Anyone Else Feel Bad for Toronto?

NiL8r87 · Post #21 » by **NiL8r87** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:05 pm

sockruhtese wrote:I don't. They tried to act like they had the best team ever when really they only got to the finals because of a weak Eastern conference and only won because their opponents all went down with injuries (and were also exhausted from being in the finals 5 years in a row).

That, along with Drake acting like a clown on the sidelines, makes me delighted that Toronto is now back to reality.

It's true. So many of our fans thought we were better than the 72 win Bulls, it got ridiculous! /s

rapstarter · Post #22 » by **rapstarter** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:05 pm

Our window was closing fast anyway.

Ecstatic with the championship, grateful for Kawhi's contributions, but now we move on.

Hellcrooner · Post #23 » by **Hellcrooner** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:06 pm

Not at all.

They KNEW he wanted to go to an l.a team and they knew they were MEDDLING into his request to be traded to one of them.

Ujiri played the " im smarter than everyone" card and got him for basically nothing ( then repeated a similar b.s move to get Gasol).

So, he knew this was an outcome to be expecte3d.

to top it the b.s move actually delivered a title that they had not won ever before.

So .
No.

not at all.

rrayy · Post #24 » by **rrayy** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:07 pm

AJ_Joseph wrote:They took a balsy risk on trading for Kawhi and the city showed him nothing but love. Jurrasic Park was something epic that hasn't been seen before. Now who knows when we'll ever get that type of fandom from a city. Definitely not the Clippers in LA. Jared Dudley said on Woj's Podcast that when he was on the Clippers (when they were good) it was still a Laker city even though the Lakers sucked.

Toronto showed Kawhi the time of his life and even won a championship. They deserved Kawhi more than both LA teams. Now we have to watch the Clippers dominate while chumps like Beverley run their mouth the entire time. Yuck.

NO. And their douchey fans make it easy to not feel bad for them.

klemen4 · Post #25 » by **klemen4** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:07 pm

AJ_Joseph · Post #26 » by **AJ_Joseph** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:07 pm

bisme37 wrote:I do. Toronto fans are trying to act like it's fine so someone has to complain for them. They did everything right by Kawhi as far as his health, have a terrific coach and front office, a great city, adoring fans, and they just won a title for Pete's sake. And dude still bounced. He can obviously do what he wants as a free agent but I'm gutted for Toronto.

And I know the title makes it "worth it" but if I'm being honest I think I'd be even more butthurt if he left after we just won a title. If they fell short you could say Kawhi left to go compete, but leaving the defending champions makes it hard to not take personal imo. Just my take if I'm putting myself in Raps fans shoes.

Well said. The NBA is always more fun when a team tries to defend their title, especially when it's hard-earned like Toronto. If I was a Raptor fan I'd burn my Leonard jersey.

The_Hater · Post #27 » by **The_Hater** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:08 pm

poomaster wrote:
NiL8r87 wrote:You don't have to feel bad. We won our title, got what 2/3rd of the teams in this league have never had and I think most of the fanbase is grateful for that.

It's 1 /3 not 2/3 of the league. under 12 NBA teams have never won a championship.

My quick math says exactly 12/30 franchises have never won the NBA championship, and if you adjust for cities it’s 14/30 have never celebrated a win as the Hawks and Kings haven’t won for their current fan bases, they won in St Louis and Rochester. The Pacers and Nets won ABA titles.

XxIronChainzxX · Post #28 » by **XxIronChainzxX** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:08 pm

poomaster wrote:
NiL8r87 wrote:You don't have to feel bad. We won our title, got what 2/3rd of the teams in this league have never had and I think most of the fanbase is grateful for that.

It's 1 /3 not 2/3 of the league. under 12 NBA teams have never won a championship.

A bunch of those championships have come while none of us are alive. Since 1980, most teams don't have titles. The 76ers have 1. The Lakers have a ton cause, you know. The Celtics have the 80s dynasty +1. And so on.

illuminati666 · Post #29 » by **illuminati666** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:09 pm

Feel kinda disrespected about the way Kawhi handled it this offseason. Esp how Danny Green wanted to run it back and he was waiting on if Kawhi would stay, but felt like Kawhi was just using Toronto as leverage to get what he wanted, after how good the organization was to him. Then he f'd OKC by tampering and pushing one of their stars STILL under contract to demand a trade to only 1 team. Never felt an emotional affiliation towards him so if he wants to leave fine, this whole season when he would talk about Toronto and the team he would say 'them' and not 'us', he knew he was gone.

LakersSoul · Post #30 » by **LakersSoul** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:09 pm

AJ_Joseph wrote:They took a balsy risk on trading for Kawhi and the city showed him nothing but love. Jurrasic Park was something epic that hasn't been seen before. Now who knows when we'll ever get that type of fandom from a city. Definitely not the Clippers in LA. Jared Dudley said on Woj's Podcast that when he was on the Clippers (when they were good) it was still a Laker city even though the Lakers sucked.

Toronto showed Kawhi the time of his life and even won a championship. They deserved Kawhi more than both LA teams. Now we have to watch the Clippers dominate while chumps like Beverley run their mouth the entire time. Yuck.

I wanted Kawhi on Lakers or Toronto. Toronto knew what they were up against when trading for Kawhi. He never committed and that speech at the parade showed Masai he needed to plan otherwise. If a Ship doesn’t get you to run it back then nothing will.

Now, I don’t think he is going to like it in LA since it’s run by the Lakers. We shall see.

poomaster · Post #31 » by **poomaster** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:09 pm

The_Hater wrote:
poomaster wrote:
NiL8r87 wrote:You don't have to feel bad. We won our title, got what 2/3rd of the teams in this league have never had and I think most of the fanbase is grateful for that.

It's 1 /3 not 2/3 of the league. under 12 NBA teams have never won a championship.

My quick math says exactly 12/30 franchises have never won the NBA championship, and if you adjust for cities it’s 14/30 have never celebrated a win as the Hawks and Kings haven’t won for their current fan bases, they won in St Louis and Rochester. The Pacers and Nets won ABA titles.

Ok 12 / 30, that's still quite a bit less than 2/3s.

illuminati666 · Post #32 » by **illuminati666** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:10 pm

rrayy wrote:
AJ_Joseph wrote:They took a balsy risk on trading for Kawhi and the city showed him nothing but love. Jurrasic Park was something epic that hasn't been seen before. Now who knows when we'll ever get that type of fandom from a city. Definitely not the Clippers in LA. Jared Dudley said on Woj's Podcast that when he was on the Clippers (when they were good) it was still a Laker city even though the Lakers sucked.

Toronto showed Kawhi the time of his life and even won a championship. They deserved Kawhi more than both LA teams. Now we have to watch the Clippers dominate while chumps like Beverley run their mouth the entire time. Yuck.
NO. And their douchey fans make it easy to not feel bad for them.

ouch

mademan · Post #33 » by **mademan** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:10 pm

rrayy wrote:
AJ_Joseph wrote:They took a balsy risk on trading for Kawhi and the city showed him nothing but love. Jurrasic Park was something epic that hasn't been seen before. Now who knows when we'll ever get that type of fandom from a city. Definitely not the Clippers in LA. Jared Dudley said on Woj's Podcast that when he was on the Clippers (when they were good) it was still a Laker city even though the Lakers sucked.

Toronto showed Kawhi the time of his life and even won a championship. They deserved Kawhi more than both LA teams. Now we have to watch the Clippers dominate while chumps like Beverley run their mouth the entire time. Yuck.
NO. And their douchey fans make it easy to not feel bad for them.

ima miss trolling bucks fans.

ChiCitySPORTS#1 · Post #34 » by **ChiCitySPORTS#1** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:11 pm

6ix wrote:
israelfirst wrote:no. im happy i wont have to see drake in the playoffs

Yeah, you won’t see Drake in the playoffs for another 20 years lol.

Raptors are now the worst team in the NBA.

Tf? No they’re not. They’ll still make the playoffs next year too

The_Hater · Post #35 » by **The_Hater** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:11 pm

poomaster wrote:
The_Hater wrote:
poomaster wrote:
It's 1 /3 not 2/3 of the league. under 12 NBA teams have never won a championship.

My quick math says exactly 12/30 franchises have never won the NBA championship, and if you adjust for cities it’s 14/30 have never celebrated a win as the Hawks and Kings haven’t won for their current fan bases, they won in St Louis and Rochester. The Pacers and Nets won ABA titles.

Ok 12 / 30, that's still quite a bit less than 2/3s.

My quick math says you’re correct.

The_Hater · Post #36 » by **The_Hater** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:12 pm

ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:
6ix wrote:
israelfirst wrote:no. im happy i wont have to see drake in the playoffs

Yeah, you won’t see Drake in the playoffs for another 20 years lol.

Raptors are now the worst team in the NBA.

Tf? No they’re not. They’ll still make the playoffs next year too

(Psst. Sarcasm)

Jazz9 · Post #37 » by **Jazz9** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:12 pm

I do, not because he didn't choose them but because he had no intention of going back from the beginning.
Just bought time for the Clippers to do their thing.

6ix · Post #38 » by **6ix** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:12 pm

ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:
6ix wrote:
israelfirst wrote:no. im happy i wont have to see drake in the playoffs

Yeah, you won’t see Drake in the playoffs for another 20 years lol.

Raptors are now the worst team in the NBA.

Tf? No they’re not. They’ll still make the playoffs next year too

Nah man, they are out. Bottom 3 team in the league.

poomaster · Post #39 » by **poomaster** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:13 pm

Raptors will just wait until the Bucks collapse and snatch Giannis.

ChiCitySPORTS#1 · Post #40 » by **ChiCitySPORTS#1** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 11:13 pm

The_Hater wrote:
ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:
6ix wrote:Yeah, you won’t see Drake in the playoffs for another 20 years lol.

Raptors are now the worst team in the NBA.

Tf? No they’re not. They’ll still make the playoffs next year too

(Psst. Sarcasm)

Oh