If nothing else, it was fun to see the playful — and not-so-playful — jawing back and forth. The Raptors and Rockets competed in a 40-minute scrimmage on Friday night in the Disney World bubble, and despite all the bizarre trappings that phrase implies, there the players were, giving each other shit. It was hard not to feel entertained after witnessing such a thing.
The not-so-playful trash talk is now particularly funny in retrospect. During the second quarter of last night’s scrimmage, it was belatedly brought to our attention by broadcaster Matt Devlin that Norman Powell and Russell Westbrook had been assigned double technicals.