Whoever said that about the refs was right. They let the Raps get away with a lot once they were way behind and it was late. During the comeback against the Bucks there was a play where Siakam just shoved a guy out of bounds. It’s a nice hack I guess.

I do give them credit for running a press. Takes me back to Pitino.

If you are going to put Mitchenstein out there I feel like Deuce should not. be there orchestrating.

RJ Barrett’s NBA age is 7824 minutes. That’s pretty old. I don’t have the time nor the subscription to stathead to put that amount of NBA experience into proper perspective, but cherry picking a few historically famous late-bloomers: Lowry made his jump around 5000 minutes played, Gerald Wallace made his lead around 3500 minutes played. Billups right around RJ’s current 7800 mark, and Jermaine O’Neal also around 7800. So the door isn’t closed to Barrett becoming a real impact player in the league, but has anybody really morphed into a player of pro significance after 8000 minutes of negative BPM (or any other metric that captures the picture)?

I’d have thunk Sims with his size and quick feet would have done well against their front court. But again…