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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

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funny to see philly waste all those years with 'trust the process" and then finally realize oh wait we should just try to win instead.

that's a stacked team right there. but some flammable egos too.
 
zeke said:
funny to see philly waste all those years with 'trust the process" and then finally realize oh wait we should just try to win instead.

that's a stacked team right there. but some flammable egos too.
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Trust the process only works with a competent regime

They needed Presti or Ujiri not the clowns they had
 
I don't buy philly as a contender and I'm struggling with seeing how their rotation works together. I'll update my CBPM spready when I have a chance, but off hand I think this puts them at like, 7th in the east or so. This entire thing really depends on Embiid's knees surviving a season and yeah, I have real doubts. This isn't like Kawhi's injury concers, which are real but dude has shown the ability to play ~55+ pretty consistently over the last few years (not too different than Lebron over the last 4-5 years). Embiid hasn't played 40 in 3 seasons now.

I see this group playing a lot of small ball because of Embiid's durability, but without the things that are needed to make small ball work. There's good but not elite shooting over there, there's no rebounding when Embiid is off the court, and below average D.
 
MindzEye said:
I don't buy philly as a contender and I'm struggling with seeing how their rotation works together. I'll update my CBPM spready when I have a chance, but off hand I think this puts them at like, 7th in the east or so. This entire thing really depends on Embiid's knees surviving a season and yeah, I have real doubts. This isn't like Kawhi's injury concers, which are real but dude has shown the ability to play ~55+ pretty consistently over the last few years (not too different than Lebron over the last 4-5 years). Embiid hasn't played 40 in 3 seasons now.

I see this group playing a lot of small ball because of Embiid's durability, but without the things that are needed to make small ball work. There's good but not elite shooting over there, there's no rebounding when Embiid is off the court, and below average D.
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I also question Lebron holding up taking the Harris role at the 4 and guarding PF's all year. Not that he cant do it, but he 41.

Also, is there enough ball for Maxey, Embiid, and Brown? not to mentioned VJ who's development could get stunted here.

Im not saying this wont work, but i have some questions, as i do with every non Knick East team
 
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