Raptors pelicans opening night

[Psubs]

Ohhhh this is gonna be a fun game.
You better believe Siakam will be ready
Gonna give Zion a proper welcoming to the NBA.

Throw OG, Stanley and RHJ on Zion.

[JN]

Zion won't get biased Duke referees in the NBA. He will have at least offensive fouls in the first game. Book it.

[Kordic27]

Pelicans have ingram too so it could go either way

Yeah, I'll let Ingram take his trash ass mid range pull up jumpers. I'm fine with that.

I expect lineups/matchups to be:

Lowry - Holiday
Powell - Redick
OG - Ingram
Siakam - Zion
Gasol - Favors

Damn, Pels have a sneaky good team. They should actually make a move for Gasol.

[Metallikid]

Wish we could fast forward to the playoffs lol

Not me, man. This promises to be the most interesting season in a long time, with relative parity among the top 6-8 teams in the EAST and also relative parity among the top 8-9 teams in the WEST.

From the Raptors standpoint, we get to enjoy a full season of being referred to as the reigning champs, and we'll get to see our team surprise folks with another 50 win season while we witness the continuing development of Spicy, Fred, OG, Norm and our myriad new young guys, along with seeing what a fully integrated Gasol, along with Kyle and Surge in their contract years can accomplish.

This might be the most fun regular season for the Raps, ever. Sure, we were a bigger championship threat last year, but we had lots of drama to deal with, including the "will he or won't he" re-sign or even dress on any given night with Kawhi. Now that drama is gone - and the pressure is off. Let's have fun.

[Ranger One]

Zion won't get biased Duke referees in the NBA. He will have at least offensive fouls in the first game. Book it.

Or he could very easily get the Lebron treatment and get every single call. You do remember hes playing against the Raptors right? Kawhi got no calls last year...AT ALL! I expect him to double his Free Throw attempts this year on the Clippers. Meanwhile, Zion will run roughshod over us and not get called for a single foul. Book it!

[OAKLEY_2]

Pelicans have ingram too so it could go either way

Yeah, I'll let Ingram take his trash ass mid range pull up jumpers. I'm fine with that.

I expect lineups/matchups to be:

Lowry - Holiday
Powell - Redick
OG - Ingram
Siakam - Zion
Gasol - Favors

more like.

Lowry -Jrue
Freddy - Reddick
Paskal - Zion (Ingram on shelf)
Serge - Favors
Gasol - Okafor

[OAKLEY_2]

No is actually quite deep.

[raptorstime]

Damn that's actually dope...

[dukes_wild]

Over under for Lowry taking charges is at 2.

you mean 1.5 or 2.5?

[Syd-TK3]

So apparently we aren't even hosting and are on the road. How stupid is that

[LoveMyRaps]

So apparently we aren't even hosting and are on the road. How stupid is that

where'd you read that?

tbh, I'd prefer if our home opener was against the 76ers, Bucks or Celtics.
Just so we can do the ring ceremony and banner unveiling in front of them. Rub it in their faces.

Zion making his debut at home makes too much sense.

[Shimso]

So apparently we aren't even hosting and are on the road. How stupid is that

where'd you read that?

tbh, I'd prefer if our home opener was against the 76ers, Bucks or Celtics.
Just so we can do the ring ceremony and banner unveiling in front of them. Rub it in their faces.

Zion making his debut at home makes too much sense.

There's a New Orleans reporter who looked up the Scotiabank Arene schedule and saw it booked for Elton John

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1880187&start=20#p78027381

[Darkseid]

We are going to insert ourselves into the Pelicans.

[niQ]

So apparently we aren't even hosting and are on the road. How stupid is that

where'd you read that?

tbh, I'd prefer if our home opener was against the 76ers, Bucks or Celtics.
Just so we can do the ring ceremony and banner unveiling in front of them. Rub it in their faces.

Zion making his debut at home makes too much sense.

There's a New Orleans reporter who looked up the Scotiabank Arene schedule and saw it booked for Elton John

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1880187&start=20#p78027381

Just curious, do the Raptors get their rings at their first game? First home game? Or later?

[LoveMyRaps]

where'd you read that?

tbh, I'd prefer if our home opener was against the 76ers, Bucks or Celtics.
Just so we can do the ring ceremony and banner unveiling in front of them. Rub it in their faces.

Zion making his debut at home makes too much sense.

There's a New Orleans reporter who looked up the Scotiabank Arene schedule and saw it booked for Elton John

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1880187&start=20#p78027381

Just curious, do the Raptors get their rings at their first game? First home game? Or later?

first home game.

[Rapsalot]

PS going to shoot right over him!

[mintsa]

So apparently we aren't even hosting and are on the road. How stupid is that

where'd you read that?

tbh, I'd prefer if our home opener was against the 76ers, Bucks or Celtics.
Just so we can do the ring ceremony and banner unveiling in front of them. Rub it in their faces.

Zion making his debut at home makes too much sense.

There's a New Orleans reporter who looked up the Scotiabank Arene schedule and saw it booked for Elton John

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1880187&start=20#p78027381

That concert can get pushed back or foraward one day.....

Pels at Raps......book it !

[Westside Gunn]

statement game

[OakleyDokely]

Pelicans will probably start Ball/Jrue/Ingram/Zion/Favors but there's almost no shooting with that lineup, so either Redick eventually replaces Ball or he's subbed in very early.

[MoMoneyMoProbs]

FIRE UP THE GT!

Legit surprised that this hasn't happened yet.