Our PPG leader this season

raincityraptors · Post #1 » by **raincityraptors** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:34 am

I was surprised to discover it ended up being RJ last year.

That made me curious to find out who you think it will be this year and why?

Axe Dragon · Post #2 » by **Axe Dragon** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:03 am

RJ

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Scase · Post #3 » by **Scase** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:46 am

Im going Scottie, but wouldn't be shocked if it's RJ.

Thaddy · Post #4 » by **Thaddy** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:25 am

I am hoping RJ takes a step forward. He's on a great run right now. He had a great stretch with the Raptors, then he had the olympics where he fit into a Darko type of offense. I would say I believe it carries forward and we gradually introduce creation into his shot diet. He's the highest pick on the roster and he was our primary scorer last season. In the 2nd half stretch after the Siakam trade he probably led the team in scoring. Barnes isn't assertive enough to be that player and I don't want him to be the best scorer on our team. It's best to get scoring from another player while he focuses on running an offense and getting the guys around him going and playing impactful help defense.

Post #5 » by **CPT** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:41 am

I think it will probably be RJ, but I’m voting Scottie in hopes he takes another leap.

25/8/8 with 2-3 stocks. Then we might have something.

RJ could improve as well, but we should also brace for a regression to the mean. If he shoots closer to his career average he’s probably more in the 18-20 range than 22+.

Snappycoocoo · Post #6 » by **Snappycoocoo** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:36 am

Bruce brown is gonna light it up, he's not going anywhere, and were signing him to a long term extension

dTox · Post #7 » by **dTox** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 12:27 pm

We are going to be in trouble if RJ is our leading scorer again, and all the more reasons this team would need a real bonafide scorer one day.

HumbleRen · Post #8 » by **HumbleRen** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 12:28 pm

Scottie.

RJ’s scoring seems a bit unsustainable. Especially if teams start gameplannning for him

TorontoRapsFan · Post #9 » by **TorontoRapsFan** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:04 pm

RJ 23ppg but Scottie 23.5ppg

Post #10 » by **Duffman100** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:25 pm

i think RJ, Scottie and IQ are all 20+ this year. My brain says RJ will have the slight edge but my heart hopes for Scottie.

Probably like 23, 22, 20 or something like that.

MessiahUjiri · Post #11 » by **MessiahUjiri** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:34 pm

Quickley will have the ball in his hands and free reign.
He already avgd close to 20ppg last year. He can easily get about 6 extra shots if we want him to the the Lead Dawg.

Making like 23-24 ppg

So it would be:

Quickley like 24
Scottie 22-23
RJ like 20

Asif16 · Post #12 » by **Asif16** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:42 pm

I think RJ for sure. He reminds me a lot of Derozan where he can get buckets and put up points for sure but it will be inefficient on most nights.

bluerap23 · Post #13 » by **bluerap23** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:58 pm

I predict RJ and Scottie are both 25/night. Iq 20+

TorontoBarneys · Post #14 » by **TorontoBarneys** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:13 pm

Scottie with 22 PPG.

pingpongrac · Post #15 » by **pingpongrac** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:27 pm

Duffman100 wrote:i think RJ, Scottie and IQ are all 20+ this year. My brain says RJ will have the slight edge but my heart hopes for Scottie.

Probably like 23, 22, 20 or something like that.

Exactly my thoughts too. Our top 3 scoring leaders are going to be giving us ~65 PPG while Poeltl and Brown (for as long as they're on the team) will give us another 15-20 points combined. I'm hoping for a bit of a leap from Gradey where he's consistently giving us 12-15 points a night.

WuTang_CMB · Post #16 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:32 pm

Scottie and IQ will play the most minutes. I'd go with Scottie around 23ppg

dhackett1565 · Post #17 » by **dhackett1565** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:42 pm

Last year after the OG trade, it went RJ, IQ then Scottie. (Scottie riiiiight behind IQ). But if you only include the games before Scottie went down, Scottie was a little ahead of IQ - though RJ's lead on both was even bigger.

Not much reason to expect it to be significantly different this year. Should be RJ, as both IQ and Scottie generate a lot of offence through playmaking rather than scoring, while RJ mostly does the one thing.

ontnut · Post #18 » by **ontnut** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:54 pm

I don't see a situation where it doesn't end up being RJ as the leading scorer. He's just the best play finisher on the team and isn't tasked with creating for others. It'll be IQ and Scottie feeding RJ in transition for example, usually not the other way around.

I don't see Scottie scoring more than RJ in any situation tbh, but IQ might have an outside shot, simply based on higher 3pt volume.

Clay Davis · Post #19 » by **Clay Davis** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:02 pm

RJ QUICKBARN ppg rizz pgg rizzzz

OakleyDokely · Post #20 » by **OakleyDokely** » Tue Aug 20, 2024 5:30 pm

After the Siakam trade and just before the Scottie injury when all of IQ/RJ/Scottie/Poeltl started together (RJ just missed one game during this stretch):

Feb 7th - March 1st (10 games)

RJ: 20 PPG (23.6 USG)
IQ: 18 PPG (21.0 USG)
SB: 18 PPG (24.2 USG)

I expect it to be pretty close between the 3, with all being around high teens, low 20s per game. Since RJ is primarily a play finisher, he probably has the edge right now. Although IQ's ability to hit 3s on volume makes him the sneaky pick compared to Scottie and RJ who rely on a lot of 2s and FTs.

Who will lead the Raptors in scoring this season?