Although the Raptors have entered the playoffs again this season, but the first round of the face of the two super giants of embiid, Harden, the two super giants, they lost the third game, they were also sentenced to a 0-3 advance by the opponent a dead retardation, even if they won 2 consecutive games later, but in the G6 Raptors still lost the opponent by 35 points, and finally regretted to stop in the first round of the playoffs.
In the playoffs, Yuta Watanabe played a total of 10 minutes and only scored 4 points
With the Raptors out of the first round, Japanese player Yuta Watanabe also ended his fourth season in the NBA, in this first playoff trip with the Raptors, Watanabe Yuta did not get much chance, in these 6 games he only played 4 games, the total playing time is only 10 minutes, 6 shots 2 to score 4 points. It can be said that the team is a complete dragon set player, and earlier in the Raptors' post-game wrap-up meeting, Yuta Watanabe also said in an interview: "I need to shoot 40% (three-pointers) to keep my position." I realized I had to improve more, and the intensity and level of the playoffs was completely different. ”
The front line is full of people, and Yuta Watanabe's desire to continue the Raptors is basically hopeless
However, in reality, the possibility of Watanabe Yuta wanting to continue to stay in the Raptors is very slim, after the expiration of this season's contract, Watanabe Yuta will become a free agent, and in a team like the Raptors that is already overcrowded in the front position, a blue-collar player with mediocre strength like Yuta Watanabe is basically unlikely to continue to win the favor of the Raptors. Yuta Watanabe, who stayed with the Raptors through his excellent play in the preseason last season, also signed a formal contract with the team for 2 years and 2.08 million, and his contract of 1.76 million this season is actually not guaranteed, but he still used his own efforts and persistence to allow himself to successfully stay in the team and played the first playoffs of his career with the team. But in the middle of the regular season, he has gradually fallen out of the Raptors' main rotation lineup, and in the playoffs, he is basically completely abandoned by Nas, and only in the garbage time when the victory and defeat have been divided can he catch some appearances.
At present, the Raptors do have some excess manpower in the forward position, in addition to the core main forces such as Siakam, Anunoby, Scotty Barnes, veteran Thady Young, Achuva, first-year students Darano Banton, Justin Champani are all swing forwards who play the No. 34 position, and Watanabe Yuta wants to compete with these players to get a main rotation position, the difficulty can be imagined. As a defensively known forward, Yuta Watanabe does not have that particularly outstanding ability to attack, and the three-point shooting he has practiced hard this season has dropped from 40% last season to 34.2%, and in the NBA, the most important thing is a cool blue-collar player like Yuta Watanabe, if you can't have a certain performance on the offensive end, it is a common thing to be abandoned.
In order to win the next NBA contract, Yuta Watanabe will not play in the national team this summer
Earlier, Yuta Watanabe also revealed that he will not participate in the Japanese national team this summer, but will return to the United States to train immediately after a short return home, after all, this time it is likely to be abandoned by the Raptors, in order to win his next NBA contract, he does need to avoid injuries, whether in the end Yuta Watanabe can continue to return to the NBA next season, we should give a thumbs up to such a player who is trying to chase his dreams.