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Re: Woj: Raps Hire Darko Rajakovic - Live Stream PG 39 

Post#1341 » by ash_k » Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:17 pm

2019nbachamps wrote:It's hilarious our fans here were dismissive of players who cant defend yet suddenly when we have a coach that has failed us defensively the mantra changes to "Darko is focused on teaching offense this season." As if you can't teach offense and defense at the same time.

I dont have an issue with Darko. My issue is our FO over-estimated our team and threw Nurse under the bus. Red Auerbach and Phil Jackson wouldn't have been able to do much with the players our FO has assembled the past few years. Now we have a mediocre coach and mediocre roster. I don't even blame Nurse for blowing up and wanting out. Imagine having our FO tell you to play Precious, Flynn, and these other scrubs who'll soon be out of the league.

so you are saying Red Auerbach and Phil Jackson would not been able to do much with a roster made of Multiple All-Stars and DPOY players..Or could not have done anything with a roster with OG, Barnes, Siakam, Jakob and the World Cup MVP as the starting point guard.
Nurse had his issues, but he had at 48-34 (including 0-3 against Detroit) going to the playoffs as one of the most dangerous team with Pascal looking like a MVP. Lineup put together by FO.
The only mistake FO has made is to hire Darko..but they still managed to turn it into positive by getting IQ , RJ and multiple first round picks out of it.
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Post#1342 » by djsunyc » Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:26 pm

darko 4th year option picked up - per grange
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Post#1343 » by LoveMyRaps » Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:30 pm

djsunyc wrote:darko 4th year option picked up - per grange


I’m cool with it.

He’s good at developing players, continues to win with non-NBA guys, and the players love him
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Post#1344 » by Tripod » Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:31 pm

djsunyc wrote:darko 4th year option picked up - per grange

Not just picked up, but picked up this past offseason.

They believe in him
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Post#1345 » by djsunyc » Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:31 pm

Tripod wrote:
djsunyc wrote:darko 4th year option picked up - per grange

Not just picked up, but picked up this past offseason.

They believe in him


i didn't realize that.
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Post#1346 » by ArthurVandelay » Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:36 pm

Unpopular opinion but, like Masai, Darko deserves his flowers for this season.

He’s shown he can lose.
He’s shown he can win.
He’s shown he can develop players.
Most importantly, he’s shown he can keep a locker room together and the spirits of players up even when one of the worst in the league.

I think the Raptors are a playoff team next year (top 6)
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Post#1347 » by Tripod » Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:36 pm

djsunyc wrote:
Tripod wrote:
djsunyc wrote:darko 4th year option picked up - per grange

Not just picked up, but picked up this past offseason.

They believe in him


i didn't realize that.

Yeah on the broadcast they said it was this summer...but only got out to media today.
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Post#1348 » by HiJiNX » Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:38 pm

Well deserved.
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Post#1349 » by djsunyc » Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:38 pm

ArthurVandelay wrote:Unpopular opinion but, like Masai, Darko deserves his flowers for this season.

He’s shown he can lose.
He’s shown he can win.
He’s shown he can develop players.
Most importantly, he’s shown he can keep a locker room together and the spirits of players up even when one of the worst in the league.

I think the Raptors are a playoff team next year (top 6)


developing an identity amidst this type of season deserves praise too.
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Post#1350 » by WuTang_CMB » Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:00 am

ArthurVandelay wrote:Unpopular opinion but, like Masai, Darko deserves his flowers for this season.

He’s shown he can lose.
He’s shown he can win.
He’s shown he can develop players.
Most importantly, he’s shown he can keep a locker room together and the spirits of players up even when one of the worst in the league.

I think the Raptors are a playoff team next year (top 6)


Being a losing and tanking team and putting up defensive stretches in each of those of being tops in the league is something to acknowledge whether ur playing crappy teams or not. Offence still needs work but next year with BI will help.
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Post#1351 » by WuTang_CMB » Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:01 am

djsunyc wrote:darko 4th year option picked up - per grange



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Post#1352 » by Tor_Raps » Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:02 am

He has definitely improved as the season's gone on but that could be due to there being 0 pressure. Let's see how he holds up when the raptors are actually expected to win games next season.

I was always anti Darko who thinks he's a great assistant but a horrible game manager... prove me wrong!
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Post#1353 » by ArthurVandelay » Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:12 am

Tor_Raps wrote:He has definitely improved as the season's gone on but that could be due to there being 0 pressure. Let's see how he holds up when the raptors are actually expected to win games next season.

I was always anti Darko who thinks he's a great assistant but a horrible game manager... prove me wrong!


That is also a fair take, imo.

Lots riding on next season for a lot of people in raptors organization.
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Post#1354 » by Zeno » Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:23 am

I am all for them picking up his option but if they did it in the summer why wait until now to have it come out? is there any rational to keeping it quiet until now?
When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?

Please advise….

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Post#1355 » by DreamTeam09 » Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:09 am

Last year he made us move the ball
This year he made us play defense
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Post#1356 » by raincityraptors » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:07 am

DreamTeam09 wrote:Last year he made us move the ball
This year he made us play defense


Glad to see folks give Darko his flowers. I made a thread on him being the right coach for the team part way through the season. It's great to see him instill an offensive system in year 1 and a defensive system in year 2.

Both seasons, the team drove us nuts before results were showing. Darko encouraged them to play through their mistakes.

Guys like Dick, Ochai and Shead have really benefitted from playing through their mistakes.

Shead never looked comfortable shooting the college 3. Look at him now.

This year Darko got Scottie to start using his size on defense (using his length more instead of getting up on and pressuring his man.

He was definitely the right choice. I'm excited he has stability.

I'm actually even more impressed with the results knowing that.

Some coaches would coast once the team started tanking.

Who exactly was coaching the Sixers tonight? They looked lost.

Meanwhile Darko was drawing up baseline plays for the youngsters.
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Post#1357 » by yellowknifer » Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:10 am

djsunyc wrote:darko 4th year option picked up - per grange


Awesome. I see people criticizing him. I don’t see why. He has everyone on the team playing the best they ever have. Including long time veterans. It seems obvious that he was doing things to develop skills.
Having RJ play point. Jakobe taking the last shot a few times . Letting dick work. Tonnes of situations like that. He wasn’t trying to win this year as much as he was trying to develop. The type of defense we played wasn’t easy either, but it also pushed guys to learn rotations and be better. Schedule has helped improve how our defence looks, but it’s definitely not just that.

We can be great for years to come if we hit next year or in the draft. I’m optimistic by nature, but I really see it. We are much better than our record.
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Post#1358 » by Los_29 » Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:33 am

He’s doing a great job.
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Post#1359 » by WaltFrazier » Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:16 am

Assuming the team is shooting for the playoffs next year, it will be interesting to see how he coaches when playing to win. How he balances veterans with giving young guys opportunities. He's clearly a very good development coach.
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Post#1360 » by HangTime » Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:21 pm

I feel like the only ones that would want him gone are the boxscore watchers.

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