Nursing Leonard to 74 wins - Official Raptors 2018/2019 Thread

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fukk it.

Unlock Malcolm Miller. Give him the rock when the bench bums come in.

Can you imagine what would happen if the play of Malcolm Miller and Patrick McCaw turned this team around? :wow:

Is there a direct correlation between bench guys declining and them deciding to start up their clothing lines like @CantStop suggested? Someone should look into this:patrice:
 

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Instead of playing Kawhi and Kyle almost the whole 1st quarter together, taking them out at the same time, and then leaving Siakam in for the entire quarter and into the 2nd... Nurse should consider taking Lowry out early in the 1st, like at the 7 min mark, and then sub him back in when Kawhi sits.

Kawhi don't need Kyle's help to score, so stagger Kyle's minutes with Siakam when Kawhi is on the bench. Then when Siakam sits in the 2nd quarter, bring Kawhi back in.

Basically try to keep two of them on the floor at all times. You don't need all 3
 

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You can't just unlock Malcolm game 4 of a playoffs and assume he won't make any turnovers.

That would be uncharacteristic in the regular season.
 

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You can't just unlock Malcolm game 4 of a playoffs and assume he won't make any turnovers.

That would be uncharacteristic in the regular season.

They might as well do it at this point. They have to try something else, anything else.
 

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You can't just unlock Malcolm game 4 of a playoffs and assume he won't make any turnovers.

That would be uncharacteristic in the regular season.
Spot him up then. Can't be any worse than FVV/Norm :mjcry:
 

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You can't just unlock Malcolm game 4 of a playoffs and assume he won't make any turnovers.

That would be uncharacteristic in the regular season.

Considering you have got absolutely nothing from Norman or van vleet why not

We’ve seen it before from James Johnson
 

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Y'all clowned Casey for trying out Bebe last Playoffs.

If you're giving end of the bench guys meaningful minutes you've already shown you don't know what you're doing. Basically throwing shyt at a wall to see what sticks. Wave the white flag at that point.

Does Miller or McCaw have any chemistry with the bench or starters? Do they know the offense enough to execute in a playoff game?
 
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Outside of Marc Gasol (who looks old on the floor) the Raptors have no one who can defend Embiid on a consistent basis, the 76ers are basically feeding him the rock and he's :eat:
 

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nurse finally made some great adjustments. Saw van vleet had nothing again (blocked) took his ass out, only saw powell once didn't do anything took his ass out. Gasol/Ibaka wer great. Siakam was horribly offensively and you could tell he didn't hav that extra pep due to his injury.

Gasol came up huge nailed like 3 threes
ibaka was grat on defense and id kep playing him at th 4, tobias cant stop him

mccaw was great on jimmy when he was out there.

kawhi no words, that shot saved our season
 

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back in the drivers seat

nurse finally made some great adjustments. Saw van vleet had nothing again (blocked) took his ass out, only saw powell once didn't do anything took his ass out. Gasol/Ibaka wer great. Siakam was horribly offensively and you could tell he didn't hav that extra pep due to his injury.

Gasol came up huge nailed like 3 threes
ibaka was grat on defense and id kep playing him at th 4, tobias cant stop him

mccaw was great on jimmy when he was out there.

kawhi no words, that shot saved our season
Yeah I actually found myself giving Nurse props during the game. The Gasol/Serge sub had me :patrice: but it worked out in the end. Only issue with it is Marc gets all these great looks and has to knock them down. He did have a few big ones but 2/7 with that much room to shoot is bad.

Of course it was all on Kawhi in the end, but I thought Nurse coached a solid game overall. Only part of the game that had me concerned was when he was running 3 bench players Serge/McCaw/FVV but the only one to really flop was Fred, and Nurse yanked him quickly.

Game 5 will be flames
 
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