The Toronto Raptors got their DOG (Late night session)
Emanuel quickly is ask me one more time Emanuel quickley is a dog a dog a dog how do you mean that I’m a dog I did a post game live it did not go well it has been moved to unlisted SL private got into it with a lot of people
About Darko this team Grady a lot of stuff that was very annoying I did not sleep I thought the problem was I haven’t slept the truth is I haven’t had time to process I haven’t had time to celebrate I haven’t had time to think the minute I was done with the
Live I had to prepare for the Pistons I never had a moment to really Rejoice at the player that the Raptors just traded for and it’s late it’s 3:30 in the morning I’m very underslept but I’m very happy I’m a very happy person right now because the Toronto Raptors have a
Downhill guard who can Splash above the brake from 30 feet I don’t want this to get lost in a 4-Hour live or three-hour live or a Callin show I need this to be on record just like I wanted my yaka purle you know is a D+ trade last season to be on
The record I need to commit this to myself because I want this to be a momento so selfishly this is the first live that I think I’m not even doing for the community I’m doing this for myself it’s very selfish it’s very selfish I’m doing this for myself because I want to
Cement my thoughts in terms of who I think the Toronto Raptors just got spent some time on Raph takes uh Twitter spaces right now late night talk to some people listen to RS fan listen to Christian Community member here uh fre you know used to be a frequent
Caller here got people’s impressions of who they think they lost what they think they got got some good ideas in terms of how to readjust my thinking on RJ Barrett and what the Raptors might be getting there I’m going to focus on Emanuel quickly
Here let me show you okay so a lot has been made about what Emanuel quickly did as a starter last year 20 points per game you know solid efficiency but I want to I wna I want to take this back to a bigger sample size take a look at
This Emanuel quickley in his career when playing 30 plus minutes in 53 games look at those numbers 20.6 20.3 points per game 4.7 rebounds 4.6 assists per game 48% from three 42% from three sorry 48 % from the field 42% from three 83% from the free
Throw line the Knicks are 31 and 22 22 in those games and Emanuel quickley is plus 365 since he has I don’t like to put too much stock into plus minus data box plus minus is far more important Emanuel quickle is an analytics darling but since Emanuel quickley came
Into the league would you believe me if I told you that he was top 20 in the entire NBA in plus minus teams are just team is just better with him they’re so good now I want to talk about what I think is happening with the Raptors got
Into it with Dr dread last last last night three hours ago whatever two hours ago that it was about what’s been going on with the Raptors right a lot of confusion right now a lot of people bummed out maybe some people couldn’t sleep and maybe you’re here right now
You know um sparkling saying let me get some comments here some of these are funny Rob setting a world record for most lives um love it um IQ is a dog but R.J is a puppy okay maybe Rob’s living in Europe nope I live in Toronto sir um Dr dread is back
Saying like really he really does not sleep I’m about to go to bed school school soon um the ram Rider saying the time zones does not exist for this man I’m passionate man my team just traded for a downhill guard who could score on three levels who can pass out of the
Pick and roll who can be a dynamic Creator Shifty ball handler we haven’t had a player like this ever ever I’m watching guys like John marant carry the Memphis Grizzlies back from the dead I’m watching Tyrese Maxi really entering Superstar conversations I’m watching dearon Fox lead the league in
Fourth quarter fourth quarter scoring last year and my only thought is when are the Raptors going to get a guy like this what when how how do you get a guy like this they’re never available for trade we’re not trading Scotty we don’t have first round picks even if we had
First round picks it’s not enough to get this guy we have to draft him but they’re not available they’re just not available how many of those guys I mean that’s probably why people you know really wanted Kobe buffkin or uh keonte George or one of those Shifty
Ball handlers CU in theory if those guys maxed out 100% they might be something close to what that looks like but Emanuel quickley is 24 years old and he’s there he’s there right now I’m not telling you you have to wait for this guy for two three years I’m not telling
You have to wait for him for five years I’m not saying that that’s that’s this is not the the Grady precious argument this is not the wait and see I’m telling you you’re going to see it on Monday to people who are concerned about whether or not Emanuel quickly will
Start what his contract value will be next I want to address some of these questions right now in terms of the Raptor’s offense and why it has looks so bad it’s not looking bad the Raptor’s offense is ridiculously efficient that might be very difficult for people to believe because people
Focus on makes and misses and in terms of you know just shot quality this is not how people’s brains are oriented to think they think you miss four shots bad offense make four shots good offense the truth is though that your makes and misses are based on so many
Factors like luck like Talent these things but at the end of the day if I draw up a play as a coach which gets one of my best players underneath the basket wide open and he misses the dunk wide open am I a good coach or am I a bad
Coach I’m a great coach I’m a wizard I might be the god of coaching because that’s not supposed to happen Darko rakovich has taken a bunch of very Square pegs and put them into round holes with the Raptors for the first 30 two games suffered an embarrassing loss
Against the Detroit Pistons has played some very bad players like jayen McDaniels and no shade to Grady dick of course Grady dick has been really bad this year but he’s played him a bunch of minutes too he’s played a lot of players who frankly have no real business
Playing NBA minutes right now it would be like if you had to play Delano Banton right if you have to play Delano Banton you’re going to lose those minutes that’s just how it works young players who aren’t Scotty Barnes or you know um Zion Williamson usually cost you big
Time and if you play them a lot they’re going to cost you a lot it usually is how it works they’re not usually contributing to winning and in the case of Jaylen McDaniels Pascal seak is three-point shooting Grady Dick’s cold streak um Gary Trent Jr’s extremely cold start to
The start of this season um yaka purle and his declining mobility and rim protection these things are not in darko’s control he has to play the players that he has in front of him but I would argue that he was in a very precarious and weird position and
Messiah jurri is a very honest man and he sort of alluded to it he alluded to it in his introductory press conference where everything was Kumbaya unha happppy and he said we haven’t told him the bad part yet let me tell you what I think the bad part was I think the bad
Part was that hey Darko we’re really Holding Out for these assets that we really really like so we’re going to ask you to coach a team for the first 30 to 40 games that probably isn’t the team you’re going to coach for the next three to four years
We would like you to simultaneously maintain the Kumbaya locker rooms without having everyone kill themselves and kill each other in the in the in the locker room we would like you to implement a new offense which is more ball you know movement oriented raise our assist level ruin you know uh take
Away this selfish tag get guys to buy in unlock unlock Scotty develop Grady develop precious you know exhibit precious and and Malachi for precisely this trade and we would like you to continue to maintain the asset flexibility and value of guys that we’ve just signed to enormous deals like yaka
Purle guys that are expiring contracts we would like you to play them occasionally as well auto porter because we may need them as trade pieces Darko for the first 40 games you’re going to be coaching a roster that doesn’t make hell of a lot of sense but we would like
You to implement your offense anyways we want you to play 0. five basketball with precious aoua Gary Trent Jr and Jaylen McDaniels making decisions at the top of the floor we want you to have an offense which you believe in where Jaylen McDaniels is routinely shooting movement
Threes and we want you to make it work can you do it yes sir here’s some coffee let me do it for you he’s done it actually he has done it in terms of generating efficient offense for the players who can actually do things he has Scotty is way more efficient this
Year people may not believe this but Pascal seaka has been way more efficient this year he’s been way less impactful because he’s not really playing defense but he’s been way more efficient in this offense than he was in the previous offense Darko is getting him open looks Darko is getting him open
Threes he’s missing them if Pascal SE yakum hits 36% of his threes and Lord knows he is open as hell and most NBA players can hit 36% on open threes do you know what his analytics profile would look like right now do you know what his trade value would look
Like right now do you know if the guys who were supposed to just hit like Jaylen McDaniels came in last season he was shooting 40% from three do you understand what this offense would look like if Jaylen McDaniels could actually shoot 40% for three from from three for
Us danis Schroeder has been more efficient this year than almost any career any year in the past five years that I can think of I’m not a big fan of Dennis Schroeder but he’s outperforming that contract handily Malachi Flynn and precious auua two guys who are now currently New York
Knicks they were more efficient this year too this offense just lost to the Detroit Pistons but did you miss the part where they shot 50% from three potential assists the Raptors are almost number one in the NBA I think the last time I checked they were number one
In the NBA in terms of potential assists they’re almost like they’ve done it they don’t have consistent buying on defense they don’t have pieces that make a lot of sense they have a lot of guys who kind of get in each other’s way and don’t always you know finish plays or
Know where to be when they’re supposed to relocate they don’t really understand what they’re doing but man you would be absolutely kidding me um hoodie mellow Robert if you don’t sleep I’m coming to Toronto to make you don’t worry man um damn you live this late the grind don’t stop man I just
Gotta as I said I gotta I gotta lay my thoughts down and this is for myself this live I appreciate 120 of Y all being here at 4 at 3:43 in the morning but I feel like number one I have to do is for myself number two I feel like I
Owe you guys a bit of a makeup for uh removing the last live right um I don’t like the last live um for a multitude of reasons uh I think it veered into very angry everyone was angry let’s be let’s be honest I mean I think a lot of people
Were very angry I think that you know people were very angry maybe processing the OG thing I think I was very not calm okay I was very not calm and I’m not happy with it so for the first time in a long time maybe the first time ever I’m
Just removing that life it doesn’t need to be cut it doesn’t need to be clipped it’s just forget it it didn’t happen move on I mean it did happen of course it did happen but look Emanuel quickley and Scotty Barnes at the top of the key when you
Talk about you know um when you think about like how Dennis Schroeder activates off of one of these incredible yakup screens right look how open he is coming off of it and look how the defense reacts does the defense shift no because no one is jumping Dennis Schroeder off the screen they don’t
Think that he can pull from 25 feet 28 feet and just bury them and they’re leaving him open and he’s hitting them congrats but when they start guarding him he won’t hit them anymore that’s the whole point but if they started guarding him he could go downhill and he can get
Open layups as he often does because he’s very quick Emanuel quickly is quicker okay when we talk about paint finishing how often do we see Dennis schroer kind of float into the paint off of one of these screens to get him open and downhill and he’s just kind of
Parading around in the paint and the defense is like all right little bro do what you got to do but we’re not scared of you in here how often so when you think about the separation that a screen from a Scotty Barnes or yaka purle creates for the ball handler coming off
That screen when you start thinking about the dynamicism of setting that screen maybe two feet higher for a player like Emanuel quickley who can launch from deep and now you have a Scotty Barnes who can both pick and pop yo you have a pick and pop partner for
Scotty Barnes a pick and roll partner for Scotty Barnes and you can invert it as well because Emanuel quickley is a strong dude most perhaps importantly let’s we’ll talk about the RJ um RJ component of this I promise we’ll talk about RJ RJ Barrett towards the end of this he is
Secondary piece in this but he’s not inconsequential and I think he might be a little bit better than I said he would be and I think he might be a little bit better than most people are expecting him to be even around the NBA uh I
Studied a lot of his tape I have just haven’t watched a lot of him lately so I wanted to take a look at what was going on with his game his numbers everything and I think the Raptors might have something here too so on the Emanuel quickly front one more
Thing I really want to talk about we talked about intangibles right intangibles are very important to me Emanuel quickley is a leader he is a leader you know he reminds me of a lot not in terms of play style but just in terms of Personality Kyle Lowry there’s a little bit of Kyle
Lowry in him look at what’s been happening to this poor dude in New York right and this was retweeted by Quickly’s aunt and you know Zach says 95% of the league would be throwing a fit the med to the media if they were stuck in a situation on a contract here
He’s one of the he’s one of one talent and true professional indefensible misuse from tibs this year and every season he’s been on the roster there’s Emanuel quickly showing up to Toronto look man man sometimes a player is just misunderstood sometimes they’re misused sometimes they’re just in the wrong
Situation Eman quickly is all three how good do I think this guy is so good he’s so good I can’t even put it into words how good I think he is he is not perfect no player in the league is perfect but man when you talk about about a guy who can
Really really just efficiently score 30 points in his sleep okay and with screen Setters like Scotty and and and a fast-paced offense like the one Darko wants to run oh my goodness like this guy might average 25 points per game for you for the rest of the season do you
Understand that like efficient 25 like he’s not he’s not a chucker he’s not someone who regular he’s pretty consistent too and he can get a little a little bit streaky he can go on his hot streaks he can get a little bit of tunnel vision yeah he has all the
Annoying habits of guards that sometimes like to shoot too much but really he’s not a selfish player he doesn’t Hound the basketball he’s a trigger guy he likes to shoot you know what Scotty said about Gary Trent uh when he was asked about why he likes playing with Gary he
Says when I pass to him he shoots you know how much Scotty Scotty Barnes might be bummed bummed out right now okay he might be really sad right now because he lost his friend OG and anobi but I have a feeling he’s going to perk up real
Fast when he plays with manual quickly these two have the potential I just want to take you forward maybe a couple months let me let me present to you a potential headline that the tronto star or the tronto Sun or glob male or one of these things is going to have are
Manual quickly and Scotty Barnes one of the best young Duos in the NBA I think that’s going to to be a very very valid question and very soon these two guys are built to play together this is basketball Synergy 101 okay so good it is ridiculous that he was
Available so good I thought there’s no way in hell the Knicks would ever trade him how will the Knicks ever trade him they’re going to pay him now his contract issue is is one thing right thei wanted to pay him $18 million a year he does not want to play for $18
Million a year because one of the things that he said in this Amad Rashad interview was that his biggest fear is being average $18 million is very soon to be a very average paid player oh you better believe Emanuel quickley is about to bet on himself in a very big way but
In a way that’s healthy and positive not in a way like Fred vanle unlike Fred Van he can finish in the paint do you know how differently I would feel about Fred Van if Fred Van B had the talent of emmanual quickley you know how different
I would feel about Fred Van B if he was this young and this good and this quick I I would shut up about everything do you know how how how I would feel about Fred vaned if he was like a tough tough fourth quarter closer I would feel so different death
4K saying he’s better than Maxi though at defense under statement of the century understatement of the century he is Miles better than Tyrese Maxi as a Defender considerably so he might be one of the better guard defenders in the NBA I’m not saying he’s jaying Suggs no no
Don’t get me wrong he’s not Drew holiday fine but he’s really good and you know what I’ve seen him very competently I was studying a lot of film of him today at any any moment I got between these lives I was pulling up manual quickly
Games I was trying to study uh as much as I could because granted I I watch a lot of raptor games I don’t watch a lot of Nick games you know I watch maybe 8 to 10 a year so I haven’t had as much of a chance to watch him I remember
Watching him in college one of the things that he absolutely can do is he can guard up a position right he can guard one two I’ve seen him guard threes competently he’s strong he’s a dog remember the P Patrick Beverly said that Toronto Raptors don’t have any dogs OG
Pascal you know if I saw them in an Alleyway I would be scared he’s right the tronto Raptors did not have a dog the closest thing the Toronto Raptors have to a dog is Scotty Barnes and he’s a little bit young right now and he needs he he needs pack he needs
Guys to come into the pack with him he needs guys who can be dogs with him but you know who is a dog and who is one player that I would say among the entire NBA if I had to count the 10 toughest players in the NBA you know who I would
Consider the one of the toughest players in the NBA Emanuel quickley easily one of he’s probably the toughest guard in the league man and that’s a trait that I ascribe to Kyle Lowry and that’s why I say he reminds me of Kyle Lowry he’s massively underrated his numbers don’t tell the full story
His Advanced stats do tell the full story his eye the eye test tells you that he can do whatever the hell he wants to basketball court unlike Kyle Lowry he can finish in the paint very well right now I mean Kyle was decentish but he’s good he’s good his floater
Range like his ability to to and his his width and his speed like athletically his speed his size his wingspan is on another level from Kyle Lowry but his shooting is the same he’s better actually he’s a better shooter than Kyle Lowry at the same stage he’s a much much
Much better shooter please understand we got KY Lowry at 26 Emanuel quickley today is a better player than Kyle lry when he came to the Toronto Raptors no doubt in my mind Kyle’s more of a table setter point guard that’s the upside whereas Emanuel quickley is not
Emanuel is a more of a scoring guard he’s going to score a he’s going to score Bunches of points and with Darko rakovich you know the other thing is please understand and this this this extends also to RJ Barrett the Nick’s offense is not efficient you have problems with the
Raptor offense under Nick nurse please go watch a Nick’s game their offense is horrible the pace is ugly it’s not beautiful it’s not it’s a defensive halfcourt team that’s a team that really likes to grind they like to grind through the post they like to play with a center
Okay I’m not necessarily saying Tom Tibido is an unevolved dinosaur of a coach but you have a head coach who wrote a dissertation paper on the pick and roll he is a player who believes in modern Concepts I’ve always said darkov rakovic believes in the right stuff he’s not
Always doing the right stuff his lineups don’t always makes sense I don’t understand why Dennis schroer played so many minutes but now I understand why Dennis schroer was starting all those games because eventually Dennis Schroeder was about to turn into Emanuel quickley last year I made a video on
This channel about how the Raptors were trying to use Pascal cakam in a way that they would eventually try to use Kevin Kevin Durant it’s not the first team to try to do this but that’s what I thought they were doing and I made a whole video
About it and got 10,000 views and I thought it was it was one of the videos I was most proud of on this channel right and inevitably it never happened the Nets went in another Direction they didn’t want OG and Pascal or whatever we were offering Gary and Pascal and pix
They didn’t want that package for Kevin Durant they instead went with Mel Bridges and cam Thomas kudos to them sucked for us at the time we didn’t get Kevin Durant some people are pretty happy about that but I want to say that I think the Raptors did the same thing with Dennis
Quick quick trigger not a real point guard downhill guard coming off screen coming off pick and roll running so many pick and rolls with Scotty and and yakob I mean if you just ch change one thing really which is Dennis for Emanuel quickley right even if you consider
Right now that Dennis has moved to the bench just two games ago he moved to the bench do you think that the plan was to move him to the bench if you knew you’re going to make this trade and then bring him back into starting lineup anyone who
Thinks he’s going to start over manual quickly I will start a riot myself if he starts over manual quickly let me talk very quickly about this contract very quickly every time I say quickly now I’m just going to think about a manual quickly I would extend him before letting him play play
Um no I’m not you’re not going to troll me by the way I I I practice Zen Buddhism now okay I am so freaking prepared for anything you got to say nothing you’re going to say is going to trigger me and you know go to sleep man all right
So it worked I got a little bit peeved it’s all good man you’re good troll you’re very good troll you’re an incredible troll if we ever do a troles like a you know razis for the worst worst film uh ever you you will get my you get my word for trollies because
You’re not you’re not crossing a line where I can ban you but you’re also very persistent anyways in terms of extension eligible you know Emanuel quickly will be I believe if I’m not mistaken please correct me if I’m wrong I believe he’s extension eligible right now and the
Raptors don’t have to wait till restricted free agency they can just give him what he wants you know they can just give him what he wants and reportedly the Knicks wanted to pay him 18 million and allegedly he wants north of 25 okay pay him 25 oh he wants to play
Hard ball 28 pay him 28 I don’t care pay him 28 because I tell you right now the risk you run if you don’t sign him right away number one now he’s going to be thinking about the contract he has to bet on himself you’re putting him you’re
Putting a very young player who hasn’t made a lot of money in his career by the way who’s extremely talented extremely talented right now and you are putting him in a position where he has to now go and gun for a contract and prove what he’s worth don’t
Do this to him don’t do this learn learn your lesson from Pascal SE yakum don’t do this to him offer him an extension right away you have enough data you understand who you’re trading for make the investment right now offer him $28 million a year for the next four or five
Years and just be done with it now you’re set now no one has to think who’s going to be here who has to make what money and just let him play Let him play free his relationship with Scotty is something I really want to talk about at
Some point in this live too but in terms of what I would pay him $28 million is soft work man easy easy easy easily $28 million 30 no problem I don’t have a problem with that he he might have to play a few games and prove some stuff uh
Before we go to 30 but 28 would be my offer right away and just say okay we’re willing to show some faith in you are you willing to show some faith in us we believe in you we traded one of the best players we’ve ever had in OG and anobi
For you uh a guy we loved a guy who loved being here um and we would like to show you what that faith means to us by giving you you know 28 million which is 10 million more than the Knicks we’re offering you per year and let’s see
Where you know where where we go from there because if you don’t do this and you allow him to bet on himself and he starts with 3 32 to 35 minutes a night in this offense with these screeners and space and pace and the pace that the
Raptors want to play at this guy might end up averaging 25 points per game this season now you have to Max them out so before you have to Max them out and roll the dice split the difference and say okay you want 2 you want more than 25 we
Might have to pay you 32 33 whatever the max is if if we you know go to restrictive free agency and honestly restrictive free agency should scare no one let me just cap on this let me just cap this discussion on restrictive free agency typically if a player is as good as manual
Quickly um as good as I expect him to be for the Raptors most teams with cap space unless they are super desperate to screw you over don’t have will not sign that player to an offer sheet this is not A6 to10 million 12 million5 million player this would be a a near Max
Slot and so the problem with that would be that they would have to tie up their c space while you match or choose to match or whatever and they have to give you days and those days are crucial because those max players usually they dry up so typically restrict
Restricted free agency is very different than unrestricted free agency in this one sense unrestricted free agency everybody meets with you and gives you their pitch like what Fred bble went through with the Houston Rockets and tronto Raptors right with restricted free agency especially when you’re a Max
Level restricted free agent all you have to do is let let W and W or Shams know that they’re going to match any offer that comes his way there’s no point in trying and really unless a team calls your bluff you just get to have them how
Do you think you got OG and anobi for for the deal you got him for teams didn’t even think they could bid and then they were surprised at how little the Raptors got him for if the Raptors get Emanuel quickle signed longterm to $25 million a year oh my gosh like oh my
Gosh what a steal if they get him signed to less than 25 steel of the century he’s going to be worth it he’s going to be worth it now you know my record on this I’m not really a big fan of undersized guards is Emanuel quickly undersized no he has
Great prototypical size from the point guard position because his arms are very long very Tyrese Maxi like unlike Tyrese Maxi however Emanuel quickley really plays defense and he cares about defense because he cares about winning he’s talked about it numerous times that he doesn’t just want to be an empty C’s guy
He wants to win he wants to win he wants to be something much more his Grand Vision for basketball is not to be a guy in the league you need to find guys who are hungry like this who have real goals for themselves and for their team
Because that’s what Scotty’s like and so what I’m trying to say is that this is going to be the perfect personality fit for Scotty this is everything the Raptors have been missing you know for everything that OG is vocal is not it dog not really it great player wish we
Could have kept him would have fit beautifully with what we’re doing if I could switch OG for RJ right now I would do it in a heartbeat and i’ add picks to do it if I knew I can keep OG the difference between these two players is
Significant but ah the but the big b word but okay um what’s the top price we pay for his contract I I’d go to 30 million I I don’t mind $30 million a year for a downhill guard who’s 24 years old who can splash the way he can I mean that’s
The price that’s the price and I mean like he might he might end up he’ll outplay that contract because his vision is what’s my next contract believe me like this guy really has that bet on yourself Edge but not against or outside the team context like he’s not going to
Drive you insane because he keeps freezing out guys from the offense and because he’s super inefficient I feel like people got very frustrated with Fred Van myself especially last year not because he was taking 12 threes but because he missed 10 of them all the time that’s the difference if he was
Making six of 12 I don’t think we’d have an issue Emanuel quickley and Scotty barns can play together they can play so well together and they don’t have to be like okay well this is my night and this is your night they’re smart players when you put smart players together they
Figure it out RJ Barrett let’s talk about RJ Barrett RJ Barrett has has struggled tremendously in New York tremendously especially on defense especially with shooting is his jump shot broken no not at all he had a year where he shot 40% from three for a whole
Year this is not a player whose jump shot is broken this is a player who’s probably just in the wrong system I always think about guys who know how to play or guys who don’t know how to play RJ Barrett knows how to play basketball he really instinctively understands hoop he’s a
Hooper you know what a natural Hooper is OJ mayo is a natural Hooper he wasn’t much of an NBA player but he’s a natural Hooper guys who are natural hoopers have good sense for basketball they understand Pace they understand where to cut how to cut how to space they just
Understand how to play the game and when you put those guys next to guys who can create the space that they need to attack the pace that they need to attack they usually finish well now I don’t think we need to ask RJ Barrett to do
Too much for the Tron Raptors but what I do think is going to be very helpful for RJ Barrett is to be a finisher in this offense and to be able to finish in an offense that moves at a faster Pace I think with halfcourt offense sometimes
You can box players in especially guys who are as athletic as RJ and you can sort of box them into a corner in this case literally into a corner go stand in the right corner and do stuff you know and I think when I think of transition
Players like look at Chris bue how much does Chris Buche struggle when we’re all halfcourt when Scotty starts pushing the break you suddenly see Chris buet doing very Dynamic things and running the floor and catching dunks and alleyes see you need Livewire athletes to play with Scotty Barnes in theory you need guys
Who can make decisions in the open court who don’t routinely screw up fast breaks but who are athletic enough to finish in transition how many times has Gary Trent Jr blown a layup in transition where he has an advantage or and he just can’t finish he can’t get to the rim he can’t
Dunk you know he gets blocked at The Rim how many times does that happen Scotty is an engine okay but that engine has been in a pinto for way too long then maybe you know this year it got upgraded to a Toyota F you know a to Toyota Camry
But what if you put that engine in a Ferrari you know putting guys like Emanuel quickly and RJ Barrett around Scotty Barnes makes this entire team a more natural basketball team yaka Perle is also a natural basketball player he is just naturally gravitating towards doing the right things on the basketball
Court again not the best fit but man you can play very good basketball with a center who does not shoot I I negated this point you know a couple of lives ago where someone said you know do you need a center who can shoot I said no
You need a center who can create space screens create space yaka is an elite screener finishing creates maximizes space yakob is an incredible finisher in the floater range post range whatever he’s not super Dynamic fine he’s a competent rebounder he does enough for you to justify 25 minutes a night is it
Enough for you to justify $20 million no not even close he probably should be paid 12 maybe 13 he’s a little bit overpaid right um Adam Hurley this guy is trying to be cool or something I don’t know who you’re talking about are you talking about me that’s cool
Everyone has an opinion you’re entitled to yours if that is in fact your opinion about me I’m certainly not cool and I’m not trying to be cool I am however trying to lay out my thoughts on how I feel this trade feels to me you know with 14 hours to digest it
Okay RJ Barrett I think has numerous holes in terms of his decision- making at times has been laxed his defense is very poor and I don’t know if it’s going to get better right I don’t know if it’s going to get better I certainly hope it will
In terms of is he overpaid at 23 years old he’s marginally overpaid I think he’s marginally overpaid he’s massively overpaid relative to current production his current production is probably that of a player who makes eight to10 million a year is that is that too harsh I don’t
Think it is the upside however on RJ Barrett if you believe in the theory that you know guys who naturally know how to play basketball who are very very coordinated and good athletes um can learn and get better at the age of 23 then the upside is big now
The question then becomes what were the Raptors about to pay OG an anobi and pass and pressure atua and were they going to be worth that right Dr dread saying who is the starting five after this trade well I’m very curious to see what the next move is but I think very
Very likely what what the what the starting five will be is Scotty quickly um RJ with yakob and Pascal I think that’s probably the most natural thing and for now Gary Schroeder and Otto fad coming off the bench and bue of of course bue can’t forget about bue maybe
Bu is going to be a really big part of what we do without precious um yeah AR Mark Anderson with the crazy take saying R.J is a poor man’s T-Mac he’s homeless he’s a homeless person’s T-Mac he’s not T-Mac at all but I think that some of the potential that made him
A top three pick and a very very highly recruited player exists still to this day I wonder you never know until it happens when a player goes home okay some guys they Thrive when they go home some guys they can’t wait to leave home some guys think they want to go home and
Then being home sucks I hope for RJ being home will be a welcome relief for him playing in New York is not easy playing in the garden is not easy playing on a team that has you know bottom Pace offense is never easy none of these things are super easy but he is
In a very above he is a very above average offensive player and a very below average defensive player with a very very very special athletic potential and that’s what I’ll say about that can Scotty unlock RJ Barrett has RJ Barrett ever in his life played with a passer as
Gifted as Scotty Barnes I don’t think so I don’t think so also this I don’t think so I think I think it’s worth noting that in order to optimize this lineup completely and to make everything make sense probably a pascal SE yakum trade has got to happen and I wonder if you completely
Reset all your draft assets and you make a trade right now because you feel confident in Scotty and quickly where you just start trading for guys who can fit in guys who can contribute and fit in do you make a trade for a buddy healed would that be interesting or what
Imagine playing Scotty at the four buddy at the two Emanuel quickly at the one RJ at the three and you know whatever you get back maybe would they do no they would never do that I was gonna say would they do Miles Turner and Buddy hee for Pascal SE yakum no they
Wouldn’t let’s assume the best and let’s assume that you get you know the package that Atlanta is talking about dejonte Murray that’s a very interesting team dejon Murray and Emanuel quickley and Scotty Barnes with RJ Barrett like are are we kidding here like this is interesting and young it’s
A young team with really natural basketball players with yaka purle setting screens for these guys you know dark Darko rogovich has just entered Heaven they put him through hell I’ll consider the first 32 games that Darko rovic has coached to be an initiation you ever been initiated into a
Fraternity you know that it’s tough they put you through hell they do you know all sorts of stupid things they they make fun of things they they trick you and stuff okay fine all of that stuff you know they Haze you they they pull a
Gun on you but it’s a water gun okay all that stuff okay we’re out of the way with that now you finally get your Dynamic downhill guard you get a Livewire athlete who can go in the full court and actually create something you know how many times how many times is is
Precious AA or Chris bue you know these Live Wire kind of athletes that that you like to see next to Scotty Barnes running on the break how often do you throw one of these guys at basketball and they just lose the basketball right not natural decision makers in the open
Court they’re unnatural basketball players who picked up basketball very late you need to put players who are very natural basketball players around Scotty bars I keep saying natural basketball players because I hope that someone out there is picking up what I’m putting down Okay um I realize this is pretty much trade hour
Uh sorry troll hour Rob I just did a nyck rebuild with OG on 2K average 13.9 points per game and six seed with first round exit uh I think OG will do better than that but cool thank you uh for doing that that’s Awesome um in terms of what I would like back for Pascal AUM certainly I would like back some young players some some picks and a piece that works you you know I was thinking about this team you know I was thinking about this team and their leadership construction and who
Has a voice in this locker room who steps up who’s saying what this has been a fascination of the media pretty much the entire year after losses they’re like who’s talking in the locker room you know because the media is not allowed in the locker room when they’re
Having these private meetings so they’re trying to get into it they’re like guys who’s talking is it Darko talking is it drama talking who’s doing the talking you know and people are usually like Mom about it they ask Pascal yakum like who’s the leader like who’s the leader
In your locker room and he’ll just be like you know we can all lead a little bit this is not a recipe for Success you know with Emanuel quickly you don’t have to worry about that I think he’ll come in on day one he’ll be vocal I think I
Hope I hope for for our sake he’ll be vocal I think the the relationship between him and Scotty Barnes could be a little bit like the relationship between Dirk nitzki and Steve Nash I think they’re going to vibe off of each other I think they’re going to get along
Really well I think there’s going to be a lot of natural basketball Synergy and I think there’s a lot of ying and yang you know Scotty’s a little bit goofy emanuel’s very serious I mean he’s not he’s not a guy who won’t dance he’s not
A guy who won’t laugh he’s a very high energy high energy is is is the key they’re both super high motor they’ll compete off of each other you understand High motor is so important motor is one of the most important things in the NBA I think um if I recall correctly Weir
Did think basketball put Emanuel quickly in their top 25 under 25 draft let me just pull that up real quick and I’ll tell you um if I if I remember it correctly what was it um give me one sec here I apologize um pull this up so thinking basketball had quickly
Where does anyone remember off top of their head I I I will pull it up for sure but okay they had Emanuel quickly 19th so here is thinking basketball’s top 25 players under 25 okay number one Luca number two Anthony Edwards number three Tyrese halberton number four John
Morant number five Tyrese Maxi number six Scotty Barnes number seven Chad hren number eight lamelo ball number nine Zion Williamson number 10 France Vagner then Evan Moy at 11 Darius Garland at 12 ALR shenon at 13 uh Jaylen Williams at 14 jiren Jackson Jr at 15 that’s an All-Star jiren Jackson Jr by
The way Trey Murphy the third at 16 Victor wanyama at 17 Kade Cunningham 18 Emanuel quickley at 19 that’s how high thinking basketball is on him here are players that were that were picked in this draft after Emanuel quickley everyone’s favorite Anthony Simons Jaden Ivy wait Jaden that’s wrong
Jaden McDaniels sorry Anthony Simons Jaden J Jaden McDaniels Tyler herro Denny OFA and Keegan Murray now how many of you would have been very ecstatic to get Keegan Murray in a trade for right because you get starter minutes if if Emanuel quickley was playing starter minutes right now for
Any team in the league he’d be averaging 22 points per game and you wouldn’t be able to get him for ogan anobi you just wouldn’t be and if you were getting him for OG anobi you’d be the one giving up picks because he’s buried on a bench
Behind a very very good guard be on a team with a very stubborn low paced coach you found a diamond in the rough that’s the truth okay so this entire will Emanuel quickly come off the bench stuff retire it you don’t trade one of the best players on your team for a guy
Who’s going to come off the bench they didn’t do this trade for RJ Barrett I promise you that I understand this front office pretty well they surprise me very very rarely okay over the last five years they surprised me over the last year they surprised me a lot this deal
Makes everything makes sense everything I’ve been confused about for the last year with this with this front office finally makes sense with this one trade all right Daniel saying rob what are you doing up so late uh Daniel I wanted to put my thoughts into a live I desperately desperately wanted to do
That um Canadian bro TV saying I still can’t believe the Raptors have IQ yes sir yes sir um look this is just um Dr Dre saying he’s Sixth Man of the Year because he came off the bench and Gary plays better as a starter um no
He’s he’s not going to be Sixth Man of the Year he did finish very high in the voting uh for Sixth Man of the Year um B joural hey how are you doing man um send yum to the Kings for Barnes herder and pick you know this is one of the smarter
Things you’ve said um James Harden sha gild Alexander maybe there’s something there like a smaller version of those guys like you know someone who’s just kind of six-man buried and then comes to an opportunity and just boom explodes right I don’t know if he’s got quite that level like Shay’s bigger James
Harden’s bigger but certainly he has the talent and both those guys are better creators than him in terms of passing and creating for others I hope his playmaking will evolve I I suspect that Darko will work very very hard with him to do that but I think between the
Development job that Darko has already shown me with Scotty Barnes also the work that he did with precious auua also the work that he did with Malachi Flynn I think he’s the work that he’s done with OG’s finishing granted he just helped three players who are now on the
Knicks but you had to help them right they’re on your team you you have an obligation to them you’re employed by the team so truth be told now all the development dollars and infrastructure go into guys like Grady dick Christian Koko Emanuel quickley let’s not even ignore the fact that if Christian Koko
Comes back what an elite elite um package this is why Messi uui is um IQ is Isaiah Thomas this is good I hope you mean Zeke and not the Super undersized Isaiah Thomas um very different types of players but personality wise hell yes man he’s tough he’ll get in your face he
Will he will knock you on your ass he’s a very tough player and as he said in that video he’s a dog he got that dog and you know what I I want to end this live on this I hope the next time the Toronto Raptors face Philadelphia 76ers
For the very last time of the season when we do I hope when we face that team the Patrick Beverly plays I hope the Patrick Beverly guards Emanuel quickley and I hope Emanuel quickley puts 50 points on his head and I hope at that day that I can tweet to
Pat Bev POD at Pat Bev pod and say how about now we got dogs now because we got one we got a big one he might only be 6’2 but don’t mistake him for a Chihuahua he’s a bulldog and he’s a he’s a pit bull and you remember the last time I called
A Raptor’s point guard a pitbull Kyle Lowry you got him you got Kyle Lowry you got Kyle low two times Scotty Barnes is like a very very big KY uh you know Emanuel quickley Cut From the Same Cloth man these guys are going to fit together so well I’ve had conversations with
People who are closer to the situation than I am and they are suspecting the same that as bummed the Scotty Barnes is right now that you know as much as he didn’t want he didn’t want to talk to the media last night he just wanted to
Get home home he just hated you know how this whole thing went down probably felt very sick for OG and precious Etc that once he and Emanuel quickley get in the room together and really start to figure it out and maybe even bring RJ Barrett along for that little conversation in
Kumbaya and just talk to each other and say yo y’all want to build we the north part two it’s about to happen don’t rule out the playoffs for this year I have a feeling it’s about to happen I feel like this team is about to go a really big
Big big push I don’t know what’s going to happen with Pascal yakum I’m really hoping that tomorrow my phone blows up even if I never sleep again for the rest of my life I hope my phone blows up tomorrow and there’s a equivalently impressive package for cakam and we can
Just finally kickart this thing that I have been begging for this team to do for a year and a half to two years now when it became apparent that this [ __ ] just didn’t work are we making the playoffs this year I will not count I will not count us out at the
Playoffs six seven game win streak boom back in the playoffs now you have a tough road trip you’re implementing a very very very two very big parts of what will be your offense hopefully the Vibes will improve with Emanuel quickle here and RJ Barrett of course these are
Two guys who are new they’re going to come in they’re going to probably start most likely almost definitely they’re going to start right away next to Scotty Barnes it’s going to be a surreal thing looking at the screen on Monday seeing Emanuel quickley Scotty Barnes RJ Barrett starting in the starting lineup
It’s going to be wild it’s going to be interesting it’s going to be amazing um you know I’m not trying to tell you like RJ Barett is gonna magically morph into a great defender I don’t I don’t know if that’s G to happen maybe it’ll never happen maybe he’s
Going to be a bad Defender maybe he’s supposed to be here to become something oh I’ll finish this off actually on one final thing sorry if I keep extending this further and further but I’m under my one hour I think that there’s a possibility and if you look at you know how teams
Value guys like James wisman and Marvin Begley you understand that guys who go higher in the lottery tend to have a subconsciously higher value in terms of Trades later even Andrew Wiggins right like people were hyping him to hell when he went to Golden State and he turned
Career around if our Maple Mamba comes here if RJ Barrett comes here and he continues to struggle on defense but he turns it around offensively and he gets marginally better defensively right let’s say he just starts shooting like 40% crazy threes right let’s say he becomes you know a better play better
Playmaker and let’s say he just becomes instead of like a fifth percentile Defender he becomes like a 305th percentile Defender where it’s not oh my God he’s so bad defensively but more like he’s not that good defensively and he’s on this contract don’t be surprised if next offseason you can
Actually move off of him now it’s not going to be popular you know guy gets better whatever um But please understand the contract element of this is the part that makes this a steal for the Raptors the Raptors were in a position where they were about to go to free agency
With so many variables including all three of the players they just traded away I shudder to think what this team May have offered precious AA if he showed life in the second half of the Season imagine he goes on one of these 40% three-point shooting runs you know
Which he does from time to time and he flashes that type of potential and there’s a team out there that’s super desperate to sign him and he’s a restrictive free agent just like um just like Emanuel quickley is just like Malachi Flynn is right now imagine just
Imagine that and by the way Emanuel quickley just went a few picks above Malachi I feel like that point is not brought up very often you imagine how much cheaper this would have been to just trade back three picks and pick him in the first place okay my point is
That if RJ Barrett develops into the type of player that people initially envisioned him becoming people will be less suspicious of it than if some random player some second round pick has a hot shooting thing right so if precious auua goes off and he goes nuts or Malachi Flynn really becomes
Competent backup guard but you’re going to pay them you’re not going to pay them two million a year you’re going to give them a justifiable upside contract like you do with every other young player to show them that they’re valued and believed in and maybe that would have been you
Know 10 million 12 million a year for pressure to cheu I mean if you gave it to Chris bue why wouldn’t you give it to Precious aoua well that’s 12 to3 million and what what if Malachi Flynn really flashed some you know competent backup guard potential would you give him 7
Million 8 million this team doesn’t pay guys 2 million they paid Kem Burch six million they like to take care of their guys they like to make sure people are H happy fat and fed so at minimum Malachi was going to get six million from this
Team if they kept him and we were going to get nothing if we left if we let him go so six million for Malachi maybe 12 million for precious suchu that’s $18 million RJ barretts $23 million this year $25 million next year is that materially that different from1 18
Million it’s not that far off RJ possesses far more potential in my opinion than precious saua plus Malachi Flyn combined sure in the absolute Apex 100% up upside he’s still the better player precious suchu is very very good player if he hits maximum upside but I
Think I’ve seen more from RJ Barrett so far to suggest he might be the much better Prospect ECT here so at the end of the day in both cases what you’ve done is consider the trade like this you traded OG for for manual quickly right
That’s that deal so you traded a guy who doesn’t necessarily work as well for a guy who works very very well with the player that you’re you know building around which is Scotty Barnes he traded precious atua for RJ Barrett even even because ultimately you needed to make it
Work for salaries so you take one guy who’s a little bit overpaid hasn’t really worked out for another guy who’s underpaid but may soon become overpaid if he pans out this year both prospects both athletic right very different types of players very different type of prospects precious sucha being better
Rebounder RJ being the better ball handler Creator Etc okay so in both those deals I think there’s like an evenness to it you can certainly say that’s sort of even right and then malach hin basically becomes a second round pick that’s a steal second round pick 31st potentially 32nd overall pick
For Malachi Flynn is a steel even in this draft it’s steel RJ for precious is a steel okay Emmanuel for OG is TBD but I think because you get the younger player who has a way better offensive upside I think because offense is more valuable than defense it’s a win it’s
Not a steal but it’s a win okay in the end maybe we’re talking about you traded a top 45 player for a top 20 player will Emanuel quickly become a 20 top 20 player I think his odds of getting to that level are better than
Ogan noi that’s what I’ll say so I think you won the trade on all three levels now here’s how it becomes a super steal and potentially a super steal it becomes a super steal if you knew OG was not going to come back if he had privately
Let you know that hey guys I appreciate the time I’ve had here I love it I was drafted by you guys but I’m looking to go somewhere else I’m not happy with last year last year took a toll out of me you know I haven’t had the ball the
Development I’ve wanted um I’m just ready to move on with my life I think a change of scenery would be very good for me and if you knew that then you really won this trade because that might be yeah if you’re going to lose him for nothing oh my God the the catastrophe
That would be the second way you could make this a super steal is if you really really turn around RJ Barrett’s career if you can turn around his career and make him into even 80% of what people think he should have been coming out of Duke this becomes a super steal the
Third Way this can become a super steal is if the the prospect of the century the steel of the century or even a very very good Prospect lands to you at the 31st to 36 32nd pick this year yall remember gravis Vasquez you know a throwin in the Rudy Gay trade
Which turned into Norman Powell and how much we we still think about that trade till today like oh my God Messiah used to win these trades so bad and these other teams used to lose so bad and now we’re just suck and well what if what if yeah love your passion you makes
Sense appreciate it man um OG resigns with the Raptors you know I was asked this I think in the live or whatever um I don’t think he’s going to resign with the Raptors man I think I think there’s no way you make this trade with the New
York Knicks if the New York Knicks don’t know um exactly what they’re paying him and what he’s worth and what he’s signing for you don’t trade a player like Manu quickly um if you don’t know if OG’s coming back they did not just make the kawhai trade trust me there’s no way
They value OG enough to take a rental on him this is a part of their future look the sucky part for the Raptors I’ve mentioned it before is you’re going to have to play ogan noi four times a year you might have to go up into playoff series against them
That’s never going to be an easy matchup he is going to make life heal for the Raptors I appreciate that I get that the upside for the Raptors is I think if in his actualized form when Emanuel quickley goes up against Jaylen Brunson I think he’s going to be the better
Player that might be very very hard for people to believe right now that’s a little hard for me to believe right now we have to see it but don’t be surprised if when we see it people are I think there’s a percentage of this base that is going to very quickly quickly
Um say what they’re going to start asking very very soon if Manuel quickly is the best point guard we’ve had in five years yes better than All-Star fed van fet you’ll see I have a feeling I have a very strong feeling and look if I’m wrong I’m wrong and this take is on
Record and I can’t lie and I can’t do it and I can’t bury it in a 4our thing I have committed to this I’m committing to Emanuel quickley is a dog he’s our dog and a year from now we can come back and see how right or wrong I was um so no
More Dr Drey so no more Scotty a point guard no absolutely Scotty will play point Scotty can can play point because Emanuel quickley is not a point guard Emanuel quickley is a guard he can play point guard he can play shooting guard he’s just a he’s just a guard right
There guys like this you know they’re just guards like they can play off the ball they can play on the ball they can create for others but they’re not super specific about creating for others Emanuel quickley is not a better passer than Scotty Barnes he is however right
Now much better penetrator much better ball Haler much better shooter yes a much better shooter than Scotty Barnes who is currently your best shooter so yes he’s a white Falcons saying IG IQ is a point guard he’s a guard bro he’s guard he he’s played with Jaylen Brunson he’s
Played off of Jaylen Brunson this is the dynamicism of having a guy like this is that he can do multiple things will he have the ball a lot in pick and roll why wouldn’t he have the ball a lot in pick and roll he has a ton of gravity in
Those situations but could he invert it with Scotty 100% he could can Scotty SK still run the break with him yes this is how you want to play you you wanted to recreate Jamal Murray and Nicole yic you’re recreating Jamal Marie ni yic who’s the point guard there who’s the
Shooting guard who’s the center nobody cares okay it’s two really good players and a bunch of guys running around them making making it all make sense every team that’s good is playing like this look at Tyrese Maxi and jool embiid right look at really just just look
Around the league look at Draymond Green and Steph Curry they’ve created this entire Dynamic okay so I’m not saying he’s Steph Curry Steph Curry shot 45% in his third year from three but Emanuel quickley shoot 42% It’s not that far off right um does this mean Dante is off the
Table it shouldn’t mean Dante is off the table Dante fits in very well if if you want to bring Dante into this just makes you even more Dynamic you know deante can play off the ball right I think that might be a little bit too much and maybe
Dejon might not be the most ideal thing here maybe that’s too many cooks too many cooks for one oven but you know make it work a smart coach will make it work I hope look dark alab so far has been trying to create creators out of
Pascal SE yakum and Prat tuua and and yaka purle man having guys who can pass Is Not a Bad Thing having guys who can create and score on three levels not a bad thing right if you could have three level scores in place of guys who are
Two level scores one level scores zero level scores you know that that helps it helps a lot because if you’re creating efficient offense and you’re developing Talent it helps to have blue chip talent and actual efficient finishers right um no uh give IQ white Falcon saying give IQ 36 minutes IQ was dropping
Buckets with defense Maxi got his watch out 100% agree man uh yes I do I do 100% man I do um dejonte Griffin Fernando and Patty Mills you think you’re getting dejonte Murray and a AJ Griffin uh IQ is averaging 15 points per game in 24 minutes per game what do you think
He’ll average with 36 minutes well I don’t need to think I can just look up his per 36 minutes or you can pull out a calculator but I will tell you again with 30 plus minutes a game in 53 games he’s averaged 20.3 points per game he’s
Not a chucker man he’s not a chucker I consider chucker guys who take bad shots he takes really efficient shots his shot quality is like I think 95th 96 percentile or something like that it’s incredible this guy gets layups he gets threes he gets above the break threes
His shot qualities on Insanity right on how many shots per game he doesn’t shoot a lot either man like I can pull up the numbers real quick for you but I feel like this live is going to get obnoxiously long if I do so um you can
Pull them up yourself uh pensar for Mitch Grimes and three first round picks for Yam manakum oh so you’re suggesting another gez are you a New York Nicks fan bro Evan fornier Mitchell Robinson Quinton Grimes and three first round picks for manakum yeah I would do it I
Would 100% do it but I mean those three picks are are are Nick’s picks so they’re going to be like super no he’s not trolling he’s not trolling um no I mean you know I don’t think you I don’t think you necessarily want Pascal seak and Julius Randall in
The same front Court bro I really don’t anyways man the 20120 draft was stacked yes it was yes it was you got Emanuel quickley you got Desmond Bane you got um Anthony Edwards lamelo ball it’s a lot of guard Talent man the Raptors don’t have a lot of guards so
It’s kind of really Burns that you picked up Malachi Flynn but hey this was a whole mandate right Darko come in develop Malachi develop OG develop pressure so we can get rid of him trade them out and now let’s see what we can do with the guys we actually insist or
Want to keep here everyone talking about The Vibes on this team guys not playing for each other Etc yes sir I told you these guys know they they’re not going to be here long term it’s very hard to build a home in a place that’s not your
Home right you do you clean up in a hotel room or do you mess up every hotel room you go to it’s not yours that’s housekeeping right Maxi was 2020 Class 2 yes I believe he was he was as well holy [ __ ] that draft was stacked wow try schroer
We don’t need him um you know what I’ve notoriously developed a bit of reputation of being a bit of a schroer hater but if he takes his bench roll I think he’s very valuable for this team coming off the bench in small doses he could be very good for this team Off the
Bench all right guys that’s it for me I’m heading to bed I’m going to war walk my dog and then get to bed and wake up tomorrow and embrace the new year and know that the first game of 2024 is going to be with Emanuel quickley and Scotty Barnes a starting lineup dreams
Do come true man this is a dark day for Raptor fans of course you know ogan anobi goes you lose the Pistons this is not ideal but chin up chin up you know to the 238 of you in here thank you so much I appreciate very much if you give this
Video a like to the people who are trolling in this in this video that’s cool too all good to the people who were there for the last live which which ended up becoming a screaming match and not really a screaming match but just kind of me screaming at a screen and
Losing my mind about Grady and Darko and and everything that people were saying I’ll apologize I very much apologize for that and apologize for anyone who wanted to see that live and now can’t and you know I need to I need to be better so uh you need sleep yeah sure
Yeah there was no trolling in this video I mean sure fair enough all right have a good one guys and have a good night and I will talk to y’all tomorrow or the next day at some point
10 years ago, the Knicks backed out of a trade that would have sent Kyle Lowry to New York to kick-start #WeTheNorth 💪
10 years later, they traded Toronto the *NEXT* Kyle Lowry to kick-start #WeTheNorth part 2. 🤞
The Knicks are too generous man. 🙏❤️
Immanuel Quickley is better than people think. I just want to take 30 minutes to express my unbridled enthusiasm about IQ, why I love him, and why the Toronto Raptors have made their best trade in many, many, many years.
#Knicks #Raptors #WeTheNorth
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Lets go pensare!! Watching this at 7am, i think the raptor news got everyone wired and eager to see our new additions play. Definitely agree with paying IQ right away and invest so we can start moving forward in making our team contenders
Pay him 25-28 5 years long term works
IQ and Scottie gonna both put in that work and become one of the best duo's of the future
I don’t even care we lost to the Pistons. I also don’t care we lost OG who I love and hoped was coming back next year as part of the future with Scottie Barnes. I also don’t care will helped the Knicks with their biggest need even with that lawsuit. I don’t care we got the feel good story of RJ coming home and I honestly don’t think he fits building around Scottie Barnes and might be traded in a year. Why?
Are you kidding me? We have been trying to get Maxey for years with no luck and Masai for all the hate I have been saying about waiting till it’s too late stole Quickly. Bro Masai just got the ideal player to pair with Scottie.
Quickly like Bronson did with the Knicks will turn into a superstar with a bigger role and more minutes. We Fleeced the Knicks however I understand why they made this trade as OG is exactly what they have been lacking.
Plus the added bonus of getting rid of Flynn who is NOT an NBA player and Achiuwa who for all his potential might have the lowest basketball IQ of any NBA player. Not to mention the Pistons second which is basically a late first.
If Koloko ever gets healthy IQ, Barnes, and Koloko could be the foundation for a dynasty. Yes I’m serious.
Hell I don’t even care if Masai lays an egg trading Siakim now. Finally the Raptors got an absolute flame thrower from 3.
Now I just hope Darko is smart enough to make IQ a starter.
I hope Darko is going to Start IQ.. Barret is the throw in here but he gets to the Free Throw line by always attacking the basket… We Needed this type of Player.. Great trade for both teams. Hope we can get some one to take Poeltl
Rob, i was there for your last nights take. And it wasnt as bad as you might think. Poytol boy was actually amusing to me but it was your reaction that created a troll. Raptors fans needed a place to vent and rage and you were not emotionally ready to do that and thats ok. We are only so stoic and reach our limits. I actually was hoping for that loss to comvince the old guard fans thst have been hanging on to the past of the championship year would finally see the light. I think it accomplished that.
He’s playing terribly in the playoffs, OG has performed better .
IQ should start. RJ will most likely start but he might be better served as the 6th man depending on if Toronto keeps GTJ and/or Pascal. Raps need to trade or waive Young and Temple.
Starters: IQ, Barrett, Barnes, Siakam, Poeltl. Bench: Schroder, GTJ, McD, OPJ, Boucher. Deep Bench: Dick, Young, Temple. Out: Koloko. 1 open roster spot.
Scottie and IQ gonna be Jokic and Murray in a few months.
I wanted Pascal to Miami for Herro…we got our Herro in IQ.
Love that I woke up to this, thank you Rob. It's a great day to be a Raptors fan!
Love the trade but Siakam still needs to get shipped out for atleast another young piece. We cannot afford to extend this guy that kills our spacing and just isn't a good fit in today's NBA..
Hield, Walker, Nemhard and Jalen Smith for Pascal is perfect.
Enjoy IQ. Young man will put in work. He is fast, good shooter, and has good length to defend opposing guards. Knicks needed to give up something to get something. We wish him luck and as a Knick fan will lookup his boxscores from afar. Curious to see what Masai does next.
“Want to build we the north 2.0?” Damnnnn
That shit got me hyped
I hope Scottie really does have that talk with them
RJ isn’t a bad defender … he’s an okay defender. I think you forget the fact that the raptors really value RJ … The Raptors always values guys they watched since they were kids.
But Toronto could have had 3 first rounders and a solid starter if they traded OG last season. I think they waited way too long to move OG
So they couldn’t have found a downhill guard from 3 first round draft picks for OG last year?? 🤦🏾♂️
Rob you getting me hyped for this trade and what’s to come!! Hope they can resign IQ before we get going.
Masai making me feel bad I ever thought he was washed lmao
Thank you so much for the very juicy post a that made me feel so much after being little down with OG leaving . (Pain killer) we love our players and grow that attachment and it’s hard to see the changes though it’s for a good reason.
This helped me so much to cope with it.
Thank you as always for the best posts.
Wishing you and your family a very Happy New Year! May the year bring you the best . 🙏
What you said about’s Darko’s assignment from Masai is from my humble opinion spot on!
We need to trade pascal for high picks. We need a team revolving around Scottie with about the same age. As constructed this team will go nowhere. Maple Leafs v2.
What did Thibs dislike in IQ that kept him from playing him?
Scottie IQ, RJ, Koloko (I hope)! Nice start for a championship lineup. Is there a power forward out there who rebounds, plays defense and can make an occasional 3-ball? Raptors won't need Pascal's one on one play – plenty of scoring here.
Thanks for the live session. I'm getting excited about the Raptors for the first time in a couple of years 😂❤
Rob I'm pumped for tomorrow's game. I was excited when I saw that we got IQ. Watching this video has me even more excited. Happy New Year man, hope you're able to get some sleep
Rob!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE get some sleep
So excited for IQ! Him and scotty going to be nasty!!! The casuals just don’t understand yet. This kid is really good!
Poser
Pretty sure I heard Blake Murphy say the window in which it is possible to extend Quickly has already passed.
Will c. Schröder is still there, that's Darkos son, I would not be surprised if he starts Schröder over Quickley.
We need to keep tanking and get that 6th pick
Should be able to get IQ at $25M if PO is 4th year especially. If you go higher, should be team option. My issue isn't the rate for him but stop wasting money on bottom end of roster.
Seems like contract status of players recently has impacted team performance.
Yessss the knicks dog IQ is gone to warf to another yard n I will miss'm
Problem is our assistant coach garauntee thinks dennis is better than iq. Just like he thought dennis is better than og . Dennis has a 22% usage while og is 18%. Dennis is only trailing scotties usage by 2%. Dennis played more minutes than scottie last night as well
IQ, has S.star skills n caracter he was clouded by Brunson.
Thibs want the final score 79 – 75 lossing knicks.
The backpeddling is a little strange Rob. You did not predict the loss against the Pistons like you were claiming last night. 2 weeks ago, after a close win against the Hawks, you were going through how the Raps could be close to 500 by the new year. According to you, Raps would lose to the Celts and then beat the Pistons. Own up to that at the very least.
Also, let people be upset. This could legitimately be considered an all-time low for this team. Losing to the most embarrassing team the NBA has EVER seen. Let that sink in. Raps looked awful. Like pathetically so. "Lost" is a word I'd ascribe to this team. Completely lost. Saying they shot well from 3 against the Pistons is just a weird way of trying to salvage something remotely positive from this historic loss.
On to Darko, if anything he's treading water at best. You can see this group coming apart at the seams. Vets aren't learning his system and won't be able to. Pascal and Gary NEED to go before this team has any chance of being anything. Schröder and Poeltl are bench players at best. Having Quickley won't change these facts. Yes, this trade was great, but it also signals to all these vets that their time is soon coming to an end. All their hopes and expectations are slowly dying. Pascal will not get paid. Gary will not get paid. Schröder will not be a starter. They will all NOT be happy and if you dont think they won't be resistive to taking an even lesser role and having to buy even more into Darko's system, you have lost the plot. They weren't even willing to accept what was happening BEFORE this trade. They need to be gone. Period. The remnants of Fred and Nick's caustic, selfish and "Bet on yourself" tentacles need to be ripped off soon or this team will crumble apart even further regardless of how good the Barnes and Quickley pairing will be.
On that note, Barnes frustration is showing more and more. There is only so much a young star like him can take. Watching the vets lose game after game while playing their sad and pathetic version of what they believe is basketball must be infuriating. I feel for him and I really hope getting Quickley is the first domino to fall when it comes to building around Scottie because Masai is walking a very fine line of trying to keep everyone happy and painstakingly slowly passing the torch onto Scottie. It's a VERY dangerous game he's playing.
Anyways, I honestly appreciate everything you do, it actually blows my mind how dedicated, intelligent and tenacious you are.
What a intro 😂😂😂 “I’m a dog”
IQ is absolutely perfect and I can't believe Masai actually pulled this off. He is not only better than Sharpe but better than Nembhard (who I also REALLY wanted)
Have only Luther found your YouTube subscribe. Love your videos I learned so much about ball by listening to you. I am not an expert but I am curious on your take if OG was part of the problem. Meaning: not buying in, being selfish. I don’t see that when I watch, but I am curious if you see that. I haven’t heard this much on other subs to channels. Thx much
Everyone 🍆 riding IQ lol
This is a steal its Robbery he is better than Schroder.. mad skill
One thing to note, he is playing against the second unit most of the time. We'll see how he does as a starter against other starting units.
IQ is the Maxey that Masai wanted for Scottie. He is far better currently than either Lowry or FVV were and he hasn't even been given his starter role yet. I really hope he enjoys the city and org. It's his team if he wants it.
Rob, I have to get your thoughts on the last TO of yesterday’s game. Check out Gary and Dennis
Still may not move the needle much for either team
RJ is SO much better than Pascal was at his age. Masai needs to find a way to get rid of Pascal. He is holding back this team on so many levels.
I have to be honest rob, I think Dennis will be back starting with IQ off the bench. I hope to be wrong.
I look at this a RJ for Precious and Flynn. IQ for an expiring contract OG and the 31-32 pick. OG's agent is the son of the Knicks President, the Knicks know that OG is gojng to re sign with them. Overall a very good trade for the Raps and likely a good trade for OG and the Knicks.
Best 1-2 in Raptors history