Game # 5 Jazz at Raps Thursday January 7th 7:30pm on TSN

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Fitting

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Fucking shoe lace possession... horrible from start to finish... wow

[bertarapsfan]

But we do need to put precious in for defense

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Paschall has a season-high 17 for the Jazz - and it's still the first quarter!

Not the Pascal I would've predicted it from...

[bertarapsfan]

Just remember we played Cleveland close the 1st Q before losing by 50.. these guys will fade with more bench time and our guys starting to take it seriously

[Ebonhawke]

Paschall has a season-high 17 for the Jazz - and it's still the first quarter!

[The Great One]

Yeah Nurse's defensive structure is not the problem. The problem is the players. These guys don't play hard for 48 mins. This is embarassing right now.

[golden]

WTF is going on?

[Beans]

Nevermind - I thought this was being played in Utah, and the floor is different

[GOLDBLUM]

We need this win, for Puffer! (It worked last time, so I'm rolling with it) Go raps.

[Puffer]

Raptors' lockerroom

Ha Ha Ha. Too true.

[Ebonhawke]

The #wethenorth era is clearly behind us.. we now usher in the #WeTheLimbs age

Raptors' lockerroom

[bertarapsfan]

We make up 20% of Zach's 10 things this week (though the second one is pretty fluffy). The first one tho..

3. Here come the weird, gigantic, fascinating Toronto Raptors?


Are the Raptors secretly becoming the most interesting team in the league? They're whole again, and up to 18-17 -- tied with Cleveland in the loss column for the No. 6 spot in the East.

Nick Nurse has dispensed with centers in the starting lineup, opening with Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, and Scottie Barnes next to the Gary Trent Jr./Fred VanVleet guard duo. That group is super switchable after VanVleet, and he's stronger than you think.

The Raps of late have started second and fourth quarters with this bad boy: Barnes, Anunoby, Siakam, Chris Boucher, and Precious Achiuwa. For years, fans have wondered if the future of basketball is five 6-8 dudes wrecking stuff. Hi, it's happening right now in Toronto.

It's one thing to be switchable, quite another to be switchable and huge. Offenses know how to counter switches. Those actions -- slipped screens, well-timed cuts -- open tiny passing windows before the defense completes its switch. To be a good switching team, you need help defenders fast, smart, and long enough to flash into those windows -- and then rotate back outside:


https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/sto...ival-cleveland

The #wethenorth era is clearly behind us.. we now usher in the #WeTheLimbs age

[Dvdvideo]

We need this win, for Puffer! (It worked last time, so I'm rolling with it) Go raps.

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And here's the rest of what jclaw was posting from zach about our gang of 6'9s, because fuck ESPN:

Agreed. Please keep posting their content against their wishes