Preseason game 3: Melbourne united @ toronto raptors - oct 5, 2018, 7pm et

[G__Deane]

Boston, sans Hayward and Irving, down 17 to Cleveland near the end of the third quarter.

With a fun little brawl thrown in

[MixxAOR]

Terry Rozier: Celtics are acting ‘like we already won something’ https://t.co/0vEwb0D9WQ

— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) October 7, 2018

ah yes

[MixxAOR]

Raptors scrimmage takeaways: Fred VanVleet is a hell of a player; Danny Green hit a million threes; Ibaka looks good as a 5; do not throw cross-court passes when Kawhi is defending; if players cut, Valanciunas is going to find them more often from up high this season.

— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) October 7, 2018

Some 1st quarter footage pic.twitter.com/8jhSWQWDi3

— asad (@Swarlayzers) October 7, 2018

[planetmars]

JV scrimmaging with the bench. Still early but if I was a betting man I'd say Serge will be our opening day starter.

[Ebonhawke]

JV scrimmaging with the bench. Still early but if I was a betting man I'd say Serge will be our opening day starter.

If Serge is our starting center, he'd better spend every practice working with jab and Moose learning how to set screens.

[Demographic Shift]

JV scrimmaging with the bench. Still early but if I was a betting man I'd say Serge will be our opening day starter.

This has been discussed a few times over the years. Is JV off the bench realistic and a good move ?

If they go this route and JV gets a good chunk of his (say 28 minutes a game) against the other teams bench unit....JV could have his best statistical year of his career.. He could be a 20-10 guy...

He is a team win guy... I think he would be OK with this . if he also gets crunch time minutes..

[planetmars]

If Serge is our starting center, he'd better spend every practice working with jab and Moose learning how to set screens.

Definitely agree. Setting screens and rebounding. Two areas he's pretty weak in overall.

[planetmars]

This has been discussed a few times over the years. Is JV off the bench realistic and a good move ?

If they go this route and JV gets a good chunk of his (say 28 minutes a game) against the other teams bench unit....JV could have his best statistical year of his career.. He could be a 20-10 guy...

He is a team win guy... I think he would be OK with this . if he also gets crunch time minutes..

My personal take is that I think having JV start is the better move. Defensively may not be as good as Serge (although I don't think the drop off will be that bad). I just find that most teams usually start their bigger center and that match up would favour JV over Serge. Also our bench likes to run and play fast.. or they did last year. JV might slow that down. Serge replacing Poeltl seems more natural than JV replacing Poeltl.

But yeah I think JV can feast on opposing bench bigs. Poeltl had issues with energy bigs like Bam and Harrell. JV won't have that same issue.

[MixxAOR]

[Demographic Shift]

My personal take is that I think having JV start is the better move. Defensively may not be as good as Serge (although I don't think the drop off will be that bad). I just find that most teams usually start their bigger center and that match up would favour JV over Serge. Also our bench likes to run and play fast.. or they did last year. JV might slow that down. Serge replacing Poeltl seems more natural than JV replacing Poeltl.

But yeah I think JV can feast on opposing bench bigs. Poeltl had issues with energy bigs like Bam and Harrell. JV won't have that same issue.

Whichever way this goes... Its going to be a good season for JV. He appears to be lighter and while never a speed merchant he looks to be able to get up and down the floor in his game minutes so far without cardio issues.

If he starts its good.. If he comes off the bench at the 6-7 minute mark its still good.

[MixxAOR]

Raptors updates: OG Anunoby is back and will travel with team for Wednesday’s game in Montreal. Norm Powell got hurt on a screen on Friday but says he’ll be fine.

— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) October 7, 2018

[KeonClark]

Maybe nurse will go unorthodox and alternate starting JV and ibaka, matchup dependent on the opposing teams starting 5. If love or Horford is the 5 you start ibaka, if its Drummond or Howard you start JV

[Hotshot]

Norm Powell didn't participate in today's scrimmage, but seemed optimistic about returning soon from his contusion. Nick Nurse said battle for second two-way spot is likely between Chris Boucher and Eric Moreland, but Deng Adel is making a case.

— (((Eric Koreen))) (@ekoreen) October 7, 2018

[Hotshot]

Norm Powell didn't participate in today's scrimmage, but seemed optimistic about returning soon from his contusion. Nick Nurse said battle for second two-way spot is likely between Chris Boucher and Eric Moreland, but Deng Adel is making a case.

— (((Eric Koreen))) (@ekoreen) October 7, 2018

I would take 3 of those guys over Richardson & Loyed at this point.

[Machine]

Good game for Derozan today except when you realize he was -20 for the worst +/- on the team.

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