Summer Runs and Random Player Sightings

Nebuchadnezzar · Post #801 » by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:31 pm

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Raptorfan2012 · Post #802 » by **Raptorfan2012** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:16 am

https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=lYUNjkh8xDPBKznJ

New Rico Runs but only Pascal showed up to this one. Its mainly Pistons and Clippers.

Nebuchadnezzar · Post #803 » by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:03 am

Raptorfan2012 wrote:https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=lYUNjkh8xDPBKznJ

New Rico Runs but only Pascal showed up to this one. Its mainly Pistons and Clippers.

Barnes + filler for Dame confirmed

WaltFrazier · Post #804 » by **WaltFrazier** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:17 am

Nebuchadnezzar wrote:
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Who's the big guy in long sleeve gray t-shirt, guarding Pascal sometimes, catching lobs from Nowell. Looks at least 6'9, 250, thick.

Merit · Post #805 » by **Merit** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:19 am

WaltFrazier wrote:
Nebuchadnezzar wrote:
Federalies wrote:

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Who's the big guy in long sleeve gray t-shirt, guarding Pascal sometimes, catching lobs from Nowell. Looks at least 6'9, 250, thick.

I wanna say thomas bryant.

WaltFrazier · Post #806 » by **WaltFrazier** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:22 am

Raptorfan2012 wrote:https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=lYUNjkh8xDPBKznJ

New Rico Runs but only Pascal showed up to this one. Its mainly Pistons and Clippers.

Only watched a few minutes. It's pretty bad basketball, one sequence at least 3 threes clanged off rim in a row, each after a tapout or offensive board. Ugly.

I know the guys also do training sessions on skills outside these pickup games. One thing I'm sure of - players who have a chance to play for their country in a FIBA tournament, and opt out in order to train, are missing the boat. FIBA games would be miles better practice than these type pickup games.

WaltFrazier · Post #807 » by **WaltFrazier** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:26 am

Raptorfan2012 wrote:https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=lYUNjkh8xDPBKznJ

New Rico Runs but only Pascal showed up to this one. Its mainly Pistons and Clippers.

Early in this one you can hear Pascal call out, and oooone, when he's not in the play or on screen, probably back at midcourt. A play a teammate was in. LOL

Merit · Post #808 » by **Merit** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:39 am

WaltFrazier wrote:
Raptorfan2012 wrote:https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=lYUNjkh8xDPBKznJ

New Rico Runs but only Pascal showed up to this one. Its mainly Pistons and Clippers.

Only watched a few minutes. It's pretty bad basketball, one sequence at least 3 threes clanged off rim in a row, each after a tapout or offensive board. Ugly.

I know the guys also do training sessions on skills outside these pickup games. One thing I'm sure of - players who have a chance to play for their country in a FIBA tournament, and opt out in order to train, are missing the boat. FIBA games would be miles better practice than these type pickup games.

Agreed based on physicality and intensity alone.

Nebuchadnezzar · Post #809 » by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:46 am

Merit wrote:
WaltFrazier wrote:
Raptorfan2012 wrote:https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=lYUNjkh8xDPBKznJ

New Rico Runs but only Pascal showed up to this one. Its mainly Pistons and Clippers.

Only watched a few minutes. It's pretty bad basketball, one sequence at least 3 threes clanged off rim in a row, each after a tapout or offensive board. Ugly.

I know the guys also do training sessions on skills outside these pickup games. One thing I'm sure of - players who have a chance to play for their country in a FIBA tournament, and opt out in order to train, are missing the boat. FIBA games would be miles better practice than these type pickup games.

Agreed based on physicality and intensity alone.

Depends on the player I think. If you were looking for game time, sure FIBA is great. If you are looking to build skill sets like shooting and ball handling, training and Rico Hines is far superior. There's a reason guys improve over the summer when they are mostly training and playing pickup and not during the year when they are playing games.

God Squad · Post #810 » by **God Squad** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:48 pm

Day 2 of Rico runs. No Raptors here other than Pascal (played with Jabari Smith). Also looks like he also lost every game he played lol.
This run mostly consists of Clippers, Pistons and a mismatch of college/older guys.

For some reason it wont let me post the youtube video on here.

WuTang_CMB · Post #811 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:55 pm

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Post #812 » by **DG88** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:15 pm

Scottie, Malachi, Chris and Marquis were at the Rico runs yesterday.

LoveMyRaps · Post #813 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:23 pm

Apparently Embiid was at the recent Rico run which had a lot of Raptors players present, notably Scottie, Nowell, & Flynn. Not sure if Pascal was there, but my guess is that he probably was.

hyper316 · Post #814 » by **hyper316** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:47 pm

Miss Norm big time. I remember one year he won the 1on1 tournament in training camp and that gave him opportunity to shoot the last possession shot in the quarter during the season. He can create on iso better than anyone we had in years

Dalek · Post #815 » by **Dalek** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:20 pm

DG88 wrote:Scottie, Malachi, Chris and Marquis were at the Rico runs yesterday.

Scottie looking shredded.

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TheGeneral99 · Post #816 » by **TheGeneral99** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:25 pm

Dalek wrote:
DG88 wrote:Scottie, Malachi, Chris and Marquis were at the Rico runs yesterday.

Scottie looking shredded.

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Looks similar to me - just sweating a lot.

He's always been fairly shredded:

Dalek · Post #817 » by **Dalek** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 11:04 pm

TheGeneral99 wrote:
Dalek wrote:
DG88 wrote:Scottie, Malachi, Chris and Marquis were at the Rico runs yesterday.

Scottie looking shredded.

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Looks similar to me - just sweating a lot.

He's always been fairly shredded:

True, enough. I was just thinking he isn't even flexing and you can see the definition.

I just want the guy to stay healthy this year. No health set-backs. He rarely misses time, but last year he played through a few things and wasn't quite himself after knee and wrist issues.

Los_29 · Post #818 » by **Los_29** » Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:31 am

WaltFrazier wrote:
Raptorfan2012 wrote:https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=lYUNjkh8xDPBKznJ

New Rico Runs but only Pascal showed up to this one. Its mainly Pistons and Clippers.

Only watched a few minutes. It's pretty bad basketball, one sequence at least 3 threes clanged off rim in a row, each after a tapout or offensive board. Ugly.

I know the guys also do training sessions on skills outside these pickup games. One thing I'm sure of - players who have a chance to play for their country in a FIBA tournament, and opt out in order to train, are missing the boat. FIBA games would be miles better practice than these type pickup games.

Not great for developing individual skills though which is why a lot of guys turn down the opportunity. I’d imagine these guys are also working on specific skills in addition to these Rico Hines scrimmages.

For a team like the USA, they beat some teams by 30-40 points. I’d imagine there isn’t a ton of learning to take from games like that against a team of non-NBA players.

WuTang_CMB · Post #819 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Fri Aug 25, 2023 6:00 pm

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Post #820 » by **DG88** » Fri Aug 25, 2023 7:18 pm

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Looks like a good portion of the rotation players are there now