GT #46: Raptors vs. Pelicans (Monday, Jan 27th 7:30PM EST)

[Shakril]

I’m saying it. Are you lost?! Lol

The point is it’s dumb to commit to this “core” when they quite clearly stack up against the best.

Except you fail to realize that things change.

In our championship year...we added 3 new starters from the summer onward. This isn't close to be the final product of a good Raps team.

You are just pissed off they are winning games and hurting your tank dreams.

Tank dreams? Ok great way to polarize and not admit we want this team to be better than the mediocre pile Masai likes build around. It happened once with the PS FVV OG pile, and it's going to happen again

If you really want this team to be better, you would root for player development, smart Trades and instilling a winning culture.
For that you need to play hard, competitive and with purpose.

Tanking is the complete opposite of it.

[Tor_Raps]

Read on Twitter

Send that to every league GM please lol

[hype_2004]

I never want to hear about Gradey being soft after that. Dude tried taking a charge on Zion. Soft people don't do that.

have people called him soft?

He's actually pretty tough but he's weak that's why people call him soft

[Tor_Raps]

Antonio Daniels is annoying AF as a color analyst

is he still saying gradey richard?

he is awful on sirius xm nba radio too.

Yes he is. Multiple references now to how he can't say Dick. Childish.

Come on now... if Charles Barkley made that joke, which I think he has, everyone would be laughing with him lol.

[PhilBlackson]

Lol...did he say that?

No

I’m saying it. Are you lost?! Lol

The point is it’s dumb to commit to this “core” when they quite clearly stack up against the best.

Nobody is committing to this core. WTF are you talking about?

Guess you missed that those Barnes & IQ extensions or Masai talking about Gradey being a part of the core moving forward…

and if they weren’t then they should be emptying things out so they can create a new core.

[TimeForChange]

Don't look now but Gradey is on pace for his first career double double with 16/10. Just made that up but he definitely doesn't have a career double double right? Lol

[DelAbbot]

Except you fail to realize that things change.

In our championship year...we added 3 new starters from the summer onward. This isn't close to be the final product of a good Raps team.

You are just pissed off they are winning games and hurting your tank dreams.

Tank dreams? Ok great way to polarize and not admit we want this team to be better than the mediocre pile Masai likes build around. It happened once with the PS FVV OG pile, and it's going to happen again

If you really want this team to be better, you would root for player development, smart Trades and instilling a winning culture.
For that you need to play hard, competitive and with purpose.

Tanking is the complete opposite of it.

No poster agrees with you. Go find one and then I'll spend some thought on replying you

[canada_dry]

I never want to hear about Gradey being soft after that. Dude tried taking a charge on Zion. Soft people don't do that.

I haven't seen ANYONE try that, raptor or not, since Kyle Lowry.

Wins major points there for me.

[earthtone]

Tank dreams? Ok great way to polarize and not admit we want this team to be better than the mediocre pile Masai likes build around. It happened once with the PS FVV OG pile, and it's going to happen again

If you really want this team to be better, you would root for player development, smart Trades and instilling a winning culture.
For that you need to play hard, competitive and with purpose.

Tanking is the complete opposite of it.

No poster agrees with you. Go find one and then I'll spend some thought on replying you

+1 for Shakril

[rapsincr]

i really dont know how to feel about all this...

[earthtone]

Don't look now but Gradey is on pace for his first career double double with 16/10. Just made that up but he definitely doesn't have a career double double right? Lol

Career high is 8, should be able to pass that if he stays out of foul trouble and the Pels keep bricking

[Tripod]

I’m saying it. Are you lost?! Lol

The point is it’s dumb to commit to this “core” when they quite clearly stack up against the best.

Except you fail to realize that things change.

In our championship year...we added 3 new starters from the summer onward. This isn't close to be the final product of a good Raps team.

You are just pissed off they are winning games and hurting your tank dreams.

What’s more ridiculous is posters like you really believe that we’re somehow gonna have another complete MIRACLE trade for a player like Kawhi who was in argument for the best player in the league, like we’re just destined to win the biggest trade in the league and no other team will outbid us. When it’s literally impossible that we’ll be able to execute a trade anywhere near the highway robbery that was lol

Yesterday’s price is NOT today’s price lol that’s the delusion you haven’t realized yet.

You’re not getting players like Kawhi, Danny, Gasol & Ibaka while still keeping all of Lowry, Pascal, Fred, OG etc. Packages for good players now require MULTIPLE picks and good depth. It’s hilarious some of you are so jaded that you actually think that’s still viable route.

Lol...it's people like you that only see 1 way to win that turns people.away from TWO.

I have said MANY a time I hope we get a good pick. I said today Tak and Ochai should sit out.

But I am not going to pout like a child because they didn't do so and because the Raps are actually playing well....despite not having a real #1 scoring option.

[NinjaBro]

If you really want this team to be better, you would root for player development, smart Trades and instilling a winning culture.
For that you need to play hard, competitive and with purpose.

Tanking is the complete opposite of it.

No poster agrees with you. Go find one and then I'll spend some thought on replying you

+1 for Shakril

I agree with Shakril

[Dennis 37]

I’m saying it. Are you lost?! Lol

The point is it’s dumb to commit to this “core” when they quite clearly stack up against the best.

Except you fail to realize that things change.

In our championship year...we added 3 new starters from the summer onward. This isn't close to be the final product of a good Raps team.

You are just pissed off they are winning games and hurting your tank dreams.

What’s more ridiculous is posters like you really believe that we’re somehow gonna have another complete MIRACLE trade for a player like Kawhi who was in argument for the best player in the league, like we’re just destined to win the biggest trade in the league and no other team will outbid us. When it’s literally impossible that we’ll be able to execute a trade anywhere near the highway robbery that was lol

Yesterday’s price is NOT today’s price lol that’s the delusion you haven’t realized yet.

You’re not getting players like Kawhi, Danny, Gasol & Ibaka while still keeping all of Lowry, Pascal, Fred, OG etc. Packages for good players now require MULTIPLE picks and good depth. It’s hilarious some of you are so jaded that you actually think that’s still viable route.

It really doesn't matter. Regardless of whatever direction one thinks is the most advantageous, arguing it here is pointless.

Masai does not base his decisions on chat forum discussion.

Personally, I am hoping this is all about increasing value of tradeable assets.

[PushDaRock]

rj getting eaten up by murphy tonight

Everyone he’s guarded has ran into a wall.

thankfully he's chucking up bricks on the other end

[PhilBlackson]

Tank dreams? Ok great way to polarize and not admit we want this team to be better than the mediocre pile Masai likes build around. It happened once with the PS FVV OG pile, and it's going to happen again

If you really want this team to be better, you would root for player development, smart Trades and instilling a winning culture.
For that you need to play hard, competitive and with purpose.

Tanking is the complete opposite of it.

No poster agrees with you. Go find one and then I'll spend some thought on replying you

OKC, HOU and ORL were all considered losing teams for multiple years and ended up with multiple lottery picks. No one gave a sh*t about a fake “winning culture” lol

Once they established the high level talent at the core THEN they brought in the vets and other win now moves. All the development in the world isn’t gonna turn IQ or Gradey into players comparable to Chet and JDub lol

[TheRaptor!]

Problem is you have to build around the right 2-3 players.

IQ, RJ and Dick are not comparable to the other core players that are usually around the best players on the best teams of this league (period).

I cant evaluate IQ or Dick cause the latter is only in year two and the other one hasnt player more than 2 games in a row for us.
But RJ could very well be a starter thats fits around a franchise player.

None of that changes that aren’t comparable to championship core talent.

They simply aren’t & won’t be close to BOS, OKC or even ORL, CLE. To say otherwise is pure homer level delusion.

S'all good we can get our Mitchell and Allen (SG/C) via trades as well, we done with the tank after this yr

[DelAbbot]

No poster agrees with you. Go find one and then I'll spend some thought on replying you

+1 for Shakril

I agree with Shakril

No half intelligent poster agrees with Shakril

Warned: Personal Attack/Baiting.

[Tripod]

I’m saying it. Are you lost?! Lol

The point is it’s dumb to commit to this “core” when they quite clearly stack up against the best.

Nobody is committing to this core. WTF are you talking about?

Guess you missed that those Barnes & IQ extensions or Masai talking about Gradey being a part of the core moving forward…

and if they weren’t then they should be emptying things out so they can create a new core.

And Masai never talked about Demar as a core piece? Or give him a big contract.

Oh wait.

Oh I forgot....we can no longer do those deals because you said so.

[Tha Cynic]

The Pelicans are so bad, wtf