Everything Scottie Barnes

[TrueTorontoFan]

r/torontoraptors is huge. but it attracted a lot of casuals

sad very sad but true. this is still the best community. I say that even though I am a mod for one of the FB groups. FB also attracted a ton of casual fans.

[KeonClark]

FB also attracted a ton of casual fans.

This would basically describe Facebook in general over the last 5 to 10 years.

[TrueTorontoFan]

This would basically describe Facebook in general over the last 5 to 10 years.

true... although I think overall facebook has actually skewed older over the past few years. unless you are including instagram.

[KeonClark]

true... although I think overall facebook has actually skewed older over the past few years. unless you are including instagram.

Thats what I mean. It's not cool anymore. Old Aunt Peggy uses it all day, and she's dying to tell you what her stripper name is (dogs name + first street she lived on)

[TrueTorontoFan]

Thats what I mean. It's not cool anymore. Old Aunt Peggy uses it all day, and she's dying to tell you what her stripper name is (dogs name + first street she lived on)

oh THOSE type of casual fans lol

[The Claw Reborn]

This guy is untouchable ….

[The Claw Reborn]

17 field goal attempts by Scottie against OKC, just about right.

More of these every game and with steady efficiency, combined with his court awareness and passing ability to find others, sky is the limit.

Defensively he is fundamentally sound.

[DanH]

17 field goal attempts by Scottie against OKC, just about right.

More of these every game and with steady efficiency, combined with his court awareness and passing ability to find others, sky is the limit.

Defensively he is fundamentally sound.

Yes, it is important Scottie gets chances to take that much of an offensive load, especially when we have so many players out. If the alternative is giving the ball to Isaac Bonga, yeah, the right basketball play is to shoot.

But when at full strength, better to see him making the right plays (like his awesome passing on the short roll with the starters in this one) than hoping he just forces up shots.

[The Claw Reborn]

Yes, it is important Scottie gets chances to take that much of an offensive load, especially when we have so many players out. If the alternative is giving the ball to Isaac Bonga, yeah, the right basketball play is to shoot.

But when at full strength, better to see him making the right plays (like his awesome passing on the short roll with the starters in this one) than hoping he just forces up shots.

[JawsGT]

Christ, I wish the two of you would stop responding to each other. What a load of crap the last 4-5 pages have been, and it’s the same every time you engage each other. Neither of you are going to convince the other, so move on already.
Also, if you want Scottie to take more shots, then that’s on him, not others. I agree that Fred misses opportunities to pass to Scottie and others, but Scottie misses more opportunities to be aggressive and look for his own shot. He could easily make up “the FG deficit hampering his development” if he just looked for his offence a little more.

[Kagemusha]

Christ, I wish the two of you would stop responding to each other. What a load of crap the last 4-5 pages have been, and it’s the same every time you engage each other. Neither of you are going to convince the other, so move on already.
Also, if you want Scottie to take more shots, then that’s on him, not others. I agree that Fred misses opportunities to pass to Scottie and others, but Scottie misses more opportunities to be aggressive and look for his own shot. He could easily make up “the FG deficit hampering his development” if he just looked for his offence a little more.

Scottie is pass first.
Selfish ball is not in his DNA.
You can tell even in the times when he'd hoist an awkward shot (the absurd quick turn arounds that Nurse was describing) that he's still looking for potential higher FG passes instead.
Scottie thrives in constant motion ala GSW and not in our iso heavy offense.

[TrueTorontoFan]

Scottie is pass first.
Selfish ball is not in his DNA.
You can tell even in the times when he'd hoist an awkward shot (the absurd quick turn arounds that Nurse was describing) that he's still looking for potential higher FG passes instead.
Scottie thrives in constant motion ala GSW and not in our iso heavy offense.

this is the problem with ppl focusing on his FGA as the marker for whether or not he is involved.

[TrueTorontoFan]

Christ, I wish the two of you would stop responding to each other. What a load of crap the last 4-5 pages have been, and it’s the same every time you engage each other. Neither of you are going to convince the other, so move on already.
Also, if you want Scottie to take more shots, then that’s on him, not others. I agree that Fred misses opportunities to pass to Scottie and others, but Scottie misses more opportunities to be aggressive and look for his own shot. He could easily make up “the FG deficit hampering his development” if he just looked for his offence a little more.

buckle up its going to be more of this for a while.

[MixxAOR]

FGA doesn't equal development

[Maury]

Scottie is doing about as much as he should be expected to at this point. His fingerprints are all over the game almost every night but the pressure to produce raw offensive output is relatively low-- kind of the perfect situation for him. More FGA would be nice but that's not the way he plays the game. He's also shown a capacity to be pretty damn aggressive, we'll just have to wait a year or two before he figures out how to use it.