I’m stuck at work with meetings all day (you know how it goes), but I’ve got some select Tweets from the locker-room clean out thing, which you can enjoy. My favorite line is James Johnson being the most talented player but not getting any minutes.
Casey: “I think we kind of took practice as punishment. And it’s not."
— James Herbert (@outsidethenba) April 27, 2015
He assigned them work, they begrudgingly accepted it and treated it like it was punishment. Miscommunication, is what this is.
Kyle Lowry: "There's a lot of things you can say (publicly), but there's a lot of things internally that probably need to be fixed." #RTZ
— Dave Feschuk (@dfeschuk) April 27, 2015
Oooh…Locker-room issues? What happened to that chemistry we had last year? What internal issues is he referring to? Let the speculation begin.
Casey says Lowry has to get his weight back down this summer. Said he came into camp in great shape, had trouble getting it back post-injury
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) April 27, 2015
Post-injury? You gave him 10 days to recover from injury, what’s he supposed to do? P90x? The mismanagement of Lowry’s injury is at the heart of the Raptors post-season failures (along with no D).
Casey again says it's hard playing five wings. "The guy I feel for is James Johnson. He’s probably the most talented player on our roster."
— James Herbert (@outsidethenba) April 27, 2015
WHAT. THE. HELL. So he admits he’s the most talented player but doesn’t play him.
Casey: 'I didn't do a good job establishing a style of pay offensively that helps our defense …
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) April 27, 2015
No, you didn’t establish a defensive style that suited your roster.
Casey: "We all should be held accountable but I'm very confident I know what it takes to build a winning team"
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) April 27, 2015
On a related note, I’m confident that I can build a space shuttle which can take us to Neptune.
Casey on his exit intervu w DeMar: "This is his team … If something's going wrong in the locker room, speak up, say something."
— Dave Feschuk (@dfeschuk) April 27, 2015
Off-loading blame here. I get players have to speak up, but if you notice it’s not happening, you have to step in as a coach, and pure speculation here, but I don’t think Casey did that and he let the players figure it out, which they didn’t.
Do you expect to be back next year? Casey: "No one has told me any different"
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) April 27, 2015
No one has confirmed it either.
Casey wore his championship ring (from Dallas) yesterday to try and give his team a lift in Game 4. "I guess it didn't work"
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) April 27, 2015
Yeah, I have Masters Certificate from U of T printed on my T-Shirt to motivate my kids. Doesn’t work.
DeMar: Losing this playoff series … helped me mature to be that leader going into next year.
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) April 27, 2015
Sure.
DeMar: Losing this playoff series … helped me mature to be that leader going into next year.
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) April 27, 2015
"Minor stuff" is needed, according to DeRozan.
— Eric Smith (@Eric__Smith) April 27, 2015
DeMar DeRozan says Casey "gets a lot of flack," but he's a "great coach." pic.twitter.com/AKGCxA2PkO
— Lori Ewing (@Ewingsports) April 27, 2015
DeRozan: "We’re not far away at all. I think we’re just missing one or two things. A couple more veterans. Not a lot."
— James Herbert (@outsidethenba) April 27, 2015
In addition to a couple more veterans, we also need a rebounder, a wing defender, a system…
Amir on Casey: "He gets better and better as the years go by as a coach"
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) April 27, 2015
No doubt here, the question is whether he’s getting better at the same rate the organization needs him to be.
Amir on changes: I don't really want to think about it…says he hopes group is back.
— Holly MacKenzie (@stackmack) April 27, 2015
Pat: "Of course I'd love to start. What NBA player wouldn't want to start?", reiterates he's okay with whatever role as long as he's playing
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) April 27, 2015
Dumb question, obvious answer by 2Pat.
Pat: "I hope we're all back here next year. I feel like we have something brewing here"
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) April 27, 2015
Something is brewing, I don’t think we’re that far off. But it starts with an identity, and we think we’re a defensive team which we’re not, so right off the bat we have a false identity,and with that baseline, you can’t do much.
Lou Will on Casey: "He’s a motivational coach. He really gets guys going, just as far as getting guys fired up. He’s a very passionate guy."
— James Herbert (@outsidethenba) April 27, 2015
“Motivational coach” can sometime be translated as “he is not an X’s and O’s coach”
LouWill: 'This is an A1 organization from top to bottom, I really enjoyed my time here'
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) April 27, 2015
Damn well you did. Got to take any shot at any time in a contract year.
"Basically, we need a Paul Pierce," says Greivis Vasquez. "You need to be a little bit of an asshole like he is … that's what we need."
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) April 27, 2015
True.
good quote from greivy biscuits pic.twitter.com/Wi11ZfJs1p
— James Herbert (@outsidethenba) April 27, 2015
Grievis: 'Enough blaming him (Casey) … It's not his fault. If it was his fault it was every player's fault'
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) April 27, 2015
GV: 'Two years making the playoffs breaking our own records, doing stuff you are not used to … '
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) April 27, 2015
He’s right, we’re not used to winning like this but once you get used to it, you want the feeling to continue and in the playoffs it came to a crashing halt.
