Next Up: Charlotte Hornets | Raptors Today – Feb 7, 2024
Up next we Toronto Raptors the Charlotte Hornets tequila Austine Smith Jones um Charlotte loses eight straight not a great basketball team right now by any standard but they are the opponent next and you got to respect the opponent especially in the position the Raptors are in trying to find their footing so
What’s going to be key to stopping young Miller and we don’t know the status of lamelo um so you know one of their players might not be traveling to Toronto next time they come but it’s another conversation for another day how do you stop this team knowing they struggle I
You know I think for Toronto with what we’ve talked about on the in the entirety of the show it’s about you yeah it’s about coming with the right energy like these are schedule losses right last game of a six-game road trip you’ve you’ve kind of been up and down you’ve been you’ve been
You lost an emotional game two games ago you got the snot beat out of you like the last game like do you show up and play hard or do you just kind of go you know what I want to go home yeah right so this is for Toronto it’s about coming
With the right energy and looking at that team saying listen they’ve lost eight in a row like we’re better than them and going out and playing like that so of course you have to be aware of Miller I thought Bridges had a fantastic game against the Lakers too so those are
Two guys that you you definitely have to be aware of but if you’re Toronto I think it’s more about you than it ISE course Darko after the semi challenge he’s issued to this group after I don’t blame him I don’t blame him well and and
I me I mean I guess I I’ll say kind of something similar to when we started earlier about the way this team has responded on this trip lost to Atlanta win over Chicago get blown out against against Houston come back and show what you’re worth against OKC although it
Turned out to be a loss all right you just I’m not going to use the same words Jonesy just did but you just got beaten down badly by the Pelicans let me see What You’re Made Of then what kind of what do you got in here right now to not
Pack up the tent go home early and and just say all right road trip over come back and show that that was a blip and not the norm and that’s that to me like no disrespect I don’t care about Charlotte right now I care more about
What’s Toronto going to do and what are they going to show me and I it might sound cliche I’m going to know probably in the first 5 10 minutes how do you come out and play and no matter the opponent whether it was Charlotte or whether it’s top team in the league what
Do you have in you in the opening minutes and and and I think those opening minutes I’m expecting them to come out and play hard because as I said I I go back to that New Orleans game and that is a one-off to me it’s it’s not
Who that team is and I think that’s why it surprised so many people like where did this come from and I expect them to come out and and and go after Charlotte listen they’re one and one with Charlotte this year they could easily be two and0 they they should be they should
Be probably should be they gave one away in charlot and those are other things too some of those guys are still around it’s it’s time to to kind of cash that check and hey this road trip could have been a reunion with Fred Van vet Demar D
Rozan Jonas valunas and Kyle Lowry of the Charlotte Hornets right that is true but that trying to find out what’s going on there no we’ll find up before Thursday I can’t see him uh sh up for that group nope that’s a cultural mish mash um but up next for your Toronto
Raptors it’s Charlotte Wednesday night 700 p.m. you can catch it on TV on sportset the radio call TSN 1050 RP Carl Weathers that does it for us and uh yes all right we won’t see you try deadline but we’ll recap that next week until then deuces thanks for watching Toronto rapor
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Eric Smith and Paul Jones join Akil Augustine as the Toronto Raptors look to get back into the win column when they face the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night. The group talks about the Raptors’ mindset going forward and which players to watch out for on the Hornets.
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Mindset Going into the Game
1:44 Responding on the Road Trip
3:00 Season Series
3:30 Thanks for watching!
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