Everything 2021-2022 Season

[golden]

I don't think so. I think the best coach is one who has a winning system and gets pieces that fit his system. You've got 7-10 guys playing regularly, you cant flex your system to accommodate each of their games. They need to make their games fit the system (ideally when we acquire them it's because they fit already).

Dragic wasn't the player we wanted, he was salary filler to get Precious. Nurse tried to get Dragic to adjust his game to our system and he wouldn't, so he became a DNP-CD. I don't see anything wrong with that. I think it's better than running a different system to accommodate Dragic at the expense of the development of everyone else.

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But we did adjust our system to fit the personnel...this season... after Dragic left.

We started out the season with the ideal of having everybody, including Precious/Boucher, grab and go. So, instead of Precious grabbing the rebound, stopping and finding a PG (Dragic, Fred or Flynn), we asked Dragic to run the lanes and spot up. The theory was that we can create advantages in transition by not waiting for the traditional point guard handoff from the rebounder. In practice, it was a disaster.

Eventually, we realized that Precious and Boucher leading the break was madness and you'll notice that Boucher, especially, comes to a full stop most times and finds a ball-handler. The experiment failed, and it was one contributor to failing to integrate Dragic properly early, whereas now, he would fit right in.

I mean it's pretty obvious that Dragic never wanted to be here, but that failed early season grab & go experiment and the DNPs didn't do us any favors if there was a chance to integrate him.

[slaw]

According to almost everyone here... roster construction is 100% on Masai & Bobby. I've literally stated the same things you just agreed with here and gotten major pushback from pretty much everybody.... except you... just now.

Because ultimately the front office is responsible for personnel? Nurse has input but the FO makes the calls so they are held accountable.

It's also true that the front office has a hand in who is playing and what they are doing on the court but no one points to Ujiri or Webster and says they are to blame for the offense/defense or rotations even though they are certainly involved to some degree.

[KeonClark]

According to almost everyone here... roster construction is 100% on Masai & Bobby. I've literally stated the same things you just agreed with here and gotten major pushback from pretty much everybody.... except you... just now.

It is 100% on masai, not even Bobby. No matter what we suspect is happening behind the scenes, Bobby and nick work for masai. If we make bad roster moves, masai isn't gonna be able to blame nurse

[The Great One]

Golden blaming Nurse again? what's new?

[The Great One]

I wonder how many George Washington games and Memphis Grizzlies games Nurse watched before he signed Yuta?

[MixxAOR]

Fascination with long players who play defense with impressive measurements started before Nurse as well. Bruno, Lucas, Delon, Daniels, Siakam, Poeltl, Norm.

FVV didn't get drafted by Raps he had to prove himself in Summer League, Traning camp and then in Gleague. He's exception.

[TrueTorontoFan]

Fascination with long players who play defense started before Nurse as well. Bruno, Lucas, Delon, Daniels, Siakam, Poeltl, Norm.

FVV didn't get drafted by Raps he had to prove himself in Summer League, Traning camp and then in Gleague. He's exception.

It probably technically started with Giannis

[MixxAOR]

It probably technically started with Giannis

Fair point.

[golden]

I wonder how many George Washington games and Memphis Grizzlies games Nurse watched before he signed Yuta?

You picked the wrong player.... Nurse absolutely loves Yuta. He won a roster spot in training camp.... twice. He's the embodiment of the all-hustle, no-offense player archetype that we're bringing in.

Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse can't help but gush over what Yuta Watanabe has provided with his hustle and basketball IQ

Sometimes it seems as though Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse wishes he had a team full of Yuta Watanabes. It wouldn’t be the most talented team in the NBA, but when it comes to basketball IQ, defensive intensity, and hustle, the Toronto Watanabes would be tough to beat.

https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/news/...-yuta-watanabe

[The Great One]

You picked the wrong player.... Nurse absolutely loves Yuta. He won a roster spot in training camp.... twice. He's the embodiment of the all-hustle, no-offense player archetype that we're bringing in.



https://www.si.com/nba/raptors/news/...-yuta-watanabe

Maybe he's just being nice? lol. Dirk Nowitzki once said that Andrea Bargnani has a chance to be better than him. We know that's not true lol.

[MixxAOR]

yeah Yuta been getting so many minutes recently. Nurse must be in love.

[The Great One]

Now we're talkin! let's go!

[KeonClark]

Maybe he's just being nice? lol. Dirk Nowitzki once said that Andrea Bargnani has a chance to be better than him. We know that's not true lol.

He could have just plain been wrong, like Colangelo and mock drafts all were. Just because Dirk can shoot a basketball doesn't mean he can scout a player. Everybody gets things wrong sometimes, even here

[planetmars]

Now we're talkin! let's go!

I've got Cole Anthony winning it.

[KeonClark]

I feel like the physical limitations of what these guys are capable of peaked at Lavine and Gordon and now you've pretty much seen it all