OG has been a defensive demon these playoffs.

[NZB2323]

This has nothing to do with anything but OG didn't even play for the 2019 Raptors during their championship run. That's for you folks who underrate that team in any way!!

Carry on with your regularly scheduled program lol.

He was injured, just like Caron Butler for the 2011 Mavs. How would a player being injured for a team help their ranking? Should the 2021 Nets be ranked higher because Harden and Irving got injured in the playoffs?

[Childs]

He was always a good defensive player. How he didn't make All defensive team in 2020 is puzzling to me. The Raps were the 2nd best team in the East that yr.

[Raps in 4]

He has been doing this for years. People just don't pay attention to the Raptors so he never got any notice.

Siakam, OG, Van Vleet and Norm Powell were all on the Raptors championship team that is vastly underrated lol. That was an absolutely elite team.

It's hilarious seeing NBA fans going "these guys came out of nowhere" when they'd been doing the exact same thing on the Raptors for years.

[Raps in 4]

He was always a good defensive player. How he didn't make All defensive team in 2020 is puzzling to me. The Raps were the 2nd best team in the East that yr.

The award is voted on by media members, and most of them had never watched a single Raptors game.

[Raps in 4]

This has nothing to do with anything but OG didn't even play for the 2019 Raptors during their championship run. That's for you folks who underrate that team in any way!!

Carry on with your regularly scheduled program lol.

He was injured, just like Caron Butler for the 2011 Mavs. How would a player being injured for a team help their ranking? Should the 2021 Nets be ranked higher because Harden and Irving got injured in the playoffs?

The point that poster was making is that the 2019 team was so stacked it didn't even need OG to win the title.

[Raps in 4]

I still can't believe the Spurs didn't demand the Raptors include OG instead of Poeltl in the Kawhi trade. That should have been a deal breaker. And we gave up Danny Green?? Ugh

Kawhi was an injury-prone expiring contract who made it clear he would not re-sign with any team other than LAL/LAC. The Spurs had very little bargaining power.

[CometGM]

OG is a beast, one of the absolute best glue guy role players in the NBA. A player that literally every team in the NBA can plug and play. Give this man his flowers

I agree with this. It's not just that his defense is elite, it's that he's a great glue guy. Head down and go to work, no whining, and makes winning plays. The dude is just a winner and has a huge impact on teams.

[CometGM]

I've come out of these playoffs with a higher opinion of Cade Cunningham (and his future) after watching what OG is doing to the Celtics. I thought Cade showed well against him.

Agree. Cade is something else, definitely bright future. IMO he will eventually be better than Tatum, and see him in the Top 8 by the end of next season.

[Tor_Raps]

This has nothing to do with anything but OG didn't even play for the 2019 Raptors during their championship run. That's for you folks who underrate that team in any way!!

Carry on with your regularly scheduled program lol.

He was injured, just like Caron Butler for the 2011 Mavs. How would a player being injured for a team help their ranking? Should the 2021 Nets be ranked higher because Harden and Irving got injured in the playoffs?

The point that poster was making is that the 2019 team was so stacked it didn't even need OG to win the title.

Can't believe that one went over his head lol.

[___Rand___]

I still can't believe the Spurs didn't demand the Raptors include OG instead of Poeltl in the Kawhi trade. That should have been a deal breaker. And we gave up Danny Green?? Ugh

Center had been a position of need for Spurs for years at that point. Masai wasn't going to trade OG or Pascal for a 1 year rental. Danny was included for salary but definitely a bonus for us. He was immediately inserted as a team leader by Masai, and he was popular with the fan base too. I wish he could've played longer with us.

[___Rand___]

I know Raps fans will be nostalgic about losing OG now that he's getting attention he deserves on another team. That Knicks' trade also laid bare the weakness of our front office - they have not been as good in identifying and drafting offensively skilled talent. We're good at finding defensive players, multi-purpose players, impactful players. FO has valued raw athleticism and length over skill over the years.

[DaddyCool19]

He had some durability concerns and I hope Thibs doesn't squeeze him too much, which leads to him endin up like Deng and he declines earlier than usual.

[Tha Cynic]

He has been doing this for years. People just don't pay attention to the Raptors so he never got any notice.

Siakam, OG, Van Vleet and Norm Powell were all on the Raptors championship team that is vastly underrated lol. That was an absolutely elite team.

It's hilarious seeing NBA fans going "these guys came out of nowhere" when they'd been doing the exact same thing on the Raptors for years.

Yeah, I mean Kawhi Leonard hasn't won a championship since then. He left a very elite team. He was on a team that was probably the best supporting cast in the league at that time. They had the second best record in the league after losing Green and Leonard for nothing and came a jumpshot away from beating the Celtics in that second round the next season. All the main guys were past bench players or support players for the championship team. They've moved on to become big parts of other playoff teams.

OG also became underrated by some Raptors fans because he sucked when he tried to iso, but he has been imo the best 3 and D player in the league for a while (other than maybe Bridges). Knicks now have both guys.

[NZB2323]

He was injured, just like Caron Butler for the 2011 Mavs. How would a player being injured for a team help their ranking? Should the 2021 Nets be ranked higher because Harden and Irving got injured in the playoffs?

The point that poster was making is that the 2019 team was so stacked it didn't even need OG to win the title.

Can't believe that one went over his head lol.

The point I was making is that teams should be rated based on the healthy players they have that play for them. Otherwise you could make the argument that the 2021 Nets should be rated higher than the 2019 Raptors, but that’s a silly argument.

[HMFFL]

I texted my brothers when the OG trade happened and they were like, “Is this guy any good?” And I’ve been sending them updates ever since. I said when the trade happened that he would guard Tatum or Butler in the playoffs, and one of them sent me the playoffs meme.

Staying focused at times seems to be an issue but he's locked in right now.

I thought most knew the trade was good for NY.

Knicks overall have done a great job building. Dolan wants a winner!

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[Tha Cynic]

I know Raps fans will be nostalgic about losing OG now that he's getting attention he deserves on another team. That Knicks' trade also laid bare the weakness of our front office - they have not been as good in identifying and drafting offensively skilled talent. We're good at finding defensive players, multi-purpose players, impactful players. FO has valued raw athleticism and length over skill over the years.

You're talking about the same front office that built a team that had the second best regular season record in the NBA for a decade behind the Warriors while being an organization whose best free agent signing was Dennis Schroeder? The same one that then won a championship. Seems like they must know how to evaluate talent if they can build such a team when players don't sign with them? That's a huge handicap to work with.

They also refused to trade OG until it became apparent OG was not returning and basically stopped playing defense in that Decemher that he was traded. Masai loves OG. He would not have traded him if he thought OG would come back.

[tamaraw08]

I still can't believe the Spurs didn't demand the Raptors include OG instead of Poeltl in the Kawhi trade. That should have been a deal breaker. And we gave up Danny Green?? Ugh

Spurs traded a freaking Allstar AND a veteran 3&D player and didn't ask for OG or FVV or Siakam etc because of their plan of tanking hard.

[tamaraw08]

OG and Giannis to the Lakers. Do it Mitch....

[Tor_Raps]

The point that poster was making is that the 2019 team was so stacked it didn't even need OG to win the title.

Can't believe that one went over his head lol.

The point I was making is that teams should be rated based on the healthy players they have that play for them. Otherwise you could make the argument that the 2021 Nets should be rated higher than the 2019 Raptors, but that’s a silly argument.

First, raptors won a title in a stacked nba in 2019 so there isn't any "what if required" there. The Nets comparison is of a team that didn't win and those could be done yearly...

The "what if" comes down to whether they could have repeated in 2020. Regardless, it was just a comment to show how truly talented that team was.

[gavran]

The Celtics are shooting 17% against OG Anunoby so far in these playoffs.

According to the Ringer's Kirk Goldsberry the Celtics have shot 5-29 against OG in games 1 and 2.
Tatum is 2-8, Brown is 1-5, White is 0-6, everyone else is 2-10. That's crazy. 2 games and only letting 5 shots go in.
He's also averaging 2.5 steals per game these playoffs, and 1.1 blocks. Thanks to Thibs he's leading the playoffs in mpg.

This is coming after a series where Detroit's entire offense was simply: get Cade to attack anyone who isn't OG Anunoby.

I wanted to give Ogugua Anunoby Jr. a shout out because despite this being his healthiest season in years, OG got very little buzz for DPOY and all-defense as New York spent the regular season trying to figure out how to patch the defensives holes that are Brunson and KAT. OG was the hole patcher all season long, and got very little credit for that outside New York. Guys who make bad defenses into average ones get way less credit that guys who participate on great defensive teams.

It's also been his best scoring and driving season.

Now show us Bridges' stats.