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GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT

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How do you think the Raptors faired based on your expectations?

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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#61 » by PushDaRock » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:15 pm

HangTime wrote:The Raptors record by Stoudamire, just allow Battle to shoot every time he gets it.


Donyell Marshall you mean
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#62 » by HiJiNX » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:15 pm

Barnes hitting the passing windows like Favre today.
not strong, only aggresive cuz the power ain't directed/ that's why, we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#63 » by DreamTeam09 » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:16 pm

TakeYourHeart wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:Is this team going to be stupid again when a guy has a super hot hand but they decide their bricks are more important lol

Seriously kind of frustrating I expect better from Scottie especially


You guys are making things up lol, the next play was for battle and he passed it to Mogbo,
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#64 » by Zeno » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:17 pm

I hope that knee sprain doesn’t f up Temple’s vacation plans.
When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?

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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#65 » by Tor_Raps » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:18 pm

shmoosicle wrote:Hope Temple is ok. I heard rumors on here that he would be an assistant coach next year anyway so hopefully that injury didn't impact any of his career plans.


He said his intentions were to be a player next season.
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#66 » by Tor_Raps » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:19 pm

DG88 wrote:Garrett might as well call it a career.

Battle making Dick expendablish


Once Reeko makes this comment then you know it's all over for Dick lol. Internal competition is great!
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#67 » by Tor_Raps » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:20 pm

DreamTeam09 wrote:
TakeYourHeart wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:Is this team going to be stupid again when a guy has a super hot hand but they decide their bricks are more important lol

Seriously kind of frustrating I expect better from Scottie especially


You guys are making things up lol, the next play was for battle and he passed it to Mogbo,


It was not... Scottie didn't even look at Battle the next play lol
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#68 » by PushDaRock » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:24 pm

deck wrote:
PushDaRock wrote:
deck wrote:Unless we make some kind of consolidation trade, Gradey's minutes are going down a lot next year.

It's going to be hard to not play Battle.


He got hurt at the worst possible time. If this team is fully healthy, he has RJ, IQ, BI and Scottie all who need the ball, whoever is playing with those guys isn't going to touch the ball much. Fit wise, that makes Ochai and Battle the better fits especially when both are better defenders


I'm interested in how minutes shake out next year.

This year has been abnormal in that the roster's MPG has been skewed due to injuries or us sitting players.


Gradey will basically be most useful when BI/RJ/Scottie are out because he can fill in as a scorer for them. Based on the injury history of our players, it will still be a good thing to have him on the roster. It's possible we might be a bit weird with his minutes distribution where he plays 30 mpg when those guys are out and he gets minimal minutes when those guys are in the lineup.
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#69 » by TakeYourHeart » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:25 pm

Ochai has expanded his range from the corners to above the break throughout the season
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#70 » by PhilBlackson » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:28 pm

Trade Scottie, build around Battle.
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#71 » by PushDaRock » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:29 pm

Mogbo has 8 assists and 4 steals already in just 12 mins of playing time lol
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#72 » by deck » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:31 pm

Lol, when Webster speaks, you realize he feels zero emotion.
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#73 » by ArthurVandelay » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:32 pm

Castleton must have left his game in Philly
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#74 » by ArthurVandelay » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:32 pm

deck wrote:Lol, when Webster speaks, you realize he feels zero emotion.


Darko and Masai have enough feelings to cover for him
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#75 » by deck » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:33 pm

PushDaRock wrote:Mogbo has 8 assists and 4 steals already in just 12 mins of playing time lol


That's actually crazy. I had not noticed that.
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#76 » by TakeYourHeart » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:34 pm

Jamison 'not just a 3pt shooter' Battle, money from the midrange as well?
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#77 » by HangTime » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:34 pm

The NBA should allow 1 or 2 more roster spots for "player/coach"
Salary would be 125% higher than the vet minimum (these years count towards years played, even if they don't).
They can play in 30 games, but they could be converted into a standard contract, which is a decent salary bump.

The bump gets added to salary cap.
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#78 » by PushDaRock » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:37 pm

deck wrote:
PushDaRock wrote:Mogbo has 8 assists and 4 steals already in just 12 mins of playing time lol


That's actually crazy. I had not noticed that.


lol actually on quadruple double watch
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#79 » by TimeForChange » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:38 pm

scottie in his bag
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Re: GT: Season Finale Toronto Raptors @ San Antonio Spurs 3:30 PM EDT 

Post#80 » by deck » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:39 pm

Barnes' best offensive half of the season?

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