if Nurse is gone. Toronto will pay 2 keep him, his 2 valuable..even though I don't like his game, they should retain him.