Jamison Battle

but beyond that it was like yeah you were relying on Alan Graves probably to be your ninth man and especially after what I saw from him in the preseason in his brief preseason appearance admittedly but I wasn't confident that he was going to be able to provide them a whole lot and at least in the early going so I think yes having you know obviously their best or you know at worst second best player injured right now is magnifying things and having one of the guys that they were expecting to be, or maybe, yeah, two of the guys they were expecting to be part of that eight-man rotation and like serious positive contributors have been major negatives.

I mean, that puts them in a super tough spot to where you're often seeing, yeah, Elijah Martin and Jamison Battle playing first quarter minutes.

Like that's where it's at right now.

When you're getting bludgeoned by the Denver Nuggets bench, you know your depth situation is having a trying time.

And he has been nowhere good enough to

fill that role.

Yeah, I mean, thankful that Jamison Battle has been doing what he's been doing.

You know, his defense stands out like a sore thumb on this team, but the three-point shooting is incredibly valuable, and it's quick fire, and that's great, but he can't be your best bench player, and that's kind of what's been the case over the last

He finds Scotty or sorry.

He finds Jameson battle for three Raptors nine for 17 from three for 53% early on in this game and CMB and Scotty doing what these guys normally do to get the Raptors off and running, which is get stops at the defensive end.

Raptors are doing such a good job of that.

Certain points, right? Able to turn over the nuggets, find RJ getting out on a run.

That's not a ton of time, but...

Jamison Battle, six-man.

I was going to get there.

We talked about it.

blowout.

Were you sitting there after that, like as a shooter – Do you get frustrated when a guy is heating up like that and then the team goes a couple minutes without finding him? Obviously, the defense is going to adjust and you don't want to force it or whatever, but when a guy gets in a rhythm, a good shooter gets in a rhythm like that and then gets frozen out for a couple minutes, does that tick you off when you're watching?

Yes, but also, Jamison Battle, I...

I was in a very similar role.

Space cadet night for him last night.

Jamison Battle, I think, is kind of standing out as a pretty bad defender when he's on the floor.

Alan Graves has been entirely too jumpy.

Even Colin Murray-Boyles at times, just jumping at stuff he shouldn't jump at.

I don't know what you do with it.

It's just what it is sometimes.

The hmm for me is, is Jamison Battle just someone who has to play now, even with the defensive limitations we've seen this year? And boy, howdy, has Jamison Battle stuck out like a sore thumb on defense at times this season? Just missed rotations, getting put on roller skates by ball handlers.

All that stuff.

They were down 12 with six minutes to play and they were able to overturn it.

Jamison Battle.

I think he's part of my good column right now so far.

Keegan, he's looking like somebody, a young player that's taking a step into becoming a reliable three and D kind of player, which, you know, the Raptors draft a bunch of six, nine guys and guys who can shoot threes and play defense.

You know, that's how they want to build their roster around their stars.

And Battle seems to be finally taking that step.

into um you know that spot where the Raptors desperately that's what they wanted Grady Dick to be you know a 3 and D kind of wing player uh but Jamison Battle has started to develop into that guy for the Raptors while Jacoby Walter has you know gotten off to a slower start this season

And those are the types of players that the Raptors kind of built a reputation for developing.

In some cases, two seconds left.

Jamison Battle.

Foul.

Bailout.

IQ, a very good night from IQ, 27-4.

You got 12 from Jameson battle.

Kobe Sanders played 38 minutes, man.

This Clippers team, 16-8 from Garland.

He didn't see, you know...

Jamison Battle in the corner late in the second quarter, I think it was, you know, just plays like that, just indecisiveness.

But overall, he really bounced back in that third quarter and that fourth quarter.

And I think that's what's positive.