Halfway Mark - Are you enjoying this season?

[Indeed]

Good:
Win close games

Bad:
Competition is in our favour

[gerrit4]

My favourite season since the championship defence season. Good young players, guys are on the same page, every game matters.

[Morris_Shatford]

I think I have enjoyed watching this team more than the Pre-Ibaka Lowry/DeRozan teams where we were regular season dynamos and playoff duds.

My expectation was for us at the halfway mark was to be 20-21 as a largely healthy team;
To be 24 - 17 and a pair of games out of second when our weakest depth position at the five is the one where we have largely been the most hurt by injury, I can't be too upset.

Barnes seems to have that other gear, Ingram has given me 39 games and has shown he can play with Barnes, and some of the kids (CMB & Shead) appear to be better than I had expected them to be, and then of course there is Mamu who brings joy to my heart.

Sure - I would love a more complete roster I would feel more comfortable with to win games in the playoffs, but I am happy to be in control of all our FRPs and more than content to see what we can do if we are fully healthy for an extended period.

[Got Nuffin]

Yeah agreed with you guys - this team is exciting and young. CMB's recent play is a huge reason for optimism for now and the future. What a young beast.

Biggest surprise to me has been RJ Barrett who I did not expect to keep up this level of engagement and play. Trading him for an old fart who may or may not play every other game would be a massive gamble and mistake imo.

Gradey Dick has been by far the most disappointing part of the season - he has massively regressed.

[dTox]

Somewhat engaged and enjoying, I'm usually very engaged (even during seasons where I may not be necessarily enjoying), but it's been difficult to be very engaging after having a daughter 2 years ago (while trying to keep up with a demanding career).

[deck]

Engaged and enjoying.

My main frustration at the moment is our many years of terrible 3pt shooting. While I knowledge talent deficiencies and all of that, I am now starting to question if we have an organizational problem with how we are trying to coach shooting. Is NOAH a problem?

[tsherkin]

I'm having a blast with this season. Not just with the Raptors, but overall. Our season has been pretty interesting too, though.

[Basketball_Jones]

Enjoying it, though not as much as I thought I’d be but I think once we’re healthy again it will get better. The stretch without RJ is quite torturous to be honest. Love seeing CMB and Scottie get better with every game.

[ForeverTFC]

Selected somewhat engaged. Hard to be fully bought in when you know there has to be a big change to the roster by the off-season.

[SFour]

Yes but injuries have put a damper on it....still the team has surpassed expectations record-wise with a .600 win pace so far, and they were positioned to have a top 5 record but dropped a handful of games they should've won.

[OakleyDokely]

They are fun again, which is the biggest thing.

[Van_Trump]

Last year our bench was winning games we were trying to lose, so I suspected we would do better this year.
Also very happy with the dominance of the 905.

[Spex]

Really enjoying watching the team and games, but I think my engagement in reading discourse about the team is the lowest it's ever been, which feels kind of weird.

[NinjaBro]

Aside from our championship year, this season has been the most fun I've had watching since the Rudy Gay trade where we shipped him off for depth and started that glorious stretch of seasons that jump started the We the North era.

[Gavin_TDThree]

As someone who has been very apathetic to the team the past two seasons and started this year not caring about the team, they've definitely pulled me back in. BI and SB are the real deal, CMB has looked awesome. I find for a team to be engaging we need storylines. This team has a few storylines that's keeping me engaged

[Potential]

Not as much as I would like due to the injuries and inconsistencies but that's understandable for a young team in their first non-tanking season. I'm not enjoying the pathetic home blowouts. Been that way for 4 straight years now feels like we lead the league.

[YogurtProducer]

Not as much as I would like due to the injuries and inconsistencies but that's understandable for a young team in their first non-tanking season. I'm not enjoying the pathetic home blowouts. Been that way for 4 straight years now feels like we lead the league.

Fun fact

After OKC, we have the most 10 point wins in the league (OKC 25, us 17)

On the other hand, only 2 teams above .500 have lost by 10 more than us, the Lakers (13) and Heat (12).

But weirdly enough, 8 of our 11 10-point losses have been at home.

[ciueli]

I can't enjoy this season all that much because it feels far too much like the 2021-2022 season, this team is even on pace to win almost exactly the same number of games as that season. Undersized team still finding ways to win in spite of no real C in a weird season where the East is weak and stars are missing on other teams, it's all too familiar.

[canada_dry]

Yes. Yes i am.

[tsherkin]

They are fun again, which is the biggest thing.

This is so important for engagement.