Some Darko Frustration BREWING in Organization – Raptors Future Plans Revealed | Raptors News
Reports have come out that some members of the Toronto Raptors organization have grown frustrated with dark rakovich incentivization for a little win streak for this Toronto Raptors team so we’ll discuss that cuz that’s something I think is pretty crazy additionally we have some future plans for the Toronto
Raptors revealed as the team understands some of their shortcomings right now and some players that could potentially get traded so we’ll dive into that as well as a brony James update as we have some inside info in terms of whether or not he’ll actually get drafted is the
Raptors have previously been linked as a team interest in drafting bronny so lots of stuff to dive into in this video but before we do that folks we are very very close to hitting that 34,000 subscriber Mark so it would mean the world to me if you guys could hit that subscribe button
So we can hit another Milestone this year on the Raptor digest but let’s dive in the first topic of discussion the first thing we’re taking a look at is members of the Raptor organization frustrated with darker rakovic and this is something that has rubbed me the
Wrong way not just with uh you know some of the comments made out there on Twitter some raptor pundits have been similar in this sort of alignment and it’s just something that I don’t like because darkar rakovich yes especially starting off you know early in his coaching career some of his rotations
Were strange you know some of his utilizations positioning of certain players didn’t make a heck ton of sense but I thought he’s got better as the season has gone along but one thing I’ve always appreciated about Darko is one his positivity he says all the right things in the media backs his player
Just all these types of things which I think is huge for building trust with your organization building trust with your players and something where Nick nurse again I still regard him as probably a top three coach in the NBA top three four whatever but that’s one shortcoming he certainly have he could
Rub people the wrong way could isolate people and you know guys like Gary Trent Jr Malachi Flynn you know regardless of what you think of those guys as basketball players you want your coach to support the players regardless I thought Darko does that to a great extent and it’s seems like you know
That’s public facing that’s what we get to see but it also seems like from everything we’re hearing about how much the players like Darko you he’s a players coach he has the support of a lot of guys Dennis shuder sung his Praises a bunch but a lot of assistance
A lot of places he’s been he does a lot of things to build a positive sort of environment for the team you know outside that’s that’s not just public facing and obviously one of the big ones one of the big memes was the pizza party he was trying to throw right when the
Raptors had a win streak Darko ovic was going to get that pizza party rock and yes it became a little bit of a meme yes people were sort of roasting it and one I will L and Blake Murphy especially really criticize just his positivity and leaning into that type of stuff and I
Just don’t like that I don’t really like that it seems like you know I I I think that’s a good thing to have as a head coach on team building poves especially for a younger group especially for a team that right now is focused on developing I think that’s a positive but
There are some people in the Raptors organizations I’m sure there’s some people in the comment section right now I do think it’s a little bit weird and rubb the wrong way about Darko being ultimately positive and this is basically what Josh lomberg recently revealed saying that also an unfortunate
Timing for a young team that was starting to show signs of promise this is coming from an article referring to Scotty Barnes potentially season ending injury but like likely season ending injury but last week the Raptors won three games in a row for the first time all season and they celebrated with a
Pizza party courtesy of head coach Darko rakovich that didn’t sit well with every in the organization but the players had fun with it and in a season that has been defined by franchise altering change fun has been in short supply so again this is something that I don’t
Understand why members of the Raptors organization would be frustrated by I get instilling a culture of hey three games is nothing job’s not finished all those Kobe Bryant those alpha male that crazy noise in the background on Tik Tok memes you was a huge sort of you know
People that believe that there you know head coach and stuff on a younger team should be harder on players you know should drive to really you know be a tough guy be hey you can’t just be happy with three wins we need to be winning a
Ton of games and all that type of stuff and yes I do think that coaches that front office that everyone should be instilling a culture of winning should be focused on hey three games is what it is we should be looking to bigger and better aspirations but there’s no reason
Not to celebrate sort of the little wins and that doesn’t mean to take away and just sit back oh you won three games and now things are over and stuff Darko hasn’t really come off by any means by any stretch of the imagination as someone that’s saying hey we uh we just
Want to hit this minor goal and then you know give you a blue ribbon and stuff and you know the participation trophy sort of idea that type of argument and you know there’s there’s validity to the participation trophy criticisms and stuff and again this is all opinion
Based by me now at this point but I don’t think that’s what darko’s doing I don’t like the criticism of someone that has said all the right things about winning bu building a developing team and instilling a winning culture and then just criticizing when he does show
Some positivity when they do some things that end up in that right direction I I don’t know that’s just me you can disagree or not it should be a fun interesting little debate I’m not saying one’s right or wrong I’m just giving my sort of opinion on it and some people in
The Raptors organization are frustrated with that approach from darkar rakovich something I found pretty an interesting topic love to hear your thoughts in the comment section down below but the next thing we’re taking a look at is the Raptor’s future plans revealed now Doug Smith always does these q&as and
Stuff on the Toronto Star and he was asked some questions about you know what’s happened with the Toronto Raptor some of their shortcomings and things along those lines and basically he revealed a couple things one a guy that’s probably going to get dealt as well as how the Toronto Raptors view
Their current roster basically came out and said uh I got the Emanual quickly meant to bring this picture up earlier but IQ RJ a lot of the team seem to love the pizza parties but little tangent there but basically Doug Smith said the Raptors are very small uh are very small
All over the roster and that has been addressed that has to be addressed this summer they know it they tried to find a trade partner for Chris bu at the trade deadline and they didn’t find a fit that they liked they will revisit and I’m convinced they will find a new spot for
Him so basically the Toronto Raptors have two things part of their future plans that they’re going to be dealing with firstly they look at this roster something that’s a little bit too small they need some size and it’s kind of crazy because the Raptors were kind of
Regarded as you know even though we didn’t have a center right the team was pretty big you know pretty big pretty long lots of 69ine players versatile guys out there on the lineup and then just within you know a month you know ahead of this year’s straight deadline
The Raptors went from a big sort of lanky forward Centric team to a really guard oriented group a smaller team and that’s something that will have to be addressed bringing in some size and at least we do have two actual centers I think this is more well balanced than
What we had before with the 69 sort of group especially just based off of skill sets and some of the guys can play bigger than they actually are but that is something some rebalancing of the roster something that will have to happen during this offseason again this
Current team it’s a work in progress It’s patched things together the summer with free agency some more trades that could potentially go down as we’ll talk about next right that’s uh that’s something that can be adjust and can be tweaked but again the second part of
This Chris Buche is also likely to get DT and this is something that pretty well every Raptor’s beat reporter indicated leading up to the trade deadline but his trade value just hasn’t been that high and basically from the things we heard at this year’s trade deadline basically people weren’t happy
With Chris bue having this year and next year on his contract you know not he’s not an expiring deal just yet a pretty decent amount of money so this off season Chris buet will be an expiring he’s still a very solid player as well I mean even though he’s not playing for
The Toronto Raptors right now not old like wash by any means only 31 years old six points four rebounds this season 32% from the three-point line but a guy that can play defense can hustle can knock down threes can space the floor not a crazy you know Klay Thompson Steph Curry
Level clip but is a a capable floor spacer for your team Chris bu the Raptor shouldn’t have any trouble finding him a home and getting some at least some type of draft Capital some type of asset back for Chris bue especially where he’ll be on an expiring contract so those are a
Couple things the Raptors can kind of look at uh you know in terms of their future plans but the last thing we’re taking a look at is a bronny James draft update now a lot has been made about the torona Raptors interest in Brony James they’re a team that’s been scouting him
A bunch and obviously the caveat hey you bring in James LeBron James sign with your team what happens there well we had some details revealed yesterday some W reports coming out about the future bronny James and basically Rich Paul’s told ESPN that Brony James’s 2024 draft
Call you know so whether or not he’s going to declare for the draft or not is based off uh Team interest not draft position so basically if the right team is interested in bronny James in the right sort of organization the right sort of spot then Brony James will sort of uh
Declare for the draft and get selected by that team if he isn’t he’ll go back to college and accumulate more skills get some more development and then wait till he’s in a position where he’s more you know coveted by different teams the more ideal teams in the NBA that report
End up going on to say LeBron James also isn’t going to force his way to any bronny James team however it happens naturally then it’s something he’d very much welcome so that’s uh that’s something those are sort of the little pieces little tibits we’re getting from
Ron James no new specific updates but he will declare for the 2024 draft If You Know Rich Paul Brony James these guys think there’s a team that would make sense for him to sort of be on you know is willing to draft him or select him as
An underd drafted free agent as a late first round pick all that type of stuff so he’s not worried about being you know top five selection or something like that he’s worried about going to the right destination for a guy that uh you know averaging five points per game
Generally wouldn’t really get drafted without that sort of name value but had a lot of stuff go on this season big name you’ll definitely uh bring in some eyeballs some you know jersey sales all these types of things to a team so I wouldn’t be surprised if a team does end
Up selecting him if Brony James does declare but had a tumultous season again with heart stuff Health stuff but uh it’s going to be interesting to see how all that shakes out the Raptors actually do end up drafting him but let me know what you guys think in the comment
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The Toronto Raptors have had a tumultuous season to say the least, through it all, head coach Darko Rajakovic has done all he can to instill a positive culture amongst the team. However, a report reveals some in the Raptors organization are frustrated with Darko’s approach. Ben Rogers breaks this down, including a report on the Raptors future plans, and a Bronny James update!
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0:00 Toronto Raptors News
0:49 Members of Raptors Organization Frustrated With Darko
5:25 Raptors’ Future Plans Revealed
8:17 Bronny James Draft Update
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Broney has too many steroids, bad ticker, not good enough. Best left to a different career.
With both Lebron and Bronny on the team…. I’d be so excited to buy my 1st Raptors 905 jersey
All I needed to hear was Josh Lewenburg before i skipped to the next topic. The same guy that was upset the team didn’t suspend Scottie right before he went on to put up some of the best stats of his career ? Listen Josh, Grange and Doug are guys you just give a meh to and move on.
100's of millions in salary in the locker room and it takes more than pizza to keep them happy. They need wins against good teams.
They’re going to target Claxton hard in the offseason. We’ll they get him ? Not if they don’t overpay him.
Why are people talking about Bronny James ? Dude has worst collage stats than Michael Jordan’s son had and we know Jordan’s son was no NBA player. Why are people talking about this dude ? 🤷♂️ What has he done that’s even decent ? 🤷♂️ There’s guys that won’t even be drafted that have better stats than bronny. Banton had better stats than him, David Johnson had better stats than him 🤦♂️ Lebron already said he’s looking to resign with the lakers so this whole idea of signing Bronny for Lebron is likely more media driven than anything. I’ve never seen a player with such terrible stats as hyped for no other reason than who his father is. The bronny hype is not basketball related. It’s Lebron related. I don’t buy the rumors of the raptors having interest in drafting him. Since when do we have info on who the raptors are looking draft ? Grange himself said we were drafting Suggs when we drafted Barnes and nobody knew we were taking Banton when we drafted him. All of a sudden “we’re interested in drafting a guy with the skills of your local YMCA baller because his dad is Lebron ? 🤔
This is the ridiculous Ben who cares he give them dinner who cares move on, he’s building team morale all that matters
Darko’s weakness is figuring out proper rotations…against dallas he put out 4 guards plus scottie against forwards and a shot blocker…that was the point of the game when dallas pulled away…
Raptors should sign Kemba Walker in view of this injury to Barnes…
3 games for this current team is good. For the PS, OG, DS team was cheese and maybe should have been 5 games. Good diner for team and any significant other.
Stix IN the Six! Make it happen! I could even see us sign and trade CB to Indy and we get the best 2025 2nd round pick and we sign him to 3 at 14. He is right age can be your small ball C or PF and at 20 min per game gives better Def than Chris. Not sure how his passing is but think it is serviceable.
Brony would IDEALLY play for a Cebl basketball team that IS ultra competitive and Brony averages a 20ppg while providing defensive highlights would then be worthy of a G-league affiliate signing. I think Brony is a guy who should dominate THAT process because he didn't have collegiate success yet.
Kinda giving up on the guy early being not even a season into his tenure. It's not like he had much of a chance with the roster he was handed lol
I think we all knew with how the season started it ultimately set the tone for the rest of the season. We are in the rebuilding stage. There’s one guy who remains from the 2019 title roster and he barely gets minutes. It was always going to be an adjustment period. This is ultimately the price you pay when you hold on to key bargaining pieces too late. We’re seeing a first time head coach with a very different roster to when he got the job. With Barnes out for what looks to be the rest of the season give the younger guys more minutes. Let’s see what RJ can do as a number 1 option. Give Dick some run over GTJ at the 2, he’s earned it.
Darko sucks… Needs to be fired
the raptors will win more next season once scotties back and they gel more as a team
Let's get Bron and Bronny… Another ring… Let's goooooo
The pizza party thing is for children. Darko is treating these men like children. Pizza parties and phony gold chains! These guys need to grow into men. There needs to be more seriousness about this business. And it is a business. When Scottie got hurt the team stopped playing. They didn't score for 15 minutes at times. That is poor coaching. They are not being taught to be resilient when things are difficult. That's what "coach" Darko should be teaching them. Pizza parties and gold chains don't do that. That's school-age children stuff.
Tomo calls Toronto= " Torinke' "
Darko is not a NBA coach. He should have never been hired.
they want more size but bring up dj cartoon who doesn't even look 6 foot lol
Darko got this team to play unselfishly. That's already a win this year.
Barkley and Clyde were not in their primes when they went to Houston. It is acceptable when you’re on the back 9 of your career and you’re chasing a ring. Not when when you’re on a contending team in your prime. KD was at the beginning of his prime.
6:44 Stop treating these guys with kid gloves. The only true rookie is Dick. The rest of these guys (at least the marquee ones) have been in the league for 3+yrs. The "development" nonsense talk is what you say in hopes that fans will give a pass for poor decisions and sloppy playing. It's not "alpha male" thinking either. It's called competitiveness. You cannot build a winning culture when you're losing or not in the conversation about good teams.
The 30th anniversary of this team is next yr. All ticket prices are going up. Why in the world would anyone want to spend on a team that really seems directionless? Money talks and when people stop spending $$ on your product….u have a problem. But I guess that's ok because the coach is "really positive". Teams sitting in 12th place with a portion of the fanbase applauding a tank for draft picks. 😂😂😂.
Stop with the bronny bs, its annoying its y i unsubribed to ur channel, its gettin annoyin talking about it
lewenberg stirring shit up as usual. i bet if it was fred's idea to have a pizza party, his hit pieces would be nothing but praises. fucking guy's a paid promoter lets be real. he's no raptors media
I love Dario’s energy and positivity…much needed change following Nurse’s narcissistic reign
I've never thought "oh, that was a great adjustment by Darko" he doesn't seem to have a great basketball mind, at least yet. Also, Boucher thinks too highly of himself – he needs to get back to basics and leave his ego at the door
Idc about the pizza party but I will say I haven’t been too fond of Darko as a coach. Seems like a good guy and glad he was vocal in that postgame conference but really haven’t liked his coaching and rotations.
Between Josh and Grange I can’t say whose comments and reporting I dislike more…
He's fostering an environment of fun. The nerve of the man! It's positive energy. If that's what they respond to, so be it. It's better than the entire season being tanked.
Having a pizza party seems like a high school thing to do.
Darko is awesome anybody who hates on him won’t trust the process
I think Darko's idea of a pizza party is a great fun idea. What kind of organization do we have not to celebrate small victories? Leave Darko alone to do his job and motivate how he feels best.
Pizza parties are team building events. All major corporations do such things. Who are these clowns in the organization criticizing this?
I'm looking forward to the next 3 game streak which started tonight against Charlotte.
Idgaf about positivity and good speech is he getting the job done? No, sorry he is exposed as an amateur and is regularly bailed out by the talent on this team.
forced positivity is a vehicle for cognitive dissonance.
This take is why I don't follow you f the niceties merit and performance matter.
Dudes. Darko and all existing RAPS are fine based o the existing circumstances. Let them grow.
If someone has a problem with celebrating wins, feel free to leave
You lost credibility with that Nick Nurse is a top 3 coach in the league…
Nothing was wrong with the team dinner. It's true, half the roster wasn't here when he promised it. I'm sure nobody thought it was to take two thirds of the season to achieve either. What was he going to do? Back out of his word?
Darko only ever said dinner. And I'm sure he meant a very nice evening out.
Pizza Party 🍕 was a joke lighlty mocking it, started by Alex Wong and Will Lou. It kind of just took off from there and became memed as any other shitty 'employee pizza party' we all get at work once in while.