Former Raptor discussion thread 2.0

Bankai · Post #341 » by **Bankai** » Tue Oct 1, 2019 1:25 am

Bring Him Home?

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TheBoi10 · Post #342 » by **TheBoi10** » Tue Oct 1, 2019 1:30 am

Bankai wrote:Bring Him Home?

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I hope Casey and DeBumzan continue to lose in those dumps while we continue to win championships

Johnny Bball · Post #343 » by **Johnny Bball** » Tue Oct 1, 2019 4:41 pm

Raptors fans endlessly blamed the Raptors Organization and Casey for James Johnson not being very good. Well this is what it takes, this is the level you have to go to, to get James Johnson to be an average player. Pretty safe to say he never took it seriously here.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/255559/Heat-Banish-James-Johnson-For-Not-Meeting-Conditioning-Requirements

dTox · Post #344 » by **dTox** » Tue Oct 1, 2019 6:04 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:Raptors fans endlessly blamed the Raptors Organization and Casey for James Johnson not being very good. Well this is what it takes, this is the level you have to go to, to get James Johnson to be an average player. Pretty safe to say he never took it seriously here.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/255559/Heat-Banish-James-Johnson-For-Not-Meeting-Conditioning-Requirements

Erik Spoelstra praised Johnson just one day ago.

"He’s been very serious about his work this summer," Spoelstra said. "You can see it in our conditioning day. He did a great job with that. He’s a unique two-way player in his ability to guard one through five when he's healthy and facilitate and make other players better from a hybrid frontcourt position is unique. He's coming in healthy."

lol

Westside Gunn · Post #345 » by **Westside Gunn** » Wed Oct 2, 2019 4:26 am

Bankai wrote:Bring Him Home?

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mfer looking like 90s robocop without the face helmet

LuDux1 · Post #346 » by **LuDux1** » Thu Oct 3, 2019 3:25 am

"That was tasty, right? I hit that joint and hang there"

Kabookalu · Post #347 » by **Kabookalu** » Fri Oct 4, 2019 4:01 am

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Kabookalu · Post #348 » by **Kabookalu** » Sun Oct 6, 2019 10:35 pm

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Dennis 37 · Post #349 » by **Dennis 37** » Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:50 pm

Kabookalu wrote:

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We traded this guy for someone whom I can not even remember his name.

Did the salary saved really make that much difference to the bottom line?

Raptorfan2012 · Post #350 » by **Raptorfan2012** » Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:23 pm

Dennis 37 wrote:
Kabookalu wrote:

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We trade this guy for someone who I can not even remember his name.

Did the salary saved really make that much difference to the bottom line?

Maybe, dumping Bruno allowed us to avoid tax that season, and then we went into the tax for the first time last season and got a Championship out of it. Who knows, maybe if the Grizz cut him (he is partial contract I believe) we can always bring him back

Dennis 37 · Post #351 » by **Dennis 37** » Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:45 pm

Raptorfan2012 wrote:
Dennis 37 wrote:
Kabookalu wrote:

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We trade this guy for someone who I can not even remember his name.

Did the salary saved really make that much difference to the bottom line?

Maybe, dumping Bruno allowed us to avoid tax that season, and then we went into the tax for the first time last season and got a Championship out of it. Who knows, maybe if the Grizz cut him (he is partial contract I believe) we can always bring him back

Based on that highlight package, he looks better than a couple players we gave guaranteed contracts to.

Kingsway_fan · Post #352 » by **Kingsway_fan** » Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:02 pm

Dennis 37 wrote:
Raptorfan2012 wrote:
Dennis 37 wrote:We trade this guy for someone who I can not even remember his name.

Did the salary saved really make that much difference to the bottom line?

Maybe, dumping Bruno allowed us to avoid tax that season, and then we went into the tax for the first time last season and got a Championship out of it. Who knows, maybe if the Grizz cut him (he is partial contract I believe) we can always bring him back

Based on that highlight package, he looks better than a

couple players we gave guaranteed contracts to.[/quot

He would start for us at the 3, and be the perfect complement to pascal, sadly....

bballsparkin · Post #353 » by **bballsparkin** » Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:00 pm

Dennis 37 wrote:
Based on that highlight package, he looks better than a couple players we gave guaranteed contracts to.

I bet Bruno wanted out so he could get some minutes. He's looking good though agreed.

Kevin Willis · Post #354 » by **Kevin Willis** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:38 pm

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Kabookalu · Post #355 » by **Kabookalu** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:51 pm

bballsparkin wrote:
Dennis 37 wrote:
Based on that highlight package, he looks better than a couple players we gave guaranteed contracts to.

I bet Bruno wanted out so he could get some minutes. He's looking good though agreed.

Some games he's looked awful, but they're experimenting with him seeing if he can be the backup 5. It hasn't worked out at all, he doesn't have the bruiser mentality required from a center, but he's looked a lot better again when they slide him to the 4.

I'd much rather have him than Stanley Johnson and Rondae Hollis Jefferson.

PT416 · Post #356 » by **PT416** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:16 pm

We went from Kawhi Leonard to dreaming about Bruno Caboclo.

Mikistan · Post #357 » by **Mikistan** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:45 pm

Kevin Willis wrote:

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What is even going on here?

The first 3 mins are so disjointed, bodies hitting the floor, people jawing at one another, players not starting plays in the right places...

Kevin Willis · Post #358 » by **Kevin Willis** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:15 am

Mikistan wrote:
Kevin Willis wrote:

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What is even going on here?

The first 3 mins are so disjointed, bodies hitting the floor, people jawing at one another, players not starting plays in the right places...

I know!! They don't look that good at all. Lakers look way more polished, that team lacks facilitators. Lakers have Rondo, Lebron and I guess Caruso. Portland, GSW, Houston, Denver, Utah all have good backcourts. They will look messed up to start the season.

ItsDanger · Post #359 » by **ItsDanger** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:59 am

Kawhi 5/19 vs Dallas in Vancouver, clippers looking shaky so far.

Fairview4Life · Post #360 » by **Fairview4Life** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:55 am

It's preseason.