Raptors Roundtable: Six big questions as second half tips off
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March 11, 2021, 11:52 AM
The Toronto Raptors begin the second half of their season Thursday evening after a tumultuous first half.
From a dreadful 2-8 start, to a long climb to make it to the .500 level and, finally, dealing with the realities of playing in the middle of a pandemic to close the first half of the season, the Raptors have had a roller-coaster of a season thus far.
Despite the up-and-down nature of the first half of the season, Toronto finds itself entering the second half in the playoff hunt, currently in the No. 8 seed of the Eastern Conference, and just two games back of the fourth-place Boston Celtics.
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– Quentin Grimes (Co-Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team)
– DeJon Jarreau (Defensive Player of the Year, All-Conference Second Team)
– Justin Gorham (Most Improved Player, All-Conference Second Team)
– Marcus Sasser (All-Conference Second Team)
“I’m so happy I was able to win the award,” Grimes told reporters on Wednesday afternoon during a Zoom meeting. “All credit goes to coach Sampson, my teammates, (just) pushing us every day, coming to work, and just putting me in the best position possible.”
Grimes is the first UH player to win conference player of the year honors since Bo Outlaw in 1993. These players are two of just seven that have won this honor in program history. The other five are Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Michael Young, Rob Williams and Otis Birdsong.
Pistons mid-season grades: Signs of hope in the midst of rebuild
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 09, 2021
Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane (22) shoots between Detroit Pistons guards Dennis Smith Jr., left, and Wayne Ellington, and center Isaiah Stewart (28) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)AP
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The Detroit Pistons headed into the All-Star break the way they began their season, with a loss. The 10-26 record looks ugly, but a deeper look shows that better days could be on the horizon.
The team has four capable rookies who can navigate their way into the starting lineup or provide a boost off the bench. It has a powerful second unit that leads the league in scoring. It has plenty of young talent that will compete night in and night out regardless of the score.
GBB Roundtable: Reflecting on the 1st half of the season
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Of the 32 games to start the season, the Memphis Grizzlies had to play .
8 of them without Ja Morant
25 without Justise Winslow
all of them without Jaren Jackson Jr.
Factor that in with the revolving door of rotation players missing time and the week off from “health and safety protocols,” and that’s a whirlwind start to the season. And they still finished with a .500 record, and they’re sitting at 10th in the Western Conference good for the play-in.
If you laid out those scenarios to any Grizzlies fan, they’d ask if it was that bad. Instead, Taylor Jenkins rallied this guys to the “next man up” mentality to weather the storm and maintain fighting position in the brutal Western Conference.
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