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Originally Posted by octothorp
So this brings up a team composition thing that frustrates me to no end about the Raptors. Raptors were supposedly doing this experiment with emphasizing size on their roster, and other than FVV they've got great size overall... but they never used their size on offense in a way that was really useful: so little cutting to the basket, so little working to create passing lanes. It was just trying to create a mismatch and then seeing if a bigger player can back down a smaller one from the foul line. You watch the Nuggets, and so many possessions use that size advantage not just to create mismatches but to get wide-open shots.
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Guys like Aaron Gordon who have hops are going at guys and gettimg easy buckets in the paint.
Might also be a talent issue. I've never been a huge Pascal fan.
You also can't discount Jokic is probably the best player in the NBA and Murray is playing lights out.
The Raptors don't have that type of top talent.