We were all confused that Malachi was getting minutes too and Darko managed to get some productivity out of him. I can see him trying to do this with McDaniels now too

YouTube. Dennis has his own channel

Disagree with this because Dennis is actually capable of getting to the rim and drawing defenders in. I’m fine with him running the offence but Scottie or Pascal should be the ones putting up the shots when it matters

What is there to understand? Raptors need shooting. Raptors drafted the best shooter in this years draft. Just because he hasn’t been hitting in literally 11 games of his rookie season doesn’t mean he won’t develop into a great offensive player.

Development is not linear.

They got Giddey as a PF??

Precious cannot play 0.5 basketball. He can’t make smart decisions in 5 seconds let alone 0.5

With the way the game is played now, I’d actually say Marc Gasol. The Raptors got him at the end of his career. Prime Marc would be an absolute beast

Exactly why they brought him in

Scottie but only because of his mentality and relentlessness. If Pascal was more aggressive and proactive on the floor, he could easily be the best player.

How dare you include Malachi in this deal. /s

But regardless of Pascal’s performance last night, this is a terrible trade LOL. Why do the Raptors want Marcus Smart? OG is a larger and better version of him on both sides of the floor. Marcus is a 32.3% 3-point shooter for his career and is at 29.2% this year. And Luke Kennard is very one-dimensional. Even though he shoots well, that’s literally all he does. Zero chance that’s all Pascal is worth.

Makes the Darko hiring even better now

Norm and it’s not even close lol

Outside of that starting line up, it gets ugly real quick.

Raptors and a poor bench. What else is new haha

It’s honestly sorta funny to me that fans think the NBA is 2k and the trades they want are just available at all times and the Raptors don’t need to worry about the other side accepting. Yes, there are definitely blunders that the front office have made looking back but I love how most fans just complain about past trades / lack of trades rather than propose actual ideas on how to improve the team.

Because Malachi’s trade value is so low that it can only go up from here

Lost to a better team, it is what it is.

It’s not about how many assists Pascal and Scottie will average but how many assists the TEAM will average. The theme for this whole season is team over individual. So Pascal and Scottie will likely average close to what they did last year but I’m expecting the overall team to average 27-28 assists.

For reference, the Raptors were 24th in the league last year with 23.9 apg while the Warriors led the league with 29.8 apg.

Jakob allows Rudy Gobert to sit in the paint

Damn you’re right. I’m sure Bobby and Masai never considered this at all during the off-season. I’ll let them know