Bobcat says on air - Lebron 50/50 to Toronto

Raptorstorm · Post #201 » by **Raptorstorm** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:56 am

I just lost it, didn't even pass reading first page...

Godbless MU

deeps6x · Post #202 » by **deeps6x** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:57 am

protothe wrote:50/50 chance that Lebron is in the East this year.

I know you are trying to be funny, but really, there is a 100% chance he plays in the East next season.

No question at all in my mind that he wants to create his legacy with a huge ass asterisk next to it.

Rapsalot · Post #203 » by **Rapsalot** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:03 am

garbagnani wrote:
Rapsalot wrote:This is the biggest bunch of BS on the history of this board! It would have to be Sign & trade and by the time we did it there would be nothing left for James to play with. Too stupid! Like a weather person saying 50/50% chance of rain. If it happens told you so. If it doesn't told you so! LMfA & a bunch of other parts Off!

Miami got LeBron from Cleveland in sign and trade for a draft pick.Miami has no leverage. Expirings plus or pick, knicks pick would Get be enough

OK? Miami had cap space to sign them to very high priced deals $15mill plus so all the S&T did was get a little something back for allowing Bosh and James to make more money not change the team and there was the drive for big three as Wade and Bosh signed the day before. None of that is true in Toronto. Now if he said it is 50/50 he leaves Heat and July 1 it was only 25%. I can listen to that because it is reasonable. But, he said 50/50 Toronto not 50/50 rest of the league like Cavs have a chance, lakers have a chance even Suns have a chance and Toronto has a good Roster and international flare James likes so we have some chance. Plus James wants the team he goes to having most future winnable assets. That's why Cavs working on Love but likely more on future picks than players. High cap folks first.

xAIRNESSx · Post #204 » by **xAIRNESSx** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:06 am

RonaldArtest wrote:Would stunt Ross' growth, do not want.

Can't forget that.

:lol:

xAIRNESSx · Post #205 » by **xAIRNESSx** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:12 am

JVHOF wrote:Sorry fr being ignorant.. But who is Riddick Bowe.. Why does
He claim to know that lebron is signing with the raptors??

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He's the former world heavyweight champion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddick_Bowe

garbagnani · Post #206 » by **garbagnani** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:12 am

Rapsalot wrote:
garbagnani wrote:
Rapsalot wrote:This is the biggest bunch of BS on the history of this board! It would have to be Sign & trade and by the time we did it there would be nothing left for James to play with. Too stupid! Like a weather person saying 50/50% chance of rain. If it happens told you so. If it doesn't told you so! LMfA & a bunch of other parts Off!

Miami got LeBron from Cleveland in sign and trade for a draft pick.Miami has no leverage. Expirings plus or pick, knicks pick would Get be enough

OK? Miami had cap space to sign them to very high priced deals $15mill plus so all the S&T did was get a little something back for allowing Bosh and James to make more money not change the team and there was the drive for big three as Wade and Bosh signed the day before. None of that is true in Toronto. Now is he said it is 50/50 he leaves Heat and July 1 it was only 25%. I can listen to that reasonable. But he said 50/50 Toronto not 50/50 rest of the league like Cavs have a chance. lakers have a chance even Suns have a chance and Toronto has a good Roster and international flare James like so we have some chance. Plus James wants the team he goes to having most future winnable assets. That's why Cavs working on Love but likely more on future picks than players. High cap folks first.

My point was Miami will have no leverage, they will sign and trade lebron the team his choice for a pick or two. They have no leverage on us as we can easily clear the cap space to sign LeBron to a max without their help. Dumping Amir, Lou, fields, Hayes would clear max space for LeBron.

terryboy · Post #207 » by **terryboy** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:25 am

50/50 chance he comes to Toronto for Caribana

sortpar · Post #208 » by **sortpar** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:26 am

LeBron could possible be 50-50 in coming to Toronto, but he is probably 90-10 in going to half of the other teams in the NBA. So... what you are saying is that we have a chance.

Anatomize · Post #209 » by **Anatomize** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:26 am

Bobcat pumping up his ratings

TOStateofMind · Post #210 » by **TOStateofMind** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:28 am

right, and every other team in the league amirite :lol:

Dan2087 · Post #211 » by **Dan2087** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:29 am

50/50 chance he comes to Toronto as a member of the Cavs

The Watcher · Post #212 » by **The Watcher** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:55 am

MEDIC wrote:
The Watcher wrote:
garbagnani wrote:Miami got LeBron from Cleveland in sign and trade for a draft pick.Miami has no leverage. Expirings plus or pick, knicks pick would Get be enough

Yes, Miami does have leverage: they could simply say "no, if you want to go play for Toronto, go sign for the $10 million that they have available". That would mean that Bron would be out about 10.5 million bucks in salary. So they do have leverage.

You could trade guys like Fields & Hayes (who expire next year) with multiple draft picks and or young players for cap space. You have the ability to sign a guy like LBJ, then you trade whatever you have to get him.

I'm not even a LBJ fan, but I would do it.

You (among a few others) make good points on dumping contracts by attaching assets. And of course, if LBJ wanted to be a Raptor, you do it every day and twice on Sunday, regardless of what you need to attach to the dump. With that said, I think part of the allure of the Raptors is the young assets that we have, so dumping some of them might be counter-productive to the pitch to LeBron.

I think its all a moot point anyways as I believe he's going home to Cleveland.

Bankai · Post #213 » by **Bankai** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:58 am

Only if lebron waited till next year, we could offer him max and still have the core intact. Imagine lebron with our current top 7 guys.. Nice

rlserenity · Post #214 » by **rlserenity** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:46 am

Bump it up! why isnt this talked about more.!!!

brownbobcat · Post #215 » by **brownbobcat** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:47 am

mango2209 wrote:Bobcat knows nothing about basketball. His opinion is as good as any realgmer (except carl)

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This is a guy who regularly brings in Doug Smith as his basketball expert.

No, I'm not joking.

nitrous · Post #216 » by **nitrous** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:10 am

I don't care how absurd this sounds.

The fact that we are even talking (dreaming) about it is good enough for me. :lol:

ballislife · Post #217 » by **ballislife** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:14 am

Oh boy... can someone please lock this?

LBJ is only talking to 2 teams: Miami and Cleveland.

He's reportedly not talking to any other teams.

geminiz · Post #218 » by **geminiz** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:15 am

LeBron sign and trade for Chuck Hayes, Landry Fields, and whichever scrub we got from Jazz

....yeah, aint happening!

UnderdogRaptors · Post #219 » by **UnderdogRaptors** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:20 am

More like 70/30

Hulk_Hogan · Post #220 » by **Hulk_Hogan** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:21 am

OP either didn't actually listen to the segment or has serious comprehension issues. Here is what Bob actually said:

-He has heard rumblings that the Raptors have been talking to Lebron for months, well before they were technically allowed to

-There was a "report" from somebody he knows that Lebron will sign with the Raptors tomorrow

-He himself discounted the source saying he doesn't know that he can trust it

-He hasn't been able to get in touch with any of the big shots at MLSE to verify this

-BUTCH CARTER said months ago he thought it was 50/50 Lebron would go to Toronto. Bob even reiterated that he himself didn't think it was 50/50, Butch did.

He said several times throughout the segment he didn't actually think it would happen. He brought it up in a casual conversation and said he's not confident in it at all. OP trolled everybody, brother.