Games like this is where they miss Valancuinas and Carroll. Second night of a back to back with Derozan and Lowry playing heavy minutes against the awful 76ers. They would've shown a better effort and dismantled the 76ers yesterday with those guys in the line up.
Part of me worries that Lowry and Derozan's current minutes are going to backfire against them later on in the season. I know they're pros and Lowry got into shape, but the heavy minutes might just backfire on them. Looking at stats they rank 8th and 12th respectively in the league in terms of minutes. We all know what second half Lowry was like last season too and I'm the Raptors I have the same concerns this season especially with the way Lowry plays.
I wish that Casey would pull a Pop and just take Lowry out and sit him for a week the way he does that to all of his players, but after watching our bench blow a lead to the lowly 76ers I realized he can't do that.
They need Valancuinas and Carroll to get healthy fast or this season could spiral out of control by seasons end.
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