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9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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golden wrote: View Post
If I have to take those guys off the list.... then we also can't pretend we are some 3-pt shooting fixer-upper factory. That's an urban myth. Even the vaunted Spurs have failed at that.
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A.I wrote: View Post
Well no team magically fixes shooting, you won't turn Simmons into Steph. Its a two way street. Raptors have good development and it requires the player to be hard working and willing to improve, which Barnes seems to be.
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golden wrote: View Post
Yeah, but I don't see any evidence that Raptors are better at fixing shooting than any other team. Not to the point where we are so confident we can take non-shooters and turn them into shooters who need to be guarded as such. I mean the Bucks turning Brook Lopez into a stretch 5, is way more impressive than anything the Raptors have done. Shooting guards like Norm and DeMar are supposed to learn how to shoot.... that's why they're called 'shooting' guards, right? Pascal regressed last year, so he's not a win yet.
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A.I wrote: View Post
Well my point being it isn't just up to the Raptors to improve Barnes' shooting, its up to him as well. They clearly drafted him with his size and his attitude to get better and figured they can help him improve his shooting. If it turns out Barnes isn't as willing to get better, then the Raptors messed up drafting him, but that remains to be seen.
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golden wrote: View Post
I dunno, DeMar and Pascal have legendary work ethics and they haven’t broken through as shooters yet. Some guys might simply not be wired for shooting. There could be genetics at work here ( see: Curry family), not sure. Seems like shooting is hit or miss… even if it’s a great, hard-working dude.
Barnes doesn't need to be anything crazy, but as long as he is respectable to where defenders don't sag off and sit in the paint, he'll be a good player.
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c-troop wrote: View PostWhat is the projection for Dalano Banton moving forward? Is he a Bembry upgrade? Masai project? Or maybe something more?
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magoon wrote: View Post
He's absolutely a project. Basically he's a poor man's Scottie Barnes, and he was probably drafted half because of that and half because he's from Toronto and the Raptors have wanted to draft a Canadian for a while now.
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