[Highlight] Wemby and Scottie show why they’re two of the best defenders in the league with under 1 minute left in the game
I hate almost every team/player in the East but I have immense respect for Scottie. I remember how much shit I talked about the Raptors for taking him over Suggs.
Dude is long as fuck and can easily defend 1-5. Also developed a nice shooting touch and just knows how to get to his spots.
Shooting touch as long as he doesn’t go beyond the 3…but everything else about his game is just so good I forgive that.
Interesting, I thought I remember him floating around 38% when we played you guys earlier in the year. He hit most open shots against us. Has he had a massive shooting slump the past 2 months?
About 30% now, and awful since Jan 1.
Eh, his shooting still isn’t really there yet. 29% from 3 this year and 27% last year.
Shooting is more than 3s though.
What’s his middy percentage?
Long 2s he’s hit at 45% this year but it’s a very low sample size.
What kinds of shots is he taking then? Mostly ATR and 3-10 ft?
About 55% of his shots are within 3 feet, 20% from 3. Only 6% of his shots are actually long twos.
What Scottie greatly improved on defence is his footwork. He never had good lateral movement so guards would blow by him for years. Now, he’s able to recover and use his athleticism and long reach to go for blocks regardless of who he’s guarding.
What’s crazy is that CMB is already way better on defence than Scottie was in his first year. Much better lateral movement, much stronger, and better poise. Us Raps fans feel like we’ll have 2 DPOY candidates for years.
Yeah if not for Wemby he could be a perennial DPOY candidate.
Next 10 years it’s automatically Wemby’s award if he’s eligible. Except after he wins a few people will get bored and start lying to themselves that someone else is deserving.
I really like Scottie, but he’s just good enough to keep the Raptors in the playoff picture. Gonna be tough to get enough pieces for them to really compete. They need a true number 1.
I don’t get how that isn’t a foul on fox bro both arms wrapped around Scotties arm till he shoved him off
refs rarely ever call a smaller player fouling a bigger player. even less so when its under a few mins to go and its a tight game. Refs usually let them play it out a little more so than earlier quarters of the game.
he got ripped, they were tangled up.
Perfect no call.
I think this is one you file under “didn’t affect the play.”
right I thought he was fouling him on purpose there
Ridiculous no call. With obvious impact on how the game ended. If Scottie makes both free throws the Raptors have time on the clock and can try to defend the next possession.
This is obviously a foul, but the Raptors were absolutely grifting in the 4th to the tune of being in the bonus with 7 minutes left. The refs must’ve been tired of calling fouls in their favor lol
If it’s obviously a foul, it should be called a foul. You would say the same if it was against your team, who, btw, were doing their fair share of grifting.
Yes it should’ve been called a foul. It’s not like the Raptors were able to score in the half court against us in the 4th anyway.
Yes, they were bad offensively in the 4th. They are inconsistent. They aren’t a top team and did very well overall against a 2 seed team. We all thought it would be a total blowout after a tough game the night before. I’m not that impressed with the Spurs, at least not last night. Some great guards tho, and Wemby of course.
The Spurs played like dog ass and still beat your team on the road lmao
Yes, exactly what I said. Lol.
They shot over 43.6% from deep how is that playing like dog shit? Have an average shooting night and they lose
If The spurs made their FT it’s a blowout, you should be impressed by this team.
If the Raptors made their shots, it would have been a blowout the other way. You barely won, not impressive to me.
Wow it’s almost like one thing is much easier than the other
Not last night apparently. But seriously, you can’t just decide to change one thing and say it’d be a better outcome without allowing that the other team could change one thing too. Just bad logic.
Love the up and down emotion of the crowd
Defense defense … Yeeeeaaah….Oooohhh
De-Fense! De-Fense! No! No not this guy! Not this guy!
A Barnes and wemby defense would be disgusting.
Imagine Barnes wemby and kawhi on the same team
Barnes, Wemby, Kawhi and Trae Young
Throw Giannis in while you’re at it.
Only one of them ended a players career from his defense
One isn’t the same as the rest of the names…
OKC is the diet version of that.
Fucking Poeltl. Dude never dunks the ball. It takes no effort when you’re 7 feet tall to dunk and the guy always goes for a layup. It’s infuriating
People have different jumping mechanics - Poetl has very little hops when he’s set and off two feet. When he jumps off one foot his vert is actually very good, but big men rarely get that opportunity.
This was one of Poeltl’s best games of the season. And it’s literally Wemby
Damn he’s still doing that? That was one do the most frustrating things I saw when he was on the Spurs.
Was thinking the same thing. DUNK THE BALL.
these two teams were locking each other down for most of the game. it was the type of ugly/fun game that i personally enjoy. i really like this raptors team and i think they just need some smart retooling in the offseason to be top 3 in the east next year.
This reminds me of that one scene from The Sandlot where the boys use that >!remote control car to launch their baseball back over to them but then the Beast just jumps up and yoinks it out of mid air at the last second!< haha
Thanks for hiding the spoiler alert i guess?
It’s a popular film but you just know eventually somebody would’ve complained about spoilers 🤷♂️
It’s been 84 years, I think you’re in the clear.
Hey I was gonna watch it tomorrow but now there’s no point
Except that was my Grandmas favorite movie as a kid
Vctr Wmb
Jakob lmao what are you fucking thinking there
“Don’t get blocked don’t get blocked…”
Thinking “He’s right behind me isn’t he?”
Commentary went all WWE for that 😂.
Whey are the refs even there Fox had a 2 arm lock on Barnes left arm. That’s a basketball play?
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Wtf is Jakob doing? Why reverse when you can put it on the glass or flush it when you caught it?? I don’t understand wtf goes thru the head of these 7’0 foot guys who can nearly stand on their tip toes on dunk
He’s trying to use the rim as his defense to avoid the block. If he tries to just put it on the glass or dunk it it gets blocked even easier.
Yeah you can see Wemby was actually ready to block it on the right side. It’s just that he was able to track the ball on the other side with his left arm. You could see this on the replay as well
That’s something smaller guys do to avoid blocks not someone who can nearly grab the rim flat footed yall don’t know ball
7’0” doesn’t mean much when 7’5” is breathing down your neck
“Smaller guys”
Buddy, everyone’s a smaller guy against Wemby lol.
Not when you’re fucking 7 foot dude
His height is irrelevant lol. Wemby is bigger than him and in a position for an easy block.
I feel like you’ve literally never touched a basketball because every hs coach in the world teaches you to use the rim to defend the layup lol. Poetl is using an incredibly fundamental technique here and you’re acting like he’s trying to be too fancy for funsies.
You’ve obviously never had a 7’5 freak sitting in your peripheral waiting to block the shit out of you.
He’s not that much shorter than Vic and he can literally dunk on his toes
That means nothing. He gathers the ball and Vic is within blocking range. He tries to be crafty and skip over the option everyone including a guy like you assumes he’ll go to and still gets blocked.
Yak isn’t someone that’s going to explode at the rim and Vic is shaping up to be one of the most prolific shot blockers of all-time.
Crazy thing to yap about.