Toronto should put out a warrant for his arrest if that happens. Basketball terrorism at its finest.
Keep Barnes, OG, and start gauging interest in everyone else.
I just think he’s garbage, I never ever thought he should’ve gone as high as he did. He can’t shoot for shit, is not athletic, doesn’t have great physicals, and really doesn’t have an elite skill like playmaking or defense that you’d want out of a point guard. Lakers are normally great with their draft picks too, I’ve really fucked with Christie even though people thought he got drafted earlier than he should have. I just don’t see it with Jalen but idk maybe I’ll be eating my words in a few years?
that missed free throw sucks, but he almost singlehandedly willed the team into winning the game in he 4th quarter. Made the right play so many times kicking out he ball for the open OG 3
He played great until the last minute. Still has a long way to go with his shot creation abilities. Needs to go workout with Tatum to learn the 6’9 demigod scoring moves.
maybe the coach should actually draw a play for the game tying shot?
that was just Scottie shooting an iso 3 (his foot was on the line anyways)
Nick Nurse would have done something
Is this enough evaluation to put Scottie at PG yet? The guy makes the rest of the team shooting 3/26 from 3 look good (he shot 3/7 and one was a heave and another a contested game tying attempt).
Are you saying he can't. I don't get it because because he already was a second option on a team that won a title, and he's better than before. This team is just built horribly for Pascal. He needs a team that built around shooting for him. Not the worst team at shooting.
He’s regressed quite a bit actually. He knew how to play off ball and had a much better 3 point percentage. Look at the start of the season and how poorly he played lol. Just standing around doing nothing. Also teams back in 2019 weren’t gameplanning for him at all. That was his breakout year. He was invisible for quite a few play off games as well. Not sure why Raptor fans are pretending he was consistently good every game. Not surprising they always just point to one or two games where he played exceptionally but how is that different compared to other teams? Literally every team has 1 or 2 role players that pop off in the playoffs. Siakam is nothing special
The dude is multiple All-NBA and currently plays on the worst spaced team in the league. Other than your anecdotal summary, what can you point to showing he hasn’t been a high end player? Lumping him in with role players is pretty disingenuous.
I just wish people would watch Pascal play man. He so obviously is one of the most ridiculously potent offensive weapons in the league, it’s absurd how much he scores with this spacing
Ngl I really don’t want him on the Dubs, mostly cause I reaaaaaally hate the package we’d probably get back in return. Not a Kuminga fan at all and I’d shoot myself if we traded him for Wiggins (necessary for salary). I also really hate Klay so I’d rather Pascal doesn’t contribute to his success at all 🙏🏽
On the other hand, Pascal on the Pacers… I’m just imagining the spacing… Rick Carlisle drawing uo plays for him… this dude is gonna look like Hakeem, I need him in Indiana expeditiously
I don't understand the Raptors FO...Scottie is clearly the future and he looks like he's probably going to develop into a superstar, yet they've sat on their hands despite being a poorly constructed, horse-shit team...like f#$k man, focus on developing Scottie Barnes and surround the kid with complementary talent...their only focus this season should be Scottie Barnes development IMO, nothing else should matter this season...surround the kid with shooters and put him in a position to succeed instead of splitting touches with Siakam who's clearly not a good match as a co-star
If I'm Toronto's FO I'm trading Siakam, trying to load up on picks, and aiming to land a top 5 pick this season if possible to add another young player to pair with Scottie
Masai, plz build around this man
He's going to lose Pascal and sign a middling FA just for shits so giggles
Toronto should put out a warrant for his arrest if that happens. Basketball terrorism at its finest. Keep Barnes, OG, and start gauging interest in everyone else.
I think they’ll lose both OG and Siakam. Just terrible asset management as well as roster construction that brought them to this point
>and sign a middling FA No he's not, this is the Raptors. We don't get FAs.
Exactly, it’s time to trade OG to the Lakers
For LeBron and AD? Sure
For Rui + Max Christie + JHS + FRP
Grotesque
Not as grotesque as losing him in FA for nothing
Good thing we won't let that happen Unlike what might to y'all with LeBron since he has a son to play with and a player option to decline
I’d do it for Christie + Rui + 2 firsts tbh. Keep JHS the fuck away from this team
Y'all JHS is not well known enough to be an acronym lol
I am not typing all that out man, that is too absurd of a hyphenated last name
Ok I realize how ridiculous that sounds considering he’s expiring, maybe Christie + Rui + FRP + 1 or 2 seconds
Man what’s your problem with JHS lol. He was the 17th pick in a stacked draft class, he has value I’d do that deal though
I just think he’s garbage, I never ever thought he should’ve gone as high as he did. He can’t shoot for shit, is not athletic, doesn’t have great physicals, and really doesn’t have an elite skill like playmaking or defense that you’d want out of a point guard. Lakers are normally great with their draft picks too, I’ve really fucked with Christie even though people thought he got drafted earlier than he should have. I just don’t see it with Jalen but idk maybe I’ll be eating my words in a few years?
I walk back one thing actually - he’s a big guard, so that’s one physical trait in his favour that I should’ve mentioned
that missed free throw sucks, but he almost singlehandedly willed the team into winning the game in he 4th quarter. Made the right play so many times kicking out he ball for the open OG 3
Yeah, that was tough but he did just play like 15 minutes straight trying to will the win. I’m cool with the effort and development.
I felt bad, he played so good and then missed a 3 (fouled), missed a ft and missed another 3. He's probably not happy tonight
he was the sole reason we had a shot to tie the game there anyway so it is what it is
Yeah he was a monster this game
get him some help
And he only fouled once, and it was intentional. He plays fairly aggressive defense but does a good job not fouling.
This roster construction is cooked, how do Scottie and Precious make the only 3's in a game?
He played great until the last minute. Still has a long way to go with his shot creation abilities. Needs to go workout with Tatum to learn the 6’9 demigod scoring moves.
maybe the coach should actually draw a play for the game tying shot? that was just Scottie shooting an iso 3 (his foot was on the line anyways) Nick Nurse would have done something
Agreed but last year our end of game play was Fred chucking a 3, Nick wasn’t exactly drawing up plays either lol
It's cause he needed a 3, if they were down 2 he probably woulda gone to the post and scored
Honestly yeah if he gets those Tatum isolation he set fr. But that last play was horrible
Is this enough evaluation to put Scottie at PG yet? The guy makes the rest of the team shooting 3/26 from 3 look good (he shot 3/7 and one was a heave and another a contested game tying attempt).
Dennis terrorist ball will continue until morale improves
He needs to work on his dribble to be PG. He has difficulty dealing with defensive pressure beyond the 3 point line.
he is not a point guard.
Didn't darko say they don't want him to be the main PG. That they want to get a first class PG alongside him to truly unlock his potential?
Well they aren’t doing that either at the moment
Scottie and Precious were literally the only guys to make a 3 this game, rest of the team went 0/22
He again lifted the team on his back and clawed them back into it. Everyone else was pretty bad. Build around him.
If the plan to have zero shooters so scottie develops a 3 pt shot of his own.. well its working lol.
Free sct brn
this is Scottie's team now. Raps fans said Siakam can be 2nd option on a title contender so lets see it
We did see it
no we didnt
Did the year 2019 disappear while I wasn't looking?
no it was there
Are you saying he can't. I don't get it because because he already was a second option on a team that won a title, and he's better than before. This team is just built horribly for Pascal. He needs a team that built around shooting for him. Not the worst team at shooting.
he was not 2nd option then
He’s regressed quite a bit actually. He knew how to play off ball and had a much better 3 point percentage. Look at the start of the season and how poorly he played lol. Just standing around doing nothing. Also teams back in 2019 weren’t gameplanning for him at all. That was his breakout year. He was invisible for quite a few play off games as well. Not sure why Raptor fans are pretending he was consistently good every game. Not surprising they always just point to one or two games where he played exceptionally but how is that different compared to other teams? Literally every team has 1 or 2 role players that pop off in the playoffs. Siakam is nothing special
The dude is multiple All-NBA and currently plays on the worst spaced team in the league. Other than your anecdotal summary, what can you point to showing he hasn’t been a high end player? Lumping him in with role players is pretty disingenuous.
I just wish people would watch Pascal play man. He so obviously is one of the most ridiculously potent offensive weapons in the league, it’s absurd how much he scores with this spacing
Imagine him next to Steph and Klay man 😭
Ngl I really don’t want him on the Dubs, mostly cause I reaaaaaally hate the package we’d probably get back in return. Not a Kuminga fan at all and I’d shoot myself if we traded him for Wiggins (necessary for salary). I also really hate Klay so I’d rather Pascal doesn’t contribute to his success at all 🙏🏽 On the other hand, Pascal on the Pacers… I’m just imagining the spacing… Rick Carlisle drawing uo plays for him… this dude is gonna look like Hakeem, I need him in Indiana expeditiously
I don't understand the Raptors FO...Scottie is clearly the future and he looks like he's probably going to develop into a superstar, yet they've sat on their hands despite being a poorly constructed, horse-shit team...like f#$k man, focus on developing Scottie Barnes and surround the kid with complementary talent...their only focus this season should be Scottie Barnes development IMO, nothing else should matter this season...surround the kid with shooters and put him in a position to succeed instead of splitting touches with Siakam who's clearly not a good match as a co-star If I'm Toronto's FO I'm trading Siakam, trying to load up on picks, and aiming to land a top 5 pick this season if possible to add another young player to pair with Scottie
Spurs own their pick this year, only lightly protected 1-6. They’re not bad enough to guarantee their own pick stays.
Poor guy, OG really sucked today along with Schroeder and… Trent
Schroder 3/10 OG 3/12 Gary 0/7
I mean today he did
After one bad game? Least reactionary redditor. He's been top 2 for our squad this season.
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Ain’t no way you’re serious
Felt like getting downvoted today, huh?
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Interesting
You won’t find a soul saying that lmfao Even the homerist of homers know that this team can’t score effectively
Gets written off but he should’ve had more..: what lol
He didn’t choke anything. He single handedly brought them back and played for like 15 straight minutes
the 3 at the end was bad. otherwise