After 20 professional seasons and 13 in NBA, Marc Gasol has retired from basketball. He played for Grizzlies, Raptors and Lakers, winning the 2019 NBA title in Toronto, making three All-Star teams and one All-NBA team. Memphis plans to retire his No. 33 jersey.
From last night: Nikola Jokic fake ties his shoe in front of the referee and Celtics inbounder to buy the Nuggets extra time to see if they should challenge the call.
Raptors put some new scoreboards in their practice facility.
They’re able to do film sessions while on the court and display data like deflections, 2-point and 3-point %’s from their games and more.
Pretty, pretty, pretty cool.
Gary Trent Jr. wants to get stronger, improve everywhere, says Toronto is the best organization he’s played for, believes sky is the limit for Barnes and the Raptors are just “scratching the surface” to how good they can be
Embiid: "I saw after the game last time they [the Nets] kinda took the Nick Nurse route of begging for free throws and calling out the referees. They did come out and they got a lot of calls, which I guess is good for them."
“He showed his love every single day. Came to the gym put in work on his craft. I love him as a brother. It hurts. but we gotta keep going, keep fighting. Better things are coming for him.”
Scottie Barnes on Pascal Siakam
Maybe it’s just me but it seems like Scottie Barnes tweaked his jumper a bit.
More legs, lower base and a better flow in his shooting motion. Seems less jerky.
Any time you get sad about the Raptors season, just remember OG Anunoby, Dalano Banton, Scottie Barnes and Gary Trent Jr. are all under the age of 24 🙂
“We’re pretty confident putting him on their best offensive guard and that’s saying something.”
Nick Nurse on Jeff Dowtin Jr.
That kinda praise means something.
Watch this dunk contest makes me appreciate Vince Carter in 2000 even more...
-His windmill's were sooooo smoooth. Better than players nowadays.
-He didn't need many attempts
-The crowd loved him
75% of me thinks Raptors management genuinely don't know how to approach this trade deadline because they're still shook the season has panned out this way and don't want to trade away a bunch of players they believe in.
Check out this stat...
The Raptors finished the regular season with a 48-34 record. The exact same record as the 2013-14 season when their run of 7 consecutive playoff appearances began.
A poetic start to a new era of Raptors basketball
Love this interaction between OG and Nick. Coach asked if he wanted to challenge the call and OG said that Randle pushed him
It didn’t work but appreciate the trust
Gotta give Darko Rajakovic credit. He sold management on a playstyle & made tweaks to fit the players he started with.
But now, he has a roster that has the skills he's wanted to bring his system to life offensively & he's got buy-in from the group on defence. Like his intensity
I forgot how long Fred VanVleet was yelling after his HUGE step back 3 in Game 6 vs. The Warriors
He was still screaming in the broadcast replay when they retuned to live lol
Scottie Barnes commented on a post I did for the
@YahooCASports
IG page 🔥
It was Kevin Durant’s tweet about “what determines the best player in the NBA” with a Scottie Barnes hook…