Post#15 » by steady » Mon Apr 29, 2019 12:23 am
“It helps a lot,” said head coach Nick Nurse, who has been experimenting with combinations and coverages and sets all season, with his mix-and-match crew. “It’s a very intelligent, very experienced group. You see it not only in the game but you see it on days like today. The film session’s very … it’s meant to be improvement time.
“It’s not us just telling them, it’s us working together, and there’s a lot of good ideas. Our coaching staff’s ears are open, there’s an exchange of ideas, because these guys have been through hundreds of games and lots of playoff runs and all those kinds of things.”
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“I think we’re really smart,” said Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry Sunday. “Our starting five, our group overall IQ, is really high. I think our starting five might be honestly up there with any other starting five, IQ-wise. Honestly.
“It gives us an advantage to be able to figure it out, and be able to communicate it. We’re able to communicate what we want to do, verbally and physically, a lot easier.”