Yahoo: Raps sign Linas Kleiza to 4 year 18.8M offer sheet

Reg00 · Post #281 » by **Reg00** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:03 pm

Good signing.

I'm ready to start the season. Our rotation is set and we're ready to roll. Keep Jack and Caldy, our swingteam is better. Have Weems and Kleiza back up the 2 and 3 spots, Belli gets his somewhere if he shows up. And the frontcourt is young and eager.

Roll right into a nice pick next year, but this season will be entertaining.

whysoserious · Post #282 » by **whysoserious** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:03 pm

Condi Rice wrote:BC killing future cap space with these signings... we should be tanking 2010/11 and using future cap space to send out TPE's and getting back picks in those future years.

Oh BC you are desperate now aren't you?

Yes, let's get capspace, guys are just lining up to sign in Toronto.

UnRealGM · Post #283 » by **UnRealGM** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:03 pm

hoping denver doesnt match.. or this is all for naught.

Condi Rice · Post #284 » by **Condi Rice** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:03 pm

TMMC wrote:Bryan has shown he can move vertually any contract, i'm not concerned about future cap space and Kleiza at 5 mill per is not bad at all

Yeah all he has to do is throw in another of our first round picks!! Though it'll probably take 3 or 4 first rounders to shed Hudi Turkeyloo

killerbs · Post #285 » by **killerbs** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:04 pm

raptors.com has replaced Bosh with DeRozan on main page Season Seat link. Team will prob sell all young guys in marketing this season.

teamLeiweke · Post #286 » by **teamLeiweke** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:04 pm

gerrit4 wrote:I can see where he fits in. Can play 2/3/4, shoot the three. This could even out the roster.

That being said, I'm not sure why we're doing it...

What is he 20% from 3? whaaaat.

killerbs · Post #287 » by **killerbs** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

Colangelo said on the fan last week that if we lose Bosh straight up we would lose Amir's bird's rights and MLE.

Macho · Post #288 » by **Macho** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

This is a (Please Use More Appropriate Word) signing if Hedo stays.

whysoserious · Post #289 » by **whysoserious** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

ahson wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:
LittleOzzy wrote:People just hate everything right now. 90% of the forum has no idea what they want from this team.

They want to rebuild, but they also don't want to suck. They want good players but they want to tank. Most have no clue.

I want to rebuild and tank this year because attempting to win anything would be futile. That's pretty simple, no?

BC isn't the type of GM willing to let his team to tank and have a similar record like Nets last season. Also BC works proactively so you/MLSE will not say he is a lazy bum, not doing anything and have the excuse to fire him. He is doing all these for the team of course as well as his job security.

How has tanking worked for the Nets so far? All that capspace and they missed out on the prize prospect of the draft. They got a solid player in Favors who could turn out to be really good but we all know everyone wanted Wall.

DC5 · Post #290 » by **DC5** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

Yay another Euro...

Condi Rice · Post #291 » by **Condi Rice** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

whysoserious wrote:
Condi Rice wrote:BC killing future cap space with these signings... we should be tanking 2010/11 and using future cap space to send out TPE's and getting back picks in those future years.

Oh BC you are desperate now aren't you?

Yes, let's get capspace, guys are just lining up to sign in Toronto.

Cap space = take on 1 or 2 year contracts + picks/young player from a team needing to shed salary, rinse and repeat

not necessarily sign player

cp007 · Post #292 » by **cp007** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

Condi Rice wrote:
cp007 wrote:
Condi Rice wrote:BC killing future cap space with these signings... we should be tanking 2010/11 and using future cap space to send out TPE's and getting back picks in those future years.

Oh BC you are desperate now aren't you?

You think MLSE will let him put a **** product on the floor, where only the die hards like us will watch. The team still needs to look respectable.

AND THUS WE BECOME THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

LOLOLOLLOLLOLLOO

If MLSE doesn't allow a full rebuild of the raptors like they have allowed Burke to do with the leafs, then we will be the version of the Leafs. But u, me and all the guys on here will watch.

KingstonRaptors · Post #293 » by **KingstonRaptors** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

theonlyeastcoastrapsfan wrote:This is why I love this board and this team... Yes I think soe of you are idiots. And I'm sure it's vice versa. but we're all about the raps. We got LBJ mabye creating a dynasty tonight, Bosh leaving us for MIA, but we care about this deal. We care about the Raptors. Whether you love to bash them on the web, while you cheer for them in your chair, we care about us. Once you leave, good riddens. Don't let the door hit you. We're the best board on realgm and other fans of other teams are checking our boards wondering why we stopped talking about MIA and Cleveland, meanwhile we'll have a 25 page thread on Klieze by noon. Where the online basket ball mecca. Everybody else are just bystanders.

*wipes single tear from right eye*

:cry:

Love you too bro....

rdtx2005 · Post #294 » by **rdtx2005** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

Press Conference at 1pm!

Los Manos · Post #295 » by **Los Manos** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:05 pm

I'm happy with the signing. Fingers crossed Denver doesn't match.

Along with all the other intangibles mentioned, It will be nice to have someone who can shoot the three from the corner at a high clip. After Parker & Kapono left along with Bellinelli's inconsistency, we really struggled to make use of the corner 3 after several years where we were deadly from that spot in an system that regularly provides space for that shot through our Pick and Roll offence.

sump · Post #296 » by **sump** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:07 pm

Bryan Colangelo is a moron plain and simple. This team needed Wings and he goes and gets power forwards and centres (JO, Reggie, etc) now we need god damn PF/C and we are getting Linas Kleiza who is basically a younger Hedo we have DD, Weems, Marco etc.

Bryan Colangelo please do not return next year. I hear Pat Riley needs an assistant GM. Since you have assisted him so well in the last 2 years it may be time to just get on the pay roll.

I hope everyone enjoyed 9th place last year because we are gonna be 10th this year.

ShowMeTheMoney · Post #297 » by **ShowMeTheMoney** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:07 pm

There must be a S & T worked out with Miami, how else can we sign Kleiza? Without the s & t we lose our MLE. ..and the cap space we gain will be to sign Johnson.

SDM · Post #298 » by **SDM** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:08 pm

Condi Rice wrote:
Cap space = take on 1 or 2 year contracts + picks/young player from a team needing to shed salary, rinse and repeat

not necessarily sign player

Exactly. Every team in the league has been making these types of moves except for the Raptors. We're always going 4-5 year deals on everyone. It worked when we were a playoff team, but it's not going to work now.

kedineking · Post #299 » by **kedineking** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:08 pm

Macho wrote:This is a (Please Use More Appropriate Word) signing if Hedo stays.

why does it matter? Kleiza is a 4 not a 3

whysoserious · Post #300 » by **whysoserious** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:09 pm

Condi Rice wrote:
whysoserious wrote:
Condi Rice wrote:BC killing future cap space with these signings... we should be tanking 2010/11 and using future cap space to send out TPE's and getting back picks in those future years.

Oh BC you are desperate now aren't you?

Yes, let's get capspace, guys are just lining up to sign in Toronto.

Cap space = take on 1 or 2 year contracts + picks/young player from a team needing to shed salary, rinse and repeat

not necessarily sign player

Those are probably secondary players you are getting so great, we're gonna get capspace to trade for guys in the Turkoglu tier of players to add. Yippee!

Again, tanking does not guarantee anything. Again, the key guys for this teams future are Derozan, Davis, Alabi, Bargnani....all young and will be playing major minutes. Does Kleiza change the outlook of the team? No but he fills a spot on the team.