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Who Has a Harder Time Integrating Two New Starters? Boston or Toronto?
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white men can't jump wrote: View PostThe 76ers have not looked very good early. Right now, they miss the shooting depth they acquired late last year.
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veda-parabolist wrote: View PostRaps already began looking like a coherent unit by the second half of this game. We shouldn't underestimate the effectiveness of Lowry as a floor general and bringing people together. He seems to be already providing a steady rhythm and identity to that starting group with 2 new guys.
Now just we gotta wait for Delon to come back to give Freddy and his bench mob a little continuity and cohesiveness as well.
Looks like Lowry is the guy living and dying with his teammate shooting inefficiently... *cough* DeRozan *cough*
Joking aside, Leonard's shots were all so timely. They weren't throwaway baskets, so-to-speak, which is more important down the stretch of games. His impact really was felt despite going 10/25 from the field.Twitter: @ReubenJRD • NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
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I think BOS clearly has yhe more difficult time integrating the starters. We are basically replacing demars role with kawhi, and adding a vet 3&D off ball player to the rotation. BOS has got to find a way to integrate 2 higher usage players into a small ball rotation in which Tatum has shown an ability to be a high usage guy himself as well. Factor in the rise of Rozier, who is arguably starter quality himself, getting the most out of each of these guys may be more difficult considering they are all capable with the ball in their handsand the younger guys need reps and opportunity with the ball. My guess is Ainge wouLd move Hayward for a siakim type player in a heartbeat.
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JawsGT wrote: View PostI think BOS clearly has yhe more difficult time integrating the starters. We are basically replacing demars role with kawhi, and adding a vet 3&D off ball player to the rotation. BOS has got to find a way to integrate 2 higher usage players into a small ball rotation in which Tatum has shown an ability to be a high usage guy himself as well. Factor in the rise of Rozier, who is arguably starter quality himself, getting the most out of each of these guys may be more difficult considering they are all capable with the ball in their handsand the younger guys need reps and opportunity with the ball. My guess is Ainge wouLd move Hayward for a siakim type player in a heartbeat.
The Raps have the exact same "guys need minutes" problem as Boston. FVV, Siakam, and OG could all be starters on teams. Ibaka and JV could have 80 starts on other teams and it looks like they'll get juggled around.
Nurse is juggling just as many balls as Stevens, if not more."We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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S.R. wrote: View PostThrough the first 3 games we have exactly 1 of last year's 5 starters starting consistently - Kyle Lowry.
The Raps have the exact same "guys need minutes" problem as Boston. FVV, Siakam, and OG could all be starters on teams. Ibaka and JV could have 80 starts on other teams and it looks like they'll get juggled around.
Nurse is juggling just as many balls as Stevens, if not more.
Toronto is a lot more muddled. As Nurse said, we have 6 guys who are proven starters (OG only had 1 year, but he looked like an ideal role playing starter at the very least). Then we have FVV who plays the 6th man and needs minutes. Then we have Pascal who we're hoping makes a nice leap this year and is getting closer to looking like a starter. I'd even add that Wright also is talented/versatile enough that it's not hard to see him starting in the right situation. And for us while Lowry and Leonard are clearly our top-tier offensive guys, the skills/roles of everyone below them are a lot more mixed up than Boston.
Then throw in that there is a positional crunch at the wings and at C, with Nurse trying to just use 1 big at a time and maximize the perimeter depth we have. I would say Stevens has a much easier job trying to sort his rotation and roles.
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white men can't jump wrote: View PostYeah, Boston's pecking order is much more obvious. The only real issue is getting enough for Hayward, Brown and Tatum. Boston has a very obvious top 5 in terms of talent. If it really seems too hard to get everyone touches in the starting unit, all he has to do is something like move Hayward to the bench to add a scorer there, and bring in a defender like Smart to the starting lineup.
Toronto is a lot more muddled. As Nurse said, we have 6 guys who are proven starters (OG only had 1 year, but he looked like an ideal role playing starter at the very least). Then we have FVV who plays the 6th man and needs minutes. Then we have Pascal who we're hoping makes a nice leap this year and is getting closer to looking like a starter. I'd even add that Wright also is talented/versatile enough that it's not hard to see him starting in the right situation. And for us while Lowry and Leonard are clearly our top-tier offensive guys, the skills/roles of everyone below them are a lot more mixed up than Boston.
Then throw in that there is a positional crunch at the wings and at C, with Nurse trying to just use 1 big at a time and maximize the perimeter depth we have. I would say Stevens has a much easier job trying to sort his rotation and roles.9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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