Raptors come up short in Boston as their ‘Stars’ struggle | Post Game Live
The biggest game of the season is on Easter Sunday. The Toronto Raptors hold the keys to their own playoff future. Anything less than a 100% effort game would be a RIP-sentence on the season. Preparation will be key. Scottie Barnes and Brandon Ingram MUST show up. Jakob Poeltl must win his matchup. And the Toronto Raptors must push the pace and play their style. This is going to more than likely be a loss with Tatum AND Brown back… but a win here would be HUGE.
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31 Comments
We have some decent pieces(CMB and Jakobe) just need to add with the draft and some trades. Replace RJ and Jak(might be impossible) and next year we can actually be good. This year i wouldn't mind just punting it in the playin and getting a decent pick. Getting more spacing and a rim protecting Center and we're in business.
Soccer and basketball are way different. I've played them both competitively. Diet and carbs key to Soccer while basketball is hard on bones and muscular jaring while Soccer more cardiovascular. Like 100m runner vs marathon runner.
I hate these fans because everytime we loose its putting down players. It's like they expect to not would like to win every game. And don't understand the difference between humans and video games!
The only thing I was upset about was easy misses. Focusing on the foul call instead of finishing with a basket.
I don't agree with RJ because rookies can't bring physicality right into the league. IQ and yak I agree. I thought we should have picked the big but seeing CMB I understand the choice.
I agree with what you are talking about but…
I believe you are using excuses for him. It's obvious and you admit it that he's your favorite player. Many of your takes on Scottie are real and true but there's a strong bias that soaks into your defense of him.
He needs to pull himself thru the hard times in minutes played or whatever the case. I bet Jordan and other superstars played their high minutes but their mind is stronger, more 'determination and will' to fight to the last whistle than Scotties!
I don't enjoy watching you call out people for 'a difference of opinion' from you.
I think Scotties problem is mental fatigue and he isn't strong willed enough to get out of it. That is part of what differentiates a superstar from a star player which I put him in the latter category. (Again my opinion only)
I like and appreciate you Rob and I am going to continue watching you because you are one smart dude in general especially on basketball!
But i don't understand why you get so angry at someone if that person(s)voice their own opinion? It don't sound nice at all. I had my son next to me watching you on my tv and it wasn't nice to hear you cursing out people and basically losing it on a live forum. Please don't get upset at me as I'm just telling you what i heard and said. Don't lose the professional aspect of why you do this. Just don't let it bother you as much if someone said something idiotic about something or someone that you don't like. Keep it chilled like you are 99% of the time. Peace brother!
We are a good team this year. We lack consistency. Which might be experience playing together or maybe a tweak. I think they need to change mogbo's trainer with outside the box ideas to develop him as a forward not a center.
RJ need to work on his 3's to improve spacing and his scoring. And is okay 3 out of 5 games.
Is there any development with Davis? Or trade him?
Not growth in numbers growth in winning which we have see.
Poertl got paid, i meant overpaid, and his effort Levels went away after! Bottom line is he doesn't give a crap! And he never had a back issue that supported all the time off! Paid vacation!
After the last 3 years I'm happy with their success. They need to learn things off the court to keep up the winning towards the end of the season. Experience! That's why they want playoff experience not to win it all but learn on and off the court.
My first coaching experience I didn't manage recovery and we lost in the end after only loosing 2 games all season.
Whys it always excuses for scottie
Id hate to play the hornets in the play in, but I also dont want the Knicks the first round. Yea, Id prefer to play Boston
I agree that Scottie is tired but I'm just saying in my previous comment that sometimes i question his overall complete level, will to win and his overall determination to break thru anything to win whether it being he's tired etc. you need that mental toughness period.
Need a proper Centre. Need shooters. Need a PG. Thats alot of big needs
i love scottie but way too many excuses
Everyone is tired and hurt at this point in the season. That’s on Scottie, the coaching and training staff to implement recovery and better define his role. He’s been in the league and has a high basketball IQ. It’s difficult to believe that their game plan is to have him be less impactful at the rim which is where he excels.
Maybe Rob has a point with Scottie and Darkos lack of coaching experience is starting to show by not load managing Scottie throughout the season. Look at CMBs great play recently and Kawhis great playoff
performance in 2019 when he was given enough time to rest during the regular season.
However, I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle with Scottie.
A lot of the blame falls on Scottie also. How is it that after 5 years he still hasn't developed a consistent jumper or a 3 pt shot?
Why does it take Scottie so long to get going offensively during games? I cant tell you how many games Ive watched this season where Scottie hasnt scored a single point and the entire first half is pretty much over.
Over the past few games Scottie has scored (10, 10, 14, 5 , 23).
Not good enough considering this is the most important part of the season and this is where we need him most.
You cant have it both ways either hes injured or hes playing and if hes playing then he has to be productive on both ends of the floor.
There are a lot of problems on this team & it starts with Bobby Webster and his creation of this team as well as some of the contracts hes given out recently.
Then we need to look at Darko and his lack of coaching experience which has hurt us.
Then Scottie, who as the leader of this team has been great defensively but has been very inconsitent and a big let down offensively.
Then we need to look at Jak, RJ, & Quick who all have flaws that have hurt us in one way or another throughout the season.
Then finally the bench , apart from Sandro and Jakobe has really hurt us and hasnt been of much help either.
So the Raps have a lot of problems to solve this offseason and I guess we will see how good of a GM Bobby webster acually is.
Bobby needs to make some serious changes to this roster and he needs to really hit on this draft during the offseason.
The causal fans obsession with PPG is predictable and getting mad at it is just a waste of energy. Scottie is 15th in total rebounds this season, 12th in total assists, 9th in total steals, 7th in total blocks AND STILL scored more than lemelo ball. Dude isn't even a scorer. Scottie's a great white shark, apex predator in his domain. But fans wanna compare him to pigeons and say he can't fly.
Number 1 scoring options are more common today than players like Scottie. Scottie is the Michael Jordan of a certain archetype that includes players like: JDUB, Derrick White, Draymond green, Jrue holiday, rajon rondo, Kyle Lowry etc. All these players were fundamental to championship teams: high i.q, excellent defense and absolute cheat codes in the playoffs when the game slows down and offense runs dry. Game winning steals, blocks, passes, fouls drawn: just over all processing leading to being at the right spot at the right time. These players are the real life blood of championship rosters.
Both Scottie and Brandon look gassed, even by playing them we may lose more games. It’s time to load-manage both and hope they are well rested for the Play-in.
Im not sure what Darko has been thinking. He should have played Jonathan Mogbo, he is supposed to be SB and CMBs' backup and very capable defender
Exactly Rob. Shut him down for the remainder. I hope Darko &Co, Bobby do that. I have my doubts. I also feel Darko is a bit on the stubborn side. Incidentally, Scottie does play better without Bi. Ease up on the ROS bro…might be a bit much for some lol.
Nah this is insane lol
Scottie gotta do better
Why didn’t we play Jackson Davis. We need a bully in the paint and someone to get rebounds.
Man i appreciate your content more importantly i love your content but i cant with the scottie excuses its an 82 game season everybody is playing “hurt” he needs to be more consistent if he wants to lead a team simple as that
The front office has realized the pick is more valuable than a 1st round sweep. This draft is full of high end point guards lets get one. Stirtz, anderson, carr, philon and brown
I don’t doubt Scottie is hurt. So if That’s the case sit his ass. They shouldn’t care about avoiding the play-in. The cream rises to the top and if the Raps are fraudulent they will get exposed either in the play in or the first round. I don’t like the progressive overload highlighting, because with all due respect, they have a world renowned sports science team that would see that and take care of it. Us as fans just want our best player to play consistently when he’s out here, and if he’s hurt to sit out to avoid long term injury risks. But making those excuses for a guy who’s playing out there is wack to me.
If D.Harper is on the table this offseason for Scott we should do it we need a complete tear down starting w Bobby
If NN was the coach of this awful game we wouldn’t hear the end of it .At least NN was straight up about his ways However Mr.Darko talks great about Scottie in interviews but in the game he uses him as spot up for majority of the season, Scottie doesn’t seem the priority for Darko from the he’ll bent attempt to make Sg in Iq into a point running offense to letting BI,RJ hijack offense and make the fast system completely dysfunctional to him rarely giving Scottie a run w better suited line of shooters which we actually have but he refuses to play them this season made alot of things clear , Bobby and Darko should be on the way out