So.... what do we do about the frontcourt now?
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Baynes-Biz might be it with a lot of small ball Boucher...
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We may have to put up with a season of relative mediocrity. Perhaps a 6 seed. It's worth the sacrifice to keep our max slot. We are setup for AT LEAST 3 years of contention after that.
Wouldn't be the end of the world. Lakers and Nets probably make any short term solutions futile anyways. We can't be sacrificing 3 or more years of contention starting from 2021 for a front court player who probably won't make any difference with this season's final results. Are there any front court players available who will make a difference in when we're eliminated this spring?
In 2021 lebron, durant, kyrie, leonard, george will all be a year older and teams will shuffle decks. I think being overly concerned about this season could sabotage what we've been building towards.
If we couldn't play Ibaka or Gasol against the celtics when it mattered (we won game 6 by going small and made game 7 close by going small too) then we can't assume anything serious in terms of postseason success will hinge on either of them this season.
Wouldn't be the end of the world. Lakers and Nets probably make any short term solutions futile anyways. We can't be sacrificing 3 or more years of contention starting from 2021 for a front court player who probably won't make any difference with this season's final results. Are there any front court players available who will make a difference in when we're eliminated this spring?
In 2021 lebron, durant, kyrie, leonard, george will all be a year older and teams will shuffle decks. I think being overly concerned about this season could sabotage what we've been building towards.
If we couldn't play Ibaka or Gasol against the celtics when it mattered (we won game 6 by going small and made game 7 close by going small too) then we can't assume anything serious in terms of postseason success will hinge on either of them this season.
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This just took the air out of the upcoming season. Gonna be a boring season knowing we won't even win a round.
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There definitely will be interest from FA because there is a starting spot up for grabs. Curious to see who the FO targets now (aside from Gasol). I think Giles, Cousins, Biyombo, Hernangomez, Cauley-Stein, and Baynes are the best available.
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Tor_Raps wrote:This just took the air out of the upcoming season. Gonna be a boring season knowing we won't even win a round.
Lakers are winning the chip after all those moves they made....Raptors aren't beating them even if Ibaka played like an allstar
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Love it, lets get itMr. Perfect wrote:Lets get Demarcus Cousins on a 1 year. Win-win for both sides. We need frontcourt scoring and rebounding. He gets all the opportunity here to prove himself again and work with our medical staff. Get it done Masai.
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ThemCrookedRefs wrote:There definitely will be interest from FA because there is a starting spot up for grabs. Curious to see who the FO targets now (aside from Gasol). I think Giles, Cousins, Biyombo, Hernangomez, Cauley-Stein, and Baynes are the best available.
Too bad they all su*KK balls ....except for maybe Baynes
urg...i was really hoping for a sign and trade with the nets for ALlen but i knew that was a longshot!!!
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Inevitable wrote:I’d throw a 15-20 mill one year deal at Whiteside. I really think Lowry can get the best from him.
we can't do that, we only have the MLE (9.5/yr) available, and looking at what just happened with Serge it doesn't look like we'd be willing to offer a guaranteed 2nd year to anyone.
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Just gotta trust in Masai and his ability to find talent. Hopefully he taps a talent from his Giants of Africa program.

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Tor_Raps wrote:This just took the air out of the upcoming season. Gonna be a boring season knowing we won't even win a round.
So many options to back fill here. Being successful with small ball against Boston might be why we are here right now. We had two massively paid bigs. Len also is a back-up option.
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Tor_Raps wrote:This just took the air out of the upcoming season. Gonna be a boring season knowing we won't even win a round.
There was never much air anyway. Winning a round is meaningless. This franchise needs a superstar if it intends to contend again for the foreseeable future.
One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
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v1n5anity wrote:Just gotta trust in Masai and his ability to find talent. Hopefully he taps a talent from his Giants of Africa program.
How about Solomon Alabi?
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Man for years we had sht bigs and then we had the best pairing and now we are back to being sht
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SFour wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:This just took the air out of the upcoming season. Gonna be a boring season knowing we won't even win a round.
Lakers are winning the chip after all those moves they made....Raptors aren't beating them even if Ibaka played like an allstar
I agree we weren't winning any championship this year but I could have hoped for at least 1 round. Now we're not winning a single round.
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dalton749 wrote:Time to find a way to move Kyle for horford. Only way to salvage the front court at this point.
Hell no. Not trading Lowry’s expiring deal for the worst contract in the league.
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Biyombo and Siakam is gonna be a disaster together.
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Might as well go for Cousins if his legs are still funcational and he can move
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OAKLEY_2 wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:This just took the air out of the upcoming season. Gonna be a boring season knowing we won't even win a round.
So many options to back fill here. Being successful with small ball against Boston might be why we are here right now. We had two massively paid bigs. Len also is a back-up option.
Baynes gasol cousins Giles whiteside. We need 2 of them and hope at least 1 of them breaks out for us.
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Embrace small ball. If there is one team that is built for it, its our roster.
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Randle McMurphy wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:This just took the air out of the upcoming season. Gonna be a boring season knowing we won't even win a round.
There was never much air anyway. Winning a round is meaningless. This franchise needs a superstar if it intends to contend again for the foreseeable future.
Ya but winning a round this year could have been interesting knowing we are going after a superstar the following season. Now I expect utter trash this season relatively to where we've been for the past few years.