Scase wrote:Don't put yourself in quite literally the worst bargaining position possible, and maybe you extract more value. Wild concept. Keep dealing from a position of disadvantage, and yeah even the rumoured trades will look bad.
I agree that Siakams value was greatly overstated by a lot of fans, but suggesting that what we got for him was ok, because it was the best possible return is nonsense, when the reason it was such a bad return was due to poor management.
I've said it before and I will say it again, Masai was either wrong building a team with Siakam being "the guy" for 4 years, or Siakam had value and he ruined it and was stuck with a bad trade return. No matter which way you look at it, he **** up royally.
They sold seats and beer. Gave NN and company a chance to try. It's not the approach I would have taken yet context matters. It was a weird time. The bubble, and Tampa must have hit them hard in the pocket books. The best time to trade Pascal would have been after the Tampa season when they are coming back to Toronto. Yet, that doesn't take into consider the business aspect of the Franchise.
My position is that Pascal was never that valuable as a trade commodity and some of you would have been upset no matter when the trade happened. He's a second banana with no shot. Suspect defence. And he wants the ball in his hands.
There was no rumour for Pascal that ever was that exciting that I can recall. Portland reportedly offered #7 for OG and Hart. Yet not Pascal why is that? I have faith in the teams ability to draft. We got back a FRP that should be around #18 this draft. There's lots of players that will be available around that spot. Ripe for the picking if a scouting department makes well informed decisions. Who knows what the 2026 pick will look like. It could be decent. Hali is looking injured and ineffectual. Pascal will be older if he even stays. The draft maybe better.
People **** on Brown but someone needs to play during this ****. They never took back dead-weight in the trade either.
Some of you don't like the return. I think it's fine. That's the way opinions work. If the Pacers offered their lottery pick last year, well hell yeah the Raptors should have took that trade. I don't think it was there. And that the offers were underwhelming. He was more valuable here playing under NN than he was elsewhere fyi. We shall see. If they whiff on the two Pacers picks then I will stand corrected. But even then I'm happy he's gone and the team is rebuilding.