Are We Entering A New Golden Era to a Championship?

[NinjaBro]

I know it's only been one summer league game but hear me out. This really feels like we're entering a new era. Masai is gone and now Bobby and Tolzman taking over the reigns, it really feels like we're emulating our team building strategy of our first championship. This eerily feels like the beginning of our bench mob championship core.

We've smashed all our late drafts and undrafted pickups. All this without even CMB playing a single game yet. Good times here again!

[Los_29]

They’re saying us and OKC are the super teams.

[duppyy]

Need to temper expectations after a summer league game lol

[Purple+Black]

Let’s temper expectations but I will say this, we rebuilt the Raptors way and it looks like the Raptors rebuild is complete, there’s some eerie nostalgia about this new bench mob Bobby/Tolzman have activated. And we still have trade assets and redundancy on the roster, something could be brewing.

[Clutch0z24]

Lol its summer league....The guys looked good tonight but the level of competition out there in summer league is a joke compared to actual NBA gameplay.....What happens in summer league will never translate to actual NBA games....

That being said .....Shead/Mogbo/Walter/Battle will play good roles for us during the season....Guys like AJ/Chomche/Martin will continue to develop....If Martin keeps this level of play up since he is 23 about to be 24 in December maybe he can be in the rotation this year....But it will be tough since so many guys need playing time...

Good problem to have with so much talent that need Playing time but we are still in developing stages with no real superstar franchise guy yet...Ingram/Barnes are good but they are just all star level guys not franchise players....So we still have lots of work to do to be championship team.

[Potential]

We are deep. We have our young depth that will grow and get better which is needed to win a championship. Our bench of young players who are going to be really good for our championship run like Shead, JaKobe, CMB, Agbaji will show their potential this season

[Quattro]

How does firing the guy who put the team together mean were heading to a glorious new era of basketball?

[execoftheyear]

I feel like we're on the right track. This team is taking a lot of things that made that OKC team so successful and pieces from our championship team. Tough, defensive minded players. If BI can return back to form and stay healthy, he's almost as good as Shai is as a go-to scorer. Scottie bumping down the pecking order with BI being the primary scorer could be a seamless transition. Scottie just isn't a score-first type player, he's more of a pass first playmaker but can thrive as a secondary scorer. I feel like he's going to shine with BI getting most of the attention (sort of like that Siakam or J-Dub role). We have our Hartenstein type in Jak.

I feel like the only glaring hole is a stretch big that can protect the rim (that Porzingis/Chet archetype). That would really unlock this team.

We also lack that big lockdown defender at the guard position (Derrick White, Caruso) that can protect the rim. Ochai has shown flashes in that role so hopefully he surprises this season. Hopefully JaKobe eventually develops into that role but he's going to need to get a lot stronger.

But the main two pieces have already been addressed imo in BI and Scottie. We have our Shai and J-Dub. We just need our Chet. It's just hard to envision this team being successful because we basically built this team backwards (we established our supporting cast before getting our Batman). This season will be about establishing the synergy between BI and Scottie and seeing which players compliment these two players synergy.

[Psubs]

I feel like we're on the right track. This team is taking a lot of things that made that OKC team so successful and pieces from our championship team. Tough, defensive minded players. If BI can return back to form and stay healthy, he's almost as good as Shai is as a go-to scorer. Scottie bumping down the pecking order with BI being the primary scorer could be a seamless transition. Scottie just isn't a score-first type player, he's more of a pass first playmaker but can thrive as a secondary scorer. I feel like he's going to shine with BI getting most of the attention (sort of like that Siakam or J-Dub role). We have our Hartenstein type in Jak.

I feel like the only glaring hole is a stretch big that can protect the rim (that Porzingis/Chet archetype). That would really unlock this team.

We also lack that big lockdown defender at the guard position (Derrick White, Caruso) that can protect the rim. Ochai has shown flashes in that role so hopefully he surprises this season. Hopefully JaKobe eventually develops into that role but he's going to need to get a lot stronger.

But the main two pieces have already been addressed imo in BI and Scottie. We have our Shai and J-Dub. We just need our Chet. It's just hard to envision this team being successful because we basically built this team backwards (we established our supporting cast before getting our Batman). This season will be about establishing the synergy between BI and Scottie and seeing which players compliment these two players synergy.

Do you think that BI is the Kawhi trade, but less defense though have him for a few years with the extension?

I guess we might just need a Christmas time trade for a Marc Gasol level move.

[ItsDanger]

The Rogers era has begun.

[ImaBeatDatAzz]

Again we’re just always going to be one franchise player (superstar) away from contention. Similar to the Lowry derozan era. Needed a Kawhi level player to finally make everyone fit in their roles. (Lowry as the #2 option and etc.)

Same thing now, we need that superstar to knockdown everyone to their fitting roles: Scottie as #2 option and Ingram as the 1b

[nivisi9]

I feel like we're on the right track. This team is taking a lot of things that made that OKC team so successful and pieces from our championship team. Tough, defensive minded players. If BI can return back to form and stay healthy, he's almost as good as Shai is as a go-to scorer. Scottie bumping down the pecking order with BI being the primary scorer could be a seamless transition. Scottie just isn't a score-first type player, he's more of a pass first playmaker but can thrive as a secondary scorer. I feel like he's going to shine with BI getting most of the attention (sort of like that Siakam or J-Dub role). We have our Hartenstein type in Jak.

I feel like the only glaring hole is a stretch big that can protect the rim (that Porzingis/Chet archetype). That would really unlock this team.

We also lack that big lockdown defender at the guard position (Derrick White, Caruso) that can protect the rim. Ochai has shown flashes in that role so hopefully he surprises this season. Hopefully JaKobe eventually develops into that role but he's going to need to get a lot stronger.

But the main two pieces have already been addressed imo in BI and Scottie. We have our Shai and J-Dub. We just need our Chet. It's just hard to envision this team being successful because we basically built this team backwards (we established our supporting cast before getting our Batman). This season will be about establishing the synergy between BI and Scottie and seeing which players compliment these two players synergy.

CMB will be our Chet, in 4 yrs he might be our Kawhi..

wait till hes in final form, and all see how much everything he does on the floor = IMPACT

[WuTang_CMB]

Ya after 1 summer league game.

[Clutch0z24]

Again we’re just always going to be one franchise player (superstar) away from contention. Similar to the Lowry derozan era. Needed a Kawhi level player to finally make everyone fit in their roles. (Lowry as the #2 option and etc.)

Same thing now, we need that superstar to knockdown everyone to their fitting roles: Scottie as #2 option and Ingram as the 1b

Yep but it will be hard to add a superstar without giving up Barnes if we are being real here....We will never get a home run deal where we get a superstar on a bargin deal....Maybe thats why we drafted CMB though....To ultimatly replace Barnes if a superstar becomes available for trade.

[Shakril]

please stop, just stop, please

[MoneyBall]

You mean SL championship, right?

[Raps in 4]

Yes. Ed's leadership and vision will get us there.

[execoftheyear]

I feel like we're on the right track. This team is taking a lot of things that made that OKC team so successful and pieces from our championship team. Tough, defensive minded players. If BI can return back to form and stay healthy, he's almost as good as Shai is as a go-to scorer. Scottie bumping down the pecking order with BI being the primary scorer could be a seamless transition. Scottie just isn't a score-first type player, he's more of a pass first playmaker but can thrive as a secondary scorer. I feel like he's going to shine with BI getting most of the attention (sort of like that Siakam or J-Dub role). We have our Hartenstein type in Jak.

I feel like the only glaring hole is a stretch big that can protect the rim (that Porzingis/Chet archetype). That would really unlock this team.

We also lack that big lockdown defender at the guard position (Derrick White, Caruso) that can protect the rim. Ochai has shown flashes in that role so hopefully he surprises this season. Hopefully JaKobe eventually develops into that role but he's going to need to get a lot stronger.

But the main two pieces have already been addressed imo in BI and Scottie. We have our Shai and J-Dub. We just need our Chet. It's just hard to envision this team being successful because we basically built this team backwards (we established our supporting cast before getting our Batman). This season will be about establishing the synergy between BI and Scottie and seeing which players compliment these two players synergy.

CMB will be our Chet, in 4 yrs he might be our Kawhi..

wait till hes in final form, and all see how much everything he does on the floor = IMPACT

He's nowhere near the shooter or rim protector Chet is nor do I see him becoming that type of player. I could see him becoming our Gasol/Draymond though. A defensive anchor that can guard out on the perimeter and also contest at the rim. He's such a smart positional defender. I've been watching a lot of his defensive highlights and man, he reminds me so much of Gasol and Draymond defensively. Just the way he breaks up plays with his defensive versatility and his length and quick reflexes/hands to deflect passes in passing lanes.

His playmaking on the offensive end is also very similar. If he can develop a respectable shot (doesn't need to be lights out but good enough to stretch the defense out a bit) we might not need a Chet type.

Boucher actually showed some flashes of doing Chet-like things and I kind of want to see him back on a cheap deal to see if Darko can somehow unlock more out of him. But I'd rather have more of those minutes go towards accelerating the growth of CMB.

[Duffman100]

At least we'll have a bench this year

[djcldy]

absolutely