Upcoming Schedule:
| Date | Opponent | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 19th | vs. Pistons | 4pm |
| Nov 21st | at Magic | 7pm |
| Nov 22nd | at Pacers | 7:30pm |
Also use this as your free talk thread. Typical free talk conversations that may be moved here include:
- “Who do we tank for”, trade proposal posts, draft simulator posts or trade machine posts
- Free talk stuff, Bad shitposts and “off season” questions, fantasy basketball
- Questions about the NBA or the sub, ideas for the subreddit (or message mod team directly using the “message mods” link in sidebar)
- League Pass/online streaming tech support/questions, Trade ideas, OC that didn’t exactly fit as a thread
- new user questions (finding a team [aka pick the Nets], rules, general questions)
- self promotion on a minimal level - not heavy handed/please don’t spam
Three things I’m optimistic about:
Seeing Pascal score more intentionally in the paint versus driving in. He truly is elite at finding the basket when he works in the paint, so if the Raptors offense starts to give him that, I think we’ll level up
Unlocking the PnR with Jak. Scottie and Schroder seem to be developing a more reliable consistency with him on that and I think Jak is getting better at it. As a side note, a lot of criticism on here these days towards Jak, but without Koloko, we have to have someone to clog the paint and deal with the Embiid’s of the world. I don’t think Precious can do that, so the positives of Jak far outweighs and negatives
Energy levels. If they play with that level of energy and focus they had last night for 48 minutes every night, we’re a Top 6 team in the East. They went toe-to-toe with a fully healthy Celtics squad, arguably the best team in the NBA right now, without OG. But that’s the biggest unknown. Scottie and Pascal were very locked in last night, especially Scottie, and I think it permeated throughout the entire roster. I want Scottie to be like that every night - I do believe this is his team already, and part of leadership is bringing that energy and focus, every game. If Pascal does it too, we’re a very good team, as is