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Prestige wrote:What was the point of tanking? Two straight years teams with minuscule chances jumped. We may as well have gone for it.
SharoneWright wrote:Tripod wrote:SharoneWright wrote:
Happily gut our roster. Not in love with any of them.
Because you think the next shiny toy is "it" when in reality, it rarely is.
Nope. But I’m certainly not protective of any of our “assets”. Nobody fears our core four, and none of them are retained at value.
littlerock2277 wrote:Man you can see it on Masai face when they announced him during the draft lottery.
He looked so angry like he already knew the results.
Tha Cynic wrote:Well, I didn't like the size and one dimensional games of a lot of the players in the 5-8 range anyway. This means they can take a flier on someone who hopefully surprises?
Son Goku 25 wrote:littlerock2277 wrote:Man unbelievable they need to change this lottery format. Let us see how Dallas jumped into the 1st spot, how the spurs and Philly jumped into top3.
I am sorry those 3 franchises are the last teams that deserve top picks.
Had a generational player but poor them can't have too many
Pointgod wrote:Raptors Realtor wrote:Pointgod wrote:
You know we were games ahead of Philadelphia at the deadline right? The same Philadelphia team that just moved up to grab the third pick. We also dropped 2 spots last lottery as well. It just goes to show you that you either go all in for the tank or you try to compete and pray for luck like Atlanta and Dallas if you fall short. But no more half measures.
Philly had a whole bunch of injuries in the 2nd half, pretty much their entire starting 5 and their potential rookie of the year were all injured... Regardless your post was about the Jazz and wizards who have the league's worst teams on paper and tried mercilessly to tank, and still fell out of the top 4... Just goes to show that having a crappy team while trying to tank doesn't guarantee you anything come draft time.
Well there are no guarantees but they still have a higher pick than us. I don’t think they’re losing much sleep over this.
djsunyc wrote:masai scouted folks overseas prepping in case we dropped.
gotta see what moves we make this summer but as currently constructed...only a pf or c would see mins as a rookie next season.
Raptors Realtor wrote:Randle McMurphy wrote:rarefind wrote:
Yes, let's celebrate the key person who lifted this organization out of poverty franchise status leaving.
You don't get a free pass for a half decade because you did something in 2019. That applies to front office members as much as players. Put his name in the rafters all you want but he badly needs to go and this franchise badly needs to find some direction again.
Just a terrible take... Good luck finding a better replacement.
bballsparkin wrote:PushDaRock wrote:ForeverTFC wrote:
Explain Sixers then. Only the Jazz were worse in their tanking ways.
can't make it too obvious
Can't have too many lousy teams in the East either. Dynasty in OKC? We talking about OKC? Nah.
bballsparkin wrote:Tripod wrote:bballsparkin wrote:The Islanders really need that #1 pick too. Utah the new franchise owners. hehe
And the NYI were supposed to host the All Star Game but it got scrapped for the Olympic tourney they are doing.
So got rewarded for losing that AS weekend
We either draft Maluach or someone that falls in the draft.Tha Cynic wrote:Well, I didn't like the size and one dimensional games of a lot of the players in the 5-8 range anyway. This means they can take a flier on someone who hopefully surprises?
Randle McMurphy wrote:Raptors Realtor wrote:Randle McMurphy wrote:You don't get a free pass for a half decade because you did something in 2019. That applies to front office members as much as players. Put his name in the rafters all you want but he badly needs to go and this franchise badly needs to find some direction again.
Just a terrible take... Good luck finding a better replacement.
That's the same faulty logic I used to hear when Executive of the Year Bryan Colangelo was running the team too.
artsncrafts wrote:
Mavs pick is rigged but I dont understand why the league would keep helping out the Spurs for decades. They dont need any more help.
littlerock2277 wrote:Son Goku 25 wrote:littlerock2277 wrote:Man unbelievable they need to change this lottery format. Let us see how Dallas jumped into the 1st spot, how the spurs and Philly jumped into top3.
I am sorry those 3 franchises are the last teams that deserve top picks.
Had a generational player but poor them can't have too many
This truly angers me, Why do these franchises keep getting rewarded with Top picks. They get a generational player 2 years ago, another top 4 pick last year and now a Top 2 pick.
I will never ask the raptors to tank again. We should just inform the league that we will trade Barnes to the lakers for trash that seems like the route to take.
Tripod wrote:SharoneWright wrote:Tripod wrote:Because you think the next shiny toy is "it" when in reality, it rarely is.
Nope. But I’m certainly not protective of any of our “assets”. Nobody fears our core four, and none of them are retained at value.
Maybe we wait and see what they can actually do together. This is far from the finished product.
