Three Up, Three Down: Raptors Rapture Weekly Player Grades

Welcome Raptors Rapture readers to our first edition of the “Weekly Player Grades blog post.” The purpose of this weekly blog is to grade, engage and discuss the performances of the Toronto Raptors players over the course of the past seven days. With the 2015-2016 season finally underway and the first week under our belts, it’s time to evaluate!

The grading system is pretty straight forward. Performances will be graded using the classic school grade letter system. An A+ grade meaning an excellent weekly performance (I don’t hand those out very easily) all the way down to an F grade, meaning a total failure.

Players roles within the team are different from each other so take in account that a bench player shooting effectively on their time on the court, can be graded higher then a starter scoring the same amount of points but at a less effective rate. What I look for when evaluating a player is their performance on both sides of the court, offensively and defensively. Other factors that are included in the grades are the player’s attitude, hustle, basic basketball fundamentals and shoot quality.

So without further a due, here are this week’s player grades for the week of October 28th through November 1st.

Mentions: Rookies, Norman Powell and Delon Wright were able to make their NBA debuts this week in garbage time against the Milwaukee Bucks. With just a little over 5 minutes of play between the two, a grade for their performance this week isn’t needed.