Nothing against JT, but I think the Raptors need a real defensive-minded coach to crack down on this team. Imagine if the Raps had taken a shot at Tom Thibodeau in the off-season. The Bulls play great defence now and they're still pretty exciting offensively. Mike Brown might be a good fit if he had someone with him (Alex English?) to coach offence.
Re: plays, look at the Raps - they hardly run any plays and still score over 100 a game most nights. Though I think that sometimes, they don't know what they're going to do so the defence can't really prepare for them.
BC doesn't get off the hook here - I've maintained throughout the years that the Raptors can't stop dribble penetration not because they have bad defenders (though they do), but because they don't HAVE any dribble penetrators. Tough trying to stop something you never get to see in practice. NO is a great defensive team because they have to stop CP3 every freaking day in practice, and he doesn't let up, ever. I'm sure all the Raptors guards can shut down Jose Calderon pretty effectively, but Jose's a really nice Lexus in a league of Mazeratis. That's not JT's fault.
BC needs to acquire strong defenders, but there's also a need to acquire some players with decent handles. I'd even overpay for Jamal Crawford at this point if he was the missing piece.
Re: plays, look at the Raps - they hardly run any plays and still score over 100 a game most nights. Though I think that sometimes, they don't know what they're going to do so the defence can't really prepare for them.
BC doesn't get off the hook here - I've maintained throughout the years that the Raptors can't stop dribble penetration not because they have bad defenders (though they do), but because they don't HAVE any dribble penetrators. Tough trying to stop something you never get to see in practice. NO is a great defensive team because they have to stop CP3 every freaking day in practice, and he doesn't let up, ever. I'm sure all the Raptors guards can shut down Jose Calderon pretty effectively, but Jose's a really nice Lexus in a league of Mazeratis. That's not JT's fault.
BC needs to acquire strong defenders, but there's also a need to acquire some players with decent handles. I'd even overpay for Jamal Crawford at this point if he was the missing piece.
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