Post-Game: Raps beat Nets, go back above .500

[Tor_Raps]

I wonder how long it'll take for people to see how good Scottie actally is.

A True #1 doesn't have to be a lead scorer on nightly basis.

He's playing like the PF version of Lowry tbh. He has single handedly carried our defense and rebounding on many occasions, especially when hes the only "big" in some of these horrible lineups.

[MiamiSPX]

Standings are beginning to sort themselves out (i.e., teams are falling into their rightful categories)




Our goal is to sneak into that top 6.

Bucks are a one-man wrecking crew - a Giannis injury and they'll plummet.

Pistons won't finish 1st, but they'll still hold onto top 6.

Cavs, Knicks, 76ers will likely finish top 6 as well, which means I think the Raps can overtake the Heat and Bucks at some point in the season.

I swear I saw a graphic the other day during one of the games I was watching, that the Bucks have one of the top 3 easiest SoS between now and December 31st. That mofo is going to single-handedly drag them to 50+ wins if he stays healthy.

[LoveMyRaps]

Standings are beginning to sort themselves out (i.e., teams are falling into their rightful categories)




Our goal is to sneak into that top 6.

Bucks are a one-man wrecking crew - a Giannis injury and they'll plummet.

Pistons won't finish 1st, but they'll still hold onto top 6.

Cavs, Knicks, 76ers will likely finish top 6 as well, which means I think the Raps can overtake the Heat and Bucks at some point in the season.

Not sold on the Sixers. They're running Maxey into the ground to squeeze these wins out.

Also don't really trust the Pistons' ability to score.

I think the Celtics will still be out there lurking. Tatum probably comes back after the new year.

It's probably wide open really. Only 2 teams I have as locks are the Cavs and Knicks.

76ers are still gonna finish ahead of us. Paul George and Jared McCain are set to return and Embiid is slowly reverting back to his All-Star ways.

[anotherhomer]

Teams ahead of us
Knicks, Pistons, sixers, bulls, cavs, bucks

We are a top 8 team, play in simple

[Dennis 37]

IQ haters are real quiet

Team best +20 as well (in a 10 point win)

Not haters, just those who feel he is better off ball. The minutes where Shead and he were on at the same time were good.

[PushDaRock]

Standings are beginning to sort themselves out (i.e., teams are falling into their rightful categories)




Our goal is to sneak into that top 6.

Bucks are a one-man wrecking crew - a Giannis injury and they'll plummet.

Pistons won't finish 1st, but they'll still hold onto top 6.

Cavs, Knicks, 76ers will likely finish top 6 as well, which means I think the Raps can overtake the Heat and Bucks at some point in the season.

Not sold on the Sixers. They're running Maxey into the ground to squeeze these wins out.

Also don't really trust the Pistons' ability to score.

I think the Celtics will still be out there lurking. Tatum probably comes back after the new year.

It's probably wide open really. Only 2 teams I have as locks are the Cavs and Knicks.

76ers are still gonna finish ahead of us. Paul George and Jared McCain are set to return and Embiid is slowly reverting back to his All-Star ways.

How many games do you expect Embiid to play this season?

After the year George had, not sure how you can feel like him coming back is necessarily a good thing.

McCain played well his rookie season but really small sample size and he put the numbers up on a losing team. No guarantee it translates over like we have seen with Ochai who has struggled badly without the guaranteed mins you get in a development situation as a young player.

[MiamiSPX]

Not sold on the Sixers. They're running Maxey into the ground to squeeze these wins out.

Also don't really trust the Pistons' ability to score.

I think the Celtics will still be out there lurking. Tatum probably comes back after the new year.

It's probably wide open really. Only 2 teams I have as locks are the Cavs and Knicks.

76ers are still gonna finish ahead of us. Paul George and Jared McCain are set to return and Embiid is slowly reverting back to his All-Star ways.

How many games do you expect Embiid to play this season?

After the year George had, not sure how you can feel like him coming back is necessarily a good thing.

McCain played well his rookie season but really small sample size and he put the numbers up on a losing team. No guarantee it translates over like we have seen with Ochai who has struggled badly without the guaranteed mins you get in a development situation as a young player.

Embiid has missed the last 2 games and is out day-to-day for the 1,236th time in his career. Nobody, not even 76ers fans, has any faith he plays even 50 games. PG13 won't last either...this is a guy who will sit out for a hangnail.

[Madvillainy2004]

Standings are beginning to sort themselves out (i.e., teams are falling into their rightful categories)




Our goal is to sneak into that top 6.

Bucks are a one-man wrecking crew - a Giannis injury and they'll plummet.

Pistons won't finish 1st, but they'll still hold onto top 6.

Cavs, Knicks, 76ers will likely finish top 6 as well, which means I think the Raps can overtake the Heat and Bucks at some point in the season.

Im not 100% sold on the sixers honestly, Embiid is getting looked at for "knee soreness" this week. And he already barely plays. Maxey is playing like 40 mpg if he goes down for any stretch I dont see then hanging on.

[PushDaRock]

Standings are beginning to sort themselves out (i.e., teams are falling into their rightful categories)




Our goal is to sneak into that top 6.

Bucks are a one-man wrecking crew - a Giannis injury and they'll plummet.

Pistons won't finish 1st, but they'll still hold onto top 6.

Cavs, Knicks, 76ers will likely finish top 6 as well, which means I think the Raps can overtake the Heat and Bucks at some point in the season.

Im not 100% sold on the sixers honestly, Embiid is getting looked at for "knee soreness" this week. And he already barely plays. Maxey is playing like 40 mpg if he goes down for any stretch I dont see then hanging on.

Even going off the eye test, Embiid had like zero burst against us. Yes, he still had a really good game, but he was barely getting off the ground. His days as a #1 option are done.

[PushDaRock]

76ers are still gonna finish ahead of us. Paul George and Jared McCain are set to return and Embiid is slowly reverting back to his All-Star ways.

How many games do you expect Embiid to play this season?

After the year George had, not sure how you can feel like him coming back is necessarily a good thing.

McCain played well his rookie season but really small sample size and he put the numbers up on a losing team. No guarantee it translates over like we have seen with Ochai who has struggled badly without the guaranteed mins you get in a development situation as a young player.

Embiid has missed the last 2 games and is out day-to-day for the 1,236th time in his career. Nobody, not even 76ers fans, has any faith he plays even 50 games. PG13 won't last either...this is a guy who will sit out for a hangnail.

If he even gets 40 games and is available for the playoffs if they make it, that's a big W for them. His effectiveness will be another story though.

[LoveMyRaps]

Not sold on the Sixers. They're running Maxey into the ground to squeeze these wins out.

Also don't really trust the Pistons' ability to score.

I think the Celtics will still be out there lurking. Tatum probably comes back after the new year.

It's probably wide open really. Only 2 teams I have as locks are the Cavs and Knicks.

76ers are still gonna finish ahead of us. Paul George and Jared McCain are set to return and Embiid is slowly reverting back to his All-Star ways.

How many games do you expect Embiid to play this season?

After the year George had, not sure how you can feel like him coming back is necessarily a good thing.

McCain played well his rookie season but really small sample size and he put the numbers up on a losing team. No guarantee it translates over like we have seen with Ochai who has struggled badly without the guaranteed mins you get in a development situation as a young player.

Embiid
Maxey
Oubre
Paul George
Edgecombe
McCain
Grimes
Drummond
Watford

That 9-man rotation is better than ours.

[pogi]

IQ
CMB
Ingram
Scottie
Mamu

Would like to see this lineup out there, they don’t have to start but I’d like to see some extended data on that lineup.

They also need to get Battle up to 20 minutes a game for a stretch imo. He has actually shown an ability to stay in front of guys while hitting shots in the past season. I want to see him get some extended run.

I think CMB eventually replaces RJ in the lineup. One or two of our starters won’t be here next season, but a lot depends on what Ingram may do with his option to opt out of that 3rd year.

CMB should replace him. I don't see a point in RJ anymore. It's cool to see him ball but it's not effective basketball. CMB brings consistent defense and similar skills. It's just the matter of the 3pt shot.

Three point shots are very important to have.

[PushDaRock]

76ers are still gonna finish ahead of us. Paul George and Jared McCain are set to return and Embiid is slowly reverting back to his All-Star ways.

How many games do you expect Embiid to play this season?

After the year George had, not sure how you can feel like him coming back is necessarily a good thing.

McCain played well his rookie season but really small sample size and he put the numbers up on a losing team. No guarantee it translates over like we have seen with Ochai who has struggled badly without the guaranteed mins you get in a development situation as a young player.

Embiid
Maxey
Oubre
Paul George
Edgecombe
McCain
Grimes
Drummond
Watford

That 9-man rotation is better than ours.

How many games do you expect Embiid to play this season?

[Boogie!]

I find more and more this board succumbs to the No True Scotsman fallacy. Everything is measured against an idealized standard and anything else is 'mid' and 'mediocre'. We are not 'true contenders'. So-and-so is not a 'true #1 option'. And all of this is proclaimed with an aspect of definitive foresight where future outcomes and the ceiling of the players and the team are assured.

In this one, we beat the Nets by 10 points. We didn't trail since about the 9:30 mark in the second quarter. And yet to read the PG it's presented as if this was an L for the team. Truly bizarre.

Post of the year.

Because our goal is to compete this year, I think many inexplicably thought we would jump out to an 8-3 record and anything less is an abject failure. We look a million times better than we have the last 2 seasons and yet there are calls to trade Barnes asap (despite no team ever trading their best player 11 games into the season when they have a good relationship and he didn't ask out).

Beat the Nets by 10? Not good enough, should have beat them by 20.
Point out that 2 of our 3 highest paid players led the way? But RJ!
Bring up that Barnes has been our best overall player? No!! He's not true #1, why haven't they traded him?

Not telling anyone how to be a fan (I hate when others do that), but I do genuinely wonder why some even follow this team. It's like they "hate watch" them.

At one point IQ was 16, 4 and 4, with no turnovers on like 6-12 from the field and the GT was acting like the guy was losing us the game. I'm sort of neutral on him, but that was a little wild to watch.

iq and Barrett are the two players openly discussed on the trade block and both are players that people can’t wait to talk about their weaknesses and liabilities even during productive games. It’s not a coincidence. People are sheep that are easily influenced by media talking points.

Watch how fast everyone flips on Barnes if the media starts putting it out there that he’s no longer a focal point, just like they did with siakam.

[mihaic]

Standings are beginning to sort themselves out (i.e., teams are falling into their rightful categories)




Our goal is to sneak into that top 6.

Bucks are a one-man wrecking crew - a Giannis injury and they'll plummet.

Pistons won't finish 1st, but they'll still hold onto top 6.

Cavs, Knicks, 76ers will likely finish top 6 as well, which means I think the Raps can overtake the Heat and Bucks at some point in the season.

Not sold on the Sixers. They're running Maxey into the ground to squeeze these wins out.

Also don't really trust the Pistons' ability to score.

I think the Celtics will still be out there lurking. Tatum probably comes back after the new year.

It's probably wide open really. Only 2 teams I have as locks are the Cavs and Knicks.

76ers are still gonna finish ahead of us. Paul George and Jared McCain are set to return and Embiid is slowly reverting back to his All-Star ways.

And then 10 games later, PG will mess with chemistry or get injured again, and Embiids knee will act up. Watch it.

If we were not b2b I swear we could have won thr game against them.

[Syd-TK3]

Ingram mentioned how he still doesn’t have his explosiveness after his ankle surgeries.

I don’t even think BI is operating at even 85% of what he is.

Yes, people forgetting how long he was out.

I do expect (baring injury) him to continue to improve, and to get in better game shape also ... more upside than what we see at present...

He's been very clearly avoiding contact on both ends of the floor

[Tripod]

My thoughts.

Raps are 6-5 on the season and collectively have played teams that are 8-3 when looking if they are over .500 or not.

So really only 3 "easier" games so far and they won 2. The only lose was to a Dallas team where they played good and Yak clearly wasn't near 100% and we were dominated by their size.

So yeah, our record is fine considering the SOS of who we have faced so far. I expect a loss vs the Cavs but hope to give them a good game....and build on that.

[WuTang_CMB]

Indiana playing this smart.

[SaveTheHens]

Love how Ingrams been playing but think he needs better efficiency in fine-value. Had he saved that 25k from the water bottle, he couldve dropped a ‘F*** Brooklyn’ at the end of his postgame interview, a proper ode to Masai the man who brought him here. I say we hire Rasheed Wallace to help guide him a little bit..

[Thaddy]

They also need to get Battle up to 20 minutes a game for a stretch imo. He has actually shown an ability to stay in front of guys while hitting shots in the past season. I want to see him get some extended run.

I think CMB eventually replaces RJ in the lineup. One or two of our starters won’t be here next season, but a lot depends on what Ingram may do with his option to opt out of that 3rd year.

CMB should replace him. I don't see a point in RJ anymore. It's cool to see him ball but it's not effective basketball. CMB brings consistent defense and similar skills. It's just the matter of the 3pt shot.

Three point shots are very important to have.

I think CMB eventually exceeds RJ in that department. He's a OG level 3pt shot away from being a great starter. He seems on a similar trajectory as Jimmy Buckets. It comes down to if he can improve a lot from where he is now. Improvement is probably the single biggest thing we scout for.