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Game 38 Toronto Raptors vs Chicago Bulls - 9:00 PM EST Mar 14/21

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  • #31
    consmap wrote: View Post
    Ellenson looks pretty good today
    On both ends. Thought he was soft, but he’s looking good.

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    • #32
      golden wrote: View Post

      Or just a dumb stiff. I’m leaning towards stiff.
      Yeah the guy has cement in his shoes
      OG is our king

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      • #33
        such a depressing game

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        • #34
          💀

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          • #35
            And there goes Kyle
            OG is our king

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            • #36
              This has been the worst 2 weeks of Raptors ball since we got swept by the Cavs. Lets just get our guys back asap
              To be the champs you got to beat the champs

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              • #37
                Mamba Mentality

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                • #38
                  bertarapsfan wrote: View Post
                  This has been the worst 2 weeks of Raptors ball since we got swept by the Cavs. Lets just get our guys back asap
                  I think tonight was their 5th game since the outbreak started? none of the Raptors role players/young players showed up in any of these past 5 games. And they really only played one good team(Boston).

                  Lowry and Powell were consistenly good these past 5 games but they didn't get any help at all.

                  Baynes - Probably the worst player on the team and that's saying a lot.
                  Watson - Really good in garbage time. Reminds me a lot of Miller actually.
                  Davis - Useless
                  Thomas - Useless
                  Bembry - Meh
                  Yuta - Not an NBA player
                  Stanley - Still doesn't know his strengths as a player.

                  It's embarassing. If you're Nurse, now you really know who you can trust(Lowry, Powell, Boucher + the guys that are in protocol). He got it right all along with Davis and Thomas.
                  Mamba Mentality

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                  • #39
                    The last 5-6 games unfortunately tell us nothing. We always knew our depth was a collection of G-league talent. Masai's team building strategy was always vets up front, youth in the back. That has made him successful. The problem is in the past our youth was really good. And our best player has gotten so old now that he struggles to lead a bench - although in fairness nobody could lead a team like that. Lebron's team failed to make the playoffs when it was just him and a bunch of young kids, and he's this generations goat.

                    It sucks that Flynn had to be one of the guys that got COVID. Would have been nice to see what he had with little rope. His early season struggles were due to the fact that he played scared and timid. Since there were no expectations from anyone without a majority of our talent out, I think he would have strived. We could have also used more ball handlers.

                    We don't have any quality bench players other than Boucher who can't play a lick of defense other than the occasional block (blocking shots =/= good defense). It's miserable watching Baynes. It's like watching washed up Gasol without the IQ. Bembry/Johnson/Davis/Watanabe/Thomas/Watson are all so bad. Davis has the physical qualities to be a really good player.. but he is just so dumb and ineffective.

                    We need better prospects. Or better vets. But our bench is horrible.

                    Either we let this season play out, and get a pretty decent draft pick. Or we move on from Kyle to help us get a better prospect/bench. I think those are only two options. Norm is only making $11M. Fred/Pascal are untouchable. And OG's got a weird poison pill contract. Maybe we could get someone for Boucher.. he has a friendly team option next season. But again only makes about $7M.

                    But it's a really crappy situation all around. The draft better be as good as people are saying.

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                    • #40
                      Okay, that was the shittiest came to watch in a long long time. Being down 3 starters is pretty tough to overcome. I’m just wondering what we are trying to achieve this year... being away from TO and now this stretch might be tough to overcome.

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                      • #41
                        planetmars wrote: View Post
                        The last 5-6 games unfortunately tell us nothing. We always knew our depth was a collection of G-league talent. Masai's team building strategy was always vets up front, youth in the back. That has made him successful. The problem is in the past our youth was really good. And our best player has gotten so old now that he struggles to lead a bench - although in fairness nobody could lead a team like that. Lebron's team failed to make the playoffs when it was just him and a bunch of young kids, and he's this generations goat.

                        It sucks that Flynn had to be one of the guys that got COVID. Would have been nice to see what he had with little rope. His early season struggles were due to the fact that he played scared and timid. Since there were no expectations from anyone without a majority of our talent out, I think he would have strived. We could have also used more ball handlers.

                        We don't have any quality bench players other than Boucher who can't play a lick of defense other than the occasional block (blocking shots =/= good defense). It's miserable watching Baynes. It's like watching washed up Gasol without the IQ. Bembry/Johnson/Davis/Watanabe/Thomas/Watson are all so bad. Davis has the physical qualities to be a really good player.. but he is just so dumb and ineffective.

                        We need better prospects. Or better vets. But our bench is horrible.

                        Either we let this season play out, and get a pretty decent draft pick. Or we move on from Kyle to help us get a better prospect/bench. I think those are only two options. Norm is only making $11M. Fred/Pascal are untouchable. And OG's got a weird poison pill contract. Maybe we could get someone for Boucher.. he has a friendly team option next season. But again only makes about $7M.

                        But it's a really crappy situation all around. The draft better be as good as people are saying.
                        Miami Heat are starting 2 G-League guys (Robinson & Nunn), plus some random guy named KZ Okpala? They got hit by Covid bad early in the season and are now 4th overall & streaking with Bam out.

                        Has it become blasphemy to say that Nurse isn't as good as Spoelstra when it comes to developing his bench guys? We all love St. Nick, but he isn't perfect. There's a definite trend there with Nurse and the bench, and losing 3 starters has fully exposed that chink in the armor. Our bench guys don't even look like they know how to play the game of basketball at times. Some of that has to be coaching related.

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                        • #42
                          Nick Nurse: "I was talking with (GM Bobby Webster) on the bus on the way over"
                          This is the first sign in 2 months that Bobby is still employed by the Raptors.

                          Masai? No evidence


                          10 fans total and 40 comments on a game thread?

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                          • #43
                            G__Deane wrote: View Post
                            Nick Nurse: "I was talking with (GM Bobby Webster) on the bus on the way over"
                            This is the first sign in 2 months that Bobby is still employed by the Raptors.

                            Masai? No evidence


                            10 fans total and 40 comments on a game thread?
                            Yep. There are definitely levels of Raptor fandom:

                            Leafs fans
                            Bandwagon fans (who left when Kawhi did)
                            Casual fans
                            Hardcore fans
                            RR posters

                            .... and then there are masochists like us, Deaner, who probably watched every game of the Bargnani Era, hell or high water. lol.

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                            • #44
                              GOLDBLUM wrote: View Post

                              It’s idiotic...

                              It‘s not like not hucking end of quarter threes cause you wanna keep your shooting percentages up.

                              The other team is GOING TO SCORE.
                              Move your fuggin ass Baynesy.

                              Lazy and infuriating.

                              He wouldn’t even bend over to pick up the friggin loose ball.

                              Man... wasting my time and everybody else’s.

                              Yes, this!!! We get this plus none of the grit and hussle he was known for in Boston......

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                              • #45
                                G__Deane wrote: View Post
                                Nick Nurse: "I was talking with (GM Bobby Webster) on the bus on the way over"
                                This is the first sign in 2 months that Bobby is still employed by the Raptors.

                                Masai? No evidence


                                10 fans total and 40 comments on a game thread?

                                it's probably because it's kind of another throw away game without the real team playing......

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