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TimeForChange wrote:I don't know how the players show up next season and put in any effort on defense after seeing how they are playing right now.
edit: jack armstrong is talking about the culture darko is instilling in this team?
RoteSchroder wrote:TimeForChange wrote:I don't know how the players show up next season and put in any effort on defense after seeing how they are playing right now.
edit: jack armstrong is talking about the culture darko is instilling in this team?
Good thing they won't show up next season and will be back in the G-league
TimeForChange wrote:RoteSchroder wrote:TimeForChange wrote:I don't know how the players show up next season and put in any effort on defense after seeing how they are playing right now.
edit: jack armstrong is talking about the culture darko is instilling in this team?
Good thing they won't show up next season and will be back in the G-league
Gradey needs some more time in the G-League, so you're probably right
RoteSchroder wrote:TimeForChange wrote:RoteSchroder wrote:
Good thing they won't show up next season and will be back in the G-league
Gradey needs some more time in the G-League, so you're probably right
Yeah, but imagine thinking that Scottie/RJ/IQ/Poeltl aren't gonna show up next season just because 7 players who won't be on the roster/in the line up next season + 2 offensive bench players (one being a rookie) + GTJr got blown out
TimeForChange wrote:RoteSchroder wrote:TimeForChange wrote:Gradey needs some more time in the G-League, so you're probably right
Yeah, but imagine thinking that Scottie/RJ/IQ/Poeltl aren't gonna show up next season just because 7 players who won't be on the roster/in the line up next season + 2 offensive bench players (one being a rookie) + GTJr got blown out
I am sure guys like Scottie/RJ/IQ/Poeltl are appreciating all of the amazing coaching that the Raptors players are receiving during practice and are loving how Darko is holding players accountable for not playing a lick of defense.
RoteSchroder wrote:TimeForChange wrote:RoteSchroder wrote:
Yeah, but imagine thinking that Scottie/RJ/IQ/Poeltl aren't gonna show up next season just because 7 players who won't be on the roster/in the line up next season + 2 offensive bench players (one being a rookie) + GTJr got blown out
I am sure guys like Scottie/RJ/IQ/Poeltl are appreciating all of the amazing coaching that the Raptors players are receiving during practice and are loving how Darko is holding players accountable for not playing a lick of defense.
focus has been on offense this season, team is tanking, more than half of the line-up is G-league fodder, the remaining rotation players are already poor defenders
not sure why you got your panties in a bunch
Chandan wrote:RoteSchroder wrote:TimeForChange wrote:
I am sure guys like Scottie/RJ/IQ/Poeltl are appreciating all of the amazing coaching that the Raptors players are receiving during practice and are loving how Darko is holding players accountable for not playing a lick of defense.
focus has been on offense this season, team is tanking, more than half of the line-up is G-league fodder, the remaining rotation players are already poor defenders
not sure why you got your panties in a bunch
dont know how that is an excuse. Every team focus on SOMETHING every year. Focusing on offense in practice doesn't mean defense can be an afterthought. You can improve on more than 1 thing at once.
TimeForChange wrote:Chandan wrote:RoteSchroder wrote:
focus has been on offense this season, team is tanking, more than half of the line-up is G-league fodder, the remaining rotation players are already poor defenders
not sure why you got your panties in a bunch
dont know how that is an excuse. Every team focus on SOMETHING every year. Focusing on offense in practice doesn't mean defense can be an afterthought. You can improve on more than 1 thing at once.
HiJinx went to one practice and now everyone is using that as an excuse as to why no one is being held accountable for how they are playing defensively.
Raptor fans carrying the water for this organization will never get old
Chandan wrote:TimeForChange wrote:Chandan wrote:
dont know how that is an excuse. Every team focus on SOMETHING every year. Focusing on offense in practice doesn't mean defense can be an afterthought. You can improve on more than 1 thing at once.
HiJinx went to one practice and now everyone is using that as an excuse as to why no one is being held accountable for how they are playing defensively.
Raptor fans carrying the water for this organization will never get old
Remember this coaching staff can make Scottie/OG/Siakam/Poeltl looked average defensively.
Chandan wrote:TimeForChange wrote:Chandan wrote:
dont know how that is an excuse. Every team focus on SOMETHING every year. Focusing on offense in practice doesn't mean defense can be an afterthought. You can improve on more than 1 thing at once.
HiJinx went to one practice and now everyone is using that as an excuse as to why no one is being held accountable for how they are playing defensively.
Raptor fans carrying the water for this organization will never get old
Remember this coaching staff can make Scottie/OG/Siakam/Poeltl looked average defensively.
HiJiNX wrote:Man I’m out here catching strays lmao. I didn’t do nothing but post what I saw haha.
RoteSchroder wrote:TimeForChange wrote:RoteSchroder wrote:
Yeah, but imagine thinking that Scottie/RJ/IQ/Poeltl aren't gonna show up next season just because 7 players who won't be on the roster/in the line up next season + 2 offensive bench players (one being a rookie) + GTJr got blown out
I am sure guys like Scottie/RJ/IQ/Poeltl are appreciating all of the amazing coaching that the Raptors players are receiving during practice and are loving how Darko is holding players accountable for not playing a lick of defense.
focus has been on offense this season, team is tanking, more than half of the line-up is G-league fodder, the remaining rotation players are already poor defenders
not sure why you got your panties in a bunch
HiJiNX wrote:Man I’m out here catching strays lmao. I didn’t do nothing but post what I saw haha.
Chandan wrote:HiJiNX wrote:Man I’m out here catching strays lmao. I didn’t do nothing but post what I saw haha.
nah we all still love you
It's never the opinions that grinds people. It's the delivery.
Chandan wrote:TimeForChange wrote:Chandan wrote:
dont know how that is an excuse. Every team focus on SOMETHING every year. Focusing on offense in practice doesn't mean defense can be an afterthought. You can improve on more than 1 thing at once.
HiJinx went to one practice and now everyone is using that as an excuse as to why no one is being held accountable for how they are playing defensively.
Raptor fans carrying the water for this organization will never get old
Remember this coaching staff can make Scottie/OG/Siakam/Poeltl looked average defensively.
ruckus wrote:Chandan wrote:TimeForChange wrote:HiJinx went to one practice and now everyone is using that as an excuse as to why no one is being held accountable for how they are playing defensively.
Raptor fans carrying the water for this organization will never get old
Remember this coaching staff can make Scottie/OG/Siakam/Poeltl looked average defensively.
A bit of cause for optimism. The Scottie/OG/Pascal/Poeltl had a defensive efficiency of 115.7 in 406 minutes with an ORTG of 112.0. Not good at all.
The "new core" lineup of Scottie, RJ, IQ and Poeltl had a DRTG of 108.6 in 234 minutes and a ORTG of 119.4.
Take with a grain of salt because of the small sample size but there is something there to look forward to next season if Scottie, RJ and IQ (and Gradey) improve as expected.
“I’ve been on some teams where it’s the end of the year, you’re losing, whatever. You don’t practice,” Raptors centre Kelly Olynyk said Monday. “You don’t watch film and kind of just pack it in. You roll (the ball) out there in the game and kind of go through the motions.
“But that hasn’t been the case here at all. We watched more film on that losing streak than we did when we win or whatever it is. (Head coach Darko Rajaković) is continuing to hold people accountable, keep people honest, continue to build habits for the young guys and as a team, and that’s big. You’ve kind of seen that in the last few games.”
In the communication department, 14-year veteran Garrett Temple said Rajaković is the first coach in his career to outline to his team before a game who he expects to be in and out of a rotation in the first half, always noting that things could change in the second half (because of injuries or foul issues).
“That gives players, in my opinion, peace, a sense of calm,” Temple said. “There’s no anxiety. I think that’s good, especially for young players. … A lot of old-school guys don’t think young players deserve to know, (that they should) just be ready regardless.”
Badonkadonk wrote:Nice writeup from Koreen on Year 1 Darko:
https://theathletic.com/5400465/2024/04/09/darko-rajakovic-raptors-coach-rookie-season/?source=emp-shared-article
Love this KO quote near the start“I’ve been on some teams where it’s the end of the year, you’re losing, whatever. You don’t practice,” Raptors centre Kelly Olynyk said Monday. “You don’t watch film and kind of just pack it in. You roll (the ball) out there in the game and kind of go through the motions.
“But that hasn’t been the case here at all. We watched more film on that losing streak than we did when we win or whatever it is. (Head coach Darko Rajaković) is continuing to hold people accountable, keep people honest, continue to build habits for the young guys and as a team, and that’s big. You’ve kind of seen that in the last few games.”
His relentlessness is a huge positive in a development environment where the team is trying to establish a culture.
Temple had some interesting insight on his communication and transparency:In the communication department, 14-year veteran Garrett Temple said Rajaković is the first coach in his career to outline to his team before a game who he expects to be in and out of a rotation in the first half, always noting that things could change in the second half (because of injuries or foul issues).
“That gives players, in my opinion, peace, a sense of calm,” Temple said. “There’s no anxiety. I think that’s good, especially for young players. … A lot of old-school guys don’t think young players deserve to know, (that they should) just be ready regardless.”
Koreen himself was actually pretty neutral on assessing Darko's first year overall, citing some positive signs (eg. team didn't fall apart or turn on each other during the massive losing streak), but pretty much saying it's impossible to know given the weirdness of the year.
