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Deep breaths everyone.

I'm already depressed that Bruno's going to play a lot since Minny has a lot of bigs

Back to back = scheduled loss.

Would like to see more 1 hit point remaining Jamison Battle.

I'm 1-1 in lets a go's, lets a see if this is the tie breaker.

At this point, would you rather throw Chomche in the fire and lose minutes that way instead of losing minutes with Fernando over and over? I don't think Chomche is ready for legit NBA minutes for the record, just curious.

TDots97 wrote:At this point, would you rather throw Chomche in the fire and lose minutes that way instead of losing minutes with Fernando over and over? I don't think Chomche is ready for legit NBA minutes for the record, just curious.

I think Chomche is so raw still that it might hurt him more than help him in terms of throwing him to the fire. He still needs to be more confident enough to do that to him.

We had a size and speed advantage against the 76ers. That is not the case in this one. Unless we cause a lot of turnovers and shoot the three well, this will likely be a difficult one. Mogbo likely comes back to earth in this one. Maybe only play him and Occhai when Gobert is off the floor. If RJ is back he needs to hit outside shots and guard Edwards. This feels like a clear blowout L so hopefully they can be competitive.

This one isn't looking good from a matchup perspective with Gobert patrolling the paint. If the 3s aren't falling, it's going to be a long night for Barnes and the rest of the Raptors. But I'm curious to see if they show anything new.

I would be pleasantly surprised if we didn't get blown out by the T Wolves tonight. If we can keep it close, I'll take that as a moral victory.

HumbleRen wrote:

TDots97 wrote:At this point, would you rather throw Chomche in the fire and lose minutes that way instead of losing minutes with Fernando over and over? I don't think Chomche is ready for legit NBA minutes for the record, just curious.

I think Chomche is so raw still that it might hurt him more than help him in terms of throwing him to the fire. He still needs to be more confident enough to do that to him.

Agreed. As much as it pains me to watch Fernando's clueless ass on the court, Chomche's development is more important, and throwing him in there against players when he'd be so overmatched might not be good for his development.

Gobert, Randle and Reid are gonna feast.

Tha Cynic wrote:This one isn't looking good from a matchup perspective with Gobert patrolling the paint. If the 3s aren't falling, it's going to be a long night for Barnes and the rest of the Raptors. But I'm curious to see if they show anything new.

They're going to need a big night from Gradey (although he'll probably be guarded by Edwards or McDaniels - not an easy task), and then a couple of Barnes, Mitchell, and Battle to also hit some outside shots at a decent clip. I just doubt anyone else on the roster who's healthy will even take more than 3 threes, let alone knock them down.

Gonna need a lot of shooting tonight.

Wouldn’t mind seeing how a Davion/Dick/Battle/Barnes lineup could look.

Just keep it close until the 4th.

YogurtProducer wrote:Gonna need a lot of shooting tonight.

Wouldn’t mind seeing how a Davion/Dick/Battle/Barnes lineup could look.

Offensively ok but would love to know who guards Edwards from that group lol.

We’re going to get cooked in the paint

Duffman100 wrote:Gobert, Randle and Reid are gonna feast.

Bruno gonna have PTSD after tonight.

YogurtProducer wrote:Gonna need a lot of shooting tonight.

Wouldn’t mind seeing how a Davion/Dick/Battle/Barnes lineup could look.

Also would like to see some more plays and actions featuring Battle as we're going to need all the shooting we can get.

Unleash Ulrich and see what happens.

As long as we don’t give the other team 50+ FTs and have 3-4 guys foul out, I’ll consider this a victory.

Reeko wrote:I would be pleasantly surprised if we didn't get blown out by the T Wolves tonight. If we can keep it close, I'll take that as a moral victory.

This is the Wolves with rest and a home opener - 13.5 favorites. I watched both their games and they look pretty sharp especially on defense.

I kind of expect this to be like the Cleveland game with an added a multi-dunk Edwards game for insult. Poeltl probably will be postered.