MyNameIsJonas
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mathurin and walker?
OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread
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MyNameIsJonas
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sexy
MyNameIsJonas
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I guess Wiggins could be a version of RJ, but a less good one.
Im not sure there is an obvious situation where a player with such good nerdies has this much difficulty getting on the court
Pwner
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I think this tracks as I actually like watching them now... but their defense
View: https://x.com/keerthikau/status/1744482373595431019?s=20
View: https://x.com/keerthikau/status/1744482373595431019?s=20
zeke
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it's interesting that their offense was tracking way up even before the trade.
but tbh not sure we should care too much about any of the pre-trade stats on either end. The trade was too big a shake-up to the rotation.
MindzEye
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I was amazed when we let him keep playing on it without getting it checked out.
HabsFan1
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Same
MindzEye
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Haliburton out for 2+ weeks with a hammy strain.
With how bad they are defensively, missing him is likely to be ugly. It's important because we're "only" 6 games back of Indy, Orlando, Cleveland, Miami, & Knicks all at 21-15 for the 4-8 seeds in the east. 1 game back of Brooklyn and 2 games back of Chicago is looking pretty likely for us to pass within the next 2-3 weeks, but it would be nice to see the weaker teams in that group (Indy is 12th in ntrg, Miami 16th, Orlando 11th) run into some struggles that can maybe help us get into the chase for a playoff spot instead of a play in spot.
Fwiw, the Raptors have a +5.3 net rating since the trade and if that was extrapolated out (it obviously doesn't work like this, too small of a sample, but still interesting) to be the season net rating, that would put the Raptors 4th in the NBA. So they've been pretty, pretty good since the trade (not including the short handed Detroit game...)
With how bad they are defensively, missing him is likely to be ugly. It's important because we're "only" 6 games back of Indy, Orlando, Cleveland, Miami, & Knicks all at 21-15 for the 4-8 seeds in the east. 1 game back of Brooklyn and 2 games back of Chicago is looking pretty likely for us to pass within the next 2-3 weeks, but it would be nice to see the weaker teams in that group (Indy is 12th in ntrg, Miami 16th, Orlando 11th) run into some struggles that can maybe help us get into the chase for a playoff spot instead of a play in spot.
Fwiw, the Raptors have a +5.3 net rating since the trade and if that was extrapolated out (it obviously doesn't work like this, too small of a sample, but still interesting) to be the season net rating, that would put the Raptors 4th in the NBA. So they've been pretty, pretty good since the trade (not including the short handed Detroit game...)
MyNameIsJonas
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Didnt Poetl keep playing a bit after taking that spill where he was obviously not ok?
zeke
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OG 17pts 5 threes at the half. Knicks up 22.
View: https://x.com/JustEsBaraheni/status/1744893432781308327?s=20
View: https://x.com/JustEsBaraheni/status/1744893432781308327?s=20
LeafOfFaith
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He's a free agent at the end of the year, and could come back to the Raps if they wanted, no?
MindzEye
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MindzEye
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Theoretically.
But we don't have the cap for that. The Knicks are going to bust their nut to sign him, or Philly is going to do all the cap gymnastics necessary to add him to Embiid-Maxey while putting a decent squard around them.
MindzEye
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I can't see them going max on him. They want floor spacers from everything I've heard. Embiid a big, and Maxey a slasher, Pascal probably clogs up the paint for them too much. It's OG they've had a huge hard on for allegedly.