Collin Murray-Boyles Thread

[bluerap23]

Half the Raptors' team has something wrong with their thumbs. We're handsy and we spam the paint.

yeah have noticed this as well, it probably does contribute to the shooting woes

While true, this particular incident had nothing to do with it. Luka hacked him when he had the ball (and as per usual nothing called)

[Boardbreaker]

Injury gave me flashbacks to Draymond injuring JV, thankfully nothing’s broken.

[PushDaRock]

Half the Raptors' team has something wrong with their thumbs. We're handsy and we spam the paint.

yeah have noticed this as well, it probably does contribute to the shooting woes

While true, this particular incident had nothing to do with it. Luka hacked him when he had the ball (and as per usual nothing called)

New strategy to implement? Just chop down hard on the ball on anyone that drives in the paint and if you miss and break a bone in the hand, so be it lol

[HumbleRen]

He’s been having heavy tape around his thumb for like a month. Don’t think it’ll be 100% this season unless he takes like a week off. Hopefully he can take it easy during all star break.

A week would do very little. I've had this injury and it is just manage it as best you can until the off-season. I think there is a chance he is back next game

Oh it’s definitely a rehab in the off season thing, just think a week off could help with some of the pain tolerance.

[DelAbbot]

He's a game changer as a rookie playing out of position..

Outside of Barnes I really think he's going to be the other franchise player. So freaking incredibly high on him.

If he gains size or adds a inch or 2? damn..

That's what she said

but it's never going to happen

[DelAbbot]

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Terrible news

Hope it’s a very mild contusion

lol x-rays being negative is terrible?

X rays Aladeen?

Aladeen ?

Aladeen

[DelAbbot]

Kid is already a game changing talent. Him and Barnes are going to be scary in the upcoming years.

Front office nailed it with this pick. His impact was felt last night, the defense fell apart without him last night. Before getting injured he had 11/7/5/0/3 in 25 minutes. He was going to have another monster game stat wise last night.

I can honestly see him averaging 16/8/6/1.5/1.5 as early as next season, while providing positional versatility, and being one of the better defenders in the NBA.

Definitely great winning players but they need to earn to shoot from range before they become scary

[LoveMyRaps]

He’s been having heavy tape around his thumb for like a month. Don’t think it’ll be 100% this season unless he takes like a week off. Hopefully he can take it easy during all star break.

A week would do very little. I've had this injury and it is just manage it as best you can until the off-season. I think there is a chance he is back next game

Oh it’s definitely a rehab in the off season thing, just think a week off could help with some of the pain tolerance.

I’d let him sit out the next game which is against the Warriors. Draymond is gonna be smacking that hand all night.

[bluerap23]

A week would do very little. I've had this injury and it is just manage it as best you can until the off-season. I think there is a chance he is back next game

Oh it’s definitely a rehab in the off season thing, just think a week off could help with some of the pain tolerance.

I’d let him sit out the next game which is against the Warriors. Draymond is gonna be smacking that hand all night.

Good point

[ItsDanger]

He plays best at C. And significantly too. Come playoff time when bad teams are eliminated, this becomes an issue unless he's matched up against bench units. Not terrible short term but long term this has fit issues.

[Pseudonym]

He plays best at C. And significantly too. Come playoff time when bad teams are eliminated, this becomes an issue unless he's matched up against bench units. Not terrible short term but long term this has fit issues.

A large part of it is the fit with Barnes and Ingram.

Either they have to be much better shooters, or get Yak back and run a jumbo lineup. A lineup of Shead, CMB, Barnes, Ingram and Yak should just bully the hell out of teams defensively, to the point where any offensive issues are pretty moot. Yak's interior passing is an underrated thing too.

Either way, to get the most out of Barnes, they will need a shot blocking stretch 5, which is uh... basically the most coveted, and maybe rare archetype in the league. Bamba even signing with the Raptors at all for that brief time is indicative of how trash he actually is; there is no way a player with that skillset isn't basically Tobias Harris at worse, solid but wildly overpaid.

[Tha Cynic]

yeah have noticed this as well, it probably does contribute to the shooting woes

While true, this particular incident had nothing to do with it. Luka hacked him when he had the ball (and as per usual nothing called)

New strategy to implement? Just chop down hard on the ball on anyone that drives in the paint and if you miss and break a bone in the hand, so be it lol

That’s the OKC defense. Getting away with it is the other half

[Tha Cynic]

He plays best at C. And significantly too. Come playoff time when bad teams are eliminated, this becomes an issue unless he's matched up against bench units. Not terrible short term but long term this has fit issues.

A large part of it is the fit with Barnes and Ingram.

Either they have to be much better shooters, or get Yak back and run a jumbo lineup. A lineup of Shead, CMB, Barnes, Ingram and Yak should just bully the hell out of teams defensively, to the point where any offensive issues are pretty moot. Yak's interior passing is an underrated thing too.

Either way, to get the most out of Barnes, they will need a shot blocking stretch 5, which is uh... basically the most coveted, and maybe rare archetype in the league. Bamba even signing with the Raptors at all for that brief time is indicative of how trash he actually is; there is no way a player with that skillset isn't basically Tobias Harris at worse, solid but wildly overpaid.

A healthy Porzingis is imo the guy who would be the most impactful player for the Raptors outside of legit stars. Too bad there aren’t many of those archetypes

[Yallbecrazy]

I don't think we need a big at all, CMB + Barnes looks like a core that's easy to build around. If Poeltl comes back healthy we have a logjam and those 3 are enough for now. You add a bonfide star guard to the CMB + Barnes core and that trio will have us competing for championships with decent complementary pieces (wings + bench) around them. Our focus in my opinion should be keeping assets or building assets until we can get that star guard.

I think attaching Sandro who might be our 3rd best trade piece currently to Agbaji or Dick to duck the tax and acquire draft capital instead of losing capital to just offload some salary.

[Basketball_Jones]

CMB and a healthy Yak is just fine at C. If you don’t have an all star C you pretty much go with two good contrasting guys there like we’ve always done even during the glory years. Ideally CMB can shoot someday but assuming he doesn’t we need to get way better here at the other positions anyways.

[PushDaRock]

While true, this particular incident had nothing to do with it. Luka hacked him when he had the ball (and as per usual nothing called)

New strategy to implement? Just chop down hard on the ball on anyone that drives in the paint and if you miss and break a bone in the hand, so be it lol

That’s the OKC defense. Getting away with it is the other half

If we injure everyone we play, we still weaken the competition!!!

[Tha Cynic]

New strategy to implement? Just chop down hard on the ball on anyone that drives in the paint and if you miss and break a bone in the hand, so be it lol

That’s the OKC defense. Getting away with it is the other half

If we injure everyone we play, we still weaken the competition!!!

The Boston Bruins and now the Florida Panthers have been doing it for years while having a player who admits they’re trying to injure lol. There are definitely guys in the NBA who try it like Bruce Bowen who used to routinely step under guys rising for jumpers.

There is something to this in other sports lol

[LoveMyRaps]

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[Thaddy]

He should try to come back ASAP. The time without Poeltl is key for him to show he belongs in the SL.

[ShawnTO]

Kevin O'Connor calls CMB "the next Draymond Green" and raves about his defense.

He's starting to get some recognition around the league.

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