Everything Precious Achiuwa

[KeonClark]

Precious is a stud, and I'm not sure how he's not prototypical for how we want to play the centre position. How anyone is still missing that we want our 5 to be able to play like a 3 is beyond me.

...So yer saying we don't NEEDARONBAYNES ?????

[SkywalkerAC]

Precious is a stud, and I'm not sure how he's not prototypical for how we want to play the centre position. How anyone is still missing that we want our 5 to be able to play like a 3 is beyond me.

[gambler]

Flynn has shown promise in brief stretches by, as you say, necessity. Just when it started to look like he could play a more significant role and earn Nurse's trust, he got injured. Prior to that he's been (in limited minutes) pretty much underwhelming and as a second PG, I think he's still somehow 3rd on the depth chart. He doesn't have long to get healthy and get back to show something such that he'll see anything beyond garbage minutes at the moment imo

hes getting 20+ in the last 4 regardless how he shoots.....nurse is a world level guy.....and imo...he knows he cant go deep without a 1 or 2 off the bench taht can shoot a hi percentage from the 3....i could be wrong ....wont take long to find out starting tonight

[JawsGT]

im not a fan of flynn by nature but by design....seen enough nba to know that all things being equal the raptors cannot make a deep run wihtout a 10-15 minute 1 or 2 off the bench that can shoot a high percentage....and since bledsoe, gordon or kemba are not walking through the door anytime soon....flynn is all the raptors have

Gordon maybe, but we are better off with Flynn on the bench then Bledsoe or kemba on the floor for any minutes.

[G__Deane]

im not a fan of flynn by nature but by design....seen enough nba to know that all things being equal the raptors cannot make a deep run wihtout a 10-15 minute 1 or 2 off the bench that can shoot a high percentage....and since bledsoe, gordon or kemba are not walking through the door anytime soon....flynn is all the raptors have

Flynn has shown promise in brief stretches by, as you say, necessity. Just when it started to look like he could play a more significant role and earn Nurse's trust, he got injured. Prior to that he's been (in limited minutes) pretty much underwhelming and as a second PG, I think he's still somehow 3rd on the depth chart. He doesn't have long to get healthy and get back to show something such that he'll see anything beyond garbage minutes at the moment imo

[gambler]

Oh oh, you'll invoke the ire of the gambler ......

im not a fan of flynn by nature but by design....seen enough nba to know that all things being equal the raptors cannot make a deep run wihtout a 10-15 minute 1 or 2 off the bench that can shoot a high percentage....and since bledsoe, gordon or kemba are not walking through the door anytime soon....flynn is all the raptors have

[saints91]

its silly. I think the raptors will try nab turner not sure how the salaries work out for that but that is who they likely target

Turner has the abilities we covet, I can see us chasing Turner.

[G__Deane]

Imagine if they picked Desmond Bane over Flynn, he would be a very good fit.

Oh oh, you'll invoke the ire of the gambler ......

[Rudy Bargnani]

The most important piece to balance this team is another shooting/ball handling guard. That's who they should target with that Detroit pick next year.

Imagine if they picked Desmond Bane over Flynn, he would be a very good fit.

[TrueTorontoFan]

That’s why the Rudy Gobert talk doesn’t make sense. Ya, we need a 5, but that 5 has to be able to play like Scottie, Pascal and OG… able to push the ball, and make plays for others. Precious fits that bill, and fill only get better. He has a good nose for rebounding as well

its silly. I think the raptors will try nab turner not sure how the salaries work out for that but that is who they likely target

[inthepaint]

That’s why the Rudy Gobert talk doesn’t make sense. Ya, we need a 5, but that 5 has to be able to play like Scottie, Pascal and OG… able to push the ball, and make plays for others. Precious fits that bill, and fill only get better. He has a good nose for rebounding as well

This team has shown they can contain the boogeymen C's out there. Even the two MVP caliber ones, which are hard to contain in the average system. Heard a beat reporter from the Sixers today on sirius xm saying the two teams they don't want to face in the first round are Nets and Raptors. He said they're not conformable with the way Nick Nurse's teams approach Embiid - he referred to times that went back all the way when Nick was an assistant coach, and said some of Embiid's worse performances have been vs the Raps.

A lumbering, nominal C on this team would hinder more than help. It won't do any better of a job than what we already doing vs other C's, and it would just take away minutes from better overall players. Just continue to focus on keeping the 5 best players on the court as often as possible.

The most important piece to balance this team is another shooting/ball handling guard. That's who they should target with that Detroit pick next year.

[saints91]

That’s why the Rudy Gobert talk doesn’t make sense. Ya, we need a 5, but that 5 has to be able to play like Scottie, Pascal and OG… able to push the ball, and make plays for others. Precious fits that bill, and fill only get better. He has a good nose for rebounding as well

[JawsGT]

Yeah, I'm really excited about precious. Just another guy on the roster capable of guarding 1 thru 5, and with his handle and outside shot coming around nicely as mentioned above, will be quite capable of playing multiple positions ( or roles might be a better descriptor for this team) on offence.

[bertarapsfan]

Achiuwa on his rookie year (and earlier this year), had no outside game; it was just hustle plays around the rim and dunks, so he got labelled a C at the start of his career. He's a differently player now, with a budding all-around game on both ends, which is nice to see.

Sounds earily familiar to another raptors start to his career... I'll give a hint he wears number 43

[inthepaint]

Well, right now I even see him as a guy who could play some spot minutes at the 3. Not sure if I see him precisely like Ibaka. I think he can become more of a ballhandler and of a shooter, a bit less of a shotblocker.

Here's a secret: Achiuwa is a wing. His handle, body type, outside shooting, defensive profile etc.. are all typical of an nba wing.

When I hear people say "we went 'big' by starting Achiuwa and sitting Scottie" (like that day he started a second half), I scratch my head because technically it's the opposite: we started smaller, as Achiuwa is actually smaller than Scottie (Who also has more of a postup centre game than Achiuwa)

Achiuwa on his rookie year (and earlier this year), had no outside game; it was just hustle plays around the rim and dunks, so he got labelled a C at the start of his career. He's a differently player now, with a budding all-around game on both ends, which is nice to see.