I grind through the season. Have my ups and downs. Recently I've been slightly up. Today I saw the Raptors @ home -2 versus a hot clippers team at the end of long road trip. Raptors in a bit of groove themselves of late. They don't get blown out. So I watched the game.
The Clip starters came out focussed and took the Clips to a 32-19 lead. The raptors looked like they missed the JJ Reddick/Chris Paul scouting report. But the second team helped the Raps go on a 25-3 run from the end of the first through the second quarter. Game over. Clip starters pushed back within six in the third before they ran out of gas and the Raptors second team, again, put the game away.
So what am I saying? I often forget about the Raptors second team and the incredible job the Raps GM Masri has done. Masri is the former Denver GM-- the team that won 57 games with Iggy. The second team has 7th pick in the 2011 draft Biyambo anchoring the back line and three pointers flowing from Terrance Ross and Patrick Patterson, the incredibly heady play of Corey Joseph who's Canadian (thanks coach Pop). Those four usually play w/ starter Lowry on the floor.
I write this cause I often forget about Toronto's second string. THEY CAN PLAY. The GM signed Biyambo, Joseph and Demare Carrol who's injured. And he stole Patrick Patterson from Sacramento-- as an after thought in the Rudy Gay trade.
I grind through the season. Have my ups and downs. Recently I've been slightly up. Today I saw the Raptors @ home -2 versus a hot clippers team at the end of long road trip. Raptors in a bit of groove themselves of late. They don't get blown out. So I watched the game.
The Clip starters came out focussed and took the Clips to a 32-19 lead. The raptors looked like they missed the JJ Reddick/Chris Paul scouting report. But the second team helped the Raps go on a 25-3 run from the end of the first through the second quarter. Game over. Clip starters pushed back within six in the third before they ran out of gas and the Raptors second team, again, put the game away.
So what am I saying? I often forget about the Raptors second team and the incredible job the Raps GM Masri has done. Masri is the former Denver GM-- the team that won 57 games with Iggy. The second team has 7th pick in the 2011 draft Biyambo anchoring the back line and three pointers flowing from Terrance Ross and Patrick Patterson, the incredibly heady play of Corey Joseph who's Canadian (thanks coach Pop). Those four usually play w/ starter Lowry on the floor.
I write this cause I often forget about Toronto's second string. THEY CAN PLAY. The GM signed Biyambo, Joseph and Demare Carrol who's injured. And he stole Patrick Patterson from Sacramento-- as an after thought in the Rudy Gay trade.
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