Post-game: Raptors DISMANTLE Bucks to reach .500

Tripod · Post #41 » by **Tripod** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 4:22 am

IQ still is striggling to shoot but got 15-6-7-1 so he did help in other ways.

YogurtProducer · Post #42 » by **YogurtProducer** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 4:34 am

DemHeavyHands wrote:Scheduled loss for Milwaukee

B2b on road/3rd game in 4 nights

But good to see we actually dominated a game we should win if we’re gonna be a legit team

We had one of those in SA already to, and yet we still had a board meltdown :lol:

YogurtProducer · Post #43 » by **YogurtProducer** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 4:37 am

Tor_Raps wrote:
Potential wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Please dont let the win fool you into thinking IQ played well. He was by far the only raptor to suck tonight.

Not only with the poor shooting but he has a tendency to dribble the air out of the ball because he cant blow by anyone in this league lol.

You are just so offbase with this man. The guy was a huge reason why we jumped out on the Bucks to start the game.

Every fanbase says the same **** about their PG and its hilarious :lol:

"Dribble the air out of the ball'
"cant blow by anyone"
"gets blown by by everyone"

YogurtProducer · Post #44 » by **YogurtProducer** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 4:41 am

Raps through game 8...

117.3ORTG (6th in NBA)
114.8DRTG (16th in NBA)
2.4NRTG (12th in NBA)

TheGeneral99 · Post #45 » by **TheGeneral99** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 4:43 am

4-4 on a very tough schedule to start the season...can't complain. Did not see us getting these wins over the Cavaliers and Bucks.

It looked a bit rough after those two horrible defensive efforts against the Spurs and Rockets, but since then they've turned it around.

Nice to finally have a bit of depth in the line-up.

everdiso · Post #46 » by **everdiso** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 4:46 am

first time we've seen our actual healthy lineup and damn it looked nice.

and it's not even like everything went perfect, far from it, but we just have a lot of differrent ways to hurt you now all of a sudden.

one little healthy streak to finally get this team vibing could produce something exciting.

mihaic · Post #47 » by **mihaic** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 4:47 am

Back from the game. First one this season. I'm excited, I picked a good game to attend.

Ritchie Lareya from TFC was there, they presented the FIFA world cup mascots at halftime, the Raptor was there and he has some soccer skills. Canada's mascot is a moose. USA is the bald eagle.

Everybody on the team can score!

Mamu was +28. It felt he was making the right decision every time.

Jakobe looked better this game.

Dick improved on O from last year. Played well. Good weapon to have.

Shead is incredible. Better than year 2 Fred.

Darko coached well. Took the timeouts when needed. Refs were invisible (which is great), did not influence the game.

RJ got Green in foul trouble and that made a big difference. RJ is goat.

Giannis was too much for CMB.

Scottie was too much for Giannis. If Scottie continues to play like this I will change my mind and accept his contract $ value. He did not take any ill-advised shot.

They play, at the arena, "No-no-no- Notorious" after every BI3 made bucket. I like how he plays, even if today he didn't score much. We didn't need it from him today. He always steps up when they need it.

IQ looked better but I am still not convinced. He is a SG really. He's a good SG in fact, if a little undersized. but Masai was wrong about turning him into a PG, in my opinion.

Yak is back, he moved well this game. He had a nice dunk actually. He will be key for us, in the Texas games we lost as we were too undersized against Sengun, Adams, AD, Lively.

720 · Post #48 » by **720** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 4:49 am

Barnes haters predictably backtracking.

MEDIC · Post #49 » by **MEDIC** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:00 am

Awesome game. If they can hover around .500 until the end of January, they should finish with a pretty good record.

MEDIC · Post #50 » by **MEDIC** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:07 am

HiJiNX wrote:
Godaddycurse wrote:Really liked how Gradey wasnt afraid of contact on his drives/attacking closeouts tonight.

More than that, he was attacking with a plan. He was controlled and on balance. If he can keep doing this then it really opens up what he can provide. He still looks like he needs 5-10lbs though.

Yeah, I liked what I saw. Very assertive.

Like I said in the other thread. This needs to be his baseline moving forward. Show up with this mentality every night. Doing this one every 5 games isn't going to cut it.

I think the competition is good for Gradey. Keeps him hungry.

LoveMyRaps · Post #51 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:16 am

YogurtProducer wrote:Raps through game 8...

117.3ORTG (6th in NBA)
114.8DRTG (16th in NBA)
2.4NRTG (12th in NBA)

Kind of crazy that our starting rotation has been so good, even though our starting point guard and starting center have been MIA.

Ingram-Scottie-RJ have been a joy to watch.

Appostis · Post #52 » by **Appostis** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:20 am

LoveMyRaps wrote:
YogurtProducer wrote:Raps through game 8...

117.3ORTG (6th in NBA)
114.8DRTG (16th in NBA)
2.4NRTG (12th in NBA)

Kind of crazy that our starting rotation has been so good, even though our starting point guard and starting center have been MIA.

Ingram-Scottie-RJ have been a joy to watch.

Only dig you can have is the last 3 games vs injured or b2b teams. That's really the only argument people can pull out because the team has been just firing on all cylinders.

LoveMyRaps · Post #53 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:22 am

Tor_Raps wrote:
Potential wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Please dont let the win fool you into thinking IQ played well. He was by far the only raptor to suck tonight.

Not only with the poor shooting but he has a tendency to dribble the air out of the ball because he cant blow by anyone in this league lol.

He definitely did not "suck". Far from it. He's the main reason we got off to a hot start and picked up early momentum.

6 rebounds and 7 assists in 26 minutes is also worthy of some praise.

He went a bit cold afterwards, but still a step in the right direction from him.

LoveMyRaps · Post #54 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:25 am

Already a guarantee that Sandro is gonna opt out and get a raise next summer.

Appostis · Post #55 » by **Appostis** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:30 am

720 wrote:Barnes haters predictably backtracking.

"But but... preseason!!!" :lol:

Appostis · Post #56 » by **Appostis** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:32 am

YogurtProducer wrote:
Tor_Raps wrote:
Potential wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

Please dont let the win fool you into thinking IQ played well. He was by far the only raptor to suck tonight.

Not only with the poor shooting but he has a tendency to dribble the air out of the ball because he cant blow by anyone in this league lol.

You are just so offbase with this man. The guy was a huge reason why we jumped out on the Bucks to start the game.

Every fanbase says the same **** about their PG and its hilarious

"Dribble the air out of the ball'
"cant blow by anyone"
"gets blown by by everyone"

He's just doubling down on his bad take.

Son Goku 25 · Post #57 » by **Son Goku 25** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:36 am

I'm really happy to see this version of Barnes. I hope he can put it together and be consistent, his maturity is the only thing holding him back.

Son Goku 25 · Post #58 » by **Son Goku 25** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:41 am

We desperately needed a player like Mamu on our team, a big that can hit shats and provide energy.

LarSiN · Post #59 » by **LarSiN** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 5:53 am

Gosh, would you look at that! Maybe the skys not falling after all eh

ItsDanger · Post #60 » by **ItsDanger** » Wed Nov 5, 2025 6:20 am

Gary Trent being on this roster seems like a bad dream. Thankfully he's someone else's's headache now.