Norm seems to play so much better as a starter.
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Norm seems to play so much better as a starter.
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It feels good to see the Raptors get a W.
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Yes that was a much needed W, especially with Lowry out.Quote:
Originally Posted by aman_13
was good to see Flynn & Davis get some good pt and they delivered. Davis did make a couple of bone head moves, and I kinda saw what Nurse was talking about but he ended up finishing the game strong. Hope to see more from those two, and I like that were utilzing Boucher more. He can carve out a nice role for himself on this team. The opportunity is there for him.
I was thinking this exact same thing about FVV.. Maybe that is the next step in his development.Quote:
Originally Posted by ecart
He has been balling though, he's averaging a cool 22 5&5 and just lighting dudes up on my fantasy teams lol
Should we just move Boucher to the starting unit and let him learn through mistakes? he seems worth investing in. Not like we have huge aspirations for this season. Id like to see guys like Boucher, Davis, Flynn really develop this year. I know Boucher is not young but he looks like he can break out if we give him some leash.
Should have been in starting 5 all along but Baynes keeps gettin the nod for reasons I cannot possibly understand. Flynn should be given more minutes PERIOD. Same goes for Davis. The answer is pretty simple especially if you want this team to remotely go anywhere and that is trading Lowry and building this team around Fred VanVleet. If anythin VanVleet is more of a #1 option than Siakam is at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
Len was brutal defensively last night during the early Sacramento run. Baynes has been bad all year. We need them in some matchups, but I'd be fine with Boucher getting starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
Well Boucher can get after it...blocking machineQuote:
Originally Posted by pebloemer
Davis may have made a couple bad defensive plays early, but he was part of the group that turned the game around in the first half. I really hope this help get him more minutes when Lowry returns. The problem is he plays the same role as Powell when they are at full strength and there aren't a lot of minutes to go around with FVV, Lowry, OG and Siakam playing as much as they do.
Off the bench though I like Davis more than Powell. Powell plays his best with the starters because with them he doesn't have to do a lot of creating, he can just let the game come to him.
Even last year Powell normally played with one of Kyle/Fred, Davis and Ibaka. He wasn't asked to come in and create a bunch of shots. He is a solid floor spacer that can get hot from deep if you leave him open and also has a good first step to the rim on the catch if they run at him. He's not a combo guard that handles the rock and creates off the dribble like Davis.(...Fred and Lowry).
Thats why they can play small because Norm is really an undersized 3 and D wing like OG. He's a great role player in a starting 5 with some shot creators.
I know they just paid OG, but I really think they would play better if they just go small with Powell and Boucher with our big 3:
FVV/Flynn
Lowry/Davis
Powell/Watson
Siakam/OG
Boucher/Watanabe
Baynes sat the entire game ( thank god) and Len didnt play either after they got torched in the first 5 minutes of the game. Once they went small they looked much better on both ends.
Masai's filler FA signings usually don't pan out.
Johnson, Len, Baynes, Monroe, Sullinger, Lin etc
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Originally Posted by Tg11
Not to mention the 23 points (on 9 for 12 shooting) and 10 boards he hauled in to go with his 3 blocks in under 30 min.
Ive been saying it since before the season started... The kid has the tools to be a solid PF or small ball C on both ends of the floor with that freakish length and ability to move his feet and get off the floor.
Which is what y'all should be doinQuote:
Originally Posted by bartron_44
Yeah he looked great both offensively and defensively but come tomorrow against the Warriors...matchup wise can he lock up Wiseman who has been playin great?Quote:
Originally Posted by bartron_44
Or can Fred lock up Steph who has been goin off with MVP performances
They pretty much did this. Flynn only got 17 minutes but looked really good.Quote:
Originally Posted by R. Johnson#3
Yeah loved the effort last night. Fred is also looking really good thus far. Finishing around the rim a lot better as well. I think Boucher will be starting next game and it seems like the Raptors will try to go small as possible. They have had their best defensive stretches with their smaller lineups.Quote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
Lets be honest, Baynes and Len can't lock up Wiseman.......and nobody can "lock up" Steph Curry. I think they will keep him under 60 though..lol and that they can beat this Warriors team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tg11
I like how Flynn got better as the game went on. He just needs to get comfortable and he should have a spot in the rotation for the foreseeable future.Quote:
Originally Posted by bartron_44
Watanabe is pretty awesome at staying in front of guys. The problem with him is that he brings next to nothing on offence. If he could develop a somewhat reliable 3pt shot then he could see time on this team.
Yeah unless you start Boucher and Powell...you go with what works and have Watanabe thereQuote:
Originally Posted by bartron_44
Nurse will find a combo that works. He isn't afraid to try new things. He has already benched Baynes and Thomas for their poor D. He's already called out several players publicly (...including a rookie he had only let play a few minutes at that point in the season... ) for not doing much.
With a proper training camp and pre season they may have sorted out this new rosters best rotation sooner, but people have to realize they have been mixing in multiple new pieces like Baynes, Len, Bembry and Flynn that don't know the system, along with Boucher, Johnson and Watson that haven't played much with our core guys yet.
In the end I think the slow start simply comes down to their 2 defensive anchors being gone and the Baynes/Len experiment failing miserably. There's a reason why neither was given anything more than 1 guaranteed year on their contracts though.
They should have just paid Ibaka instead if trying to be cheeky and have their cake and eat it too by getting them to sign 1yr deals to hold out for Giannis.
His 3pt stroke is actually pretty decent, and he shot it reliably enough in the G League last season at over 36%. I love his hustle , quick feet and length. He's another "big" that can switch on to a wing and hold his own, and he's not afraid to take his shot when he's open.Quote:
Originally Posted by R. Johnson#3
How tall is he? I thought he's around OG's size? I see him as a wing with some length which is what we sorely need off the bench. It's basically Chris Boucher and a bunch of guards on there. If he plays defence the way he did last night then Nurse will give him a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by bartron_44
Ive only been able to watch like 2 full games but when we lose the lead, around when in the game does it happen and who's on the floor.
IIRC, we are generally fine in the 1st half but lise leads in the 3rd. Is it when the starting 5 is in during the 3rd that we lose leads?
Its been all over. The ones that stung though were the first 3. They blew each of them at the very end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
They haven't looked like the same team with Baynes or Len on the floor, but Nurse seems to have figured that out..
I thought he was 6'10, but Yuta is 6'9 (in shoes) with with a 6'10 wingspan and had a vertical over 36 inches coming out of college. Maybe its how skinny he is, but when he gets down in his stance he has good reach and his arms appear really long.
Here's a good scouting report I found on him from 2019:
"....Watanabe is first-and-foremost an interesting defensive prospect. When he was playing at George Washington, he was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year as a senior despite not posting huge counting stats. Where Watanabe shined in college and last year in the G League is a sound, versatile team defender. He can alter shots inside while also hanging with quicker guards on the perimeter. Watanabe’s NBA calling card is likely as a three-and-d player where his best value is as a part of of a sound defensive system, perhaps one that calls for a lot of switching...."
So they said his calling card would be 3 and D and that he would thrive in a system just like the Raptors play with a lot of switching. ...and I concur seeing him move his feet.
He is not as tall as say boucher but what youl notice about watanabe is he doesnt try to out jump his guy. He boxes out and does all the small things well. He gets to the right position on the shot (long side). His stroke is actually really smooth and i dont see why he wont hit at a 35 clip. He just cant create his own shot yet. I think with boucher a lot of the guys tend to not take him seriously and box him out cause of his build and he just straight up deceives them with his length and second quick hop as well as his second hop on misses
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Originally Posted by R. Johnson#3
Well the Raptors face Golden State in a 2019 Finals rematch...but it is a way different Warriors team than what y'all saw 2 years ago but they still have Steph who's playin at MVP caliber right now and Draymond who still locking up people
Ahhh that one hurt. They were so close :(
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Man, James Wiseman is going to be so damn good. He moves so smooth for a beast of a man and also knows how to use his weight. Did anyone see when he pinned Siakam under the basket, received the pass then did a turn around dunk on him?
That's what Siakam should be doin to people but Wiseman is gon be special...well the Raptors gon have to play on Dame Time tonight in PortlandQuote:
Originally Posted by R. Johnson#3
I didnt like that last play. Ball should be in Lowry's hands. But i gess he may have been plan A shooter for them since Siakam was plan B.
Siakam was playing as undersized C. Hes skinny enoigh as it is. How can he do that to people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tg11
I disagree. I think Siakam should be taking logo 3’s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tg11
He could if he used his signature spin moveQuote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
He can't hit thoseQuote:
Originally Posted by R. Johnson#3
I was most impressed with how Wiseman defends the PnR. As a rookie, I thought he did a great job in shutting that part of the Raptors offense down...and that (along with the Raptors missing a ton of open shots) really made it hard for them to score.
I thought for sure on that last play Siakam would take it to the hoop. He got a running a start and no one even stopped him until he hit the foul line. Down by one you have to take it to the bucket there and put the pressure on the ref (..if you don't finish.)
Boucher got robbed of finishing that game too. He had 2 or 3 BS fouls in that game that made him only play 23 min. ..and he still dropped 16 points and blocked 6 shots. I hate to call them out again, but that was another pretty one sided whistle from the refs in that game. The Warriors deserve about 50 effing thousand dollars in flopping fines for that game. They are fu!@in joke. That foul on Fred that they challenged at the end where he somehow magically fouled him before the shooting motion when he wasn't even close to him at that point was the icing on the cake. I called it too. I knew they would make up some magic effin BS to give Lee FT's when he scissor kicked and flailed his way into a foul. Another game the Raptors really should have won. Especially after Curry lays a major egg. FFS!!
I already didn't like GS because I hate Draymond Green's dirty *****, but now I respect them even less. They are definitely being taught and told to flop around like fish out of water, and it should be embarrasing for them as men.
There was some key calls man... The lowry and one was pretty damn obvious.. They are so used to calling those in motion shots on the floor that they just get carried away... The flip on draymond was brutal... curry dropped to the floor twice and if you dont call the first one, how do you even call offensive foul on the second fall... ID prefer if they just went back to letting guys just play through ****.... The games have no flow...
On the other hand its a bit worrisome that I am getting used to the team losing. After yesterdays game i wasnt even mad about a spin move to a fadeway from top of the key for the game winner by siakam....
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Originally Posted by bartron_44
Lol unbalanced logo spin move on the spot fadeaway
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Originally Posted by R. Johnson#3
I think plan A was Freddy but Draymond read itQuote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
That’s what you think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tg11
Lowry was inbounding which I thought was weird after the quarter he was having. There was what, 3 seconds left? Not much of a chance to get it back to him there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raps18-19 Champ
I think Siakam was just the fallback plan if the play broke down. Which it looked like it did. Siakam was behind the timeline on the inbound.