Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Overreaction: Game 19/82 - I Miss the Old Bench Mob

https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/7wau6z/benchmob/
Bench Mob circa 2017-2018 season


  • Let me start this off that finally, we got an A+ game out of Kyle Lowry. The perimeter shot came back, but most importantly, Lowry didn't settle for outside shots but was also aggressive with his drives to the basket.
  • I don't understand Nick Nurse's logic of starting Fred VanVleet and pretty much playing him almost an entire quarter at a time when he's not contributing at all. In fact, he was a liability on both sides of the court.
  • If we have to rely on Greg Monroe to provide a solid contribution to win a game, we're f'd. I look at Monroe worse than what Ibaka was last year. We don't need Monroe, and we should be giving his playing time to Chris Boucher.
  • Delon Wright is already 26 years old, and while the floor of his game is not too bad - minimum level quality bench player, he hasn't shown any considerable improvement to his game offensively. I'm not saying I've given up on him -- considering the fact the DeMar made huge strides at age 26-28 after appearing to stagnate from ages 22-25, but it doesn't look promising. Bottom line is, at age 26, he's no longer a "potential" player.
  • I don't like that 3-point guard lineup at all. Most especially if none of them are playing well. Worse, you add in Moose to that lineup. These 3 backup point guards played horrible tonight - and don't get misled by FVV's 11 points -- the majority of them came from garbage time. It was so bad that Lowry had to come back late in the fourth to protect the lead, and it cost him a busted nose.

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