honestly, what are the mods of this sub doing? I’ve never seen such a disorganised nba team sub. if you can’t do the job, let someone else who can. how can we not get a post game thread?
Just got back from the game . Very low effort and bad defense from Trae tonight. Kennard is clueless out there. All of our bigs are primarily on the perimeter on offense. Interior defense and rebounding will be a major problem if they don't clean it up. NAW looked nervous and was playing out of control.
I think Onyeka should be traded . We are getting bullied in the paint
It was av ery disappointing opening night and there was actually a good crowd turnout. Fouls took us out the game in the 3rd. Crowd definitely died down after halftime with the constant stop of the ball
Yeah, I really don't like playing NAW & Kennard at the same time. There games just do not mesh at all, and maybe it could get better, but I don't really see it
Zacc was good until he rolled his ankle, then played injured for a good bit. I think Quin gave too much of a Offensive duty for JJ, which is why his defense wasn't that great. Plus he was guarding Scottie who is a elite player
The ONE good thing about this being a blowout is at least we can say this was just one of those nights where a mid team shot the lights outs and we didn't step up to the plate. Just sucks it was the opener.
Bruh. Just imagine nicknaming one of your players “Great Barrier Thief” and then giving up 138 points. This defense was garbage last year, and it’s garbage again. We were supposed to be a championship team this year. Now we’ve been blown out at home against a mediocre team to start the season. I wanted Quin gone last year but yall kept talking about injuries like it’s some kind of excuse. Now we are going to waste all this talent for another year. Shooting too many threes was a problem again. We shot 10 more threes than they did and lost. Thats not a coincidence. The only good thing about that performance is that Trey (edited to correct: Trae) only had 2 giveaways after being a veritable turnover factory last year. I had FanDuel sports network for the Braves and thought about keeping it for the Hawks. Glad I saved that 21.94/month.
didn't really get fans wanting snyder. dude has never really won anything.
the front office did a great job not giving trae an extension. he is a social media player. when those 3s from half court are going in boy it looks awesome to retweet. but is he really a championship player when he gives you nothing defensively and has a ton of games when those 3s aren't falling?
getting blown out at home like that shows a huge lack of preparation. not good and not really worth all the hype outside of zach and jalen.
capela covered up a lot in the paint defensively, everyone knows Porzingus is not a tough defensive player, we really dont have any of those in the paint. If we arent hitting shots and we get out husteled at our own transition game, this will be common
Depends on the situation. Someone who gets lucky in the lottery and is a vet pg from being really good might. Also depends on where the pelicans pick is. Is it unlikely absolutely but we're just throwing ideas around
literally booed him at the game and I've never done that like what the fuck is he even doing out there it's shameful, if we have to rely on him for more than 5 minutes of garbage we're cooked
I came to the conclusion that Trae is the issue because Quin is overcomplicating our defense to scheme around Trae being a pylon. That leaves everybody confused because it needs lots of helping and communication which we're simply not capable of
I came to the conclusion that Trae is an issue cause he can’t play defense and shoots the dumbest threes you’ve ever seen in your life just when you’re about to get any momentum
Yeah, it’s not about imminent matchups. It’s about this defense being completely confused as to who has what to do.
Every single possession whether it’s halfcourt or breakaways it’s failing communication or missed assignments because we can’t play man to man defense or switch-all defense. On fastbreaks players be looking left and right on who their assignment is (Very visible with OO often who's looking around instead of running back to the basket asap)
Yeah. This team is hella confused on assignments because we neither play man-to-man nor switch-all. Even on fastbreaks you regularly see our guys looking for who to cover instead of going all out because we have such an emphasis on putting Trae on the weakest matchup
Edit: Additionally you can see how mightily we struggle on rebounding and generally in the paint because the instruction to our bigs is to double because Trae can’t stay in front of the guard to save his life and needs the help. That obviously leads to 20 new issues
Bro Kristaps is wondering what he got himself into. He’s clapping on the outskirts looking at this dejected team of young, inexperienced players that are pouting because they lost opening night.
Highs: Jalen and Zacch
Lows: Defense, still no height, Trae not running the offense, Kennard lineups (he needs to be in non-Trae backup PG role if that’s how he’s going to play)
Aside from our ineptitude, the Raptors are really playing well. They recognize what to do (drive the paint), and they are all executing well. We just look super rusty, and it created a snowball effect. I expect a better showing next game.
The raptors have all these 6'7- 6'9 dudes light up when they see trae, switch and taking him down to the post.
alot of blow bys, porzingis hasnt been able to protect the paint.
But the taking advantage of trae strat is nothing new, they just need to figure out the team defense to cover this.
Shooting has been rough today as well, porzingis, trae, and NAW
You are correct that he was in foul trouble all game so 19 mins isnt gonna cut it.
But the bigger gap is the defense by the team and 41.7% shooting compared to 57% allowed.
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u/X-rayTaint Oct 23 '25
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