FIRE DARKO!! - 2025/26 Official Toronto Rangers (Raptors) Thread

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The biggest issue is big man depth. We are hopeless against any team with size when Poelt is out. Robinson and KAT had like 20 offensive boards.
 

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This game is cheesing me :snoop:. Defence exposing itself. Why CMB switching on Reaves multiple times when he’s hot. We gotta do better at guarding the 3pt line, this looks nurse esq.
 

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Silver lining, on the positive side of things, once RJ Barrett is back this ingram hero ball will likely go away for a while. We miss his ability to drive to the rim from the wing, his ability to draw fouls with his physicality and score with authority. RJ is a rim finisher/offensive rebounder/bully crash and bang scorer and shooter.

Our offense runs through Scottie Barnes, he’s our quarterback on the court. He’s great at both ends of the court ( defense, offense, rebounding) When our offensive revolves around BI, it has no flow, purpose or ball movement. He’s a primarily an iso three level scorer, not a playmaker, play driver/caller, possession monster, or offense creator. He’s limited offensively, he can’t run offense and make plays for everyone.

It was a frustrating/annoying game tonight . The raps played well enough to win but failed to execute at the end. I expected that the refs would be always on the lakers side again and tonight was no different.

they're gonna demolish the hornets tomorrow at least

also I don't think Jamal shead has played well enough lately to deserve the minutes the coaching staff is giving him at this point, he doesnt score from 3 anymore and he isn't that good as a defender at all.

crazy to think but davion mitchell was maybe the point guard they should've kept in the end. He’s playing well on the Miami heat.


We gotta let Scottie have the ball in his hands at the end and stop being so predictable with Ingram this loss pissed me off !
Ingram performance/scoring statistics in the last 4 games

10/26
4/11
7/17
10/23

Just unacceptable from your #1 scoring option/leadimg scorer . Add in 18 assists to 15 turnovers and it’s just been ugly and dont even get me started on his defense.
 
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team is trash without rj barrett
trade for giannis
When this team is healthy, they’re very good. They are good as a collective unit. But as soon as one starter is missing, everything falls off a cliff.

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link​

 

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We need a another big/power forward with rebounding ability and a 3&D player who can guard the perimeter well as a defender and who can shoot threes so bad
This game is cheesing me :snoop:. Defence exposing itself. Why CMB switching on Reaves multiple times when he’s hot. We gotta do better at guarding the 3pt line, this looks nurse esq.
 

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Ingram missed unguarded shots. He made Terrible shot selection when he was guarded. Idk why the fukk jakobe Walter didn’t play the entire the 4th.

I just wanna forget this loss and move on. Lets destroy the hornets, Celtics and knicks in our next three games at home.
 

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Missing RJ is hurting us. I know he's not a flashy player, but it's no coincidence we're on a decline without him. The Reaves whistle is crazy like he's getting superstar calls. I'm very unsure about Quickley tbh because I don't think he has it and we're locked into a bad contract with him. There's still time but he needs to step up and improve because there's cheaper guards in the market that provides similar production imo.
 

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Missing RJ is hurting us. I know he's not a flashy player, but it's no coincidence we're on a decline without him. The Reaves whistle is crazy like he's getting superstar calls. I'm very unsure about Quickley tbh because I don't think he has it and we're locked into a bad contract with him. There's still time but he needs to step up and improve because there's cheaper guards in the market that provides similar production imo.

Jamal shead would be putting up those numbers with better minutes if he was playing
 
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