The talk truly is cheap.
The Raptors have been awful for two games — they know it, anyone can see it — and the back-to-back drubbings administered by Atlanta and Charlotte represent one of the bleakest periods of the season so far.
To get all worked up about it serves little purpose, because the answer is quite simple. They need to play harder and smarter and better, and it doesn’t matter who says it or how.
“They’re obviously not happy, right?” coach Nick Nurse said after Saturday’s game. “It doesn’t really matter. What matters is how you respond to it when the ball goes up next, and we’ll have to wait and see on that.