areksoo Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 25 minutes ago, BleedTheClock said: lol ok. Your organization fired the coach of the year and somehow that move makes them better? He was the scapegoat for LeBron once again bending them over a chair...something that was inevitable. What exactly made Dwayne Casey fireable in your eyes? Dwane Casey is still stuck in the stone age trying to push defense over everything else. The offense was largely basic 1 on 1 situations where both DeRozen and Lowry's stats were padded by how much these guys were hogging the ball. Enter Nick Nurse who was tasked to transform the Raptors offense last off season with the same core group of players. He weened DeRozan off from taking too many mid range jumpers to driving the ball more and taking more 3s. Also took the ball away from Lowry and not let him play hero ball as much. In total, DeRozan and Lowry scored 9.3 less points per game, but the Raptors scored net 4.8 more points per game. That brought them from 10th to 3rd in the league in scoring and last in assists to 6th in the league. That added efficiency in scoring was what lead the Raptors to 8 more wins. It was Nurse that really deserved coach or the year, not Casey. It was rumored, Nurse had even more plans to evolve the offense, but Casey shot down many of his ideas. Now do I think Nurse is the next Phil Jackson? No, not at all. He simply transformed the Raptors offense to the style of the NBA is today. But he obviously showed that he can get the most out of his players and is in tune to the modern NBA game. He definitely good enough to be a coach in the NBA with potential to be great. I personally like the signing. Casey is still a good coach, but definitely isn't great. He's a defense minded coach. 2016 playoffs, you lose to the Cavs. Lebron plays well, but the Raptors were still getting better. 2017, there was much more focus on beating the Cavs, like signing Ibaka. But instead the Cavs sweep with Lebron scoring 30+ in every game with only 1 game being kinda close. 2018, Casey didn't even have to focus on offense at all. Just come up with a game plan on defense against the weakest Lebron lead Cavs team in recent history. Raptors D did worse than the previous year. That's why Casey was fired. The one thing he was supposed to be good at and he failed with no signs of improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLikeDefense Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, DirtyDez said: Kawhi looks like he has aged and it’s not just the beard. That’s what kids do to you. I’m 28 but with 3 kids, realistically I’m around 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11sanchez11 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 27 minutes ago, iLikeDefense said: That’s what kids do to you. I’m 28 but with 3 kids, realistically I’m around 40. Kawhi has a kids? And apparently a partner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLikeDefense Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 1 minute ago, 11sanchez11 said: Kawhi has a kids? And apparently a partner? Yup, he has a daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I've never seen so many reports about a player that are conflicting, yet the player himself hasn't said any of these things. As far as Leonard on the court is concern, I think he destroys it. He'll be great and he has a massive chip on his shoulder. The more I think about it, the more I can actually see Leonard staying with the Raptors and he probably should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 They should have given up Lowry instead of DeRozan. Spurs need a PG, and a DeRozan-Leonard duo would have been kinda cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrawkcab321 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, the lone star said: They should have given up Lowry instead of DeRozan. Spurs need a PG, and a DeRozan-Leonard duo would have been kinda cool. Maybe if Lowry was 5 years younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 3 hours ago, the lone star said: They should have given up Lowry instead of DeRozan. Spurs need a PG, and a DeRozan-Leonard duo would have been kinda cool. Why would the Spurs have taken Lowry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 To be honest I’m kind of terrified of Toronto. They can shoot the 3 1-5 basically, everyone can switch defensively besides Lowry. They’re going to be very, very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 18 hours ago, seminoles1 said: Why would the Spurs have taken Lowry? I think they need PG, but yeah, I'd rather have DeRozan too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 49 minutes ago, the lone star said: I think they need PG, but yeah, I'd rather have DeRozan too. They needed a wing a lot more than a PG. Their 3 best prospects are all guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showtime Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 4 hours ago, the lone star said: I think they need PG, but yeah, I'd rather have DeRozan too. Dejounte Murray has a lot of potential. He is already an awesome defender and he will continue to progress under Popovich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 18 hours ago, seminoles1 said: They needed a wing a lot more than a PG. Their 3 best prospects are all guards. Yeah, but ionno if any of them will take that next step and it's a guard's league after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lone star Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 14 hours ago, showtime said: Dejounte Murray has a lot of potential. He is already an awesome defender and he will continue to progress under Popovich. Yeah, I like Murray some too. Gotta develop him, but that could also lead to growing pains in the short-term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 6 hours ago, the lone star said: Yeah, but ionno if any of them will take that next step and it's a guard's league after all It's not a guard's league... And who the hell plays for them at the 2 and 3 if they don't get DeRozan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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