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[Eric Smith] Even in the Tampa tank year, we won. You know why we won? Scottie Barnes." - Masai Ujiri by drecz in torontoraptors

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[Lewenberg] Masai: "When we interviewed Scottie (before the draft), he mentioned winning 100 times... That's what we want because I think that's what sports are about."

https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1521497945123835904?cxt=HHwWgMC-mbyUuZ0qAAAA

[Lewenberg] VanVleet on state of the organization: "It's time. It's time now. That's about as much building as we all want to do. I think we have the pieces, and now how do you put those pieces together? Can you add a few pieces around the board and then how do you make it work?" by nanobot001 in torontoraptors

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"I'm always open to finding solutions to problems," VanVleet said in regards to exploring ways to better withstand the grind of a long season and be healthier going into playoffs. Plans to spend the summer looking at different treatments/conditioning routines. "It's on me."

FVV: "I'm never too proud to ask for help or seek out advice. I'm at that crossroads where 20 points isn't a good game anymore. I went from underrated to overrated very fast. I gotta start thinking outside the box, I've gotta get uncomfortable, I've gotta find ways to get better"

https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1520083789329973249

[Lewenberg] Nurse: "They're disappointed, for sure. Pretty heavy air in there. My message was that, as a whole, I thought we went through a tremendous amount this year and they just kept fighting, kept playing, kept getting better & kept figuring it out. I give them a lot of credit for that" by cutecatmeow29 in torontoraptors

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Nurse on the Raptors: "They should take a lot from it." Says he went from teaching the young Raptors about playoff physicality. Proud they got to point where they were more physical in some of the games. And they can learn from how good defensively you need to be.

Siakam: "I think we took a lot of steps... It was obviously up and down but we did get better. Knowing the team, the front office and the people that we have in this organization, I know the goal is to continue to get better and improve to be a way better team next year"

https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1519864375582023684?cxt=HHwWiICz1Zqm0pcqAAAA

Fred VanVleet: “I’m proud of the guys in the way that we fought and raised our intensity level… but, yeah, in terms of closing out a game and executing down the stretch, that’s probably as bad as it gets.” by cutecatmeow29 in torontoraptors

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VanVleet: “There’s no room to look around and feel sorry for ourselves. We did a lot of good things tonight, we played a lot of minutes of great basketball and we’re gonna have to do it again… We’re playing for our pride. Pride is on the line.”

https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1516979199575273472

"He's about three years better." - VanVleet on Embiid now vs 2019

https://twitter.com/BlakeMurphyODC/status/1516977645396897792?cxt=HHwWgMC54bLIsY0qAAAA