This is an MAJOR Development for the Raptors…

This is an MAJOR Development for the Raptors…

We have a massive development for the Toronto Raptors because a lot has been made about the Raptors potentially keeping their draft pick future draft selections and building this Core Group around Scotty and future assets and all those types of things cuz again you never know what you’re getting with a

Lottery pick heck even a first round pick maybe they could become a star they could be something amazing in the future well rarely do you see young players available via trade that have that star potential and in fact the Raptors acquired one they brought in a guy at

This year’s trade deadline that was looked at as a negative asset a guy that’s contract was too big that wasn’t developing that wasn’t growing well you know what the Toronto Raptors found a star they found a future potential Allstar do dare I say you know upper

Tier Allstar you know 1 a 1B you know on a very good Eastern Conference playoff team we’ll see but RJ Barrett’s development has been ridiculous and in last night’s game against the Denver Nuggets it was on full display and I feel like we’ve been talking about a lot

Of stories over you know since the trade deadline has gone down right with younger players Grady dick aaji right all those two-way guys are players that are end the bench that have been brought up sent down all these types of players and one guy that just has kind of been

Overlooked has kind of just not been appreciated enough has been RJ Barrett and the ridiculous performance he’s been having for the Toronto Raptors since being traded away from the New York Knicks and in last night’s game against the de nuggets once again despite being sick despite being ill RJ barar came out

For the Toronto Raptors and still 26 points seven rebounds nine assists you know 10 and 20 from the field pretty efficient knocking down his free throws as well that’s been the one ailles heel for him since he’s joined the Toronto Raptors but over the course of his career he’s traditionally been an

Amazing three uh free throw shooter so not too worried about that especially where his three-point percentages have been off the chart as well since joining Toronto I wanted to say and again I’ll talk about last night’s game because another really solid sort of uh to call it a tanking performance for this Raptor

Team because they had a hot start they had a major lead but obviously playing against the League’s best team in the Denver Nuggets it’s tough to keep those types of leads especially as a younger team and then you can also point to some decisions by darkar rakovich maybe

Rewarding some better play looking at Jaylen McDaniels who did probably have one of his better games as a Raptors last night but you know not throwing in Kelly oen and RJ Barrett at certain key crucial moments you know that led Denver to be able to come back and the Raptors

To pursue that sort of six overall pick but i digress RJ Barrett I don’t want to lose sight of it I don’t want to lose track of it because it has been tumultuous to say the least regards of lineups regards of players that have been in and out and these types of

Things since RJ Barrett was traded here the Raptors are a team in transition they’re a team that’s readjusting their roster and I’ve seen some people say oh it’s going to be a long and crazy rebuild you know we’re going to hope we get our draft pick for this season so we

Can you know speed this thing up and hopefully get a guy that could become an All-Star and that’s the case right I hope we get our pick so we can draft a player that has that star upside all those types of things but again Manuel quickly didn’t play last night but with

Scotty Barnes who’s been Allstar of this season again took a little step back and after entering that number one role the same way Pascal cakam did the same way Kyle Larry did all these types of guys you know they’re initial transition to being you know a complimentary Y young

And rising star to the guy it takes a little bit of time that’s why it sucks that he went down with injury this year but with Scotty Burns who’s an Allstar this season and then on top of it you have an RJ Barrett who is looking like I

Don’t want to say that worse because again he can regress he can sort of he has had ups and downs over the course of his career but the RJ Barrett we’ve seen in Toronto at 23 years old feels like at worst a complimentary star today’s Emanuel quickley looks like an upper

Echelon starting point guard in today’s NBA we’re going to talk about Kelly o linck we still have yakob purle we still have a lot of young guys that could take some leaps in the coming years I think the Raptors you know not trading OG and Obi for picks but two players with an

Immense amount of potential I am just amped up and it’s crazy to see their development since joining the Toronto Raptor so even in losses even in games like this you know where again a younger team playing against the Denver Nuggets super short-handed you’re going to lose

That game but the the level of compete the style of basketball and the bright spots that are showing for a team that lack size that lacks that sort of complete roster feel we are in transition right now I am absolutely amped up and wanted to just dedicate a

Whole sort of segment portion of this video again we’ll talk about the Nuggets game but to RJ Barrett because again he’s a guy that’s been trashed on for a long time playing in New York you know in that Zion jaw draft that uh you know he’s not they should should have got a

Star there in New York and he ended up getting traded even though he got the max contract and all that I think he’s a player that deserves his flowers and you know obviously John and Zion have had better career so far but you know given Health stuff off thec court stuff and

The emergence of RJ Barrett here now at this point who’s to say he won’t be the best player in that draft class so shout out to RJ Barrett again 26 points Banger from him last night and Kelly alen as well as one of the as the teams

Especially with uh you know Chris bue going down we’ll discuss that in in the next video but basically Kelly o lenck as you know yaka perto out bu is out now like the the Raptors were thin on the front lines after all these trades at this year’s trade deadline he’s stepped

Up stepped in and proving why that trade with the Utah Jazz was a nice transaction for the Toronto Raptors he spaces the floor he complement this team really well he facilitates out there on the offensive end and just looking at it no one stopping nicoa yic yic had a big

Game in this one here tonight right 35 points 12 assists 17 rebounds six steals two blocks what a what a monster Nicol yic is but you know maybe I didn’t stop there but Kelly oen has been better on the defensive end than I expected so

Kelly a guy that I think has been a nice piece and when we’re talked about sort of sped up rebuilds you know will this team be competitive next season I’m not sure I’m not sold we’ll see what moves actually happen in the off season but having Kelly oen as well as the yaka

Perto sort of running your front line I think that’s a really nice complimentary doing Kelly oen is proving the the value the Raptors got at the deadline and with his sort of two-year extension so really happy with RJ and Kelly oen in this one really uh got the Raptor is a big lead

In this game so that’s that’s great to see aaji you know eight points he’s getting back into his r with again he’s playing with knee sword but defensively I think he’s doing a good job despite dealing with foul trouble last night you know gry dick as well okay has had some

Ups and downs he benefits greatly young three-point Shooters benefit immens m l even vets even the JJ re the Kyle corver Kyle corver was an Allstar at one point right they benefit immensely when you have a proper sort of uh facilitator out there on the court I can get you your

Shots get the ball in your hands in the ideal location Scotty barnos could do that for Grady dick Manuel quickley when he’s out there on the court can do that for Grady dick but unfortunately those guys aren’t out there so he’s been a little bit inconsistent as of late which

Would be expected however 17 points last night did a really good job facilitating I thought like again I’ve said it from the jump even when he was missing his shots and Raptor FS were concerned as we should have been because a three-point shooter that couldn’t shoot you know there’s uh there’s concerns regarding

That because the game is built around that three-point shot but even when he was struggling he showed the intangibles of a player that just had really good feel for the game you know a good sort of you know he could drive well he could facilitate he makes the right passes

Again he’s not Steve Nash making dimes or you know Russell Westbrook finishing at The Rim Prime Russell Westbrook but he’s capable of doing those things he makes good decisions and that complemented with you know an elite three-point stroke the the the potential and future for Grady dick is uh on

Another level I mean you know 17 seven two steals four rebounds he’s hustled on the defensive end I mean the second half of the season for grd dick is more than we could have asked for from uh when we drafted him so very very happy with that

And then you know Bruce Brown you look at the Box scen you might say hey that’s solid 13 points 10 rebounds three assists but my goodness this man looks checked out out there on the basketball court he does not uh does not look super ready to go super ready to rock for this

Toronto Raptors team but that is what it is you know Bruce Brown hopefully we’re still able to get a first round pick for him in the off season you know McDaniels I want to give credit because I do think Darko rakovic put him in there put him

Into the lineup to uh not not too specifically but uh kept him out there for a longer stretch which led to the Denver Nuggets coming back I don’t think I think that’s a strategic decision by Darko not a poor coaching decision but that is what it is in this night I want

To give credit to Jay Danel he looks like an NBA player at least you know 12 points three rebounds three steals made some of his shots you know again he’s not producing the same way Alin or RJ bear were at the the forward spots but I

Mean I want I don’t want to just continuously bash on the guy if he has been not horrible so that uh that was his performance last night Jordan War again it’s been cooking in limited minutes lately didn’t have the most explosive game last night off the bench

But was fine you know uh also we have Javon Freeman liberty no points no real impact in his 12 minutes of action but didn’t do anything horrible but Off the Bench the real story especially with blet out now is jonte Porter who again is a younger player three-point stroke

Is there the feel for the game is there again the five assists indicate that had a career-high 14 points and had a cool moment had a cool moment you know him and uh him and his brother Sharon the jerseys getting that postgame picture sort of rocking so I don’t know just a a

Cool game for the Toronto Raptors again the tank is in full force the Toronto Raptors are making a push to the bottom of the Eastern or the bottom of the league standing so we keep that draft pick again with all the injuries we had last night quickly Trent bue all out you

Know obviously Scotty and yakap purle still out of the game the Raptors didn’t have a shot in this one even though they made a push they made a legitimate run at the Denver Nuggets so great to see that that uh push great to see some positives in this game let me know what

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The Toronto Raptors continue to lose games, however, there are many bright spots for the Raptors young group, specifically in RJ Barrett. Ben Rogers breaks down the Raptors’ impressive showing against the Denver Nuggets and how there have been some massive developments for the team in recent weeks.

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