Raptors Discussion: v51 | Wizards up 1-0 | ECQF Game 2 vs Wizards: Tues, April 21st @ 8:00 PM EST

[Swervin81]

All in all I can't stand the way this team is coached, and no I'm not making excuses, we played like **** and we deserved to lose. But Dwane Casey....he makes some mind boggling decisions. I don't see how he is back next year if we get eliminated by Washington. He's not coaching to the team's strength. How does JJ not get a single minute in this game?

That rebounding problem wouldn't have been as bad if JV got more minutes, but nope, gotta go small and **** everything up!

JJ's ass stapled to the bench in a 53 minute game where Pierce is going off and Ross is playing terrible? Inexcusable.

 

[Shwaguy*]

JJ is a great rebounder too so he'd have helped there.

 

[Swervin81]

Casey got outcoached by this guy *sigh*

 

[KapG]

Play JV. That's all I have to say.

 

[The Nemesis]

I love that Michael Grange's defence of no minutes for James Johnson was essentially "the coach did this, so he must've had a good reason."

It was "yeah, he passes the on-paper test. Yeah, he passes the basic & advanced stats test. Yeah, he passes the eye test. All the evidence says that James Johnson would've helped. But Casey didn't do that so you have to respect his decision since he would've had his reasons for not playing him."

Can you imagine trying to use that excuse in the real world?

"No, boss. I didn't file those reports. I know it's company policy to do them and senior management uses them for making decisions, and it really wouldn't have taken any extra effort to get them done and submit them. But I just wasn't feeling like they were necessary today so I didn't do them. And you have to respect my decision not to."

 

[Hyperglide]

Pretty funny how JJ was brought in this season almost EXCLUSIVELY to shut down guys like Paul Pierce and Joe Johnson. It was those 2 that burned the Raps last year in the playoffs too. So he doesn't even get a sniff and all the while Ross was playing like garbage and we were rebounding like crap.

This team man... lol... SMH.

 

[Lebanese Leaf]

I love that Michael Grange's defence of no minutes for James Johnson was essentially "the coach did this, so he must've had a good reason."

It was "yeah, he passes the on-paper test. Yeah, he passes the basic & advanced stats test. Yeah, he passes the eye test. All the evidence says that James Johnson would've helped. But Casey didn't do that so you have to respect his decision since he would've had his reasons for not playing him."

Can you imagine trying to use that excuse in the real world?

"No, boss. I didn't file those reports. I know it's company policy to do them and senior management uses them for making decisions, and it really wouldn't have taken any extra effort to get them done and submit them. But I just wasn't feeling like they were necessary today so I didn't do them. And you have to respect my decision not to."

Spot on.

 

[Mitchy]

Pretty funny how JJ was brought in this season almost EXCLUSIVELY to shut down guys like Paul Pierce and Joe Johnson. It was those 2 that burned the Raps last year in the playoffs too. So he doesn't even get a sniff and all the while Ross was playing like garbage and we were rebounding like crap.

This team man... lol... SMH.

This is the most infuriating part. He was bought specifically for what you described, yet he still doesn't play.

Is Casey too stupid to realize that by just playing JJ, he can save his job?

 

[The Nemesis]

I haven't always liked all the bagging on Casey because sometimes it feels like the coach's criticism is just a reflection of the team as a whole (when the Raptors were rolling last season, Casey was a genius apparently and deserved some Coach of the Year votes), but it feels like when he makes bad decisions, he doesn't make them for the right reason. If he had said that he didn't put JJ in because he thought they needed to run with Ross, or wanted to play DeMar at the 3 for some reason, or whatever. that's fine. It might be wrong, but at least he had a conviction. But it feels like too often his reason for doing stuff is to shrug and say "I just didn't."

He didn't play JJ today because "his time will come." That's not a reason.

 

[Alerion]

Guards and wings: 19-63 (30.2%)
Bigs: 16-29 (55.2%)

Raptors basketball!

 

[Hadoop]

Wow that was.... ugly. Both teams played worse then I expected. Unfortunate that someone had to win.

 

[KapG]

Guards and wings: 19-63 (30.2%)
Bigs: 16-29 (55.2%)

Raptors basketball!

Its dreadful really. We love to chuck :/.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Guards and wings: 19-63 (30.2%)
Bigs: 16-29 (55.2%)

Raptors basketball!

Welll uhhhh. three point line uhhh foul trouble uhhh big V doesnt know how to get open

seriously though. The raptors best offensive players are probably recognized as Lou, DD and Lowry. On the bench im guessing Vasquez is the best player?

 

[DD03]

Luckily, it's a 7 game series. Their bench won't produce like that every night, and ours won't be that bad every night. Tuesday we'll show up!

 

[RayzorIsDull]

Ujuri fined $35,000, Raptors organization fined $25,000 for using obscene language in a public setting.

 

[dubey]

Ujuri fined $35,000, Raptors organization fined $25,000 for using obscene language in a public setting.

lol

**** the NBA

 

[Karlsson2Turris*]

NBA doesn't want Canada to get excited

 

[mikebel111*]

NBA hates the Raptors. isn't a GM allowed to get excited ever? but no "keep it professional"!

 

[RiceCooker]

So we're the only home team to lose game 1 so far in the playoffs...haha, mentally weak team and an idiot coach.

 

[RayzorIsDull]

NBA hates the Raptors. isn't a GM allowed to get excited ever? but no "keep it professional"!

He certainly didn't keep it professional.

 

[Alerion]

If Fields' elbow wasn't ruined he'd theoretically provide offensive spacing (Ross' role) and solid defense/rebounding (JJ's role) at the 3. That rookie season in NY he was 39% from range and averaged 6.4 boards a game.

Half our rebounding problem came from the guards not chipping in. Lowry and DD combined for 19 boards, which is great, but Lou/Ross/GV only had 10 boards in twice as many combined minutes. Once Lowry fouled out we only had one of 3 guards/wings able to competently rebound, and we definitely saw the repercussions of that in the 4th and OT.

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

Ujuri fined $35,000, Raptors organization fined $25,000 for using obscene language in a public setting.

until the team actually wins something, I think both the players and especially the GM should keep their mouths shut. Listening to these guys talk **** when the organization has never won anything is embarrassing. Plus it's baaad karma.

 

[Shwaguy*]

until the team actually wins something, I think both the players and especially the GM should keep their mouths shut. Listening to these guys talk **** when the organization has never won anything is embarrassing. Plus it's baaad karma.

No way, they should keep doing it. It's fun. And there's no such thing as karma. See: Yesterday's lottery.

 

[Shwaguy*]

We never have anything to get excited about in Toronto Sports ever, may as well have some fun with what we have.

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

No way, they should keep doing it. It's fun. And there's no such thing as karma. See: Yesterday's lottery.

but there is...see yesterday's lottery....besides, it reeks of no class.