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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

He's definitely part of the offensive side of the question. The nerdies say that peak IQ is a top ~30 offensive player, that peak Scottie is a top ~30 offensive player, and peak Ingram is a top ~30 offensive player. The Raptors won 48 games not long ago with 2 of that type of talent anchoring the offensive, and then a decent supporting cast playing a solid team game. For this offence to peak as more than a top 12-15 type offence, I think we need all 3 hitting peak or near peak and then staying healthy (60+ games) because I don't see where the depth scoring is going to come from.

We have a few guys who can floor space (Okai, Battle, Sandro) but if Dick or Jakobe can't create we're going to have to spend a lot of time running split lineups out there with 1-2 of our best offensive starters carrying bench mob guys. Which is fine-ish and all, most teams do some sort of rotation splitting like that, but with the offensive limitations our starting group has compared to high level starting 5's, it would be really nice if we were getting the full impact of being able to play them together most of the night and not diluting their minutes carrying bench guys.
 
MindzEye said:
He's definitely part of the offensive side of the question. The nerdies say that peak IQ is a top ~30 offensive player, that peak Scottie is a top ~30 offensive player, and peak Ingram is a top ~30 offensive player. The Raptors won 48 games not long ago with 2 of that type of talent anchoring the offensive, and then a decent supporting cast playing a solid team game. For this offence to peak as more than a top 12-15 type offence, I think we need all 3 hitting peak or near peak and then staying healthy (60+ games) because I don't see where the depth scoring is going to come from.

We have a few guys who can floor space (Okai, Battle, Sandro) but if Dick or Jakobe can't create we're going to have to spend a lot of time running split lineups out there with 1-2 of our best offensive starters carrying bench mob guys. Which is fine-ish and all, most teams do some sort of rotation splitting like that, but with the offensive limitations our starting group has compared to high level starting 5's, it would be really nice if we were getting the full impact of being able to play them together most of the night and not diluting their minutes carrying bench guys.
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Great post

With season ending injuries to studs in the conference Raps should slide in the top 6 with a healthy roster

Need to see if Darko can actually coach rather blendering a roster with 3/4 in street clothes
 
If the league is finally making money as a whole, I'm entirely on side with this. If the league is still burning money...well fuck.
 
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I mean...my guy is almost 70, was an okayish coach but only okay and got more or less put out to pasture by Detroit as a "Sr Advisor". The fuck do we want this guy making the decisions for? When has he ever shown decision making to be a strength of his?

If it's purely a figurehead to talk to the media...sure, whatever. If it's a key/top decision maker in basketball ops, fuck off.
 
He would make a hell of a Golden State Warrior. I don't see another good playoff team he's a fit on though...maybe Indiana if they're trying to chase a play in spot instead of tank (which I would get). But GSW as a stretch 5 would be the best fit.
 
They're expected to trade Monk or Devin Carter to make room for Russ....

Trading their 2024 lottery pick, or an 18ppg athletic small wing to bring on Russ is a very, very Sacto decision.

Fwiw, I would happily take either off of their hands if they're doing it cheap. Carter is a bigger, probably better version of Shead. Monk, we all kind of know. Athletic smallish SG, streaky shooter, a little challenged defensively. Same idea as RJ, a touch better offensively, but cheaper.
 
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