Despite the strides the Raptors made in 2021/22, there are important areas that need to be addressed.The team’s biggest win, according to Lewenberg, was the selection of Scottie Barnes in last year’s draft - it’s “impossible to overstate his importance” to the team and its future on the heels of his Rookie of the Year debut, Lewenberg writes. take another step forward and Precious Achiuwa evolve from a roll of the dice into a potential long-term cornerstone. Knowing this team and our front office and the people that we have in the organization, I know that the goal is to continue to get better and improve and be a way better team next year.”īesides getting an impressive bounce-back season from Siakam, who is a legitimate All-NBA candidate, the Raptors saw players like Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, and Gary Trent Jr. It was obviously up and down, but we did get better. “I think we took a lot of steps,” standout forward Pascal Siakam said after Thursday’s loss, per Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca. Still, Toronto exceeded expectations this season, having come into the year as a projected lottery team.
The Raptors were unable to complete a historic comeback after falling behind 3-0 in their first-round series with the Sixers, getting blown out in the second half of Thursday’s Game 6. Udoka also said the wrap that Al Horford is wearing on his left thumb and hand is just a result of “the regular nicks and bruises from the playoffs.” ( Twitter link)
The other team had all their guys in, too. And in the playoffs, just so everyone knows, so we can not talk about blame and talk about winning this next series.”Īfter a reporter interrupted to ask, “So why was he in?” Rivers answered, “Because everyone was in. “It wasn’t four minutes left and 29 points,” Rivers said. Embiid was struck by an inadvertent elbow from Pascal Siakam, resulting in an orbital fracture and concussion that has him sidelined indefinitely. Sixers coach Doc Rivers is responding to criticism about having center Joel Embiid still on the court late in Game 6 against the Raptors with a 29-point lead, writes Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.