Raptors Weekly Podcast, Jan 19 – Wheels Coming Off

Andrew and Zarar maneuver their way through a terrible week and ponder where it's all gone wrong, and more importantly, how to rescue a season of promise that is falling apart faster than a Dwane Casey drawn play.

Andrew and Zarar maneuver their way through a terrible week and ponder where it’s all gone wrong, and more importantly, how to rescue a season of promise that is falling apart faster than a Dwane Casey drawn play.

Part 1

  • Sports day so far
  • Vasquez guarding Evans
  • Dwane Casey game management
  • Terrence Ross – tough love or confidence killing
  • Alexis Ajinca killing us
  • Atlanta’s masterclass and that second quarter
  • Raptors emotional response to losing
  • Over-confidence and lack of adaptation
  • DeMar DeRozan’s time watching the game has helped
  • Jonas Valanciunas’s great game against Detroit and getting no touches

Part 2

  • Why has the offense dried up?
  • Drag screens easy to stop
  • Kyle Lowry’s trying to do too much?
  • A support system when individual offense fails
  • Defensive issues relating to trapping

Part 3

  • Larry Sanders loves weed
  • Memphis, this time not with half the team missing
  • Matt Moore on our side
  • We’re not talking about Philly again
  • Joel Embiid is fat
  • Not talking about Detroit
  • Will Dwane Casey get fired? Is this Sam Mitchell repeated?
  • The bar being raised with Casey
  • Expectations for the week – bare minimum that needs to happen

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