2018-19 NBA and Raptors thread

[jayswin]

Stupid of Siakem but the flagrant came from one of the most ridiculous summersault embellishments I've ever seen in sport, lol. Shameful.

[The Big Chill]

Refs are just letting Embiid crush people for some reason

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by The Big Chill

Somehow we've shrunk into a one man team.

I can't say because I fell off the NBA with some of the early season officiating. But when I watched this team in October and November there seemed to be so many guys that could shoot. Especially Green.

When I started watching again this past month and playoffs it seems like almost no one on this team can sink a shot. I don't even get excited for three's going up. Even Danny Green seems to be mostly bricks.

[DropIt]

Wow. Absolutely no ball on that

[Senator Clay Davis]

Nick Nurse is the white Dwane Casey.

[jayswin]

What a dumb sport, lol.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Nah it's a great sport, it's just a dumb league with the worst refs. Better off letting the players call the fouls.

[jayswin]

Sorry, meant league. Basketball the sport is awesome. The league isn't legit.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Refs are bad, but the Raps right now are worse. And Nurse getting thoroughly outcoached by a guy most Sixers fans want fired is the biggest difference right now. If Lin is healthy for game four you might as well roll the dice and start him. Lowry and VanVleet have both been awful.

[The Big Chill]

Well pretty much a must win game 4 now. Going to need some people besides Leonard and Siakam to step up or this series will be done.

[keenan87]

Lowry is probably a bigger choker than Derozan. He is garbage.

[bluejays]

Lowry is garbage and I've been saying it here for a long time. He puts up big games when it doesn't matter as much, but when it really counts, he's gone. Totally ineffective as well. That's not lost on us as he's been on the block for a few seasons but the return hasn't been what's needed. So you live with the inadequacy and hope the surrounding players pick it up. I think this has been bad enough that he's gone no matter what this off-season. Secondly, this is a minimum 3 stars/team required league to be competitive. Raps have two (Leonard and Siakam). If somehow Leonard stays, a combination of Lowry, Gasol and Ibaka must go to make room for a guy who can shoot the lights out. Who? I don't know but they need that third star player.

[Senator Clay Davis]

LeBron about to become player-coach again.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1124340799800528897

[Beninho]

Unfortunately this raptors series is showing Masai isn’t that great and a poor evaluator of talent. He committed to Ibaka, VanVleet, and Powell way too soon creating a bench that is utterly unplayable. There’s no shooting or any shot creation coming off the bench, this issue is his fault and not the coaches. It’s a poorly constructed team and Masai has had more than enough time to create a better bench unit. Losing this series should be all on Masai, the bench is his work. I’m tired of watching him fail every season while other people get thrown under the bus. The rotations haven’t been great but that is a product of having a terrible bench and there’s not much the coach can do besides playing the starters as much as you can.


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[Senator Clay Davis]

What more could Masai do? It's not his fault the players turn to dog#### every single playoff. If you wanna blame him for anything it's firing Casey to hire White Casey. Looking like a downgrade at this point, lateral at best.

[Senator Clay Davis]

And literally right now this series is down to how monumentally awful they are without Kawhi on the floor. You load managed his year for the playoffs presumably. You only rest him if you're up 20 and the second it gets under 10 he's back in. But this right here is staggering.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1124159768061460480

https://twitter.com/user/status/1124160140406599680

[Beninho]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

What more could Masai do? It's not his fault the players turn to dog#### every single playoff. If you wanna blame him for anything it's firing Casey to hire White Casey. Looking like a downgrade at this point, lateral at best.

Did he not construct the bench? Did he not give Vanvleet, Powell, and Ibaka big deals? There’s a lot he could’ve done differently and barring a turnaround losing this series would equal another failure of a season. Every season under Masai has ended with embarrassing failure, except maybe the year the raptors lost in 6 in the ECF


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[KootenayFlamesFan]

I think if Nurse played Leonard more it would help out. As a casual fan I don't understand why they limited his minutes or games all year just to get into the playoffs and limit his minutes. What are they waiting for? If they're down in Game 4 and Nurse limits his minutes again he should be fired after the season.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Beninho

Did he not construct the bench? Did he not give Vanvleet, Powell, and Ibaka big deals? There’s a lot he could’ve done differently and barring a turnaround losing this series would equal another failure of a season. Every season under Masai has ended with embarrassing failure, except maybe the year the raptors lost in 6 in the ECF


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He also got Kawhi, without whom this season would have zero expectations. This series is basically down to Nurse ####ing up game two, if he kept Kawhi out there at the start of the fourth quarter it's 2-1 Raptors right now and it's pretty much all good. Yes the bench is disappointing, but every team in the league except the Spurs and Warriors would take Masai in a heartbeat. You're acting like he's Glen Grunwald.

[The Big Chill]

People need to relax on blaming Nurse. There is a reason players don't play 45 minutes a game, and it isn't just long term fatigue. If Kawhi plays the whole 2nd half then he likely starts to fade and fatigue late in the 4th. If winning games requires Kawhi to play the whole game then this team isn't going anywhere anyway.

They just need to regroup and get some confidence back. It would be nice if Lowry could find his offence, but he always blows hot and cold, so you can't count on it.