Raptors Discussion: Raptors name Nick Nurse as new head coach

[Suntouchable13]

They’re not good enough. What’s the point in treading water?

I agree. If they lose this series, they have to find a way to shake it up. What would be the point of coming back with the same team again?

 

[Nylanderthal]

Screwface capital of the world, and this resonates with the sports teams too. It's terrible how we live in one of the best cities in the world and we constantly seek validation from others before we can recognize and respect what spawns here.

We must run in similar circles cause that’s the exact phrase I’ve used about TO for years.

 

[c9777666]

What do the Raptors have to sacrifice to the basketball gods?

 

[A1LeafNation]

What do the Raptors have to sacrifice to the basketball gods?

Drake

 

[6ix]

This is just how it goes when the raps play LeBron. They’re mental midgets. It’s loterally the EXACT same story every time. The only way you keep this core if Cleveland bounces us, is if LeBron goes to the west. If LeBron stays in the east trade everyone and rebuild.

 

[AllDay28]

This team would beat every team in the East except the Cavs, 100/100 times, Lebron is just the greatest ever and it's tough. It can be done though.

 

[Hockeyholic]

This is the problem: Even if they made the Finals, they'd get demolished by the Warriors. It's not a Raptors problem, it's an NBA problem.

 

[theaub]

LeBron was dead on his feet in the fourth quarter.

These guys are going to need to do some soul searching tomorrow. To have Love/LeBron shoot 15-43 and lose...

 

[c9777666]

I agree. If they lose this series, they have to find a way to shake it up. What would be the point of coming back with the same team again?

Don't blow up this team if LeBron goes West- if he's not in the East next year.........

 

[c9777666]

If LeBron goes West, don't blow this team up.

If he does......... yeah, shake things up.

 

[c9777666]

This is the problem: Even if they made the Finals, they'd get demolished by the Warriors. It's not a Raptors problem, it's an NBA problem.

The Warriors are basically a hybrid of Real Madrid/FC Barcelona. They're almost too stacked

 

[c9777666]

This team would beat every team in the East except the Cavs, 100/100 times, Lebron is just the greatest ever and it's tough. It can be done though.

So if they had a 10+ 1st quarter lead against the Pacers, they boatrace them?

 

[theaub]

One other thing that was obvious is the Raps don't really have an answer to a TT/Love/LeBron trio late in the game. You can't play two PG's like they have all year or you end up with the DeMar on Love disaster that we saw, but when you take out FVV for OG/Ibaka the offense stagnates.

I don't even know the answer to that. Its a terrible matchup situation.

 

[Hadoop]

Toronto won the physical battle today as LeBron was running on fumes and had to play another 47 minutes. Cavs owned the Raps mentally though and that's a worrying sign considering the culture reset in the organization and the season Toronto has had.

 

[TimeZone]

LeBron was dead on his feet in the fourth quarter.

These guys are going to need to do some soul searching tomorrow. To have Love/LeBron shoot 15-43 and lose...

Team is simply not good enough, period. Pathetic performance.

 

[Jozay]

Team is simply not good enough, period. Pathetic performance.

The team, talent wise, is definitely good enough.

 

[DFAC]

Have to question the mental state of the Raps now....... Cleveland is in their head big time.

Still can't believe they messed that last shott 3x in regulation, ugh. Shouldve been the game right there

 

[Stylizer1]

The team, talent wise, is definitely good enough.

Their stars are not good enough.

 

[Jozay]

Their stars are not good enough.

To win a championship? Sure

But to beat the Cavs? They're good enough.

 

[Del Preston]

Drake is going to get bodied by Perkins before this series is over.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

This is the problem: Even if they made the Finals, they'd get demolished by the Warriors. It's not a Raptors problem, it's an NBA problem.

Lebron started it when he went to the heat

 

[theaub]

I don't get how DeMar and Lowry are getting blamed here. They didn't miss two open threes at the end of the 4th/OT or miss four easy layups in the last five minutes of the fourth.

Did they revert to ISO ball at the end? Sure. But that's because JV was tired and couldn't make anything, Ibaka remains utterly useless and OG is never going to be a late game offensive threat at this point in his career.

This game was also, sadly, a bit of a vindication as to why Casey never closes out games with JV. He was incredible for the first 18-20 minutes he played but at that usage rate he just doesn't have the fitness to keep up.

 

[hoglund]

I don't watch much Raptors but Drake is intolerable.

Why, what did he do last night?

 

[Fandlauer]

Hopefully after this series we can change the motto along with the other changes coming. #WeTheNorth is f***ing awful

 

[al secord]

No you live with him scoring and focusing on keeping Love, JR and Korver off the 3-point line

Helps to not turn the ball over so much and quit with the damn pump fakes.