WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE TORONTO RAPTORS? | Basketball Island
Now that the dust has settled from the NBA trade deadline, it’s time to look ahead to what’s next for the Raptors. Wes, Fab, Hambone and Jevohn Shepherd discuss Toronto’s outlook post All-Star break and the importance of their upcoming draft pick. They also highlight which teams they’re paying the most attention to in the second half of the season.
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0:00 State of the Raps
11:47 Will Ingram Fit?
14:55 Draft/Future Outlook
21:47 Nuggets Contenders?
24:45 Philly Disaster
29:23 New Look Warriors
33:39 Don’t Sleep on Celtics
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56-60 wins next reg season.
Aside from Flagg, what player do y'all want for the Raps?
All the talking heads need to give up on winning the lottery….the NBA will not allow Cooper to star in Toronto. The kid is closer to captain America than Anthony mackie
i really hope the Raps dont move on from RJ, he's way too young and got too much promise to dump after a year. Kid is just 24 despite how long he's been in the league for, not even his prime yet…
The question is VJ or Kasparas folks?
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Don't trade RJ, trade Quickley quickly….
These guys don't know culture. They are wanting losses for a lottery. How do you sell fans to go to games, spend their hard money to watch them lose. These guys are clearly spoon fed. Wow I can't believe tsn pays people for this shit
Here's an easy solution to maximize everyone on their roles one through five: Scottie(PG/PF), IQ (SG/PG), RJ(SF), BI(SF), JP(C)
Great video! The point about the nuggets winning a championship while not being a great defence team isnt fair since they have one of the best offensive player in the NBA, cant really compare that to the Raptors.
For those that think ingram cant or doesnt impaxt winning i just want to throw this out there. Since going to the pelicans hes been stuck in hell year in and out. The ONLY concern with him should be the injuries and toronto has a legendary medical staff. I saw a healthy bi , drag the pelicans single handedly into the playoffs the year they took the #1 seed suns to 6 games. Zion didnt play one minute that year. Cj mccollum played with a franctured thumb the whole season . Jose alvarado , herb jones , trey murphy were all rookies. Bi missed a good few weeks to the all star break. It cratered the pels record. After the break he gets them into the play in. Aversges 30 in the play in games. Than against the suns , who were also the top defensive team , he averaged 28/5/6 with cj shooting 36% from the field , 3 rookies playing 30+ minutes and larry nance at center ( they benched valancunis because deandre ayton was killing him ) .. the suns threw everything they could at him including mikal bridges who finished 2nd in defensive player of the year voting that aeason. It didnt matter. He was putting up 28+ like it was a cake walk for him. Controlling the game. Setting guys up. Setting the tone on both ends. Cj was god awful that series. Had he even played close to his norm they beat phoenix. Point is , THAT is what brandon can do when hes healthy and locked in. Anyone who didnt see that series go look at the highlights. Hes been plagued by terrible coaching year in and out. New orleans has been stuck in this lets play small fast and shoot as many 3s as we can. They dont have any offensive structure. Its nothing but pick and roll/ isolation. Zion your turn , ok bi your turn , ok cj your turn. As a fan of his i think im most excited that hes gonna play for a coach that will actually COACH. Is he the perfect , elite , top 5 player no. But when healthy i PROMISE he will have stretches where you will argue that hes a top 10 player
On Draft 2 games vs Chicago at bulls send 3 TW and 3 Rooks critical to stay below Bulls. We have the opportunity to stay in 5th from bottom if we are smart!
Hope you fellows do a show May 13 after we know pick! We need to move 1 bigger contract for strategic depth.
Agree we need to see IQ be a lead guard. Even if you have Scottie and BI some times you need a point to make game easier for everyone else. See KLow making K Birch look decent.
FanDuel sponsorship and endorsement is shameful.
The Raptors need to draft Khaman Maluach not Cooper Flag
Is Scottie a primary Scorer? I don't buy it. Until he can consistently make 3's he's a facilitator. He's not a threat to drop 50. IQ is, So is BI maybe even RJ.
😂😂😂 No thank you… we want to tank so I dont want to see IQ with 20 and 10 this year… No point to drop in the draft to see IQ play at full potential…
The CBA means that someone has to be traded
I wana keep RJ he has been great