Siakam on Young Man & the Three (Video)
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Siakam on Young Man & the Three (Video)
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Great interview.
I had just been thinking about that team the other day. I don't think people realized at rhe time just how stacked it was.
You had a few players that were very high caliber, but towards the end of their careers. A couple of all-star level players who were in their prime. Then, a bunch of young takented players about to enter their prime.
It was the perfect mixture of ages, stages & talent.
You gotta think. If you add 2019 OG, Pascal, Norm, Fred, Serge or Green to our current roster, that's a significant upgrade to our team. That's not even counting Kyle.or Kawhi.
I had just been thinking about that team the other day. I don't think people realized at rhe time just how stacked it was.
You had a few players that were very high caliber, but towards the end of their careers. A couple of all-star level players who were in their prime. Then, a bunch of young takented players about to enter their prime.
It was the perfect mixture of ages, stages & talent.
You gotta think. If you add 2019 OG, Pascal, Norm, Fred, Serge or Green to our current roster, that's a significant upgrade to our team. That's not even counting Kyle.or Kawhi.

* Props to the man, the myth, the legend......TZ.
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That team was built for the long grind of the playoffs. It had everything you needed and could play any style necessary to win.
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Finally an interview where the player isnt **** on Toronto
mdenny wrote:In anycase....Masai is probably gonna make Fred the first active player/head coach in franchise history now that Nurse is out of the way. That's been the plan all along.
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PushDaRock wrote:That team was built for the long grind of the playoffs. It had everything you needed and could play any style necessary to win.
The playoff rotation was Kawhi, Kyle, Pascal, Gasol, Green, FVV, Ibaka, and Norm. One of the most significant qualities of that rotation is that everyone could play on both ends of the court. Most teams have a liability that can be targeted on defense or ignored on offence but that Raptors team did not.
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StopitLeo wrote:PushDaRock wrote:That team was built for the long grind of the playoffs. It had everything you needed and could play any style necessary to win.
The playoff rotation was Kawhi, Kyle, Pascal, Gasol, Green, FVV, Ibaka, and Norm. One of the most significant qualities of that rotation is that everyone could play on both ends of the court. Most teams have a liability that can be targeted on defense or ignored on offence but that Raptors team did not.
Team was so stacked we had Leonard on the other team’s worst offensive player on most nights, and he played what was the worst defense of his career (still good) other than the last couple, and we still won a championship.
I’m not sure another team would been able to pull off what we did to let Leonard rest like that, other than the stacked Warriors.
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StopitLeo wrote:PushDaRock wrote:That team was built for the long grind of the playoffs. It had everything you needed and could play any style necessary to win.
The playoff rotation was Kawhi, Kyle, Pascal, Gasol, Green, FVV, Ibaka, and Norm. One of the most significant qualities of that rotation is that everyone could play on both ends of the court. Most teams have a liability that can be targeted on defense or ignored on offence but that Raptors team did not.
I wouldn't say teams like the Golden States having one limited defender or one limited scorer cannot win the championship, but our team having these two-way players make us very flexible in either adding more offense vs more defense. It can simply adjust based on opponent.
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StopitLeo wrote:PushDaRock wrote:That team was built for the long grind of the playoffs. It had everything you needed and could play any style necessary to win.
The playoff rotation was Kawhi, Kyle, Pascal, Gasol, Green, FVV, Ibaka, and Norm. One of the most significant qualities of that rotation is that everyone could play on both ends of the court. Most teams have a liability that can be targeted on defense or ignored on offence but that Raptors team did not.
I can't think of a more complete team than the one we had. Maybe would have to go look at one of the Spurs teams to have it be close.
When you look at the careers that Siakam, Fred, OG and Norm have gone on to have as well, it just makes you realize how stacked and talented that team really was.