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The 2021 Season from Hell - Do The Raps Embrace the One Year Tank or is there a Lazurus Like Change and They Make the Playoffs - Vote Now !!
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Maury wrote: View Post
It's probably a bit of a placebo at this point as well. They're in their heads right now. Hopefully, they can get to the end of this season without any significant damage to their confidence. These guys are tough though, and they'll want to prove this year was just a blip for them, so I'm fairly confident next year they'll be really good if they're back in Toronto.
1. Play back home in front of fans again
2. A young, all-star level player to play with them and Trent (which we'll hopefully get on this draft). They're not stars and won't take a crap roster to the playoffs/contention (not even Lebron could), but they're all above average 2-way nba starters under 30, with tons of playoff experience and a championship together 2 years ago. That's not gonna just vanish.
3. The understanding (even if implicit) that this season is done for, due to a multitude of reasons that go way beyond their individual play, and therefore the focus should be honing their individual/collective skills rather than winning games. Hard for a pro athlete to accept this, but if they have this understanding, their head will be in peace and hungry for next season.Last edited by inthepaint; Fri Apr 2, 2021, 02:11 AM.
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A little disappointed we didnt get a C after losing norm, td and thomas. We were beating good teams without one a couple months ago. The sky would have been the limit with a good C
so ya go for the tank now. Fred/Trent/OG/Siakam and a new C will be good back home. Just not sure how good with the depleted bench. We have utility guys 6-10 ie stanley, bembry, watson, watanabe that wont cut it. Need a cpl bench guys that can score a dozen along with Bouch. Hood looks good hopefully he can help
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https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article...ptors-tanking/
TORONTO – Nick Nurse doesn’t want to hear anything to do with the “T†word.
Despite the fact his team sports just a 19-30 record with the seventh-best shot at the No. 1 overall pick in what looks like a loaded draft near the top this year, the Toronto Raptors head coach isn’t a great fan of the concept of tanking.
“Yeah, I don't like it,†Nurse said after his team practiced late Sunday afternoon. “I don't like talking about it, I don't like thinking about it and I don't like that it goes on.â€
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G__Deane wrote: View Posthttps://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article...ptors-tanking/
TORONTO – Nick Nurse doesn’t want to hear anything to do with the “T†word.
Despite the fact his team sports just a 19-30 record with the seventh-best shot at the No. 1 overall pick in what looks like a loaded draft near the top this year, the Toronto Raptors head coach isn’t a great fan of the concept of tanking.
“Yeah, I don't like it,†Nurse said after his team practiced late Sunday afternoon. “I don't like talking about it, I don't like thinking about it and I don't like that it goes on.â€
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G__Deane wrote: View Posthttps://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article...ptors-tanking/
TORONTO – Nick Nurse doesn’t want to hear anything to do with the “T†word.
Despite the fact his team sports just a 19-30 record with the seventh-best shot at the No. 1 overall pick in what looks like a loaded draft near the top this year, the Toronto Raptors head coach isn’t a great fan of the concept of tanking.
“Yeah, I don't like it,†Nurse said after his team practiced late Sunday afternoon. “I don't like talking about it, I don't like thinking about it and I don't like that it goes on.â€
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golden wrote: View Post
Says the guy who plays Stanley Johnson, Baynes and Bembry together, with a dash of Yuta & McCaw. Nurse could be in on the heist.
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golden wrote: View Post
Says the guy who plays Stanley Johnson, Baynes and Bembry together, with a dash of Yuta & McCaw. Nurse could be in on the heist.
The biggest threat to the soft tank which the front office is leaning into isn't Nurse, by the way. It's that two hour talk about basketball on the plane between OG and GT Jr that was reported shortly after the trade. Having those two players on the same page, especially defensively, is going to raise the performance level of the rest of the team enough that having any one of our bigger names out (Kyle, Pascal, Fred) isn't going to be enough tank effectively against all but the league's heavy hitters, and even having two of them out is probably not going to consistently be enough against tank brigade teams or borderline playoff teams with injuries.
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G__Deane wrote: View Post
Nurse is all smiles underneath, he's got a Championship, a COY and a new contract....imagine this was his contract year, he'd be pizzed
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The problem is when it comes 2 tank season..could be more than one year, they'll be staying in Tampa Bay following year, Canadian Government is not letting up on restrictions, they are making it worse, they could be in Tampa another year 😔"Never apologize for coming to me. Office hours are for patients.
My kitchen is always open to friends"
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Dr Hannibal Lecter wrote: View PostThe problem is when it comes 2 tank season..could be more than one year, they'll be staying in Tampa Bay following year, Canadian Government is not letting up on restrictions, they are making it worse, they could be in Tampa another year 😔
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The Tampa tank fell in to our lap. Embrace it.
Hopefully we can S&T Lowry into a good home.
Hopefully we can retain Trent.
Hopefully we can somehow acquire Turner from Indiana (maybe in a 3 team deal with Lowry's S&T, although I don't even know if that's allowed)
We should have a high draft pick. Hopefully the ping pong balls fall in our favour and we can get Green or Suggs.
That would give us pretty solid Defensive Starting Lineup
FVV
Trent
OG
Siakam
Turner
High draft pick rookie coming off the bench.
I'm hopeful to play in Canada again (Thanksgivings is my mental date for normalcy to begin. Most of us should be fully vaccinated by then)
I'm hopeful we can retain Masai.
I'm hopeful for the future.
I was a fan during the Babcock days. We are in much, MUCH better shape now.
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