It’s Already Started… (and they can’t ignore it)
The Toronto Raptors are in a very tough position after losing to the Boston Celtics in what would have been a crucial game for the standings. Ben Rogers breaks down the reality of what’s going on with the Raptors.
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The Raptors Lose Crucial Game for Play-off Seeding…
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The team committed to a rebuild season early on. Not going into the tax like the other 20 million tax teams. The players in the locker room are saying lets not beat ourselves up when we got paid and not expected to win any rounds by management. Most of The players trying to add to there value, for future contracts, are frankly not very good right now. I blame the organization by not committing to the win now and every game mentality. This is one big settle for the next 5 or 6 games.
It is because we do not have a generational player, we do not have a Wemby, Luka or Cade, no top 10 player on our team, therefore people know this version of roster can not compete for real, when the expectations are low, no one wants to waste their real time on this team. That's why I still think we should have tanked even after we got SB, he is not enough.
In this current state or drought that they are in 6.5/10, if the players develop well this off season 8-9/10
Look we have the talent needed to make a run, but, I do not think that we are at a point where I would be like confident in the team. I love the Raps but the inconsistency is frustrating to watch. Every game that we lose, they start strong, we receive false hope, and we lose…
Idk, hopefully we can draft well and have a good free agency.
Yeah I think you hit on the head with people not tuning in, going on twitter instead of watching, etc. I do that too. I feel like it's almost like this team is doing worse cause of the fanbases disinterest it sucks the winning edge out of the team. Honestly going on your screen at the arena and just scrolling and showing no attention to the team should be frowned upon. It's like our fanbase has the same eye gaze as Brandon f'in Ingram. So baked and laid back.
That IQ contract and the Poeltl contract was big mistakes!!!
It’s crazy to me how RJ gets all the blame when he is like the 4th or 5th highest paid player on the team if you look at the stats and watch the games the last 6 games he has been the most consistent player lol smh
The GM told everyone at the deadline that this season is a in and out of the playoffs so it's hard to gain an type of excitement… I will say it again B. WEBSTER has this offseason to fix the holes or he needs to be gone before the next deadline
Raps getting knockced out in the play in. Called it a month ago.
the season isn't over yet people we can still salvage this
it's their inconsistency they have a brilliant stretch of games then all of a sudden a switch is flipped and suddenly it's like they are a completely different team
I believed they were rebuilding in the beginning. When they had Battle, Walter, Mogbo, Shead, Martin, Dick etc they were showing potential. But now with BI, Mamu, Murray Boyles and Shead, joining the team it isn't much of a rebuild anymore.
Because now guys are falling out of rotation instead of learning to play through those stressful moments. Dick, Battle, Mogbo, are now benched and barely play, the main 5 don't pass them the ball. It feels as if they now wanna win in the playoffs instead of focusing on true rebuilding.
The roster is fragile on multiple levels. The starters don't fit. Scottie legs are fried. This is a good as they're supposed to be. First round fodder until more shooting and more defenders are rostered
coach coach coach coach coach coach coach coach coach coach coach coach coach coach coach
Start Mamu, CMB, Walter, Lawson and Battle next game. Might be a disaster but might wake up the usual starters. Might be fun to watch.
SOMETHING NOT RIGHT IN CANADA 🤔🤫
3 Takeaways: 1.Structure: Limited above-the-break shooting + no 2nd ball handler lets defenses load up early. Good looks were there, but spacing made everything tougher.
2. Execution: Missed layups, missed reads, small breakdowns. Against teams like Boston, those margins decide the game.
3. Ceiling gap: TOR needs near-perfect execution to win. Elite teams punish every mistake. That’s the difference right now.
Encouraging part: The core isn’t broken, it’s developing. Young guys stepping up, defensive versatility is real, and these reps matter.
Need: spacing, role clarity, one more creator.
Extra Takeaway: Stay process-focused. At this level, growth shows up in execution before results.
We need rebounding yet we don’t play Jackson Davis.
I love this team i watch every game i can and in having trouble watching these guys right now
I’m sorry if we get any of these scenarios we should scrap the entire Team for New Picks
1. If we are out it 5
2. If we don’t survive the playin
3. Or if we don’t make the playin no choice but give away all players for new picks start again, and this time forget if they are nice guys or not get good players…
Man it’s more than half a decade at this point..
Tried to warn people.. the trade scottie chants are only going to get louder, as he keeps underperforming…
What happened to Grady dick??
We overpaid quickly and after the injury jakob hasn’t been the same
I warned people about overreacting to the Orlando game. This team is not good!!
Why isn’t Jackson-Davis on the floor
Chris Boucher was the Raptors energizer bunny but Bobby and Darko do not respect what he brings to the roster on and off of the court. But they (Bobby/Darko) would rather have Garrett "Conga Line" Garrett who has no connection to the Raptors championship past nor is he big in the community. Bobby could have gotten Jock Landale (a stretch 5) at the TDL who the Hawks got for cash considerations. Bobby fumbled the TDL outside of putting 14 million in Ed "MAGA" Rogers III's pockets. Darko is not the head coach to take the team to the next level. Mike Malone is name that should be considered. Btw – IQ is missing from the lineup… and now people can see how valuable his shooting is to the roster.
Guys holy shit stop getting so worked up. They were literally playing one of the best teams in the NBA, former champions.. and the game was extremely close until the last quarter. They left a lot of buckets at the rim throughout the game and Ingram hasn’t been hitting his usual low percentage jump shots. .. but damn did we not all live through the Baynes, and Malachi Flynn era? Can’t we be stoked on the emergence of Walter, Mamu and CMB.. I feel like this team is exciting.. it’s hard in the NBA these days, execution has to be near perfect. You can’t go on long droughts of not scoring.. that’s understandable. The real issue is the inconsistency of our offence from the top guys. But you can’t say they don’t have any fight, that’s incredulous.
Start rebounding and take care of the basket ball, stop trying to force every play and control the tempo of the game, please 🙏
trade barnes right now for a top 7 pick this year and you are smiling.
I see them on how they play should they survive the play in or get in the playoffs….and not get bombed out in the first round….
Like I said we suck
We need a reset of the management
Bobby needs to go
We're always playing in the middle are we trying to compete or develop
Bad contracts on top of it
Is like nobody is seeing the problem with Barnes, Ingram and Yak Peotl. Barnes definitely can’t be the face of Raptors is overrated. Yak must go is a player
Hard watching a very very mediocre team. For four years or more this organization has never been able to find good physical forwards. We are completely being intimidated by more stronger and physical teams. That is why we lose in the forth quarters. Opposing and more physical teams are holding off on the fouls in the first three quarters then letting loose in the final quarter.
Without competitive centers you are going to lose. Hard to watch us out rebounded every night. We have no muscle. An extremely light team. We used to play great on the fast break but all opposition has seen our tapes.
Ben no one likes Darko fire him not even the fans.
dejectment?😂…well, ok…the word is DEJECTION….the future is ROSEY(not)
Fire Bobby Webster to weak
Can’t beat good teams (even without their stars) , they always get cooked by teams guards bench guards
Need to make a trade this summer one of the starters
RAPTORS ARE JOKING… HAD A GOOD FRONT END OF THE SEASON… UPPER MANAGEMENT ARE FUQTARDS… DARKO NEEDS TO PLAY THE DAYUM PLAYERS, THE STARTING 5, NEED TO BE CONSISTENT…
weve been heartbroken too many times man
not worth being advertised too for 3 hours…