To tank or not to tank: This is the only question for this season. Official 2024-2025 Toronto Raptors thread
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I'm a dedicated fan, I truly am
I have NOT watched a single game in full this year
I don't think I've even watched a full quarter of raps ball this year
I will not spend a single dollar on tickets this year; free or nothing
My updates come from this thread and tsn ticker
I have NOT watched a single game in full this year
I don't think I've even watched a full quarter of raps ball this year
I will not spend a single dollar on tickets this year; free or nothing
My updates come from this thread and tsn ticker
I'm a dedicated fan, I truly am
I have NOT watched a single game in full this year
I don't think I've even watched a full quarter of raps ball this year
I will not spend a single dollar on tickets this year; free or nothing
My updates come from this thread and tsn ticker
Enjoying ur mental health
Following a team that is losing on purpose is for the mentally strong.
Im with you on the tickets its outrageous the prices theyre charging for a tanking team....
I'm a dedicated fan, I truly am
I have NOT watched a single game in full this year
I don't think I've even watched a full quarter of raps ball this year
I will not spend a single dollar on tickets this year; free or nothing
My updates come from this thread and tsn ticker
If they are on and I'm awake I'll usually just watch the last 5 min to see how they fumble it
But yeah won't spend a dime won't watch a full game
Soldier
not redeemed with gold but with His Blood
Early expansion era (1995-1998)-the honeymoon period basically. The city finally had a NBA franchise, attendances were decently respectable. But we played in the skydome, and at that time, the team and the sport of basketball themselves were both a novelty and an afterthought. Most adult sports fans weren’t basketball fans. They preferred hockey, baseball and football because they grew up playing and loving those sports. Basketball even though invented by a Canadian(Dr. James naismith) it wasn’t ingrained in Canadian sports culture and tradition. That’s why John Bitove counted on the younger generations of Canadian born folks, women and immigrants. He knew it would hard to convert older sports fans to basketball and make them change their minds about that sport. In the mid to late 1990s, the raptors were behind the maple leafs, blue jays and even the argonauts . The leafs ruled the city as they were the most popular team in the most popular sport in Toronto, and had made three conference finals in the 1990s( 1993, 1994, 1999) The jays won back to back World Series in 1992 and 1993. And the argos won the grey cup in 1991, 1996 and 1997 with Doug Flutie and Pinball Clemons.
Post Vinsanity/Mike James era (2002-06)
the vince carter trade and Alonzo mourning refusing to report to the raptors
(True vinsanity period for me was between draft day in june 1998 to the end of the 2001-02 season. The magic was gone after 2002, it was not the same after that year. )
Jay Triano/Primo pasta era 2009-13
2021 Tampa bay raptors ( I gave them a pass for that year because we won the chip in 2019 and had a good season in 2019/20. The bubble playoffs were fun. If Siakam played average in the Boston series, we would probably have advanced to the finals for the second straight season)
2023-24: last year’s team was boring, hopeless and ugly to watch. When quickley and Barrett came over here via trade we had a nice week of fun and hard fought games on the road in early January. But it was a ray of sunshine in a cold and rainy season.
All of these eras in Toronto Raptors history were much worse than this season right now. Back then we were hopeless, now we have hope for a better future.
Inexperience, immaturity and injuries are killing this team. Obviously this is because they’re a young team. 29-year old Poeltl is the oldest player on the starting lineup. Except him the rest of our starters are born after 2000. Most of our veterans are bench players like Boucher, Brown and Olynyk.
I know they’re (ethically) tanking but they’re playing hard and never give up. They’re exciting and lose in hard fought and close games- they were able to compete in most games so far . Except for 2 blowouts, the home opener against the cavs and a 129-92 blowout loss to the Thunder on December 5- they were competitive in most of their games this season until the end.
The (good )problem(for us pro tanking fans) is that they can’t close out games period. They have a lot of injured players.They are in the bottom third tier of the league on offense and on defense. But if we change coaches, add a future young star at the draft, and make some moves: free agent signings or trades-next year’s team will be fun to follow and watch for us.
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Post Vinsanity/Mike James era (2002-06)
the vince carter trade and Alonzo mourning refusing to report to the raptors(True vinsanity period for me was between draft day in june 1998 to the end of the 2001-02 season. The magic was gone after 2002, it was not the same after that year. )
Jay Triano/Primo pasta era 2009-13
2021 Tampa bay raptors ( I gave them a pass for that year because we won the chip in 2019 and had a good season in 2019/20. The bubble playoffs were fun. If Siakam played average in the Boston series, we would probably have advanced to the finals for the second straight season)
2023-24: last year’s team was boring, hopeless and ugly to watch. When quickley and Barrett came over here via trade we had a nice week of fun and hard fought games on the road in early January. But it was a ray of sunshine in a cold and rainy season.
All of these eras in Toronto Raptors history were much worse than this season right now. Back then we were hopeless, now we have hope for a better future.
Inexperience, immaturity and injuries are killing this team. Obviously this is because they’re a young team. 29-year old Poeltl is the oldest player on the starting lineup. Except him the rest of our starters are born after 2000. Most of our veterans are bench players like Boucher, Brown and Olynyk.
I know they’re (ethically) tanking but they’re playing hard and never give up. They’re exciting and lose in hard fought and close games- they were able to compete in most games so far . Except for 2 blowouts, the home opener against the cavs and a 129-92 blowout loss to the Thunder on December 5- they were competitive in most of their games this season until the end.
The (good )problem(for us pro tanking fans) is that they can’t close out games period. They have a lot of injured players.They are in the bottom third tier of the league on offense and on defense. But if we change coaches, add a future young star at the draft, and make some moves: free agent signings or trades-next year’s team will be fun to follow and watch for us.
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Soldier
not redeemed with gold but with His Blood
They’re not losing on purpose. They’re losing because even though they work hard and play hard, they’re a mediocre team on offense( can’t score and close out games) and they’re a mediocre team on defense -they allow more than 115-120 points in most games.Enjoying ur mental health
Following a team that is losing on purpose is for the mentally strong.
Im with you on the tickets its outrageous the prices theyre charging for a tanking team....
2024-25 Toronto Raptors Roster and Stats | Basketball-Reference.com
Checkout the latest Toronto Raptors Roster and Stats for 2024-25 on Basketball-Reference.com
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You can say that the raptors this year are a badly coached, dumb, sloppy, inept offensively, inept defensively, immature , injury- prone and inexperienced team who can’t close out games with efficient execution. Their effort and compete level is high, their basketball IQ and execution level is low. They work hard but they don’t work smart. They make the wrong plays at the wrong time too often. They make too risky and low percentage plays. They take too many bad and ineffective shots. I mean, this is a young, inexperienced and immature team. They are learning lessons.
But a team that loses on purpose? . Definitely not. This raptors team has plenty of flaws but they are intense and competitive in most of their games. They have been blew out only 2 times this season. The home opener against the cavs (136-106 loss) and a 129-92 blowout to the thunder earlier in the month, on December 5.
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