Game #24: Toronto Raptors 102 - Sacramento Kings 87

[LJ2]

Seems like it's all in Norm's head right now. His decision-making is pretty bad. Doesn't really know where to get his shots from, and doesn't read/react to the defense. He makes up his mind on the touch, and forces things too often.

Casey may need to simply things for him and be like, "from now on, your primary role is to defend. Take the open shot if it's there, but defense first". That is, until he can get his confidence back up.

I'm pretty sure that has always been Norm's role though. Even as a starter they weren't going to ask him to do more than that. Some players play better in an iso system when the attention is heavily on the star players. I'm thinking Norm might be one of those players. Good new is there is plenty of season left to adjust. Bad news is OG doesn't look like he's going to give up the starters role any time soon.

[Nilanka]

Yay! The site's back! And the Raps won both gimmes. I'll take it, even if they flipped the script and the starters powered the team to wins while the bench crapped the bed, for the most part. Nice to see the main starting group start to look a little better with the weaker schedule. Their struggles were always overblown with them posting a roughly average net rating, but especially so with the tough schedule they've faced. Good on Casey for riding with them, letting them turn it around. Not sure I'd have had the same patience, even if I thought they could work as a unit.

Norm is starting to worry me. He's struggled with the starters this year more than I thought he would (or OG really is that great, but either way Norm shouldn't be starting), and he's definitely not cut out to be primary playmaker off the bench. If they start using Lowry/DD with the bench more, Norm could rediscover some of his effectiveness, but that's a narrow role... Something to watch for the next little while.

Seems like it's all in Norm's head right now. His decision-making is pretty bad. Doesn't really know where to get his shots from, and doesn't read/react to the defense. He makes up his mind on the touch, and forces things too often.

Casey may need to simply things for him and be like, "from now on, your primary role is to defend. Take the open shot if it's there, but defense first". That is, until he can get his confidence back up.

[G__Deane]

JV and get both make 3's in the same game. You may NEVER see that again

[G__Deane]

Does anyone here go onto the b/l/u/e/j/a/y/s/dot/c/o/m/ site?
I can't access the comment areas, thought it might be the same issue/virus as was here.

[tDotted]

Woah. RR is back.

Plus we got a win.

Great Sunday.

[G__Deane]

I just want to see VC in a Raptors jersey. He never looked good opposite us.

I'd as soon never see the Raptors win another game as see that lying puke of a quitter back in a Raptors uniform.....ymmv

[DanH]

Yay! The site's back! And the Raps won both gimmes. I'll take it, even if they flipped the script and the starters powered the team to wins while the bench crapped the bed, for the most part. Nice to see the main starting group start to look a little better with the weaker schedule. Their struggles were always overblown with them posting a roughly average net rating, but especially so with the tough schedule they've faced. Good on Casey for riding with them, letting them turn it around. Not sure I'd have had the same patience, even if I thought they could work as a unit.

Norm is starting to worry me. He's struggled with the starters this year more than I thought he would (or OG really is that great, but either way Norm shouldn't be starting), and he's definitely not cut out to be primary playmaker off the bench. If they start using Lowry/DD with the bench more, Norm could rediscover some of his effectiveness, but that's a narrow role... Something to watch for the next little while.

[Puffer]

C J Miles didn't score in the way we have come to expect him to, but I am quite happy with his play. If his shot isn't going in he still makes decent passes, drives to the basket and plays at least average (or better) D. Of course, now that Derozan has upgraded his defensive game, and with the emergence of OG and the members of the bench mob, average D doesn't look as good as it once did. Miles has been miles better than I expected.

[Demographic Shift]

Workman like win...
Nobody hurt....
Not to much energy expended...off to Staples for a tilt with the Griffin less Clips...

[rocwell]

What actually happened with the site? Everything’s been fine with the mobile site on Tapatalk.

http://forums.raptorsrepublic.com/sh...185#post791185

[Maury]

What actually happened with the site? Everything’s been fine with the mobile site on Tapatalk.

[3inthekeon]

That was boring af!

Oh and.. only 5 pages for the game thread? Sad!

Raptors should play when everyone's at work. That's when the board seems to be busiest.

[Lochson]

Always so guttered when OG doesnt get a biggish stat line haha. Had high hopes from the first Q. No worries though so long as we in!

[planetmars]

That was boring af!
.. only 5 pages for the game thread? Sad!

Sunday afternoon with RR being down for most of the weekend would do that. Hopefully we'll get a bigger crowd tomorrow.

[planetmars]

Finally.. a win in Sacramento. Knocking down each one of our demons one game at a time.