This Keeps Getting Better...
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- The Toronto Raptors' newly acquired players, Ochai Agbaji and Kelly Olynyk, have had their introductory press conferences, and they had a lot to say. Ben Rogers breaks down their quotes and why they make this trade look even better for the Toronto Raptors.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @raptorsdigest
Join our Discord: / discord
Grab your official merch at: raptorsdigest....
Follow the Raptors Digest on Instagram at: / raptorsdigest
Follow the Raptors digest on Twitter at:
/ raptorsdigest
MORE FROM DIGEST MEDIA:
Leafs Digest: / @leafsdigest
Jays Digest: www.youtube.co....
Knicks Digest: / @knicksdigest
Habs Digest: www.youtube.co....
Courtside Digest: / courtsidedi. .
It makes me happy that Olynyk is so excited to be on the raptors. Maybe he'll take a team friendly deal next season
Jazz fan here. Dunno how familiar you are with Olynyk's game, but man, he can be a real impact player. He can shoot the 3 and is a really good passer. He knows the game, too! If he has to defend a superior athlete, his fouls will be effectively used. Wins more than 50% of disputed possessions. Good touch around the basket and has displayed an incredible, time-warpingly slow drive and Eurostep that is something to see.
Really came to appreciate his game while he was here, glad he's happy to be home. Good luck, y'all.
Another thing you didnt mention was that apparently, Bobby Webster and Scotty Barnes had discussions about finding a stretch big because its something the team hasnt had while Scotty has been on the Roster. So Scotty asked for a stretch big and they went and got him one.
Love to hear that 🔥
That's what Siakam wanted too lol.
@@xav3ng3rx Siakam had Ibaka and Gasol. Just nothing at the end.
But that was in the 2019-20 season. Once they left, they were no more stretch bigs. There was a reason why Siakam wanted to play with Myles Turner.
For the people talking about Siakam. Siakam was making close to 40 mil dollars, so we didnt have the money to sign anyone. Management went to the team and they had discussions about what centers they could get, and EVERYONE that means Pascal included, agreed to bring in Jak and now the rest is history. Siakam is happy, Raptors are happy, keep it moving.
Sophomore slumps are a regular thing... thats why theres a name for it. No worries for this kid under darkos development program.
People forget that we made the ECF in 2016 with an end-of-career Luis Scola starting at the 4. Kelly O's game will age even better.
Damn Kelly had to be a die hard fan if he knew about the Fan590 back in those days.😂 If you’re from Toronto you know that station was strictly a AM radio station while pretty much everything was FM at that time. Guys like Eric Smith and Paul Jones came from the Fan590 before it became what it is now.
I remember those days hearing the play by play about Vince Carter catching bodies …. Nothing been the same
Lol I remember the fan 1430...but yes 590 is still old enough lol
@m-chopbeats7526 Damn, I don't honestly. Long time listener of the fan590
When you reference chuck swirsky, you get the pass from me. It was a shame when he decided to Go
@@Adam-um6iu Onions baby, Onions!
I like Kelly's passing and ability to see the floor. He's perfect in the coach's system. He will elevate everybody's game. Looking forward to seeing him play with our developing team.
When did Ben have time for a haircut between all the video uploads?!
It's a very rare thing for this organization to have good players in this league, who want to be here, and will play with pride when they don that Raptors jersey.
This is not LA, Miami, or soon to be Vegas, news flash American basketball players don't want to play in Toronto, this team is going in a good direction, and all the haters just need to shut the F up!
Pascal, All Star-All NBA, wanted to stay... those words about Americans players not wanting to play in Toronto are just not true.
@@IceManLikeGervin they are absolutely true my friend, and Pascal wanted to stay but only for the max, and we weren't willing to give him the max, please come with facts.
@@leebloomfield507 IQ is American, GTJ is American, Brown is American, Jontay is American, McDaniels is American, Barnes is American, JFL is American, Nowell is American, OPJ is American, Dick is American, Nwora is American, Temple is American, Agbaji is American, DeMar is American, Young is American...
I am going to end my participation in this conversation right here since you show very little respect for my intelligence.
Have a great day, friend.
@@IceManLikeGervin great job clown, now name me an American FREE AGENT other than Otto Porter who couldn't wait to sign with the Raptors brainiac.......................... I'll give you a day or two....next time close your mouth when grown folks are talking.
All Ochai needs is confidence. Watch out!
They obviously had a - wink, wink - contract chat before the trade. He probably has two or three good years left. Nice to see him as a good vet on this young team.
Great content/perspective!
I REALLY like how the roster is shaping out. Were not as far off as people think 💯💯💯
Olynyk is not only a great and aggressive player but a little hockey-like as well. He causes injuries and say ," what me ? I didn't do anything".
+1, straight truth. He's good at working the refs...a little anger, a little logic, a little charm, a little rage...he gets a call once in a while.
kelly and jak are going to unlock the whole game for our BBQ core. Kelly has always been underratted.... ive always seen a crazy passion for the game as well as really high basketball IQ. i think he is going to help the Raptors for a long time. give him a job when he retires please.
Holy hell I just checked and Precious is just cooking for the Knicks grabbing boards like he's Rodman
Thanks for the content, Beniamino. 👊
I think it's more exciting to watch what the future holds for this team than waiting to see how raptors teams of year's past would frequently disappoint.
I would like to see Ochai start some at SG to see if he could be our lead on ball Defender. IQ Ochai RJ SB JP - Gary more of the spark off bench as his def is not good enough and Off is not consistent enough. For Ochai he would be 4-5th option. GTJ SG off bench, G Dick SF off bench both give bench more Offense pop
Garys spacing matters for the starters. And hes always so bad on the bench
Let's just give starting spots away... no need to make a player earn it.
@@IceManLikeGervin we are in development mode this year we need to try things. If G Dick was better than Gary I would say that too. With the OG trade we don’t have a good point of attack defender and Ochai is said to be one.
If Q Grimes was traded here I would have said same. Let’s try and give a little offense for better Defense.
@@FillGaps As per Bobby the Raptors are still trying to compete as well. Let's make players earn what they get... like the players that came before them under Masai. They can experiment with line ups near the end of the season.
@@FillGapsyea Gradey. I always wondered what it would be like if they just start him with that 3 point threat
I can’t tell what the raptors are doing. They trade Dennis, Siakam, OG, waive Dinwiddie. But then acquire Kelly & Bruce Brown, RJ and quickleyl and Ochai Agbaji?? I am just confused. What’s a word for what they are trying to accomplish?
Scottie still misses easy ones and makes giveaway passes.
Given what a college player has to endure in his first two years of the NBA, I expect ALL NBA rookies in their 2nd year to have a down year just by what they had to endure in two years. Put yourself in their shoes - you grind all your life, your final year of eligbility you declare and sweat that you get drafted. You're drafted, tossed into the Summer League or G-League right away. Then you're hopefully on the bench or on the court right away, so you've gone from busting to immediately into the NBA with that stuff in between with no break. Play the entire year and then crash and go wow time for a breather by the 2nd summer which then puts you behind the 8ball when year 2 starts because instead of you doing your regular routine during the summer you're so burrnt out from running a gauntlet in two years that it's probably only natural to ease off on the grind that following summer. Year 3 is where you determine if the player is really going to be a player in the NBA or if he's going to fizzle out. Crazy logic, I know.
Very cool for sure thanks Ben go raps go from way up north Timmins Ontario Canada 🙂🏀🍁🇨🇦
We wanted a younger center. It just wasn't there.. So Kelly fills in that spot .. he plays with lots of energy.. I'm very happy with this trade
Good haircut Ben
...Dripping with sarcasm. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He’d hit that.
Ochai is a 💎 and just needs the right system and time to grow. He can shoot the ball 🏀 off year due to how he played the game. 3andD guy.
Ko alresdy a known commodity and raptors will likely resign him.
Everyone freaks out about how new players say glowing things about the Raptors organization and their fans and are happy to join the team. What do they expect them to say? 99% of players are going to say they love the team and the city they were traded to. It's the classy thing to say, and more importantly--you don't bite the hand that feeds you! This team had to deal the other 1% when we received Goran Dragic from the heat. That classless idiot wasn't smart enough to give what should've been obvious answers. Hell even good players that are traded to bottom feeders know enough to act enthusiastically.
Don't forget Alonzo Mourning
@@jeffreym.8957 he was just far too good for any of us north of his border
Let them cook . #Rapsnation welcome aboard to the new members 🎉
Thought you were rocking some nba referree drip for a sec lool
Olynyk was always going to like this trade. Agbaji ? what do you think he's going to say ?
Ryker got traded.
Raps will make playoffs next year, pretty sure Ben agrees lol
They have to learn to finish games. If they are not going to play Boucher trade him 🙄
A want a young athletic shoting big that can play pf/centerto pair with jakob
Oh me Ochai
Why doesn't SB give post game interviews? He's the face of the team now. I want to see an all bench line up with Olynyk, Boucher, Agbaji, Dick, Brown. Raps current roster (2 open roster spots):
CP: Poeltl/Olynyk/Porter (Two-Way)
PF: Barnes/Nwora/Boucher
SF: Barrett/Dick/McDaniels
SG: Trent Jr/Agbaji/Temple/Freeman-Liberty (Two-Way)
PG: Quickley/Brown/Nowell (Two-Way *Injured)
Scottie hate doing interviews, he has since day one.
@@infamous1ao It's a part of the job description in the NBA... media availability. Especially if one is the face of the franchise and the player that the team is building around. The fan base wants to hear from him. He did the post game presser tonight after the Cavs game.
people really have to stop moving RJ to small forward, he is a SG, one of the reasons he struggled in NY is because he was playing out of position.
Does it really matter in a free flowing offense with lots of passes/movement?
@@jeffreym.8957 although the point is valid i really think it is a bad move to have him at small forward, it still changes to some degree where you are on the floor and marking asignments, he has been great so far no need to move him, Quickley, Rj and Barnes, if herb is available from NO get him any means, same with claxton from nets, both have rumors they maybe available both solid D and fit timeline.
Ayeee
I love your enthusiasm but if they don’t start tanking to keep that pick, I find it hard to cheer for them
We going for play-in… we don’t tank on purpose.
That got us in this mess last season lol
@@chrisbondo True, but this draft ain’t that impressive and spurs have our pick.. why kick the can down the road? This team needs post-season experience.
If you get 2024 own pick, then you miss 2025 or 2026 own picks in better generational talent drafts. This year is not worthy.
In the offseason, I wonder if we can trade Brown for Dillon Brooks. Slowly build team Canada here😂
Onions baby, onions.
Hopefully Olynyk can be like 2016 Luis Scola but off the bench and better
He's probably as good as prime Luis Scola, right now! Excellent passer, good shooter, will get boards, shoots 3s. ALSO, while game highlights will only show the opponents' top wing driving past KO a couple of times, they never show the 20 other possessions Kelly guarded, impeded, disrupted or fouled the guy.
He's also good on the bench in the locker room or starting. Valuable and very under-rated guy.
@@Trollificusv2 yeah sounds good to me. Happy to have him on the squad
I did it again
I have no problem with Kelly Olynk coming to Raptors. What baffles me is the conveniently inconsistent narrative around a players age and his ability to fit in Scottie's timeline. Siakam, who is a few years younger than Olynk was too old, yet Olynk is not too old? 😂 It's high time Raptors fans realize that MLSE makes ALL It's decisions on players based on what it's going to cost them. Once a player becomes eligible for a significant contract he becomes disposable Check the receipts over the last decade and prior.😂
His is not true, both Chris Bosh , Vince Crater and others signed multiple deals while hear.
it was always about money and avoiding the luxury tax, they were planning this since tampa when they traded norm
Not true? Vince last played for Raptors 19 years ago and Bosh 17 years. As far as I know a decade is 10 years. Did either of them sign a max or supermax contract?
There all on board,until the raptors throw that garbage contract in front of them! Then its sianara!
First
Nobody cares
Scottie is tired. His shots are almost always falling short. I think his legs are getting cooked. Hopefully with these additions his minutes can scale back a bit
Pin?
No we arent already turning on scottie ....just after his rookie year we see how much he sucks