Former Raptor discussion thread 3.0

Post #681 » by **Duffman100** » Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:58 am

TOStateofMind wrote:Norm playing out of his mind. Crazy how he is getting better compared to GTJ who has stagnated/regressed.

? He's getting compared because there was a trade

Kingsway_fan · Post #682 » by **Kingsway_fan** » Tue Nov 12, 2024 11:37 am

Norm playing better than anyone on the Raptors roster... let that sink in ...

WaltFrazier · Post #683 » by **WaltFrazier** » Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:39 am

OG 20 pts 5 Reb 2 assts, 5 dunks, Knicks up 12 mid fourth

PushDaRock · Post #684 » by **PushDaRock** » Wed Nov 13, 2024 3:15 pm

OG has been playing up to that contract so far, he's actually their 3rd leading scorer right now which is a bit surprising as it was probably assumed his scoring drops after adding Mikal Bridges. The analytics are great as well picking up where he left off last season. The eye popping number is OG is a +16.8 in on/off per 100 meanwhile Bridges is a -22.7 in on/off per 100. It was easy to take for granted what he did defensively on our team but it should be apparent now that he's a special defender.

mihaic · Post #685 » by **mihaic** » Thu Nov 14, 2024 4:03 am

Just looked at the box score for OG.

Knicks lose by 1 at Chicago, OG a +/- of -20. KAT scored 46.

Precious still out.

ForeverTFC · Post #686 » by **ForeverTFC** » Thu Nov 14, 2024 5:33 pm

Koloko got real minutes last night with AD in foul trouble.

12.5 mins, 4 points on 2 of 2 shooting, 1 rb, 1 stl, +6 in a game the Lakers won by 5. Looked decent, especially considering no games for a full year. I think he's going to be a backup C in this league at worst as long as the health issues don't re-surface.

Westside Gunn · Post #687 » by **Westside Gunn** » Fri Nov 15, 2024 4:17 am

In the old NBA you would have players that couldn't score a bucket to save their lives but were used for their defensive capabilities. In the new NBA with the new rules, if you can't shoot, you are pretty much useless.

This might be the case with Gary Trent

MiamiSPX · Post #688 » by **MiamiSPX** » Fri Nov 15, 2024 4:14 pm

Westside Gunn wrote:In the old NBA you would have players that couldn't score a bucket to save their lives but were used for their defensive capabilities. In the new NBA with the new rules, if you can't shoot, you are pretty much useless.

This might be the case with Gary Trent

I think he's out of the league by age 30. He looks completely lost out there, and this has been going on for over a year now.

PushDaRock · Post #689 » by **PushDaRock** » Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:05 pm

MiamiSPX wrote:
Westside Gunn wrote:In the old NBA you would have players that couldn't score a bucket to save their lives but were used for their defensive capabilities. In the new NBA with the new rules, if you can't shoot, you are pretty much useless.

This might be the case with Gary Trent

I think he's out of the league by age 30. He looks completely lost out there, and this has been going on for over a year now.

He might be out of the league after this year if he doesn't improve dramatically.

Making it to 30 is very difficult in today's NBA, that would be an over 10 year career for him and way above average.

MiamiSPX · Post #690 » by **MiamiSPX** » Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:07 pm

PushDaRock wrote:
MiamiSPX wrote:
Westside Gunn wrote:In the old NBA you would have players that couldn't score a bucket to save their lives but were used for their defensive capabilities. In the new NBA with the new rules, if you can't shoot, you are pretty much useless.

This might be the case with Gary Trent

I think he's out of the league by age 30. He looks completely lost out there, and this has been going on for over a year now.

He might be out of the league after this year if he doesn't improve dramatically.

Making it to 30 is very difficult in today's NBA, that would be an over 10 year career for him and way above average.

You are probably right that I am being way too conservative. I am now up to 3 Bucks games watched this year and in 2 of them he was easily the worst player in the game. The last one was the other night against DET and he was good. Doc even played him in crunch time for a change. But his issue has always been consistency, or lack thereof.

GP2 · Post #691 » by **GP2** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:10 am

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/anne-hathaway-calls-courtside-crash-knicks-og-anunoby-bucket-list-mome-rcna180379

WaltFrazier · Post #692 » by **WaltFrazier** » Sun Nov 17, 2024 4:19 am

Westside Gunn wrote:In the old NBA you would have players that couldn't score a bucket to save their lives but were used for their defensive capabilities. In the new NBA with the new rules, if you can't shoot, you are pretty much useless.

This might be the case with Gary Trent

Well, especially in his case since shooting is his only NBA skill

WaltFrazier · Post #693 » by **WaltFrazier** » Mon Nov 18, 2024 2:50 am

OG cooking.

Read on Twitter

24 and 8 tonight, and held Cam Thomas to 16 tonight after CT scored 43 on Friday against mainly Mikal Bridges.

40 minutes though, I admit I'm concerned about his minutes. Precious can't come back soon enough, just to relieve OG a bit

Brinbe · Post #694 » by **Brinbe** » Mon Nov 18, 2024 3:18 am

really good game for dalano today agains the hawks

been one of the bright spots for the blazers and it's cool to see him make the most of his opportunity there

raptorforlife88 · Post #695 » by **raptorforlife88** » Mon Nov 18, 2024 3:34 am

Is Dalano Banton the best basketball player in the world? Maybe.

He is the best per minute scorer in the world at least.

ItsDanger · Post #696 » by **ItsDanger** » Mon Nov 18, 2024 4:23 am

RoteSchroder · Post #697 » by **RoteSchroder** » Mon Nov 18, 2024 5:48 am

With the way Siakam is shooting, the current former Raptor team might not be too bad. Counting Poeltl cause he was once a former Raptor.

Poeltl / Koloko
Siakam / Precious
OG / Kawhi (in for playoffs)
Norm / Derozan / Dalano
FVV / Schroder / Lowry

WaltFrazier · Post #698 » by **WaltFrazier** » Mon Nov 18, 2024 2:11 pm

RoteSchroder wrote:With the way Siakam is shooting, the current former Raptor team might not be too bad. Counting Poeltl cause he was once a former Raptor.

Poeltl / Koloko
Siakam / Precious
OG / Kawhi (in for playoffs)
Norm / Derozan / Dalano
FVV / Schroder / Lowry

JV.

Brinbe · Post #699 » by **Brinbe** » Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:22 am

Read on Twitter

should've retired a rap. :cry:

shmoosicle · Post #700 » by **shmoosicle** » Tue Nov 19, 2024 4:07 am

I feel bad for JV being stuck on that terrible Wizards team.