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1. Due to the injury bug once again. The Toronto Raptors are tanking with style.

2. Let the young guys play, gain experience and get some reps. Let’s wait and see when the whole team is healthy. The schedule will get easier as the season go and we’ll see some more wins as I like how they’re competing this far.

3. Last place hype 🎉 Games are still close. This is perfect tanking. Kazoos

4. That Capture the flagg Gif 😂🙌

5. Jesus is IQ made of glass ?? He literally just got back and is hurt again?!?!

6. Raptors are not strong enough to win a championship. This season should be spent in the gym.

7. Ayeeee

8. The more losses the better. Staying close in games and still losing is ideal but unrealistic to maintain for an entire year. I don't think were bad enough to finish dead last but I hope im wrong

9. Is the ref causing the problem with the Toronto rapture loss out play the teams but can't beat the ref

10. The all nba always injured team :raptors

11. Ok now I feel like we doing it on purpose cuz when the hell did he hurt his elbow?? I watched the whole game and he never hurt his elbow at any point in that game…

12. Raptors and pelicans are made of popsicle sticks

13. Injured IQ hurts us the most. We paid him so we’ll play him. But his chemistry is falling behind the other PG. They are looking better with the starting lineup even though not a better player than IQ. When he comes back the team will have to adjust to him, which slows our progression. Same for Barnes but we don’t have an obvious replacement for him.

14. How are we going to fire Darko when we’re rebuilding and players are developing ? 😂 He’s likely doing his job if this is a developmental season. We don’t know what was discussed behind close doors between Darko and the front office. His job is likely to develop players more than it is to actually win lot’s of games this season. It’s likely similar to the season when the Spurs was gunning for Wemby. Are we sitting here and telling ourselves we didn’t see Pop’s job was clearly to rack up loses for the chance at a generational talent in Wemby ? What are we going to do, bring in a new coach so he can lose games as well ? It’s likely Project Flagg, Ace Bailey, or at least a top 5 pick. The people complaining about Darko are the ones I spoke about before when I said they just can’t except the fact we’re rebuilding. They just can’t except it so even when Masai and Darko are telling them we’re rebuilding it goes in one ear and out the other.. Those guys are still thinking playoffs.

    Those guys sense the season is slipping away and that means no playoffs. Reality is starting to set in so it’s “Fire Masai, Darko, and Bobby”

15. I live this we trade pascal and pay them injured player the bag

16. I’m with you Ben patience is a virtue , unfortunately most folks in today’s World have zero patience, it’s a rebuild while keeping some Great Vets aka Jakob!!!

    Rome wasn’t built in a day neither will the Raptors they are going about it the right way !!

    Go Raptors!!

17. Seriously, Darko must have the cushiest job in the world, built in excuses for anything he does wrong…..Good on him! Kind of jealous lol

18. IQ's in the first month of the first year of a 5 year contract. Why are people already freaking out about the money we paid him????? Un fuc*ing believable!

19. Cooper

20. Is it capture the flagg or capture the ace????

21. Tank for Flagg.

22. i cant listen to this guy talk. i just space out and have to replay it

23. if we get cooper flagg its over for the league

24. They have been PERFECT! Competitive, fun to watch….. but then just not quite enough in the 4th, leading to a loss. Capture the Flagg is the real game here, and we're being set up to win!

25. Raptors pay 23 milion for the G league player Brown.

26. Hawks have 7 injuries and Raptors are second place with 6 injuries…

27. Raptors is now the worst team in the Eastern Division. I believe it's a coaching problem when you are leading the entire game and then lost it in the final minutes it's a coaching problem. I think Ujiri needs to get Giannis from the bucks.

28. We literally gave $400+ million to two injury prone borderline "stars" who are never on the court. How Masai still has a job is beyond me.

29. Darko is developing players by letting them play. They are making mistakes and he and his staff are correcting them. Progress is happening

30. My concern is that players get used to pulling the plug on their ability to play because of a very minor feeling they get. Quickly starting to look like this kind of player.

31. like suck it up , millionaires. this is starting to really p me off

32. My work here is done

33. Trade these players they will always be injured

34. well said in regards to the team at present, Ben. Congrats on 30k to you and everyone at the digest channels. You have made the last bunch of seasons far more enjoyable for Toronto die hard sports fans. Thanks for that and, as a wise man once said, "Keep Movin'"

35. Wow the tank is in full swing

36. Is IQ soft?
    Is he one of those career injury cases? Or are the Raps just holding him out on every little possibilities, looking to next season?

37. Men I said before this team look small at time on the floor. The raptor slayer proof that last game . I also said IQ at 175 lb soaking wet ain’t gona defend anybody and now we are back talking about development and tanking. …men development should have being completed back in high school, back in college, back in g league back home ,back everywhere ……why the hell is there talk of development in the god dam NBA . Ballers getting papers for what….development ….come on men I want to see PROS not development ballers. Stop using excuse for ujiri and Webster . They needed to acquire an establish big to relief JP but they always go cheep and get no name bigs at bargain price . Where the hell did Fernando came from …what …Who …why they paid him . Come on men…