Fred VanVleet has left the Raptors, and Raptors Report is here to tell you exactly how to feel about it! Let’s get into it!
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I disagree with this take.
Fred was a detriment to our offensive scheme last year. He was selfish and was betting on himself a bit too much. Scottie will run the point and he will distribute the ball. Get everybody involved. Gary/Otto/Grady are our main shooters. I think there is still a move to be made. I think we will be better than last year because a team that is united is always better than an infighting one. Fred and Nurse were bad for chemistry last year. I’m grateful that Houston overpaid. His leadership was nothing like Kyle’s.
Honestly seeing fred leave for nothing was kinda sad but I have to respect him for getting that bag
Masai has been an absolute joke since the chip, ever since he held out for Giannis we've had bad offseason after bad offseason, remember after this past trade deadline and we didnt make any moves besides doubling down on core that hasn't/wasn't working by trading away yet another FRP to the spurs for Jak. He said "their are 29 losers in offseason" and to hold out for better offers then. And he still hasnt traded anybody and we lost fred for nothing. No to mention also losing in the play in after this clown Masai had also said in the past "play in for what"? Him and boy toy Bobby really need to go we need a new FO who isnt afraid to rebuild and trade players.
Knit E Griddy…lmao i almost spit my coffee out🤣😂
Unfortunately Fred doesnt have enough of an NBA body to be able to afford being as inefficient and inconsistent he was last season. But for an immature team like houston, as a veteran he will do many small things on the court to pace and ground the young team. Time will tell if they take to his form of leadership, but i think with a players focused head coach like houston has Fred's approach may fit in
im just sad we didn't get a TPE
Fred is overrated, 40mil a season is crazy for someone that is super inefficient and a detriment on the defensive end of floor.
I remember being afraid when we let Patrick Patterson walk because his advanced stats were so good. Zach Lowe even talked about it. Turns out, the problem was that Pat was the only legit PF the Raps had at the time, so he looked good by comparison. Spoiler alert – P-Patt leaving did not hurt the team AT ALL!
As you suggest, Fred's advanced stats – to extent they're based on on/off numbers – may have similarly benefited. Here's how I view it – over the last three seasons, the Raps have played 7 post-season games, winning only two of them Fred played in neither of those wins, while playing in four of the five losses. So it's really hard to make the argument that Fred's absence causes the team to collapse. If you want a larger sample, the Raps were playing at a contending team pace in the second half of the 2021-2022 season, with Fred being hurt and/or missing a lot of games. And now they have Jak, Schroder, and maybe even OPJ in addition to those players. We just need Precious to get back to form. My personal theory for why Nurse was fired is his mishandling of Precious, who Masai loves.
There was never a place for a FVV in the team that Masai has envisaged. Better to have the additional financial flexibility that comes from not paying him 30 mill/yr. Scottie has always viewed himself as a point guard, so let try that. Schroder is a decent back-up PG, so let him do that. I'm optimistic.
Barnes is gonna be the point guard
This whole video lays a context to what Schroeder has been, but we've never seen what it looks like with Scottie Barnes or Pascal Siakam as teammates….it could be unlocking certain elements of our players that Fred couldnt always achieve with his shooting first mentality. I think Masai got the pieces that they envisioned as potentially helpful pieces, vs accepting 30 million+ dollars worth of other players from the Rockets or other trading partners…. Im excited to see what this team looks like with what Masai has put together.
Good riddance, he was awful for the team last year based on both performance and attitude. The only regret is that we let him walk for nothing, and more importantly, Masai is setting himself up for "UFA walks in the off season, electric boogaloo" with OG and Siakam. It's bad enough that our team has no direction, but the fact that, that no direction is causing us to actively bleed assets, and hold onto them way past their value is just negligence. This team since the chip has been horribly mismanaged.
I forgot he left that's how much I care
Denis Schroder definitely isn't who I would've thought of as a Raptors starting PG but as a last min pickup, I'd say the front office did pretty decent.
Ego consumed him. I'd rather let him walk for nothing than give him a 130m.
Was surprisesld he left but Dennis is going to be great for the Raptors.
Fred is a failure as our starting PG last 3 yrs. He’s just a role player given the chance to be starter with all those mins/shots that he can take whenever he wanted. Glad he’s gone.
Happy he left!!! I don't understand why there has to be a question about direction. The direction is wining. Having Pascal we win more games. It is that simple. Raptors are just gonna put Scottie at PG and that is it.
Good stuff
I can shoot high volume of 3s too. Its just not going in lol hope raptors can replace fred with me
He's good in a supporting role, not a lead role.
This roster is intriguing, can't wait to see what Darko will do with it.
I actually think the Raptors got better with Fred leaving. 16 shots just opened up. More touches for O.G. and Scottie. If Scottie can hold down the starting point guard position, this team is easily a fifth seed. If he breaks out and becomes special (especially his ball-handling and shooting), this team contends. SIakam has already proven himself a second-best player on a championship team. O.G. is easily a high-level third piece, Trent could give you what KCP gave Denver in the finals, and 5 through 10 are all comparable to those spots on the last four championship teams. The only thing missing is that generational talent to provide dominance. The Raptors are betting that Scottie can be that. If he is, they are business for the next four years, if not, could be a tough stretch of basketball.
Your edits are gold, love your videos.