This Happened A LOT Faster than Anybody Thought…
The Toronto Raptors came into the season with a lot of questions about who would eat the bulk of minutes at a lot of positions on the roster. Now it is clear the direction this team is headed with Collin Murray-Boyles and Ja’Kobe Walter, and what it means for the rest of the roster. Ben Rogers breaks down the latest developments and what it means for the Raptors.
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Ayeeee
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We were all so high on grady like wtf happened to him?
Gradey has been such a disappointment this year. How the hell are u one of the top 3pt shooters going into the draft and now you’re one of the worst shooters in the whole league?
5 rebounds , 1 steal is awesome in 8.5 minutes for Gradey. But damn…. He can’t sink a 3 to save his life right now. You can’t cut bait yet. This could blow up in our faces BAD. Sign him to a very team friendly 3+ 1 (team option) and keep working with him. This is our chance to get a player on a team friendly contract for a change
I don't know what has happened to Grady. It seems he js working hard but it is not translating to games. His shooting stroke has none to shit ! The other person I am wondering about is BATTLE. BI gave him a shout out last night but Darko hasn't let see the floor. Using CMB as a centre is ONLY GETTING HIM BEAT UP ! WHAT ABOUT OUR NEW GUY ! He showed out when he played !! Don't hack RJ , he is still doing his work . RJ and Barnes are overshadowed by BI on offence! RJ IS NEEDED ON THIS TEAM ! I am not SOLD on Walters , he can't sustain his game , he is up and down !
Gradey's new triceps aren't helping his shot lmaoo
JP is done
Horrible idea having cmb play center….the kid is going to keep getting hurt 😢
Gradey had a great season last year was looking like the 3rd best scorer on the team …the following year darko cuts his mins in half , puts him on a leash and is ignored by teammates…thats going to ruin your confidence…he needs a fresh start elsewhere if they dont fire darko
3:03 – play some big lineups
Have CMB/Mamu/Jakob on the floor at the same time. Make it a grity game. Add Scottie and Ja'kobe, have fun. A great movement lineup, and lots of defence.
JP gotta go! He has no use now.. he looks like a knock-kneed baby giraffe.. its annoying The rest of the team needa lock in fr
7:43 – it's not crazy to say, because…..
it was obvious last season, but most people missed last season. Don't look at the stats, but look at the way he played.
I was saying Ja'kobe should be the starter, ahead of RJ, and that's before we knew he injured before training camp.
This season when he was on the 3rd string to start training camp, I thought of it more as a blessing, while others couldn't see the Vision.
You’re not getting anywhere if CMB is your center in the playoffs. It’s not that he’s not a good upcoming talent that I wouldn’t trade in most deals but he’s just not a center especially if you’re in a matchup with the Sixers, Cavs, or Celtics. He simply doesn’t have the size to guard their centers. We’ve seen evidence of this many times against these teams especially the Sixers. If CMB is who you have guarding Embiid in a playoff series it’s Sixers in 5 or 6 games. He’s going to have issues staying out of foul trouble and then who do we use then, Mamu ? 🤔 Also there is no reason for Gradey Dick to still be in the rotation. Based on what ? Trying ? Based on just being a lottery pick ? He’s a negative whenever he’s on the floor . Raptors fans were going crazy on X last night with the minutes he was getting. People are done with him and ready to move on. Some people just don’t want to admit reality but Gradey Dick is looking like he’s a bust. Nobody would believe this guy was drafted to be a sniper. I’ll take back Boucher shooting those slingshot 3’s over Gradey getting rotation minutes. At least those were going in. My timeline was going off last night with raptors fans saying I don’t trust these Gradey minutes in the 4th when the game is close.
10:57 – really?
R.D. I know you love RJ but his Pay & Defense are concerns with the other starters that don’t play Def.
This trade would help long term RJ + Gradey + draft cap = Andrew N + Obi Toppin.
I know Obi adds to PF but you could get bigger and people could move down the line up. BI can play SG, Ja’Kobe better at SG and this would let IQ play off bench with JS or other and IQ still gets 24 mpg. This means Raps FO has to take their medicine on the bad contracts.
2026-27 roster: PG Ryan N, IQ, JS, A Martin; SG BI, J’KW, IQ, AM; SF SB, Sandro M, BI, J Battle; PF CMB, SB, SM, Obi T, J Battle; C JP, 2026 first pick, TJ-D, SM.
That is 14 and maybe you build OT value up next year and trade for some assets of need before trade deadline?
Obviously we would continue to try and make Shead, SB, CMB + others better at shooting but our Def and Size goes way up. Ideally Patrick Ngonba II still there when we pick as he has good def, can stretch floor a little and ast decent for big. This would change us from 3 bad Def in starting lineup to only 1 while getting longer. You can get off JP contract before PN needs an extension. The season is long everyone will get some time. I would trade JMo or move to 2 way in offseason.
I really wanted Gradey to be any kind of a poor man's version of Bird. Wow, that seems delusional now.
it seems like if anyone has a good game, well there goes RJs job. I've seen certain podcaster touring different podcasts saying Gradey should start over RJ now.
They can't do this in the US. Because US is different winning is more important than watching face.
look at R. Sheppard he is better than Gradey yet Gradey gets more hype. Why?
Why does Jakobe get all that hype for one. game when this. doesn't happen to any other player in the league. why does RJ get treated. like this. when then is not the format on how to treat ur star.
Is that why Bosh left is that why Vince left. Is that how they treated TMac YES
Jakobe has the opportunity to be a great player so does Gradey but forcing greatness upon then while unforcing greatness from another is wrong
We’ve got to go all in on CMB and Ja’Kobe. Try to trade Gradey or even waive him to free up some salary space to pay Mamu. It’s all necessary for this team.
We can't run CMB into the ground – we still need some kind of real centre.
If Grady Worked on being a spot up shooter I think he will excel in that position
People slow down Grady will figure it out he's just in early 20s and is a natural shooter you dont trade a true shooter because of bad year at worst he's a bucket from bench which you need 2nd 3rd quarters
Grady brick needs to go and stop getting minutes
the lack of minutes this year has hurt his shooting. he needs to be on the floor like last year to shoot with confidence
@raptors digest but what happened to J'Gradey Allen? jordans and ray allens love child? he got benched after 2 shifts.
When Opie says "they almost blew it" referring to last night's game – you know immediately any chump lacking understanding of the game can get a channel and pose as an "expert" 😅😂🤣
yesterdays game you could see the Defensive Intensity Raps trying to implement was nice to see. If we can fix the 3pt shooting issue we become GOOOOOOD!
Im sorry but I really do not like jak.. 15 and 10 is a stretch he had only 23 double doubles all season TJD is already one double double away from tying jak this season and he played twice 😂 theirs a reason nobody wants to trade for him and take on that stupid contract we gave him
Let Battle get more minutes and go to war.
Who’s there shooting coach lol