The moment when an almost 40 year old man, sits in front of his TV at 2AM in Switzerland, sobbing like the little child he was, when Vince was his first Idol ๐โค๏ธ
That be me ๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฅน
It's 5AM here in Switzerland, so i have to go to sleep.
But i just want to say THANK YOU to a phenomenal @Raptors squad. You guys make me proud on and off the court. ๐๐ป
Don't hang your head. The best is yet to come. โค๏ธ๐
#WeTheNorth
A hell of a fight from a young @Raptors team. Heartbreaking loss, mostly due a lack of experience. But they'll learn from it. This is a great group of guys and this loss will be fuel for them all summer.
It sounds cliche, but we WILL get back stronger from this! #WeTheNorth
End of an era. And in many ways, the end of my era too. What a ride, Masai. Thank you - from the bottom of my heart, for the most beautiful decade of my sports life. โค๏ธ๐
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It bothers me how many @Raptors fans wanted to tank and now blame the team for "only" getting the 9th pick. Tanking isnt a winning formula - losing habits dont build success.
Plenty of teams prove that tanking doesn't work. You'll see, it will all work out just fine. #WeTheNorth
We can't talk enough about how RJ has stepped up his game this season. Most impressive, he does it on both sides of the floor. So happy for this kid! Keep it up RJ! #WETHENORTH
That being said. There is SOMETHING with this Franchise, nobody on the outside can understand. When you look how Vince feels, now Kyle and Demar saying these things... This really shows how much they loved this! Thats thr type of respect and love money cant buy! #WeTheNorth
To this day - i love this Version of the Toronto @Raptors more, than i ever loved a Sports team. I don't care we didn't win a chip with those guys at the helm - at the end of the day, Demar&Kyle era was my favorite Raptor era. You guys will always be Raptors at heart! โค๏ธ๐
To this day - i love this Version of the Toronto @Raptors more, than i ever loved a Sports team. I don't care we didn't win a chip with those guys at the helm - at the end of the day, Demar&Kyle era was my favorite Raptor era. You guys will always be Raptors at heart! โค๏ธ๐
Progress comes in strange waves. It's not always logical or linear. It's never constant or predictable.
The Toronto Raptors are struggling right now. But they're struggling by design.
They're placing players into uncomfortable positions amidst suboptimal lineups to force development.
They don't want to see you do what you do well. They want to find out what you can't do well and then force you to do that.
Making Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett better decision makers... Making Scottie Barnes a more dangerous initiator and dynamic 3 level threat, making RJ and Gradey into more natural and comfortable wing defenders.
It's easier to mask the weaknesses. Hide RJ on defense. Force him to only find offense in transition, have Quickley just become a floater assassin with a pull up 3, making Scottie a roll-to-the rim guy who gets 85% of his offense inside 10 feet on dump offs and pocket passes from more refined initiators.
Do you want a fish? Or do you want to learn how to fish? If you want a fish, I can get you one in 5 minutes. If you want to learn how to catch one, we might be at this for 5 weeks.
In the end, you reap what you sow. And the Raptors are sowing the seeds of development that will blossom in the years to come.
I'm gonna say this: Scotty is not an All-Star this year. And - that's totally fine! Do i believe he is an All-Star Caliber Player? Absolutely! But there are guys out there that deserve it way more than him this year. And as a @Raptors fan i'm absolutely okay with admitting that.
@cLO84000@Raptors I get it. But look, this season was always about player development. Sometimes it looks rough out there. Sometimes it's unwatchable. But that's the price you pay to discover who you're building your future around.
To all the people on here being all negative about the @Raptors. Let this game give you some perspective. If this team is healthy, we are on a very good way. Clearly rebuilding, but in a good place for the future.