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Kangz will will probably be in a similarish range as a team so should be a good litmus test of sorts. DeMar will probably be plenty motivated as always even if it is preseaon. Hopefully Yak is back so we can really see how this starting lineup looks

Kind of scary that BI and RJ are our best 2 by far and our current management didn't want BI and wants to trade RJ

Bold prediction: Barnes is off the team before RJ is.

Thaddy wrote:Bold prediction: Barnes is off the team before RJ is.

https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/1nzud2l/raptors_fans_getting_ready_to_base_the_entire/

TLDR: Raptors fans getting ready to base the entire season on how the players perform in their 1st pre-season game

Every year.

Every preseason there is at least one guy who looks good and ends up starting the season in a slump and another that stinks it up and then starts the season on fire. It happens every year and yet we still here retiring Mamu’s number and trading Scottie one preseason game in.

Its preseason but I'd like to see more how the rotations are going to look.

Seems like the starting unit doesn't fit well together and the hockey subs with the bench aren't great offensively.

I'd like to see IQ and Scottie play with Dick/Ochai/Mamu or Mogbo and have RJ/Ingram play with Shead/CMB/Poeltl. Keeps some floor spacing around with both lineups and gives opportunity for starters to get periods of higher usage throughout the game. I think Scottie needs a lot of floor spacing to be effective and the second lineup with Shead/CMB/Poeltl adds defense to cover for the offense RJ/Ingram can provide

after this game we will know if we win the championship or trade everyone

Thaddy wrote:Bold prediction: Barnes is off the team before RJ is.

RJ will go first, then Bobby, then Scottie.

Not sure where to post this, but I didn't see this posted anywhere before. Surprised some of the guys got a Rico run in. Game 2(morrow)

YoungG wrote:Not sure where to post this, but I didn't see this posted anywhere before. Surprised some of the guys got a Rico run in. Game 2(morrow)

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Rico posts his runs many weeks sometimes a couple months after the runs happen. This happened in August. David Roddy posted his highlights of this run on his IG page in August so I was just awaiting for Rico to post them on YouTube

Thaddy wrote:Bold prediction: Barnes is off the team before RJ is.

Doubt it. No one is gonna want Scottie on that contract.

YoungG wrote:Not sure where to post this, but I didn't see this posted anywhere before. Surprised some of the guys got a Rico run in. Game 2(morrow)

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Full vid shows Gradey getting cooked on the defensive end.
Just look at the first possession in this clip - how do you get cooked by David fkin Roddy?

I'm losing hope in Gradey fast.

Not sure what Darko was talking about when he said Gradey got bigger & stronger. He looks the same.

GLF wrote:

YoungG wrote:Not sure where to post this, but I didn't see this posted anywhere before. Surprised some of the guys got a Rico run in. Game 2(morrow)

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Rico posts his runs many weeks sometimes a couple months after the runs happen. This happened in August. David Roddy posted his highlights of this run on his IG page in August so I was just awaiting for Rico to post them on YouTube

Thanks for letting me know that Roddy had posted it before. I must've missed it. Just glad to see Raptors' players getting back to those Rico runs. Those runs used to save my life during previous off seasons lol.

LoveMyRaps wrote:

YoungG wrote:Not sure where to post this, but I didn't see this posted anywhere before. Surprised some of the guys got a Rico run in. Game 2(morrow)

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Full vid shows Gradey getting cooked on the defensive end.
Just look at the first possession in this clip - how do you get cooked by David fkin Roddy?

I'm losing hope in Gradey fast.

Not sure what Darko was talking about when he said Gradey got bigger & stronger. He looks the same.

Honestly, I just don't see what some see in Gradey. Even if he realized his potential offensively, I don't see an All Star talent, and he'll most likely give up whatever he scores on the defensive end. I won't bet against Gradey, but I'm currently higher on Ja'kobe as a prospect.

YoungG wrote:

LoveMyRaps wrote:

YoungG wrote:Not sure where to post this, but I didn't see this posted anywhere before. Surprised some of the guys got a Rico run in. Game 2(morrow)

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Full vid shows Gradey getting cooked on the defensive end.
Just look at the first possession in this clip - how do you get cooked by David fkin Roddy?

I'm losing hope in Gradey fast.

Not sure what Darko was talking about when he said Gradey got bigger & stronger. He looks the same.

Honestly, I just don't see what some see in Gradey. Even if he realized his potential offensively, I don't see an All Star talent, and he'll most likely give up whatever he scores on the defensive end. I won't bet against Gradey, but I'm currently higher on Ja'kobe as a prospect.

I'd be cool with Gradey's defensive struggles if he was a sharpshooter (i.e., shot above 40% from behind the arc) like Duncan Robinson, but he's not. He's a 35% shooter from three so he's pretty useless right now.

LoveMyRaps wrote:

Thaddy wrote:Bold prediction: Barnes is off the team before RJ is.

Doubt it. No one is gonna want Scottie on that contract.

I don't think it'll be a Bargnani situation. If this guy is bad for him he likely needs to go. At the bare minimum there needs to be some kind of improvement. Since he's the highest paid that should be a reliable jumper.

Just score more than 1 point Scottie...please.