GT 57 | Marc Gasol @ Knicks | Sat Feb 9 | 7:30pm TSN 590

[VancouverRaps]

He should be starting, not Ibricka.

It won't take many games for Nurse to realize this

edit: in his interview he says it will be fluid initially & match-up driven, but things will work themselves out, which basically means whoever is the better fit will start, which is likely Gasol.

yup

he said the same about Ibaka/JV to start the season along with Siakam/OG and eventually it was Ibaka and Pascal starting pretty much every game.

Gasol should takeover as the starting 5 and there's no way Pascal comes out of the starting lineup. Serge will likely have to accept a bench role.

[bballsparkin]

Nice news. Would have been a boring game otherwise.

[Metallikid]

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To acquire Mirotic the bucks basically sacrificed 4 assets from their AD trade proposal in the off season. Right now it's looking like it's between us, boston and philly for who ends up with AD.

There's only one universe where we get AD and in that universe Masai comes into the room where Kawhi is and says, AD just said he will sign a supermax here if you stay, and then they both stay.

[Tor_Raps]

Seems like a nice way of slowly transitioning ibaka to the bench. Guy has played great this year so I get it. Just hope it doesnt take too long since we need to develop chemistry asap.

[Metallikid]

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Some news: because of a CBA wrinkle regarding 10-day signings, Malcolm Miller's deal has not been made official and, as of right now, he won't be available tonight (as things currently stand).

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An explanation: The Gasol trade, once processed, will drop the Raptors roster to 10, below the league requirement. The NBA might offer a grace period getting back to 11/12 players, but the CBA does not allow 10-days to be signed unless a team already has 12 full-season contracts.

Are we about to lose a game via forfeiture?

[simple_jack]

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Makes sense for his first game and so little practice time.

Doesnt make sense to me. Gasol should start. Like Nick what are we trying to do here? Make Serge happy or win?

Even in one of Ibakas best seasons he’s not putting up better numbers than Gasol.

Before we had the excuse that JV was a liability on defense but that’s not the case with Gasol.

[SFour]

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Makes sense for his first game and so little practice time.

Does make sense to me. Gasol should start. Like Nick what are we trying to do here? Make Serge happy or win?

Even in one of Ibakas best seasons he’s not putting up better numbers than Gasol.

Before we had the excuse that JV was a liability on defense but that’s not the case with Gasol.

It's the Knicks..coming off a b2b...we could rest both Gasol and Kawhi and win by 10+

[Son Goku 25]

Is Gasol playing tonight I didn't see any update

[Brinbe]

GET THOSE JUICES FLOWING, MARC

[YelloC]

He should be starting, not Ibricka.

It won't take many games for Nurse to realize this

edit: in his interview he says it will be fluid initially & match-up driven, but things will work themselves out, which basically means whoever is the better fit will start, which is likely Gasol.

yup

he said the same about Ibaka/JV to start the season along with Siakam/OG and eventually it was Ibaka and Pascal starting pretty much every game.

Gasol should takeover as the starting 5 and there's no way Pascal comes out of the starting lineup. Serge will likely have to accept a bench role.

If/when Serge hits the bench, you’ll start to hear the posters saying how we can’t have 20 million coming off the bench, trade Serge, fire Nurse etc.
even if Serge is beasting in that role.

[simple_jack]

Makes sense for his first game and so little practice time.

Doesn’t make sense to me. Gasol should start. Like Nick what are we trying to do here? Make Serge happy or win?

Even in one of Ibakas best seasons he’s not putting up better numbers than Gasol.

Before we had the excuse that JV was a liability on defense but that’s not the case with Gasol.

It's the Knicks..coming off a b2b...we could rest both Gasol and Kawhi and win by 10+

Exactly. Perfect team for him to get reps with the starting lineup

[artsncrafts]

I was just at Pizzaville and there were 5 different JV ads on display. rip

[simple_jack]

Also we need to becareful with this whole rest and load management thing.

Chemistry and momentum is key for the playoffs.

We don’t have a KD and Steph to will us to playoff wins

[SFour]

It won't take many games for Nurse to realize this

edit: in his interview he says it will be fluid initially & match-up driven, but things will work themselves out, which basically means whoever is the better fit will start, which is likely Gasol.

yup

he said the same about Ibaka/JV to start the season along with Siakam/OG and eventually it was Ibaka and Pascal starting pretty much every game.

Gasol should takeover as the starting 5 and there's no way Pascal comes out of the starting lineup. Serge will likely have to accept a bench role.

If/when Serge hits the bench, you’ll start to hear the posters saying how we can’t have 20 million coming off the bench, trade Serge, fire Nurse etc.
even if Serge is beasting in that role.

wait we can't have 20 million coming off the bench but JV's 17 million is fine?

[WeTheNorth123]

They posted the Gasol interview on Raptors.com....check it out

[tradejosehesux]

Gasol and Kawhi playing. So excited

[simple_jack]

It won't take many games for Nurse to realize this

edit: in his interview he says it will be fluid initially & match-up driven, but things will work themselves out, which basically means whoever is the better fit will start, which is likely Gasol.

yup

he said the same about Ibaka/JV to start the season along with Siakam/OG and eventually it was Ibaka and Pascal starting pretty much every game.

Gasol should takeover as the starting 5 and there's no way Pascal comes out of the starting lineup. Serge will likely have to accept a bench role.

If/when Serge hits the bench, you’ll start to hear the posters saying how we can’t have 20 million coming off the bench, trade Serge, fire Nurse etc.
even if Serge is beasting in that role.

Lol who cares. Gasol and Pascal>>>> Serge

We all know Serge can’t be trusted and his play of late is coming back down to earth

[SFour]

Doesn’t make sense to me. Gasol should start. Like Nick what are we trying to do here? Make Serge happy or win?

Even in one of Ibakas best seasons he’s not putting up better numbers than Gasol.

Before we had the excuse that JV was a liability on defense but that’s not the case with Gasol.

It's the Knicks..coming off a b2b...we could rest both Gasol and Kawhi and win by 10+

Exactly. Perfect team for him to get reps with the starting lineup

I'm sure Gasol will get some pt with Lowry/Kawhi/Siakam...he just won't be starting.

[Metallikid]

Also we need to becareful with this whole rest and load management thing.

Chemistry and momentum is key for the playoffs.

We don’t have a KD and Steph to will us to playoff wins

Uhhh... yes we do. He might not be as sublime a shot maker as those two but last time I checked he has two DPOY awards to make up for that.

[Metallikid]

lol @ nurse and his fluid BS. We have like 29 games left in the season you better start him soon and let the starters develop some chemistry

25 Games including tonight, actually.