In Episode 1387, Sean Woodley is joined by Vivek Jacob (Raptors.com) to talk about the status of Masai Ujiri and the Toronto Raptors’ front office now that they’ve played the Nick Nurse firing card and sit on the precipice of a massive off-season for the franchise. Off the top, is the there any warmth on the seats of Ujiri and Bobby Webester? Probably not just yet, but they’ve certainly painted themselves into a corner where the fury will be loud if the team bungles the very complex off-season it has set up for itself. Next, Sean and Vivek play a game of Fact or Fiction centered around some of the quotes from Ujiri’s season-ending press conference. Is Jakob Poeltl actually a Top-10 center in the league as Ujiri declared? Can the team be fixed without major roster moves if the lionized culture the team used to proudly cultivate is restored? Did Nick Nurse’s comments before the late-season game in Philly really have no bearing on the Raptors’ decision to fire him? And will the Raptors win in Toronto again under Masai’s leadership?
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Feel free to play along with our game of Fact or Fiction and let us know what you think on the four Masai statements we dug in on today!
I do believe that the Raptors can get much better if the same roasters work on the shootings and easily become contenders
Point :2 fact. Winning culture means FO needs to save face and readjust the roster that they stocked. Yes nn had a say as to who to cut but my gosh… Dalano, Malachi, Bo Cruz, Barton… Inconsistent shooting. Gary, Fred and og were sooooo streaky.too. Leaving that corner 3 open hurts when you can't shoot your way out of a he or offensive lull (again)
Point 3 fact. But FO should have shut down the udoka talks rumours prior to nn comments. "We support our coach and disregard rumours" kinda narrative
Point 4: Fact. It's his legacy and his pride. And he is capable. If not a chip, then at least a competent 5th/ 6th seed. But not next year…. Unless he has a nother KAWHI move in his back pocket again lol
If masai did nothing and said a whole bunch of nothing in his press conference I'd be worried. But for masai to state multiple time in his presser how selfish some players were this year and how he was disgusted watching them play and how there was no accountability takes a real man and true leader. First he cut the head of the snake by firing the man who only held the young players accountable and absolutely enabled his "top 2" players to do whatever they like with no accountability. Great day to be a raps fan there's hope cheers to fred and pascal packing their bags next
Tier 3 – 4 centre? lol
More like tier 2 – 3 centre.
When he get's a full yr with the raps he will be even better.
Dudes before Massai is on hot seat… Bobby will… You guys trying to push for him to go… Learders like hime are not a dime a dozen…A bad season is not a case to let go of him… Love some of your takes but seriously… You forget 905 practice facility all star game championship winning record ect. He has a ton of feathers in his cap… Be Real guys he is not going anywhere…
What do think of Mark Jackson as the new coach?
Shooting alone don'tvwin chip. Defense & scoring does. You can be a 3pt shooter & get played off the floor. I truly believe Raps needs only about 2 or max 3 players who can shoot for the bench. The problem I see is lack if movement from players & ball on the court. We needs guys w/ BB fundamentals & high BB IQ.There needs to be role definition on the team.
See Terrence Ross & Damian Lee on the Suns. Monty can't even play them. Even Luke Kennard on Grizz is getting picked on by Lakers. And less not forget Duncan Robinson from Heat who was not even in the roatation. The reason why Spo played him was b/c of Hero injury. He coukd not even hit a 3 pt until that last gm. Let's see what he does moving forward. And one last point with all the hoopla about shooting the Kings would not be where they are w/o Sabonis grabbing all those reblunds & playmaking. I rather have decent 2 way players than just shooters.
I think Raps will win a chip in 2025 or 2026. I see Scottie making a leap nect season. Guys lebron, KD Kawhi & others will not be a factor in the next 2 yrs. I believe it takes a team not 1 star to win& I trust Masai to put the pieces together.
I have faith in Raps win a chip again than Leafs making it pass the 2nd round.
I think with Gave Vincent and Donte Divincenzo in free agency. This team goes to the second round in the playoffs.
now i will be a Stackhouse truther – get Stackhouse in – go young and trade Pascal and Fred
what's our culture? being soft as tissue. Please everyone, bring your PONCHOs to work??? that's a soft culture – just get rid of the softies
No one on this roster is safe except for Scottie Barnes in my opinion. Which I like… I would hate to see Pascal or OG leave though! We definitely need more shooting… deeper bench also
New offense, use of the bench, accountability, find shooting, or use the few that you have, then add. Porter is back next season. A new spirit is needed. Either way, it will be an interesting summer.
Get rid of Fred.
Think Massai should have owned his inability to get the raps agency core,I mean seriously we haven't had a bench mob since FVV was part of it.Sorry thats not on NN! Dont see much change with this bench,sorry they blow! 1 draft pick gonna get slim pickins.Cant have guys blowing up 40 min and not expect nagging injuries& major injuries.Raps fans want Spicy FVV gone,where ya getting those points at? Scotty isn't close to a point guard,hell can't even hit mid range.If we let these free agents go,,this team won't be worth watching.Just one fans opinion, but I own it!
VanVleet isn’t the guy at PG, not efficient enough to be a starter, I’d tear down and rebuild around scottie and our young guns, bring in Ime Udoka and go from there. Maybe trade Siakam for draft capital?