The Unsteady Toronto Raptors: A Rough Start with New Players

NBA – With two big transfers in three weeks, the Canadian franchise has renewed its group. So we have to start all over again and it’s not easy: she has seven defeats in eight matches.

After the departure of OG Anunoby to New York and the arrivals of RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley, the Raptors won three games out of four. And since then, the good dynamic has disappeared and the transfer of Pascal Siakam to Indiana has caused Toronto to fall even further.

The Canadian franchise is on three losses in a row, the last of which against the weak Grizzlies, orphans of their best players. With 100 points scored and 17 balls lost against Memphis, Darko Rajakovic’s men showed a very poor performance.

“We were not connected, neither offensively nor defensively. Everyone was walking on eggshells,” notes the coach for The Star. “At the start of the match, the lost balls were explained by concentration and effort. We missed all that at the start of the match. »

New look Raptors in high season

Isn’t that logical when you lose two important players and change the squad so much (and this could continue with Bruce Brown…) in just three weeks?

“It’s a whole new team,” confirme Darko Rajakovic. “And the only way to continue to progress in the middle of the season is to support each other. We will have very beautiful moments. We will have ups and downs, that’s part of the game. We have to have frank conversations, in a positive way, to move forward, it’s very important. »

This setback is one of the lows mentioned by the coach. The current series as well, since the Raptors have posted seven defeats in eight matches over the past two weeks. And on Sunday, they leave for a “road trip” of six matches in eleven days. The opportunity to get to know each other.

“When I got there, we still had Pascal Siakam. So it’s a new team again,” reacts RJ Barrett. “We just need to have some time to practice and focus on how we play with this new group. »

Shots Rebounds Players MJ Min Shots 3pts LF Off Def Tot Pd Bp Int Ct Fte Pts Pascal Siakam 5 66.1 1.0 6.2 7.2 3.4 1.7 0.6 0.4 3.1 20.9 Scottie Barnes 44 35.2 48.0 36.7 75.3 2.3 6.1 8.4 5.7 2.7 1.3 1.6 2.1 20.2 Immanuel Quickley 12 31.8 41.1 44.4 85.0 0.3 4.3 4.6 6.1 1.4 0.8 0.2 2.0 16.7 And Anunoby 27 33.3 48.9 37.4 71.7 0.9 3.0 3.9 2.7 1.6 1.0 0.5 2.3 15.1 Dennis Schroder 31.0 45.1 35.9 85.8 0.4 2.2 2.6 6.3 1.5 0.8 0.1 2.1 13.9 Gary Trent, Jr. . 39 25.8 42.5 41.7 65.1 0.3 1.9 2.1 1.6 0.6 0.8 0.1 1.2 11.5 Jacob Poeltl 36 26.5 68.5 0.0 53.2 2.8 5.6 8.3 2.5 1.6 0.7 1.4 2.9 . 6 Bruce Brown, Jr. . 3 22.7 56.5 28.6 100.0 1.0 3.3 4.3 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.3 3.0 10.0 Precious Achiuwa 25 17.5 45.9 27.7 57.1 2.0 3.4 5.4 1.8 1.2 0.6 0.5 7 Chris Boucher 41 14.2 47.2 33.3 75.0 1.2 2.9 4.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5 1.4 6.1 Malachi Flynn 31 15.3 40.9 35.0 77.3 0.4 1.7 2.1 2.4 1.1 0.6 0.2 1.4 5.1 Jontay Porter 11 15.6 34.5 27.6 100.0 1.1 2.3 3.4 2.2 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.9 4.9 Thaddeus Young 16 12.4 52.8 25.0 57.1 0.9 1.6 2.5 2.0 0.4 0.9 0.1 1.4 3.8 Gradey Dick 23 12.6 32.1 29.1 100.0 0.3 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.0 1.2 3.6 Jalen Mcdaniels 27 9.1 33.7 18.2 70.0 0.3 1.0 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.9 3.0 Jordan Nwora 1 4.3 100.0 1 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 Otto Porter 15 11.6 42.4 34.8 100.0 0.4 1.5 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.3 1.3 2.6 Markquis Nowell 1 3.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 Javon Freeman-liberty 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 Garrett Temple 11 4.1 46.2 40.0 100.0 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.6 Ron Harper 1 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024-01-23 09:38:45
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