Raptors Discussion: v78| It's playoff time | Rd 1 vs ORL | Gm3: Fri 4/19 7pm ET/4pm PT | SN

[Suntouchable13]

Raps clinched a playoff spot tonight with Charlotte losing to the Bucks. 6 straight playoff appearances. Woooo!!

 

[canucksfan]

Shooting well especially with the 3's.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Kyle Lowry is the greatest Raptor of all time. If not #1, at least #2. He impacts winning in so many ways. I don't get why he does not get consideration instead it's DD. Why?

 

[canucksfan]

The ball movement on some of these possessions is incredible.

 

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

Kyle Lowry is the greatest Raptor of all time. If not #1, at least #2. He impacts winning in so many ways. I don't get why he does not get consideration instead it's DD. Why?

Only casual fans and outsiders believe DeRozan is greater
Anyone who follows the Raptors closely knows Lowry is the GOAT Raptor

 

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

This was one of those games where everyone played great

- I like the idea moving forward of taking Lowry out 5-6 minutes into the 1st quarter and having him play with the 2nd unit. Our 2nd unit by themselves is shaky but having Lowry there will give guys like Lin, OG, Ibaka/Gasol, Norm more open looks and willingness to be more aggressive

-I'd love to see Kawhi give Siakam more responsibility down the stretch on the offensive end and hopefully it translates to Kawhi not having to take on so much of an offensive load and having greater focus defensively

-Like Lowry, Marc Gasol is a player who's impact clearly goes beyond raw box score stats. I'm still hoping he gets more involved offensively

 

[Suntouchable13]

This was a great win. Miami is hot and are battling for the last playoff spot and we blew them out in their own building without Kawhi. Impressive showing.

 

[xtra]

Only casual fans and outsiders believe DeRozan is greater
Anyone who follows the Raptors closely knows Lowry is the GOAT Raptor

Even with Carters abrupt exit he’s in that discussion because of what he did accomplish. On the court Lowry is better for the numbers but the off court stuff while on the team can’t be matched short of a title

 

[justafan22]

2GB of the Bucks (3 since they have the tiebreaker), but 6 up on the Pacers and Sixers, who they both have the tiebreaker over (really 7 games), and 7 up on the Celtics who they are still TBD on.

They're likely to play the Nets or Pistons in Round 1 unless the Heat or Magic go on a run.

 

[GoonieFace]

Only casual fans and outsiders believe DeRozan is greater
Anyone who follows the Raptors closely knows Lowry is the GOAT Raptor

Excluding Hedo Turkoglu obviously

 

[LEBOOM]

If I'm Kawhi, my best bet for my career would be staying with the Raps IMO. I don't know if any other team would've handled his load management as willingly. I doubt the Clippers or some west team will be as willing to do so and it's a big risk for him that his next coach doesn't play him 36+ minutes every single game for their team to win.

 

[Clark4Ever]

This was one of those games where everyone played great

- I like the idea moving forward of taking Lowry out 5-6 minutes into the 1st quarter and having him play with the 2nd unit. Our 2nd unit by themselves is shaky but having Lowry there will give guys like Lin, OG, Ibaka/Gasol, Norm more open looks and willingness to be more aggressive

-I'd love to see Kawhi give Siakam more responsibility down the stretch on the offensive end and hopefully it translates to Kawhi not having to take on so much of an offensive load and having greater focus defensively

-Like Lowry, Marc Gasol is a player who's impact clearly goes beyond raw box score stats. I'm still hoping he gets more involved offensively

The biggest difference between Nurse and Casey has been Nurse's ability and willingness to make in game adjustments based on circumstances.

 

[Cor]

Down 14 to the Cavs lol

 

[donghabs98]

The defense letting the Cavs score 91 points after 3 quarters was something I definitely did not expect

 

[Suntouchable13]

I wonder what made Ibaka lose his shit like that? Holy. He is gone for at least a couple of games, you'd think. I don't think he can let some scrub get to him like that. We don't know what was said, obviously.

 

[TimeZone]

Blown out by Cleveland?

 

[Suntouchable13]

Can we put Ibaka on skates and have him suit up for the Leafs? At least he was showing some fight tonight.

 

[LEBOOM]

Can we put Ibaka on skates and have him suit up for the Leafs? At least he was showing some fight tonight.

Lowry alone would make Matthews cry every practice

 

[trellaine201]

Can we put Ibaka on skates and have him suit up for the Leafs? At least he was showing some fight tonight.

If u take Nylander it’s a deal.

 

[Suntouchable13]

If u take Nylander it’s a deal.

How's Willy's 3 point shot?

 

[stickty111]

If u take Nylander it’s a deal.

Nylander is really good, so no thanks.
How about Marleau?

 

[trellaine201]

How's Willy's 3 point shot?

Has to be better than scoring.

 

[stickty111]

Has to be better than scoring.

Back to back 60 point seasons.
Yeah no.

 

[stickty111]

Has to be better than scoring.

Delete

 

[GQS]

I don't get it. Why did we trade for Gasol if we're only going to give him the JV treatment?? With the Grizz he was averaging 33 mins and 15.7 pts and 8.7 rebs per game and now with the Raps for some inexplicable reason we're only playing him 23 mins and he's putting up 9.5 pts and 6.1 per game. Like WTF?!!

At least give him close to 30 mins and a few more shot attempts so that he can put up something close to what he was doing with the Grizz, otherwise what was the point in trading for him?? Only winners from this trade so far is JV and Delon who are getting more minutes to shine and show what they can do. Especially with JV, I'm glad he's doing well with the Grizz so far and that he's away from the Raps who have done nothing but jerk him around while he was here and waste the early part of his career. Lets hope he gets better and better and show the Raps they were wrong about him all this time.