Say hello to the Rapcast! William joins me for the Rapcast and we cover the host of topics:
- What’s Blake doing tonight? Take a guess.
- Tommy Heinsohn and Don Cherry – similar or completely apart, or not the same, or same but different? You decide.
- Homerism – have the Raptors produced anything even close to Heinsohn? (Spoiler: no)
- Preseason and it’s correlation with the regular season – what to focus on and what not to
- Quincy Acy and his role as a stretch four and whether he has the shooting ability to make the leap
- Casey’s coaching – has he shown any change to his substitution patterns relative to last season (remember JV being benched vs San Antonio)?
- Will this be the year where Casey will be allowed to coach without intervention?
- Where’s the optimism form this season coming from? We give two different takes on it.
- Williams gives some advanced stats about spot-up shooting and something about 22% – I’m sure he has a point.
- What DeMar DeRozan is doing different this pre-season – hint: it’s not his handle
- Benefits of having Gay on the floor with DeRozan: the weaker defender covers DeRozan
- Is DeRozan’s post-game real?
- Has Rudy Gay improved this pre-season – we examine his play thus far, including post-usage and drop and NBA comparison with the initials of RL
- Seven years into a career, how much of a shift can a player make? We talk in context of Rudy Gay and Casey’s desire to bring him closer to the basket
- How realistic were Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose’s comments about Rudy Gay being traded at the deadline?
- Is Rudy Gay part of the “core” or a remnant of the Bryan Colangelo era? If the former, why not extend him at the cheap right now?
- How is Masai Ujiri going to handle Rudy Gay?
- Ujiri’s comments about wanting to see if DeRozan and Gay show “growth” before making a decision
- We discuss back-up depth, especially at the center with the role of Aaron Gray
- The Aaron Gray type of player – how different is it from 10 years ago
- Joint surprise at none of the three training camp invites were for a center
- Is Dwane Casey planning on using Austin Daye as a stretch 4/5 role to open up the court, similar to what he tried with Bargnani?
- Or maybe, maybe, just maybe the lack of depth at center is Ujiri’s ploy to force Casey to play Valanciunas extended minutes!!
- Casey’s ask of Terrence Ross – how is he handling it?
- Looking at Ross’s performance so far and focusing on his demeanor
- Kevin Garnett and Terrence Ross used in the same sentence
- Is William old enough to remember who Chris Jefferies was?
- RR gives an open update on its financials and what that ad money goes to, good news for readers
- Landry Fields analysis – what William noticed when watching him shoot in the shootaround prior to a game (wasn’t broadcast on TV)
- Looking back at the circumstances under which Landry Fields was signed
- In praise of Kyle Lowry – is he underrated?
- Improvements Lowry has displayed this pre-season and why he’s a perfect fit for Dwane Casey’s style of coaching
- Lack of PG controversy benefiting Lowry – best believe
- Extend Lowry right now? If you believe him in as a PG, do it
- Jonas Valanciunas comments – thoughts from the summer tournament and what he’s shown so far
- Hoping for the playoffs – enough of that tanking nonsense
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