New Report FORCES Raptors into Moves…
The Toronto Raptors came into this season with one clear hole on the roster, and that is at the center position, and now a new report reveals the situation has gotten more dire for the Raptors. Ben Rogers breaks down this report, the Raptors loss to the the San Antonio Spurs and how all of this forces the team into moves.
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Sign Bol Bol, and i think they have to ship Grady. I am still super high on iq and jak. We have seen what iq is capable of and if he gets back there he is a good PG. But shipping grady and whatever else is necessary within reason, to get a guy like Herb Jones. The raptors are desperately missing an elite 3 and D guy since losing OG. The pieces are there to be a top 5-6 seed in the east, it is just finding the glue to put it together
anyone guarding poetl just completely sagged off him and played help defense on whoever had the ball. he's also a liability on offense.
Send CMB to Utah for Walker Kessler. Or trade Quickly to Brooklyn for Claxton and let Walter start at PG.
Wendell Carter Jr would be a great fit and he’s only 25
Great job yet again Ben!!
Unfortunately I have absolutely zero faith they will address the problem at Center they haven’t truly addressed the lack of Center depth since Gasol and Ibaka
For years the solution has been Baines type of centers EXCEPTION Jakob, but he can’t do it alone,…
It’s insane that we’ve been having Center issues since the Tampa season. Why hasn’t this front office not addressed this glaring problem is beyond me. Get a damn back up C for Jak it’s not hard, can’t ask 6’8 guys to battle on the boards against AD and Wemby !
And G. M. did not realize that they needed a defensive centre?
What is the big secret about Chomche?. What is the reason why the league put him on injury protocol and what is happening with him. Is he now a free agent , can he rejoin the rsptors, does he want to rejoin the Rsptors or is his career over? Has anyone spoken to him since he was released? Can you speak to his agent and find out?.
Get Yves missi for ochai
They need skill big man as the #1 center on this team or a backup if this FO is going down with Poetl ship and not G league reject either… but that type of player is hard to find.
So we passed on Maluach why then ??? Instead we draft another SF / PF When the centre position was our much needed fix… We also need a proper PG like Trey Yonge or Jah Morant.
I agree they need a centre and I love Jakob but he would be great
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The bench. We need a Saturday that has a little bit of offensive game can maybe make the 15 footer if he’s open and not afraid to shoot it would really help and if that centre complete some defence to block shots that’s a bonus.
Giving I.Q that contract in the first place wasn't very smart. He really hadn't proven himself enough yet…
Yak is a back up centre at this point.
Ben is the unofficial tank commander 😂😂
Jakob Poeltl is so ass. He's slow, can't jump, can't shoot, can't catch lobs, can't hit FT's. Like wtf does he even do. We paying this bum $20M to be a pilon. Also stop with the injury excuse bs. Every time one of our players is playing like garbage they somehow someway develop a "injury"
Poeltl 2 pts and 2 rebounds. He needs to go. I don’t know why this team has been getting every player but a mobile, rebounding, rim protecting big man. Even 2 seasons ago when they got Kelly olynk, wtf was that about?
Let Jak sit and recover and pick up a centre off the trash heap to test out — like maybe James Wiseman (who Indiana just cut), Mo Bamba, or even bring back Precious… yeah, I know, it's that bad… it's almost like they should have drafted one of the real centres that were available in the past few drafts… 😜
This Raptors team sucks. You've been hyping this team up for 5 years. Time to trade Scottie and rebuild.
Never understood the poetl hype. Dude can’t shoot to save his life. And Cant move his feet. It’s like they’re paying him to be 7ft…
just relax, we will gell watch in spite of darko
So far im not impressed with Bobbys decisions, Raps start the seaaon by waiving Ulrich, Lawson, Sarr, Rhoden. No explaination why. But keep the useless Temple. Smmfh.
stay calm its just the beginning
slow down observe
cmb * walters shead battle mamu
AJ LAWSON! Bring the man in and let him hoop!
@benrogers you talking like raptors are contenders and have a shot at beating the spurs, the bucks or beating AD as a center on dallas.
there is no center bobby can get that would have made a difference against those players. the raptors are best case play in bounce, worst case bottom 4 team.
Raptors struggling to shoot. This will bring only 30 wins. Need to knock high caliber teams. Not lottery bound.
@benrogers the bigger problem is IQ, he is not a starting center in the wnba even. IQ doesnt have the court vision or passing ability to be a starting pg or pg in the nba. he was also looking off barnes and ingram last game with his big contract acting like he was the guy on the raptors lol. they need to get rid of IQ asap if they can or DNP him cuz he dont fit with the starters. he hangs onto the ball too long and then throws grenades as passes with 2 seconds on the clock.
reminds me of dennis schroeder saying he was the leader and starting pg and saviour or the raptors a few seasons ago.
whether you want to admit or not ben rogers, this is a tank season, and IQ and Jakob are the tank commanders now. cant trade em with albatross contracts being over paid, so you have to play em to lead you to losses.
@benrogers the only bright spot is raptors have their pick, so they can tank for AJ DYBANTSA. play in for what.
It is very obvious that Yak is having back pains. I am a big fan, and I am noticing that he is not showing any agility.
@benrogers whether you want to admit it or not, the next raptors win is coming against brooklyn, and it will be a string of losses after that. raptors will be 4 wins 16 losses in first 20 games. thats the schedule and reality.
@benrogers there is no trade that is gonna fix this team. the best they can do is move IQ to bench or DNP him. you acting like bobby can get some all star in some trade that would only result in a play in bounce for this team giving up 3 unprotected picks.
@benrogers the raptors are like the kings, stacking big names and expensive contracts with roster construction flaws and players that dont fit, only results in L's.
you have to play the young guys and develop the players as you tank for AJ DYBANTSA. they screwed up paying IQ and Jakob Poeltl. unless you get rid of some players and get good spacing, this team will be bad because even an elite mid range shooter like ingram is struggling with the worst spacing in the nba.
all teams have to do to defend the raptors is pack the paint. its no secret. they been doing that to the raptors for the last 5 years cuz they have no spacing big or 3 pt shooters. and now you have an overpaid starting pg in IQ that is a worse starting pg than dennis schroeder playing on the raptors.
A centre would be great, but on the bright side, at least they signed Garrett Temple.
@benrogers IQ was worth maybe 18-20 million a year. but he stat padded his way into a 33 million a year contract when raptors were tanking.
IQ isnt even a true pg. so they are stuck with a 33 million dollar combo guard coming off the bench for 20 minutes a game in IQ now.
IQ cant even pass well. his passes are 2 ft off target or at your ankles with 2 seconds left on the clock after he dribbles the air out of the ball.
what does this mean. Its another tanking year for AJ DYBANTSA as prize, and IQ and Jakob are the best tank commanders in the nba. play em 40 minutes a game for the entire season i would recommend.
They had Branden Carlson who is now good enough for OKC.
They had a chance to draft Kyle Filipowski, instead they passed on a very good shooting centre for a non shooting forward.
Jakob still can’t shoot. Raps can’t hit 3s. Quickly can’t setup the offence, hit his 3s or free throws.
I'm not buying the soar back excuse.
You gotta coach the team you have, not the team you want. Darkos gotta go
we have way too many players who aren't elite at anything and also don't play defense
This team stinks. There is no direction with this roster/ organization at this time. To many over paid players not earnings their paychecks. Quickly is horrible. He has to go. This organization has talked about needing a quality centre for what 5 years. Smh.
Raptors can’t rebound for shit… how is Poeltl 7 feet and can’t fucking rebound… I can last season he couldn’t rebound.