There is normally a feel to a team in disarray, a tension around them, a sense of uncertainty, a wonder of what might be coming next.
If there is reason to panic around the Raptors, no one is precisely saying so. Their record may be the same as it was after 27 games a year ago but it sure doesn’t feel that way; it feels broken. The Raptors are 3-11 on the road this season, where once the road seemed to be their friend. They’ve won one of their past 10 road games, including back-to-back losses in Orlando, against the last-place Magic.
“We have to stay positive,” said Siakam. “At the end of the day, we know what we can do. We have to try to get better.About a year ago, later in the season, the Raptors began to morph into one of the most confusing and surprising teams in the NBA. They didn’t play traditional style basketball. Positions weren’t so easily defined. They were bigger than most teams across the starting five, quicker and longer, some said at the time they were inventing a new way to play.
It’s not necessarily about the schemes they’re using defensively or the philosophies they have adopted on offence. That’s for coaches. “I’m not so good at those things. I focus on us playing every single night. Maybe you were hoping for a smart answer, I don’t know. I don’t do schemes. I’m a hooper. I go out there and try to play basketball. I’m not trying to see what everybody else is doing. That’s not my job. My job is to play.”“We have to get better across the board,” he said.
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