Toronto Raptors at Golden State Warriors: It ain’t 2019 anymore

Toronto Raptors at Golden State Warriors: It ain’t 2019 anymore

Toronto Raptors at Golden State

Warriors: It ain’t 2019 anymore  Almost

five years later, it’s interesting to

compare the rosters of the Golden State

Warriors and Toronto Raptors to the

squads who faced off in the 2019 NBA Finals.

The Warriors’ core group of Draymond

Green, Stephen Curry, and Klay

Thompson, along with center Kevon

Looney and head coach Steve Kerr, all

have a striking similarity in appearance.

The Raptors are essentially

unrecognizable: Chris Boucher and

Pascal Siakam are the only two left

(although Boucher did not play that season).

However, both groups are now faced

with a decision. The Warriors are 10th in

the Western Conference while still

having their indigenous stars; Thompson

is a shell, Green is a bully who can’t stay

off the floor and poses a threat to others

around him, and Kerr is receiving

criticism from his younger players.

The Raptors, too? They can’t put together

three wins, they’re not in the play-in

picture, and it looks like they’re

attempting to drive Siakam out of the area.

These are odd times for both teams, who

could both need a victory when they play

tonight in San Francisco.

Nevertheless, a choice must now be

made by both factions. Despite still

having their homegrown stars, the

Warriors sit 10th in the Western

Conference; Thompson is a shell, Green

is a bully who can’t stay off the court and

is a menace to everyone around him, and

Kerr is getting criticism from his younger players.

The Raptors as well? They are not in the

play-in picture, they are unable to string

together three victories, and it appears

that they are trying to force Siakam to leave the area.

The Siakam disrespect is so bizarre

It’s not a new thing — it’s been going on

since the end of last season — but the

way the Raptors and Masai Ujiri

specifically continue to disrespect Pascal

Siakam is incredibly strange. It started

with Ujiri’s “selfish” allegations following

last season, continued to Ujiri basically

saying “we’re not going to extend Siakam

until he plays the right way” in the pre-

season, and it’s intensifying now, as we

approach the trade deadline. The latest is

the team releasing a clip of Ujiri

essentially telling Immanuel Quickley

that he and Scottie Barnes are the future

of the franchise (despite Siakam still being their best player).

Both teams are going through strange

times, and when they play in San

Francisco tonight, they might both need to win.

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