Chapter 9: Coach Casey

On November 20, 2010, after 13 games, the Raptors sent Jarrett Jack, who had been unable to find his form, to the Hornets, and got guards Jerry Bayless and Peja Stojakovic. Bayless averaged 10.0 points per game as a bench, and Peja Stojakovic completely played a salary-filling role in this trade, and the Raptors had no intention of keeping the three-point shooter who was past his prime, but the salary was still as high as $14.9 million, and after two games, the Raptors bought out Peja, and then Peja signed with the Mavericks, becoming a piece of the puzzle for the Mavericks to win the championship that year.

Due to Bosh's departure, the Raptors can't recruit excellent interior players this season (in fact, they can't recruit any players), they can only make some ideas in the draft, the first round of the 13th rookie in 2010, the Raptors chose Ed Davis from North Carolina, Davis is a famous family, Daddy Terry Davis has played ten years in the Heat, Mavericks Wizards and Nuggets, and his career is between the starter and the bench. Averaged 6.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, his son Ed Davis is the same as his father's ball, good physical condition, the defensive end can have a stable performance with good physical condition, but the offensive end is not too ideal, although all kinds of offensive means will be a little, but the technical level he will be below the league average, all in all, Ed Davis can be regarded as a piece of jade, it depends on how the person who picks him polishes him, Davis in the new season is mainly played as a substitute, averaging 7.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, and the shooting rate is as high as 57.6%, the offensive ability is limited to the small circle under the basket, and the overall play is quite good.

In Bosh's absence, the champion show Banyani picked up the team's scoring responsibility, he averaged 21.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game this season, although the defense was sparse but the offensive end had a stable output, DeRozan ushered in a big explosion this season, he started all 82 games, averaged 17.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, shooting 46.7%, except for a miserable 9.6% three-point shooting rate, everything was perfect, Calderon can average 9.8 points and 8.9 assists per game, and is still the team's commanding brain, Calderon is definitely not inferior to Paul, Rondo, Delon, Kidd, Nash and other first-line point guards from the perspective of creating shooting opportunities for his teammates, this season's Raptors lack super scorers, but Calderon can still average 8.9 assists per game, which shows his talent and ability to organize offense.

This season's departure of Bosh has led to an inevitable decline in the Raptors' record, 22-60, ranking second to last in the East. Well, the answer is the Cavaliers without James, and this season's Bosh, the Miami Heat after James huddles are second in the East. At the end of the season, Raptors head coach Jay Triano was laid off, and Dwayne Casey took over, which was the last change of head coach in the history of the Raptors, and Casey has been at the helm of the Raptors to this day.

Casey is a coach with a very rich resume, he was a member of the University of Kentucky when he was young, and when he first entered the varsity team, he was inconspicuous, averaging only 1.3 points per game, but with his own efforts, he completed the transformation in his senior year, and eventually grew into the captain of the varsity team, and after playing in college for four years, Casey did not embark on the path of professional basketball, but stayed directly on the team to become an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky, when he was only 22 years old.

Nine years later, when Casey was 31 years old, Vioxx found an envelope in Casey's office that had not yet been sealed, containing $1,000 in cash, the recipient was Claude Meeks, and the sender was Casey, Claude Meeks was Chris Meeks's father, and it was rumored that Chris Meeks was indecisive in his college choice, and Casey's behavior was considered to be a bribe to Chris Meeks's father, NCAA is different from the NBA, The NCAA is considered to be the last pure land of American basketball, any behavior linked to money is not allowed, and blatant bribery is a "heavy sentence", although Casey's envelope does not prove that his bribery of Claude Meeks has happened, but Casey is still sentenced to a heavy sentence - cannot participate in all NCAA games for 5 years. (The physique of the NBA and the NCAA is completely different, let's talk about the NCAA when we have time).

After the NCAA couldn't stay any longer, Casey took the lead in Seattle and became an assistant coach of the SuperSonics, and in the summer he traveled to Japan to lead the Japanese national team to the World Men's Basketball Championship for the first time in 30 years, in 1998.

In 2004, Casey finally ushered in his first position as head coach, at that time, the Timberwolves were in turmoil, the team had Kevin Garnett, Wally Szczebiak, Ricky Davis, Cam Cassel and other good players but did not achieve results, the team's head coach Philip Sanderson resigned, Kevin McHale took over, although the latter led the team to a 19-12 record, but still failed to get the team's retention, McHale did not get a contract after the end of the season, Casey took over the whip of the Timberwolves, Casey's coaching style pays attention to the team, refuses to star alone, pays attention to details in tactics, the defense must be in place, and the relationship with the players is also very good, his first season with the Raptors due to the departure of Kassel The Timberwolves only got 33 wins, ranking second to last in the West, such a record is not satisfactory, the next season starts 40 games, Casey was cut by the team after 20 wins, and then he became the assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks, And played a huge role in the 2011 Mavericks won the championship, won the favor of the Mavericks owner Cuban, in June 2011, Casey left the Mavericks to take over the Toronto Raptors coach, and has been coaching ever since.

This season's Raptors are basically still the original team, but under the guidance of Casey, they have played a huge combat effectiveness, this season's Raptors had the hope of impacting the playoffs, but they were unexpectedly hit by a sudden injury frenzy that made the whole season's efforts come to naught, this season is over, no player in the entire Raptors team has played more than 66 games, last year's team scoring champion Baniani played 31 games this season after the season reimbursement, Jerry Bayless, who was firmly in the starting lineup, was also reimbursed after playing 31 games, Barbossa only played 42 games, Calderon 53, and Kreza 49, compared to DeRozan's 63 games, Amir Johnson's 64 games, James Johnson's 62 games and Ed Davis's 66 games are still the team's most appearances, and the massive injury has led to the Raptors winning only 23 games this season, but the 34.8% win rate is 26.8% compared to the previous season 's record is still improving (only 66 games played this season due to collective bargaining agreements).

In the 2012-2013 season, the Raptors operated a Dobby trade, which made the Raptors stronger, first of all, they gave DeRozan a 4-year $40 million contract, at that time there were many people who questioned DeRozan as the second Gay, shooting efficiency problems, but soon, DeRozan proved with practical actions how right the Raptors made a decision, last year, the Raptors selected a talented center from Lithuania with the fifth pick in the first round, John Valanciunas, but due to contract problems, He didn't log in to the NBA that year, his contract expired this year, the Lithuanian genius cleared all the shackles that prevented him from landing in the NBA, and entered the NBA strongly, in the first year of his rookie, he became the team's starting center, averaging 8.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting as high as 55.7%, Valanciunas has the potential to be called a top center, the inside back single is very deterrent, and the finishing ability after blocking and dismantling is also very strong, with excellent footsteps under the basket and good rebounding ability, Able to hit mid-range shots, the defense is also very tough, the only thing lacking is the lack of consistency in passing.

In the 2012 draft, the Raptors selected the physical Terrence Rose with the 8th pick in the first round, Rose is a very creative dunk, and won his first honor in his rookie season - NBA dunk king, three-point ability belongs to the nerve knife, the accuracy is terrible, and if you are not allowed to play the ball several games in a row, the poor dribbling leads to limited offensive ability with the ball, and the defensive ability is above the average level, and the new season's Rose mainly plays as a substitute and can contribute 6.4 points per game.

Last season, Raptors guard Jerry Bayless, who was out for the season with a torn left oblique muscle, was in his contract year last year, and the Raptors began to offer him a short-term contract, but the contract was withdrawn two days later because they had already looked for a new candidate.

On July 12, 2012, the Raptors used a dragon set Gary Forbes and a first-round pick to get the "little gun" Kevin Lowry from the Rockets, Lowry was originally a substitute for Aaron Brooks, and Lowry was helped to the starting line after Brooks left, originally thought that Lowry had embarked on the road to stardom, who would have thought that Lowry and head coach McHale did not agree in the middle of the season, conflicts were frequent, and finally had to be discounted by the Rockets, Lowry is not tall, but he is thick, strong, and his defensive ability is acceptable, Organizational ability is a strength, the offensive end Lowry will only hold the ball and rush in the early stage, so he won the nickname of "little steel cannon", and only after arriving at the Raptors did he practice a good three-point shot, Lowry can average 11.6 points per game, send 6.4 assists, grab 4.8 rebounds and .4 blocks, except for 40.1% shooting rate is relatively poor, everything else is very good.

On January 31, 20136, the Raptors made another big deal with the Grizzlies and Pistons, and the Raptors sent Calderon, Ed Davis and a second-round pick, and got star Rudy Gay!

Rudy Gay is a small forward with very strong scoring ability, once known as Kobe's successor, before coming to the Raptors, Gay averaged close to 20 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game The all-around data, but Gay also has a big problem with this player, first of all, his offensive efficiency is not high, he has a good body but always likes medium and long-distance jump shots, which leads to his offensive efficiency is not very high, he doesn't like to defend, he often has unnecessary leaks, he doesn't like passing, and even if he passes out, the error rate is very high, So while Gay maintained his usual aggressive attack with the Raptors, he actually only played 52 games for the Raptors before being sent to the Kings the following season.

In the history of the Raptors, Calderon ranks sixth in franchise history with 5,235 points, 3,770 assists and 7th with 469 steals.

This season's Raptors have a 34-48 record, which is an improvement from last season, DeRozan's performance is also on the court, averaging 18.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in 82 games, Banjani is reimbursing in the middle of the season for the second year in a row, averaging only 12.7 points per game, Aamir Johnson is averaging 10.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, and James Johnson is sent to the Kings to get a 2014 second-round pick.

This season's Raptors won 34 rises and 48 losses, and although the 41.5% winning rate was an improvement from the previous season, they were still squeezed out of the playoffs by the Milwaukee Bucks at the last minute with a difference of 4 games.

The 2013-2014 season of the Raptors personnel transfer is mainly two trades, on July 10, 2013, the Raptors sent the soft style of Banyani to the Knicks, got Marcus Camby, Steve Novak, Quentin Richardson's 2016 first-round pick, 2014 and 2017 second-round picks, the deal is to trade a center who can shoot three-pointers, a pure center.

But in this deal, Marcus Camby had no intention of being a weak team like the Raptors at all, refused to report, the Raptors had to buy it out, and Richardson did not stay in Toronto, two months later, before the start of the game, the Raptors officially cut Richardson, who retired directly, and then entered the management of the Pistons, in this deal, the Raptors actually got a number of draft picks and three-point king Steve Novak, who was in the Knicks, but in the Raptors he was reduced to a water cooler administrator, He averaged only 10 minutes per game.

The Raptors' other trade this season involved Rudy Gay, who was sent to the Kings after 18 games of the new season, and the Raptors acquired John Salmons, Chuck Hayes, Grevis Vasquith and Patrick Patterson, all four of whom remained with the Raptors and became integral members of the team.

In addition, this season, the Raptors also signed Tyler Hansbrough for two years and $6.5 million in free agency to protect the interior, and signed Knicks forward Landry Fields for three years and $18.75 million, who also became a big player on the team's bench.

This season's Raptors are neatly staffed, there are a lot of highlights, and there are very good players sitting on the bench, after Banjani left, DeRozan officially became the team's first brother, Averaged 22.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game, such a performance also made him an All-Star for the first time, Lowry completed his transformation this season, averaging 17.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game, Valanciunas averaged 1.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, and many big players on the bench were also able to help the Raptors, this season's Raptors were aggressive, with an excellent record of 48 wins and 34 losses in the regular season, and entered the playoffs as the third seed in the East! In the first round of the playoffs, the Raptors' opponent was the Brooklyn Nets, the Nets were extremely strong at that time, since 2010, when Russian businessman Prokhorov bought the Nets for $200 million, the team has embarked on a road of treating money like dung, this season's role Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Paul Pearce, Kevin Garnett and Brook Lopez's Nets are nicknamed the "luxury F5 Army", and Sean Livingston, who has played well in the season, is still sitting on the bench. The future CBA god Andre Blazy, as well as Alan Anderson Mirza Telitovic, Mason Plumlee and Marcus Thornton are also strong players, although the Raptors are rising very strongly this season, but in the final analysis, they are also playoff rookies, one is a wealthy hanger, and the other is a poor dick who doesn't love his mother and uncle and doesn't like to get off to a hard start, what will the result of these two teams?