PG: Raptors lose against the zone and get blown out

Tripod · Post #21 » by **Tripod** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:29 am

LoveMyRaps wrote:This road trip is gonna be a nightmare now with CMB out

We have Mamu at C. We are good.

CazOnReal · Post #22 » by **CazOnReal** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:30 am

Tripod wrote:
LoveMyRaps wrote:This road trip is gonna be a nightmare now with CMB out

We have Mamu at C. We are good.

-Bobby Webster

CazOnReal · Post #23 » by **CazOnReal** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:31 am

Real talk: This season is giving me the same vibes at the 2021/22 Cavaliers. Promising start that is thoroughly derailed by injuries & winds up with the team missing the playoffs for an ultimately mid pick (Ochai, traded to the Jazz for Mitchell).

bape_lovers · Post #24 » by **bape_lovers** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:31 am

Gradey/ochai/mogbo/jakobe all being disappointing this season. Only Shead looks like he train this offseason.

bape_lovers · Post #25 » by **bape_lovers** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:32 am

Really didnt expect yak/rj missing so much games.

CazOnReal wrote:Real talk: This season is giving me the same vibes at the 2021/22 Cavaliers. Promising start that is thoroughly derailed by injuries & winds up with the team missing the playoffs for an ultimately mid pick (Ochai, traded to the Jazz for Mitchell).

Basketball_Jones · Post #26 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:33 am

All went down hill once CMB went out. No coincidence. If he’s injured we are probably cooked for a while.

CazOnReal · Post #27 » by **CazOnReal** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:35 am

bape_lovers wrote:Really didnt expect yak/rj missing so much games.

CazOnReal wrote:Real talk: This season is giving me the same vibes at the 2021/22 Cavaliers. Promising start that is thoroughly derailed by injuries & winds up with the team missing the playoffs for an ultimately mid pick (Ochai, traded to the Jazz for Mitchell).

Poeltl missing a game here or there wasn't wholly unexpected but RJ is the big surprise given he's been pretty reliable for us the past few seasons and in general plays 65+ or the equivalent for most of his career.

Mack11 · Post #28 » by **Mack11** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:36 am

Tripod wrote:
LoveMyRaps wrote:This road trip is gonna be a nightmare now with CMB out

We have Mamu at C. We are good.

Mamu got banged up tonight no way he came out of this unscathed

This team is bottom 3 in 3pt% thats gotta be addressed. Not gonna mention injuries cause not much you can about that unless you do something stupid like trade for AD

Childs · Post #29 » by **Childs** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:37 am

Paying Jakob until hes 35. Just shudder. If we have to attach a 1st round pick, to trade him. All the young players have regressed too.

bape_lovers · Post #30 » by **bape_lovers** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:38 am

Yak did not only miss and a game or so tho, he hasn’t really played since early the season.

CazOnReal wrote:
bape_lovers wrote:Really didnt expect yak/rj missing so much games.

CazOnReal wrote:Real talk: This season is giving me the same vibes at the 2021/22 Cavaliers. Promising start that is thoroughly derailed by injuries & winds up with the team missing the playoffs for an ultimately mid pick (Ochai, traded to the Jazz for Mitchell).

Poeltl missing a game here or there wasn't wholly unexpected but RJ is the big surprise given he's been pretty reliable for us the past few seasons and in general plays 65+ or the equivalent for most of his career.

Hottie McShotty · Post #31 » by **Hottie McShotty** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 5:46 am

Too many injuries this season. IQ seems to be made out of glass. He seems to have some injury every season. He is being paid too much to play so little. If CMB is out for a while, we are toast. I can see us going 0-5 on this road trip and dropping further down in the standings. Bobby, you'd better start working on that phone! We need a starting Center and preferably a better starting PG. Need a blockbuster trade to shake things up. I think it's also time we start questioning Darko as the coach of this team going forward. Not a fan of his coaching style. I wouldn't mind seeing a change here.

Basketball_Jones · Post #32 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:04 am

We can bring back Mo Bamba right? Honestly gonna need a big body in there just for ten minutes maybe so Mamu and Scottie don’t get burned out.

Westside Gunn · Post #33 » by **Westside Gunn** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:04 am

You had IQ that can adjust the zone which worked for a few plays but Darko didn't have anything else for him.
The guy is frightened to shoot the ball. Like WTF. Either the coaching staff is forcing him to distribute or its all in his head.

With CMB and Mamu potentially gone he should have the same amount as touches as Scottie easily

johanliebert · Post #34 » by **johanliebert** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:04 am

CMB isn’t the factor you guys are making him out to be. He’s a specialist.

johanliebert · Post #35 » by **johanliebert** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:06 am

Westside Gunn wrote:You had IQ that can adjust the zone which worked for a few plays but Darko didn't have anything else for him.
The guy is frightened to shoot the ball. Like WTF. Either the coaching staff is forcing him to playmake and distribute or its all in his head.

With CMB and Mamu potentially gone he should have the same amount as touches as Scottie easily

I think they’ve been trying to mold IQ into a pass first point since he got here. That’s always been a talking point from Darko.

ImaBeatDatAzz · Post #36 » by **ImaBeatDatAzz** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:13 am

We stink

Basketball_Jones · Post #37 » by **Basketball_Jones** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:13 am

A telling point of the game for me was when Scottie grabbed an offensive board, saw Ochai wide open in the corner. Normally that’s an easy decision to kick it out to him but he noped out of it and missed a point blank shot under the basket instead. Guys are losing trust in these crappy shooters we have. Even IQ has kind of been getting looked off a lot.

TheRaptor! · Post #38 » by **TheRaptor!** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:17 am

Hottie McShotty wrote:Too many injuries this season. IQ seems to be made out of glass. He seems to have some injury every season. He is being paid too much to play so little. If CMB is out for a while, we are toast. I can see us going 0-5 on this road trip and dropping further down in the standings. Bobby, you'd better start working on that phone! We need a starting Center and preferably a better starting PG. Need a blockbuster trade to shake things up. I think it's also time we start questioning Darko as the coach of this team going forward. Not a fan of his coaching style. I wouldn't mind seeing a change here.

this is the most reasonable take

LoveMyRaps · Post #39 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:32 am

RJ should be back next game according to Grange.

Need him. But we also need CMB, who unfortunately might miss some games.

PushDaRock · Post #40 » by **PushDaRock** » Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:52 am

Scottie taking over 20 FGA in B2B games rarely happens. The results haven't been good but he is at least trying to be more aggressive.

Not much to say about this one. We got 3 points combined from Shead, Ochai and Gradey lol they got outscored by Lawson who played 6 mins.

Getting stifled by a zone in the NBA is pretty embarrassing.

Also, it look a little while surprisingly but we are now officially dead last in 3PT%