Patrick McCaw is not a NBA caliber player

Eternia · Post #761 » by **Eternia** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:41 am

Ramed Nazored wrote:
2019nbachamps wrote:McCaw had an excellent sequence late in the game. Got the ball wide open on the perimeter. Hesitated. Pump faked. Defender didn't move. Decided to pass it to teammate 2 metres away from him. But its OK...he deserves 25 mpg and a max deal since he rarely turns the ball over and doesn't make many mistakes.

This is all you've got to contribute following our 15th win in a row, huh? Do you know we've just made a record for the longest winning streak ever for a Canadian team, across all major leagues?

You must lead a sad, pathetic life. Welcome to the ignore list.

It's not like he quoted you. For some reason after the win, you decided to click on the thread quite clearly marked for Patrick McCaw. You can, you know, ignore this thread if it makes you that mad?

Dennis 37 · Post #762 » by **Dennis 37** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:03 am

Until we drop out of second, I have decided not to tarnish my enjoyment of the game by focusing on whether McCaw should, or should not, be in the game. We can't change what is.

FWIW he had a good 4th quarter and was not responsible for the turnovers in the first half, that was on other players.

Basketball_Jones · Post #763 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:35 am

He stuffed the stat sheet tonight!

everdiso · Post #764 » by **everdiso** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:37 am

Nurse is just F'ing with us now.

I have decided to laugh with his good joke, and stop letting him troll me.

GreatWhiteStiff · Post #765 » by **GreatWhiteStiff** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:54 am

Basketball_Jones wrote:He stuffed the stat sheet tonight!

Whole lot of stocks and a three. Not a bad performance for a player you (probably wouldn't) might play in a deep fantasy league.

SHFT · Post #766 » by **SHFT** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:18 pm

2019nbachamps wrote:McCaw had an excellent sequence late in the game. Got the ball wide open on the perimeter. Hesitated. Pump faked. Defender didn't move. Decided to pass it to teammate 2 metres away from him. But its OK...he deserves 25 mpg and a max deal since he rarely turns the ball over and doesn't make many mistakes.

lol what do you want Nurse to do? No Norm and TD had an off game. We would have had 3 players for 2 positions and the next few post would be "UHHH NICK THIBS WTFFFFFFF OMFG!!!!""

WaltFrazier · Post #767 » by **WaltFrazier** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:59 pm

I am on Team Mccaw and Team OG. I admit I was a little torn last night - if anyone ever deserved to finish a game, it was OG. I thought he should he should have gone back in for Patrick.

But then, Mccaw did hit a huge 3 with about 4 minutes, as close to a game-winner as you can get that far from the end.

Duckrice · Post #768 » by **Duckrice** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:13 pm

I thought McCaw was good in the second half yesterday.

No one played defence in the first half so it's a bit much to ride him for that.

Johnny Bball · Post #769 » by **Johnny Bball** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 2:20 pm

Duckrice wrote:I thought McCaw was good in the second half yesterday.

No one played defence in the first half so it's a bit much to ride him for that.

Oh... make no mistake, Many of the resident geniuses blamed him for the entire thing.

Raps in 4 · Post #770 » by **Raps in 4** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:06 pm

Basketball_Jones wrote:He stuffed the stat sheet tonight!

That had to be a season high in points.

Raps in 4 · Post #771 » by **Raps in 4** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:09 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:
C_Money wrote:I’m watching this game and he’s blown at least 4 defensive assignments that all lead to baskets. He is TERRIBLE!!!

Yeah but he hit a 3 today so all (namely the 26 minutes of soul crushingly bad basketball) is forgiven.

He shot 50% from 3. He's our Klay Thompson.

LBJKB24MJ23 · Post #772 » by **LBJKB24MJ23** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:10 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:
Duckrice wrote:I thought McCaw was good in the second half yesterday.

No one played defence in the first half so it's a bit much to ride him for that.

Oh... make no mistake, Many of the resident geniuses blamed him for the entire thing.

like RaptorsNorth ? lmao

LBJKB24MJ23 · Post #773 » by **LBJKB24MJ23** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:11 pm

Raps in 4 wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
C_Money wrote:I’m watching this game and he’s blown at least 4 defensive assignments that all lead to baskets. He is TERRIBLE!!!

Yeah but he hit a 3 today so all (namely the 26 minutes of soul crushingly bad basketball) is forgiven.

He shot 50% from 3. He's our Klay Thompson.

he's not mister 99% but i'll take mr 50%

I_Like_Dirt · Post #774 » by **I_Like_Dirt** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:15 pm

Isn't this thread long enough already?

McCaw is easily an NBA caliber player. He's actually a decent rotation player who sticks to his role offensively and plays sound fundamental defense. The "issue" is that the Raptors aren't an ordinary NBA team. They have legit great players up and down the roster so McCaw looks a bit worse than he actually is by comparison. He's a quality pro and the kind of player winning teams need alongside all their stars and such.

LBJKB24MJ23 · Post #775 » by **LBJKB24MJ23** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:15 pm

McCaw was not the main guy to blame for the lack of defense all game long, the game played out how the players reacted to it - pure offense.

but they certainly clamped down by the 4th quarter. with McCaw playing near the end or at the end

If you're seriously getting up set with McCaw getting minutes during this 15 game win streak, you're focusing on the wrong thing and you need some mental health check or something.

LBJKB24MJ23 · Post #776 » by **LBJKB24MJ23** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:16 pm

I_Like_Dirt wrote:Isn't this thread long enough already?

McCaw is easily an NBA caliber player. He's actually a decent rotation player who sticks to his role offensively and plays sound fundamental defense. The "issue" is that the Raptors aren't an ordinary NBA team. They have legit great players up and down the roster so McCaw looks a bit worse than he actually is by comparison. He's a quality pro and the kind of player winning teams need alongside all their stars and such.

he is the team's whipping boy.

LBJKB24MJ23 · Post #777 » by **LBJKB24MJ23** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:16 pm

LBJKB24MJ23 · Post #778 » by **LBJKB24MJ23** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:16 pm

ItsDanger · Post #779 » by **ItsDanger** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:57 pm

Lets give him some credit. Played well last night. He does get a lot of deflections.

Dalek · Post #780 » by **Dalek** » Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:36 pm

While most people argue that this guy is taking away time from Terence Davis, I just look at how well they play off each other as bench players.

Both handle the ball, but McCaw definitely cannot be accused of overdribbling - his first instinct is to move the ball.

Davis plays the role of a driver and when he has his lane he takes advantage. Sometimes, like his first possession yesterday, Davis makes the wrong call and it leads to a turnover. I think Nurse is learning to live with that.

I get that McCaw is a boring player, because he is more substance over style, but he helps run the offense without being overbearing. That is a fine art. He also defended well and stepped up and hit a key three in the fourth yesterday, which was wildly celebrated by his teammates. So, his team seem to appreciate and support him.

Now, we just need a small segment of fans to kind of shift their narrative away from McCaw being Nurse's pet project, and just realize that McCaw is a good low usage fit with this group.

I will acknowledge that he is not perfect, and that he does need to amp up a bit more aggression going to the rim, but otherwise, how can you complain? You have guys like OG with wide variances in production, even Terence Davis has his ups and downs. That is what you get with prospects.