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Sometimes, I think people don’t realize the raps are a missed substitution and a couple of bad calls away from being 11-5 right now.
Yeah and Boston is a couple bad calls and an injury away from being undefeated. That’s a pointless thought process.
Are you new to sports?
I’m just trying to live in magical fairy land like you where things went perfectly. It’s a dumb thought process. Just like taking bad shooting nights out of somebody’s shots to make their percentage look better. Pointless and dumb.
Not related to the Raptors at all but damn, [Blue Jays have a really nice Black Friday deal going on that’s still active. Got a ticket to their 2nd home game for legit $10.
Last year Achiuwa had 3 or more assists just 6 times, and all of those were in games where he had 19 or more minutes per game. Never more than 4 assists.
This season, he’s had 3 or more assists in five of his ten games, including five assists twice. And all of those were in games where he had 19 minutes or fewer. He’s currently had three straight games of 4+ assists.
Now, I’m not ignoring the warts here; he still has some very poor decisions; last night I was literally in the midst of writing a comment praising his smart game when he tried to force a pass through three defenders. And then a couple minutes later had that awful pass to nobody that went the full length of the court.
But to me that’s pretty emblematic of what Darko’s trying to do here, allowing him to work through his mistakes and fill a crucial role as an additional passer on that second unit. Barnes is so smart at every role, and there’s something to be said for putting the ball in someone else’s hands and then having Barnes make a good cut and create a passing opportunity, rather than always being the guy with the ball, waiting for other players to make the right cut at the right time.
I’m not saying it’s working yet, or that it necessarily will work… but you can see what the plan is, and it’s intriguing. Hopefully in a month or two we’re talking about playmaker Achiuwa as this brilliant successful experiment in the same way we’re talking about the transformation in Flynn.
Darko’s to do list:
✅ Malachi ✅ Scottie 🟩 Precious
Once Precious can stay on the court for more than a week and starts to get comfortable in his role we’re going to see some amazing things
I think I am convinced Achiuwa has a ton of unrealized potential — it just requires patience and reps. The more he plays, the more things will become intuitive with him, something Scottie seems to be just blessed to have.
I think one thing we’ve already seen is just how much better Achiuwa is with finishing around the rim. When he first arrived he couldn’t even do that!
