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Grew wrote:Last straw for Darko was imo was not playing Gradey against the pistons. One of the worst teams in history and short handed when your bench is giving you nothing. Aren't you a development coach? Haven't seen much of anything else either.
No more reserved judgement from me, It's on Darko to prove he's not trash now.
pingpongrac wrote:Look across to the other side of the trade and the +.500 Knicks had OG starting and on pace to play 40+ minutes in his first game had he not fouled out. There is absolutely no reason to not start Quickley in place of Schroder tonight as we've been bad this season anyway and now we finally have a young talented guard to pair with Scottie. Why delay the inevitable just to make Schroder feel better about himself for a few days? I sure hope this is Darko just being discreet with the media.
Zeno wrote:You guys are way over the top on this. As long as he’s starting within the week, I don’t think it is a big deal.
HangTime wrote:VanWest82 wrote:Any time you can split up Jak and IQ you just have to do it.
I actually think it could work well.
Son Goku 25 wrote:Grew wrote:Last straw for Darko was imo was not playing Gradey against the pistons. One of the worst teams in history and short handed when your bench is giving you nothing. Aren't you a development coach? Haven't seen much of anything else either.
No more reserved judgement from me, It's on Darko to prove he's not trash now.
I said this before but unless its something to do with confidence that we're not aware of, Gradey should be getting as much playing time as possible.
This is what I haven't liked about Darko so far. Why are we delaying our rookies development in actual NBA games? let them play thru mistakes and if they still suck for a couple of years or so then trade them. If they think him playing will actually make it worse for him because he isn't NBA ready then we might have more issues considering everyone thought he'd at least be a threat from the perimeter from day 1. Or is it that they don't want to be exposed they made the wrong pick?
TorontoBarneys wrote:hyper316 wrote:720 wrote:Scottie and IQ masterclass with a loss lets goooo!!
Win or loss, I think Masai is going to trade Siakam.
Seeing Masai finally finished evaluating, I'm cheering for the raptors to win now, not to make the play-in, but for some good momentum for new Scottie-Quickley era
Honestly I was chilling with potential Siakam trades but after that quote today I kinda just wanna dump him by the deadline no matter what. I really don't wanna deal with the headache if he leaves this summer.
Tha Cynic wrote:Even Steph Curry has come off the bench after a long layoff due o injuries. Chill. But yeah being out the pitchforks if Quickley isn't starting by game 2 or 3 lol. The worry is this team wins 10 in a row and he never starts, but that's obviously a good thing. lol
C_Money wrote:Grew wrote:Last straw for Darko was imo was not playing Gradey against the pistons. One of the worst teams in history and short handed when your bench is giving you nothing. Aren't you a development coach? Haven't seen much of anything else either.
No more reserved judgement from me, It's on Darko to prove he's not trash now.
If you’ve seen Gradey play in the G League you would understand why he didn’t play lol.
The guy is not ready for NBA minutes (or even G League minutes)
DaFroMan wrote:Zeno wrote:You guys are way over the top on this. As long as he’s starting within the week, I don’t think it is a big deal.
This....everything has always got to be the sky is falling with posters here.
IQ will get his minutes, but to make him earn the keys isn't the worst approach.
SFour wrote:pingpongrac wrote:Look across to the other side of the trade and the +.500 Knicks had OG starting and on pace to play 40+ minutes in his first game had he not fouled out. There is absolutely no reason to not start Quickley in place of Schroder tonight as we've been bad this season anyway and now we finally have a young talented guard to pair with Scottie. Why delay the inevitable just to make Schroder feel better about himself for a few days? I sure hope this is Darko just being discreet with the media.
Delaying the inevitable is exactly what it is…..at least 1 of them need to be starting, preferably IQ since the goal is to have him be a core piece with Barnes.
This isnt a playoff team where every win matters because of seeding….its a bottom 6 team that just lost to the pistons.
TDots97 wrote:Tha Cynic wrote:Even Steph Curry has come off the bench after a long layoff due o injuries. Chill. But yeah being out the pitchforks if Quickley isn't starting by game 2 or 3 lol. The worry is this team wins 10 in a row and he never starts, but that's obviously a good thing. lol
Injuries aren't the same thing at all, Quickley should start from day 1.
hyper316 wrote:I missed the quote, what did he say?
TDots97 wrote:Tha Cynic wrote:Even Steph Curry has come off the bench after a long layoff due o injuries. Chill. But yeah being out the pitchforks if Quickley isn't starting by game 2 or 3 lol. The worry is this team wins 10 in a row and he never starts, but that's obviously a good thing. lol
Injuries aren't the same thing at all, Quickley should start from day 1.
