I'm hopeful that he can find his game again before the playoffs roll around, or that he'll be particularly useful against a certain match up in the post season, but right now it seems pretty obvious that the Raptors are a better team without him on the court.
Part of what is really burying JV is that after the trade deadline, the Raptors have some legit small ball line ups now. It's not like Casey is trotting out Bebe to close games with a marginally better or worse performance than what Jonas would have given you... the rotation of 2Pat/Ibaka/Tucker and specifically the Tucker/Ibaka combo has been so much better defensively in the last few games that you'd have a hard time seeing Casey veer away from it. Hell, let's be honest - even if that lineup struggled mightily Casey would probably stick with it so while it's performing like it currently is, JV has almost no hope of seeing the court in crunch time.
Part of what is really burying JV is that after the trade deadline, the Raptors have some legit small ball line ups now. It's not like Casey is trotting out Bebe to close games with a marginally better or worse performance than what Jonas would have given you... the rotation of 2Pat/Ibaka/Tucker and specifically the Tucker/Ibaka combo has been so much better defensively in the last few games that you'd have a hard time seeing Casey veer away from it. Hell, let's be honest - even if that lineup struggled mightily Casey would probably stick with it so while it's performing like it currently is, JV has almost no hope of seeing the court in crunch time.
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