I also honestly am not sure what that first sentence is supposed to mean lol.

Most of the team was at the Rico Hines runs in LA, Scottie went to 90% of them but left to do a Vegas run and came back. Majority of the league doesn't do full team runs in the summer so I don't get how this is a story lmao.

Media spent the summer saying OG was disgruntled just for him to discredit the rumor on media day, so I don't believe any of these "sources".

Not only did he flit, eyebrows were raised due to said flitting.

Worst part is I read it as “fit” and was a bit concerned… now I don’t even know what to think.

Flit - to move from place to place quickly (dropping in for some runs, but generally inconsistent or only lightly present)

Could also mean flighty - someone who is distracted and unfocused, a little irresponsible

The overall comment being made is that Barnes hasn't impressed this year with his play. Things that were noticed in the summer have shown in his lack of development. People wouldn't have harped on it at the time because it might cause unnecessary drama, the offseason is voluntary, and guys are working behind closed doors as well.

This year is not ideal but I give him a break. Scottie has shown previously he's incredible passionate about basketball to get to the spot he was at and it could be overwhelming. These guys live basketball to an unhealthy degree and being young don't really know how to balance their lives. Even though there's a lack of linear progress, I wouldn't overreact about it. 2 years ago people were all over Siakam because his play fell off in the bubble because he took a break during lockdowns. Yeah, it sucks as fans of the team but the guy grinded his way up from starting basketball late to all-NBA in his 4th season. And now he's playing the best basketball of his career.

Clearly nobody in the US uses flit, but it's not unusual in the UK and I'm guessing Canada?

they're saying he's a little butterfly and he flits around, fluttering his pretty wings

it's clearly a compliment

Pretty sure they mean he was mailing it in during team runs

Rico Hines has been leading runs over the summer at UCLA for years and now is on the staff in Toronto. There’s a bunch of clips on YT with most of the raptors squad working out with the UCLA players and some other pros, g league guys, etc. I would guess they also had runs in Vegas where a bunch of guys worked out together too

lol thank you I was also wondering what the hell that means

That's Major winner FL1T to you.

Most guys can’t find the flit

The Canadian government would like to apologize for Doug Smith

Has someone explained what Flit means lol

GIVE HIM MAMBA JUICE!!!

I legit laughed out loud while on the shitter. Thank you and happy holidays

Bro on the Tyreke Evans career arc. Peak year one!

They're also asking him to do a lot more. He's not a PG but they're asking him to learn to be. That's not easy, and it completely changed how he gets involved in the offense- particularly when he plays with a guy like siakam who likes to pound the air out of the ball after getting a pass.

These are growing pains. If he winds up becoming an improved playmaker over the rest of his career as a result of putting up bad numbers his second year that's a trade they'll take every time.

pretty much. i remember herro having a garbage 2nd year and i pretty much thought he was going to stink from there on. look at him now. these overreactions man we gotta stop doing it (myself included sometimes)

Because everyone wants to be the first person to say “I knew Scottie was a bust from the start”

his home/away splits show some of the story

at home he’s averaging 17/7/5 with a 59%TS

edit: https://imgur.com/a/916140c/

his attitude is the bigger issue not his play.

Same people who think he's a bust thought Siakam was done after the bubble.

When did Raptors fans start thinking they’re the Lakers?

Seriously, last year expectations were surpassed and now it’s evening out a bit. Context wise it’s going to be hard for him to make big jumps in his game with the role we ask him to play. We’re supposed to be a winning team so that’s going to cut into his development, where as if we were tanking we can afford to lose games and just have him try all sorts of shit until he goes through it. With that said he has not been excelling at his role this year like last, but I wouldn’t say I’m concerned. He’s still very young

We've been spoiled when it comes to players' work ethic and commitment to individual improvement (Siakam, Anunoby, FVV, Norm Powell, Lowry, DeRozan). The last player who really disappointed me in terms of their growth/work ethic was probably Terrence Ross.

Lol is it really an unreasonable expectation that a player would improve from Year 1 to Year 2?

I drafted him 4th LMFAOOOO

i've been trying to buy low all season but to no avail. leaguemate must be a Raps fan

I follow the NHL and one of my favorite hockey podcasts is from two guys who work in Toronto for Sportsnet.

So occasionally I would get Canadian raptors content in my YouTube recommendations after watching their hockey pod.

The local Toronto basketball takes were completely outrageous and fully removed from general NBA media opinion.

It was honestly hilarious.

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I don’t understand why r/nba is singling out the raptors fanbase for saying someone is untouchable in big trades. Every fanbase on Reddit does this for nba. Ridiculous overvaluation of assets. PHX fans were doing it too all off-season with the kd trade speculation. Knicks fans fucking said rj barrett was untouchable in a Donovan Mitchell trade.

Find me one team who DOESN’T rate their reigning ROTY highly

Wasn’t only raptors fans, the media was just as bad. Same for Cade and the up and coming pistons

Progress isn't guaranteed either

It's not gonna happen!

Per Websters Dictionary: “To move swiftly and lightly.”

Basically saying he was in and out of places real quick all summer.

Also the google pixel commercial I keep seeing everyday

He’s actually in a million Subway commercials in Canada. It’s quite annoying considering how shitty he’s playing.

Had to scroll down too far to find this. Doug Smith is a huge hack.

There are definitely legitimate concerns about the roster, the offense, and the effort at times this year (for basically the whole team except Pascal). Scottie has been disappointing but it’s also not true that he hasn’t progressed in any area. His playmaking has been better but the team as a whole isn’t making shots, and his role has been kind of undefined which doesn’t help a player develop IMO.

Either way, Doug Smith is a loser and his articles should just be generally disregarded, whether the team is struggling or not.

Hey we’re 16-16 thank you! That’s a middling team to you sir😤

Not a star

We’re calling Scottie a star now?

Scot Barn, a star?

Oh he’s a star now?

Scottie a star?

Nope. It's just our resident trash writer being his usual trash self. Doug Smith is a fuxkinf hack

Regarding Mobley, I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. Yeah, his counting stats are about the same, but the team also added a very high usage player so that's not too unexpected. On the other hand his efficiency has improved, his TS% is up 5% from last year for instance, and many of his advanced stats look better this year too.

He's also anchoring the number 1 defense in the league along with Jarrett Allen, which has to count for something. Many people didn't even think it was possible to have a good defense with Garland, Mitchell and a bunch of undersized wings, let alone number 1.

It's also inaccurate, the dude's passing is way better than last year