2019-20 Raptors and General NBA Thread

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Utah wears those unis a lot and I love them. Up there with the Miami neon unis.

[savemedrzaius]

When I was a kid during the Vince Carter days and we would go see a game if the Raps got 100 points you could exchange your ticket for a free slice of pizza. Everyone would chant "pizza! Clapclap, pizza! Clapclap"

Nowadays if you can't score 100 points in a game your offense is trash.

Crazy how the embracing of the 3 ball and pushing the offense up the court more often has changed the game so much.

[bluejays]

First game August 27th. Three days off. Hope Lowry can be good by then.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Wow, really? They were talking about a week off.

Also, Donovan Mitchell has somehow transformed himself into Lillard.

[calgarybornnraised]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Wow, really? They were talking about a week off.

Also, Donovan Mitchell has somehow transformed himself into Lillard.

Thursday is still a good time off. Thanks to the Mavs and Clippers going long.

[Strange Brew]

Just some incredible basketball in the West right now. Mitchell and Murray each dropping 50 last night. Mavs and Clippers with an incredible finish.

[octothorp]

Lowry's injury is an ankle sprain, no timetable for his return.

This is probably good news, compared to rumours that were flying around between last night and this morning. There was supposedly an MRI done on his arch, and there was speculation that this meant that there was acute plantar fasciitis, which can be anything from a play-through, to a months-long rehab.

The fact that it's an ankle sprain, and not plantar fasciitis takes out a lot of the uncertainty. As ankle sprains go, it didn't look severe... sports therapy people have chimed in that it didn't look to be turned to a really severe angle (like Hayward's for example), and the fact he left the court, and later the arena, under his own strength without crutches or walking boot, is a good sign.

As to the timeline, maybe they genuinely don't know the timeline yet, or maybe this is just gamesmanship, withholding a bit of game-planning info from Boston.


I'm cautiously optimistic right now that at most he'll miss a game or two.

[Senator Clay Davis]

And Brown gets canned. Sixers have issues, but it should be the top destination for available coaches with how much talent is there.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1298001906695110657

[octothorp]

Agreed. It's hard to think of who's going to be the right fit. They need someone creative who can figure out how to make these mismatched pieces work, because trades are going to be really tough. They need someone who's not just an Xs-and-Os coach, because there's clearly some toughness/personality issues on the team. And they need someone who is thick-skinned enough himself that can handle jumping into a very high-expectations environment.

Personally, I think Kenny Atkinson would be about the best that they could do. He really got a lot out of the Nets rosters that he had, usually overperforming expectations, and he knows the Philly players well. He's got a bit of a reputation as not being a star-players' coach, but I think the Philly roster needs more tough love they'd get from Kenny, compared to what a former player coach like Lue or Kidd might give them. Kidd also has a reputation as ambitious, and a guy like Brand who feels he's on the hot seat might not hire a guy who might be gunning for his job in a couple years.

[Drake]

Candidates for the 76ers according to Shams, Jay Wright, Ty Lue, 76ers assistant Ime Udoka, and Dave Joerger.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Re: Lakers vs. Blazers...

[GirlySports]

Only the Heat-Pacers game was a dud

[GirlySports]

How the Suns messed up.

https://arizonasports.com/story/2366...n-over-doncic/

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

That Jamal Murray 360 was pretty slick.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Jamal Murray is just pretty slick, period.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1298429913494585344

[bluejays]

What's with the talk about the Raptors potentially boycotting Thursday's game? I completely agree with them when they say that kneeling or wearing a BLM jersey has taken it's course and it's time to do something else, but boycotting a game? What does that accomplish? What is their hopeful outcome and how does boycotting a game accomplish this? If players want to make their voices heard, they should start calling out individual senators and politicians to put pressure on them to take definite specific actions.

Personally I'm not a fan of just awareness - someone has to take specific actions to make situations better. Surely boycotting a game isn't accomplishing anything other than brining awareness again to something the players themselves are questioning the benefits of at this juncture.


And damn Jamal Murray killed that last game. Lights out from everywhere.

[Da_Chief]

Originally Posted by fleury

What's with the talk about the Raptors potentially boycotting Thursday's game? I completely agree with them when they say that kneeling or wearing a BLM jersey has taken it's course and it's time to do something else, but boycotting a game? What does that accomplish? What is their hopeful outcome and how does boycotting a game accomplish this? If players want to make their voices heard, they should start calling out individual senators and politicians to put pressure on them to take definite specific actions.

Personally I'm not a fan of just awareness - someone has to take specific actions to make situations better. Surely boycotting a game isn't accomplishing anything other than brining awareness again to something the players themselves are questioning the benefits of at this juncture.


And damn Jamal Murray killed that last game. Lights out from everywhere.

Detroit Lions of the NFL cancelled their practise today. Raptors are not alone in this thinking, Celtics are saying similar things.

The way I see it...
NBA and NFL is >80% Black athletes. If they start boycotting games, the pressure is on the owners, presidents of teams who are >80% white, people of influence and deep pockets. They will need to get out there into their communities and talk to leaders and force a change. Not to mention TV executives, ad revenue that will take a hit if there are no games again.

They need the rich white owners to start speaking up and make a change.

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by Da_Chief

Detroit Lions of the NFL cancelled their practise today. Raptors are not alone in this thinking, Celtics are saying similar things.

The way I see it...
NBA and NFL is >80% Black athletes. If they start boycotting games, the pressure is on the owners, presidents of teams who are >80% white, people of influence and deep pockets. They will need to get out there into their communities and talk to leaders and force a change. Not to mention TV executives, ad revenue that will take a hit if there are no games again.

They need the rich white owners to start speaking up and make a change.

That’s a good point. I’m not sure that’s the best approach though. I think calling out names to the public to put pressure on certain individuals to do something, is a better first step. Going down the road of suddenly calling out your employer is a little unfair and unless someone called that out by saying that they want to see action from Rogers or NBC’s ownership to pressure politicians and provide evidence of it, it seems like it’s unfocused and a little unfair. I get the racial injustice. I’d hope to have a finite step of what the boycott is hoping to achieve particularly. What you said makes sense and I wish someone on the Raps or otherwise called out all owners or specifically some to define what their hopes are and what’s expected to come out of the boycott.

[octothorp]

Yeah, it's hard to tell what's the right call for them here. Obviously the Raptors are pretty deeply passionate about this cause, with Powell and FVV being really outspoken on this, and Masai personally affected by police racism.

I know one of the things that Powell was frustrated with was the tailored messages that NBA players were allowed to put on their jerseys. It was essentially protest within carefully-managed, not-too-offensive guidelines. It would be a pretty powerful statement if players came out for the game on both sides with non-approved jersey messages more directly calling out the police, daring the NBA to either eject every player and consequently cancel the game, or admit their flaws in the jersey policy. That would probably require not just the players but team management on board, and while I know that the Raptors management would do it if the players wanted it, I'm not sure Boston would.

[flamingreen]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Yeah, it's hard to tell what's the right call for them here. Obviously the Raptors are pretty deeply passionate about this cause, with Powell and FVV being really outspoken on this, and Masai personally affected by police racism.

I know one of the things that Powell was frustrated with was the tailored messages that NBA players were allowed to put on their jerseys. It was essentially protest within carefully-managed, not-too-offensive guidelines. It would be a pretty powerful statement if players came out for the game on both sides with non-approved jersey messages more directly calling out the police, daring the NBA to either eject every player and consequently cancel the game, or admit their flaws in the jersey policy. That would probably require not just the players but team management on board, and while I know that the Raptors management would do it if the players wanted it, I'm not sure Boston would.

Jaylen Brown is also quite outspoken on this issue from the Celtics. I imagine whatever they do will be a organized effort between the two teams.