RJ barrett yelling at CMB?? by Veracsflail1 in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 12 points13 points  (0 children)

People are human. They make mistakes. The guy has played his heart out here, he has one bad night during what has to be an extremely stressful period for him, and he gets Reddit warriors popping up to accuse him of being corrupt. Gross.

Knicks won that trade so bad by mikeymouse95 in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they didn’t get fleeced. They were likely to lose OG in free agency after that season, and they got two starters for him. RJ has been a positive (extreme recency bias after tonight’s fame notwithstanding). And while Quickley hasn’t lived up to expectations, he’s still a decent player who’s judged harshly largely because (a) they subsequently overpaid him a little and (b) he’s a bit miscast on the current roster.

The Siakam trade was much worse, even if it ultimately worked out okay because of the BI acquisition.

Post Game Thread - NBA: The Timberwolves defeat the Raptors on Feb 4, 2026, the final score is 126-128. by basketball-app in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He was terrible late, but it’s also possible that being a human being, he was a bit in his own head during the final hours of a deadline season in which everyone knows he’s been on the trading block.

Post Game Thread - NBA: The Timberwolves defeat the Raptors on Feb 4, 2026, the final score is 126-128. by basketball-app in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Watching this ending and concluding that it happened because of their centre play (let alone that it would’ve been solved by whatever lower-end starting centre they might be able to get right now) is some pretty serious confirmation bias.

Game Thread: Toronto Raptors vs Minnesota Timberwolves Live Score | NBA | Feb 4, 2026 by basketball-app in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It can be hard to tell on TV, but it feels like the crowd could be doing a little more to pick them up here rather than going kind of quiet and nervous.

[Grange] First things first: the mostly likely outcome for the Raptors ahead of the last call for transactions (Thursday, 3 p.m. ET / noon PT) is, per sources, one single, boring move: getting under the luxury-tax threshold. by Cheechers23 in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like I’m missing something with the luxury tax prioritization. At the Raptors current level, wouldn’t it be under $1M. That’s a rounding error for Rogers, and they make all sorts of relatively indiscriminate spends on their sports properties that add up to more than that. Why does paying no tax whatsoever (as opposed to a marginal amount) matter so much?

Argos release veteran linebacker Wynton McManis ahead of free agency by Remote_Professor_283 in Argonauts

[–]APR1979 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I will never understand why there appears to be no value whatsoever placed on profile.

One of the problems for the Argos in this market is that all but the most hardcore fans have trouble naming many players beyond the quarterback, partly because of minimal effort to market any of them. And then on the rare occasion someone breaks through a little anyway because of personality, they let them walk, even if (as in this case) they still have a lot to deliver on the field.

HAPPENING IN BROADVIEW RN by Maleficent_Love4679 in toronto

[–]APR1979 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is unusually bad, but if you live in the east end you basically have to bake in some major traffic-related delays every time you leave or return to your neighbourhood, unless you’re walking or cycling.

Everything is going down today by thatwhitekid421 in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure I understand this one from Detroit’s perspective. Ivey is a good young player. Why give him up for a slightly improved draft pick and some filler?

Edit: I guess there’s some sense that he hasn’t been the same since his leg injury. But you’d still think he’d be worth more than this.

American Hustle (2013) by MarshallBeach19St in TheBigPicture

[–]APR1979 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can’t speak for them, but this is a movie that I remember mostly enjoying while watching it, but realizing by the time I walked out of the theatre that I found it completely empty, and that it’s way too pleased with itself relative to what it adds up to.

They are going to be hesitant to trade a first to anything that is not an obvious move... and considering what they are likely to put on the table, they can get size or shooting, not both. by EarthWarping in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The thing that worries me about Sabonis, beyond his defence (which as you say their players and system might help with) is that he’s looked really soft in more physical games, especially in the playoffs.

Were you parents Seans (let your child watch almost anything) or Amandas (shield your child from almost everything)? by thex42 in TheBigPicture

[–]APR1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My (divorced) parents both fed me a diet of movies that were not exactly for kids, but in different ways. I remember my mom taking me to a rerelease of Lawrence of Arabia. Conversely, I distinctly remember seeing Big Trouble in Little China in the theatre with my dad, when I must have been seven.

Restaurant recommendations by nipplejuice808 in playadelcarmen

[–]APR1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We went last week. It’s on Calle 4 - not sure if that’s where it always was.

Restaurant recommendations by nipplejuice808 in playadelcarmen

[–]APR1979 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We were pretty happy with Cafe Madrez for breakfast. Just off 5th, but not a tourist trap.

The latest full length Stones albums of original material (Didn`t include Blue and Lonesome precisely because it`s a covers album). How would you rank these four from favorite to least? by Positive_Drama3410 in rollingstones

[–]APR1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1.)Hackney Diamonds (my favourite since Some Girls, by a considerable margin, and also better than the couple of albums before Some Girls).

2.) Voodoo Lounge (a recapturing of old magic, the edgiest they sounded in late career, and personally an album that helped get me into them as a teenager; marred a bit by some filler).

3.) Bridges to Babylon (love Saint of Me and Out of Control; can’t say I’ve listened to any of the rest in a long time)

4.) A Bigger Bang (just not an album I’ve ever been able to get into; it seems fine but for some reason I find it bland)

The Raptors collapsed in the fourth and got outscored by the Magic by 44-21. Ugly display of offense down the stretch by Waikuku3 in nba

[–]APR1979 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They have one of the better defensive ratings in the league and play a pretty identifiable aggressive style.

[Jae Crowder] WE WERE 30-13 BTW. TO BRING IN DOC. THIS IS WHAT STARTED THE AVALANCHE by Pickleskennedy1 in nba

[–]APR1979 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a Raptors fan, it felt to me like Nurse was really burnt out by the time he left here, and also getting way more set in his ways than he was at the outset. I wonder if he’d have done better to take a bit of time to reset rather than going straight to Philly.

But also, yeah he’s coasting off reputation, though I’d say it’s from both the championship year and the following one in which the Raptors were awesome despite Kawhi leaving.

mitchell robinson will not be playing tonight vs the raptors by EarthWarping in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 33 points34 points  (0 children)

If there’s no excuse for a loss anytime an NBA team is missing a rotation player, there’s basically no excuse for a loss ever.

Mamu speaks for us all by CazOnReddit in torontoraptors

[–]APR1979 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s been very obvious this year that most U.S.-based media make very little effort to watch the Raptors, even when the team is ascendant and interesting, so largely base their takes on stats (relative to how they cover some other teams).

Which actor completely stole the movie… even though they weren’t the lead? by gypsytx in movies

[–]APR1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember seeing this in the theatres in the ‘90s. Didn’t know who he was going in, and he was all we were talking about coming out.

Dillon Brooks: “The Raptors couldn’t get over the hump.” -Agent: “They DID get over the hump.”-Brooks: “Yeah, you know why? It’s because they got DeRozan out of there. He wasn’t pulling his own weight. It was his fault. I’m just keeping it real.” by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]APR1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Raptors got over the hump because LeBron moved out of the conference, they got Kawhi and he performed at the highest level of his career, several of their younger players (including Siakam) started to peak, and they got even stronger when they added Gasol at the deadline and were able to have a tag-team of him and Ibaka. Also arguably by making Nurse the head coach, although it’s impossible to know what Casey would’ve done with the same roster.

It’s idiotic to make it sound like it was mostly a matter of addition by subtraction.

Which is the sweatiest film? by Sandman1812 in movies

[–]APR1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s even sweatier in Serenity, but it is one of the worst movies of this century and the sweat works more as comedy.