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What were the biggest issues of the Raptors this past season?
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Axel wrote: View Posthahaha, no way man. Remember when Casey forgot to foul and basically let the clock run out....good times.
After that, the end of game management and timeout usage actually got a lot better for the rest of 2013/14 (I assume the staff was sufficiently embarrassed). This team was actually really, really good in 4th quarters last season. Then, this year, it seemed like there was some preparation slippage back into old habits.
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slaw wrote: View PostThat was in Charlotte and I remember vividly cause I was yelling at the TV so loud my bulldog puppy got scared and peed on the floor. They then did virtually the same thing only a few games later at home (I can't remember who it was against).
After that, the end of game management and timeout usage actually got a lot better for the rest of 2013/14 (I assume the staff was sufficiently embarrassed). This team was actually really, really good in 4th quarters last season. Then, this year, it seemed like there was some preparation slippage back into old habits.
Don't forget the whole #WeTheFourth thing that lasted what, 3 weeks?Heir, Prince of Cambridge
If you see KeonClark in the wasteland, please share your food and water with him.
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Nilanka wrote: View PostIs it possible that Casey has early onset dementia, and we're all hating a disabled person?
This is the only way I make sense of the world.Heir, Prince of Cambridge
If you see KeonClark in the wasteland, please share your food and water with him.
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Axel wrote: View PostYou forgot
clock management
defensive scheme
adjusting scheme/philosophy to fit roster
not throwing players under the bus
Honestly, hard to find something that Casey did well.
Speak clearly? - nope
Blow MLSE? - apparently it was worth 4 mil so he must be good at that...
Basketball related? - nothing
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I know this will sound like a cop out but most of the actual biggest issues of the last season come back to Dwane Casey."My biggest concern as a coach is to not confuse winning with progress." - Steve Kerr
"If it's unacceptable in defeat, it's unacceptable in victory." - Jeff Van Gundy
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Rebounding - The Raps were a good rebounding team 2 years ago, the bigs were hustling, boxing out, and a missed opponent shot is almost always a defensive rebound. The only times I saw them struggle on the boards were against Miami and the Brooklyn playoff series - although they struggled, but they weren't destroyed like they were this past season. Other than JV, all the other bigs seem to just watch the ball go long for Lowry and Demar to catch. I have a theory that they do this to help Lowry get triple dubs like Jason Kidd. We need to give JV help inside. We need a Tristan Thompson type of player. We need Moses Cuh!
ISO offense/Caseyball - I don't know what happened this season why they suddenly changed the offense like that. Last season, the Raps were playing beautiful basketball on both ends with sound ball movement, screen and rolls and pick and rolls. I did read from some of the threads here that they wanted to reduce turnovers that's why they reverted to the current type of offense which is stupid. And I'm never a big fan of small ball unless you have 1 solid big who can at least run the floor, protect the rim and rebound, a couple of true shooters who can do it on a catch and shoot, off the dribble, and can move without the ball efficiently to find their spots, and a system that favours efficient passing and ball movement.
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Defense (including defensive rebounding). If it hadn't slipped, we would have been well over 50 wins and been much better in the playoffs. Casey stubbornly played his "best 10", but they just didn't have the length/size to be a good defensive group, especially given Lowry's issues at the point of attack.
That, and an over-emphasis on drawing the foul/getting up the shot over making the pass.
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There was also Lowry's issue of gambling on defence where he constantly tried to go for steals on the other team, which would subsequently result in the opposing team getting an advantage of going 5v4 and getting easy baskets through the mismatches and open man on the scrambling of the defence. Lowry would also draw many unnecessary fouls through this type of behaviour and put himself in foul trouble. I hope someone tells him that this isn't the best kind of thing to do on defence. It would help our overall team defence.#JaysWinningLikeItz93'
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