The Toronto Raptors Are Building Something SPECIAL

The Toronto Raptors Are Building Something SPECIAL

I am so much more optimistic about the future of the Toronto Raptors now than I was coming into this season and that’s because the Raptors finally did what they were supposed to do reset and rebuild I’ve been on Team rebuild for a while and been preaching to the choir

That it will pay off the Raptor’s future has been on full display lately as the team is starting to turn the corner here they are three and 0 post All-Star break and have won three straight games for the first time in nearly a year and they finally clinched that pizza party that

Has been talked about for a while now we are seeing a young group coming together and starting to buy into Darko rakovich offensive system and playing hard defensively as well in this video I’ll be talking about the Raptors who all of a sudden look like a completely

Different team and are playing a fun unselfish style of basketball they had 35 assists in their most recent win against the Pacers look at this nice ball movement right here before we continue on hit that like button and smash that subscribe button help me hit 36k on this channel your support is

Always greatly appreciated the Raptors have a young enticing Core group of players to build off of it all of course stems from 22-year-old Allstar Scotty Barnes who continues to break out in his third season Barnes posted a monstrous stat line of 21 points 12 rebounds 12 assists and five blocks in a victory

Over the Pacers Barnes notched his four triple double of the Season he’s the first Raptor in franchise history to record four triple doubles in a single season he now has five triple doubles in his career tying current Pacer Pascal cakam for second on the raptor alltime

List Kyle Lowry is number one on the list with 16 but with the way Barnes is going he’ll break that record in no time Barnes is the eighth youngest player to record a triple double with five plus blocks per basketball reference we’re really starting to take barnes’s game

For granted just because of how routinely he is filling up the stat sheet Barnes has emerged as the Raptor’s franchise player and he has really stepped up his game coming out of the All-Star break he has averaged 19.7 points 9.7 rebounds 8.3 assists and 2.3 blocks while shooting 52.3% from the field and

92.3% from the charity stripe Barnes has displayed great Poise and seems like he has learned from the regretful moment he had against the Spurs when he left the bench early Barnes is showing in real time that he is more than capable of leading this Raptor’s team to new

Heights another player who has impressed me is 23-year-old RJ Barrett he had 24 points five assists on very efficient shooting numbers in the game against Indiana and as a raptor he’s playing some of the best basketball of his career averaging 20.3 points 6.6 rebounds 3.8 assists on very nice

Shooting splits the 23-year-old has really revitalized himself playing for his hometown team Darko rakovich recently Gave Barrett the ultimate compliment he said he SE some of Manu J no’s game in his and I mean Barett can do a little bit of everything he can hit threes attack the basket and be

Aggressive and he’s shown some impressive playmaking chops as well if he can resemble job’s play style he will have a super successful career in the NBA then you got 24-year-old Emanuel quickley who has really come out of the gate breaking out of his slump he was asked recently about his new role with

The Raptors and he said being in New York I was probably the fourth guy on The Scouting Report for now I’m probably one or two or three and people forget that quickley hasn’t even had a full season as a starter under his belt and you already see the strides he’s making

He had backtack 24o games which resulted in two wins for the Raptors and he has really improved with his three-point shot which has been great to see he had five threes against the Nets six against the Hawks and three against the Pacers he’s got those lethal transition threes

And there is no doubt in my mind that quickly is the Raptor’s franchise point guard barbecue is building some nice chemistry together and they are enjoying playing with each other which is very important then you look at the Raptor’s young hidden gems aaji at 23 years old

Is looking like he can be a solid role player for Toronto he’s had back-to-back nice outings has shown some nice on ball defense as well he was supposed to be part of the Jazz’s core but he didn’t quite find his shooting form so seeing him shoot it well from three as of late

Has been great four of five versus the Hawks and one of two against the Pacers and then you have the 20-year-old Sharpshooter Grady dick who is finally finding his Groove and it has been fun to watch Grady dick is averaging 12.9 points in 21.2 minutes in his last nine

Games he’s shooting 54.8% on 4.7 attempts from three 66.7% on Corner threes and 82.4% in the restricted area during that span this is Pera since CA great Brady dick is shooting 26 for 52 from three-point range over the last month and that’s the second best three-point percentage among players who have

Attempted at least 53s over that stretch Norman pow former Raptor sits just behind Grady at 48 and a half% this is per Sports Illustrated Aaron Rose dick is going to be on the floor for a shooting and he can be a dangerous spot up shooter but he’s also more than just

A shooter as we’ve seen he has been used a ton off screens he has been a tremendous cutter as Barnes hits him here for the layup nice finish by the way and he can also take it all the way to the rim when the defender gets close

Look at this play from Grady dick the progress that dick has made in just a few short months has been tremendous rookies start to slow down at this point of the season but dick is just starting to hit his stride he is showing that he can be a future starter for this team

Especially with Gary Trent Jr’s future up in the air now another person who deserves praise is head coach Darko rakovich a lot of people were quick to write him off and say he’s going to be a oneandone coach but you got to think when he started and took the job there

Was so much uncertainty about the direction of the team then the roster went through a major overhaul during the season so there was a lot that Darko had to deal with on the fly but now he’s got this group buying into his system and playing hard and I really love the

Passion that Darko has I mean you just see it he wants to see this group succeed so all of a sudden the Raptors have an intriguing young Core group of players all under 25 years old they have a bench that has been producing with Dick abaji and Olen doing the heavy

Lifting by the way I’ve loved the addition of Olen such a gifted passer one the Raptors haven’t had at that position since Marcus sa in he’s expected to resign with the team this summer per duck Smith that trade with the jazz is looking very nice in the

Early going here the Raptors are also going to have cap flexibility to work with and future draft picks at their disposal as well so this team’s future is undeniably bright and I talked about the Raptor’s future being bright in another video that I did a few weeks ago I’m

Feeling even better about that statement few weeks later but just over 6 weeks remaining in the season the Raptors can continue to build some nice momentum here and they actually have a real IC shot at getting into the playin as the Hawks are going to be with o Tre young

For the foreseeable future and they just beat two teams that are ahead of them in the standings in the Hawks and the Nets now look I was on team tank but I wanted to see how this Raptor team would come out of the break and right now this team

Looks like that they want to compete hard every night and they want to win so I say let these young players continue to grow and if that results on the play so be it either way I’m just glad the Raptors finally picked the direction this season because this rebuild looks

Like it will indeed pay off in due time this team is growing right before our very eyes guys the Toronto Raptors they are indeed building something special let me know your thoughts on this team what has toled to you the most drop a like on the video subscribe to the

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The Toronto Raptors are turning the corner.

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