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Came here just to say this, was some wtf calls from him all night..refshateRaps wrote:HumbleRen wrote:Y'all can blame the refs but we lost this on missing our FT's and Pascal/Barnes not being able to guard average centers.
Make some trades happen and get us a true 5 Masai.
That bald headed ref tho
Shady AF
Texas Chuck wrote:I'd like to see Utah, and Denver lose
pingpongrac wrote:Scoring 121 against a garbage Pistons team -- who sports the 30th ranked FG% defence as well as 30th ranked 3FG% -- should be expected, especially with the high pace and them playing on a B2B.720 wrote:MikeM wrote:Team looks great without FVV. He was definitely holding us back all along.
Most points we've scored in the season. Fred's dribble for 20 seconds offense ain't it.
What is far more important is we gave up the most points we've allowed this year (11 more than against the damn Nets with two superstars) against the worst offensive team in the league.
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KrazyP wrote:YogurtProducer wrote:tdotrep2 wrote:we gave up 127 points to a Detroit team with a roster filled with + defenders who give effort every night. its on nurse. its the same philosophy every game and teams know what works.
So why have we had such a good defence through the first 13 games and why did it take 14 for a team to figure it out?
Pistons played damn well tonight and hit a lot of tough shots. Shots they missed 24 hours ago.
The Raps defense heading into this game ranks #13 = middle of the pack....the notion that we're some kind of defensive jauggernaut is a fallacy.
PrinceAli wrote:We were supposed to have a crazy defensive identity with the longbois but it seems not
Kingsway_fan wrote:will wrote:Raps need to get the effing ball into Barnes's hands more often.
Why?
DatHomieYouHaTe wrote:Why all of a sudden Dragic is playing and Svi gets benched is beyond me.. We playing too much zone and they're scoring on us at will...
pingpongrac wrote:This was a **** loss. Worst defensive showing of the year and it comes against the worst offensive team on a B2B. OG and Scottie were terrible defensively, Flynn/Banton/Dragic were continually roasted on drives, Boucher had a few big defensive breakdowns.
But all that matters is the offence looked slightly more aesthetically pleasing than if FVV played, right? It's also ironic that Siakam was clearly our best player and Dragic might have been our 2nd or 3rd best player. So who gets the blame tonight? FVV for not getting his teammates involved in other games? Siakam for ruining the floor and changing the hierarchy? Nurse/the rest of the team because Scottie only took 10 shots and was invisible for most of the game?
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mdenny wrote:In anycase....Masai is probably gonna make Fred the first active player/head coach in franchise history now that Nurse is out of the way. That's been the plan all along.
Scott Hall wrote:Out of curiosity am I the only one who's been disappointed in OG this season?
Ksessel15 wrote:Really not a fan of GTJ. Selfish player. Rarely passes. That is toxic to a team.
canada_dry wrote:Hes a lot more important and vital to this team than the casuals think.KrazyP wrote:How does a team that is suppose to pride itself on its defense let the NBA's worst shooting team score 127 on 55% shooting? Unacceptable. Complete embarrassment. Is VanVleet the one holding this teams defense together? WTF.
Hes a lot like lowry in that way as well as every other way thats been talked about. When lowry was here the same casual group loved to trash him. Until we won. Fvv doesn't get that credit tho despite having won too.
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normgod6 wrote:. Fundamentally, we have a selfish team who doesn't like to pass. We are a bottom 3 team in assists per game with no real point guard. OG isn't a natural passer. FVV isn't a natural point guard. Trent Jr has never seen a shot he doesn't like. Barnes, a rookie, is 2nd in passes made.
johanliebert wrote:Can’t blame Fred for this loss guys. Don’t even go there with dragic or siakam either they both played well, it’s time for some real analysis.
KrazyP wrote:YogurtProducer wrote:tdotrep2 wrote:we gave up 127 points to a Detroit team with a roster filled with + defenders who give effort every night. its on nurse. its the same philosophy every game and teams know what works.
So why have we had such a good defence through the first 13 games and why did it take 14 for a team to figure it out?
Pistons played damn well tonight and hit a lot of tough shots. Shots they missed 24 hours ago.
The Raps defense heading into this game ranks #13 = middle of the pack....the notion that we're some kind of defensive jauggernaut is a fallacy.
- Raptors RealGM Forum re: Masai Ujiri - June 2023What an absolute failure and disaster this franchise is, ran by one of the most incompetent front offices in the league.