"Basically every rotation player has average to elite scoring efficiency, they pass the ball a ton, they score from a lot of different places with a lot of different players. Brandon Ingram is the NBA's best mid-range scorer. RJ Barrett is one of the best cutters in the league. Quickley is on a stretch of 45% shooting from downtown. Scottie Barnes is filling in wherever available and driving transition offense."
"They're a top 10 team on both sides of the floor. Cleaning the Glass has them at 5th in offense, 6th in defense, and 3rd in halfcourt offense. These are the stats of the outcomes. I have a couple more for you: The Raptors are top 5 scoring out of baseline out of bounds plays, and they are the BEST team in the league when it comes to scoring out of sideline out of bounds plays."
"Good teams have identities. Great teams have multiple. The Raptors may not necessarily be in that latter category (although ... they may be?), but they are starting to show an adaptability that prior iterations of this group has lacked. Coming into this contest, Toronto had been a team that won by supercharged half-court offence. That wasn't a strength in this one, at least not in the first half."
The Raptors combine elite scoring efficiency, ball movement, and balanced shot creation across multiple players. Most rotation players register average-to-elite scoring efficiency while Brandon Ingram excels in the mid-range, RJ Barrett as a cutter, Immanuel Quickley as a three-point threat, Scottie Barnes in transition creation, and Jakob with high finishing efficiency. Team metrics place the Raptors among the league leaders in offense, defense, and halfcourt offense. The team ranks top five on baseline out-of-bounds scoring and leads the league in sideline out-of-bounds scoring. The primary set centers on rip screens, split actions, and pin-downs for Quickley with built-in counters that enhance adaptability.
Read at Raptors Republic
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]