Pointgod wrote:agkagk wrote:Pointgod wrote:
I mean it’s pretty simple. Raptors should be in asset accumulation mode. They could be a salary dumping ground for a ton of teams. Boucher, Brown and Mc Daniels is 37 million in expiring contracts if they’re willing to take on longer term salary.
If you can’t find a taker for Browm use you caspace to get picks.
I kinda expect masai to do the opposite and shop brown + expirings + picks for a veteran starting sf
Trading more picks for a non allstar player is the last thing we should do.
Its all hypothetical
Being completely objective, 360 from a air balloon looking down:
Assuming we dont lose in the draft;
Masai has the 5th pick, brown, boucher and mcdaniels expirying 36-ish million in expirings and a decent cache of picks at his disposal.
Whats masai’s first instinct?
Its what is brown, 5th pick, salary plus futures net on the the trade market?
Dude, the reason we turned late picks into all nba talent is because they developed in a winning culture.
Barnes is our lebron esque 1
Rj is our 2
Quick has all the talent in the wold but needs to learn how to execute in the half court.
Brown + 6 + loose change =‘s jimmy butler (for example)
Eff the play in or rebuilding
Rj quick jimmy scottie jakub
Is a top 6 team in the east
Literally, there are maybe 7 teams tops that can execute in the half court in the nba
Rj, jimmy, scottie and jakub are all dominate 2 way half court players.
The playoffs are PLAYED IN THE HALF COURT
Sign a veteran pg to mentor quick
And LETS GO
The calibre of teams in the league is at historic lows (examples: what are dallas and atlanta even doing?).
I guarantee you masai is thinking lets go, cause he should be.
Were literally one piece away and a back up pg away and we have the assets to get that piece!
Lets get back to being a continual quasi contender and turning scrub prospects into all nba talents.
If the offseason breaks right, were there.
Rj - dick
Quick - monte morris
Wiggins/butler - acbaji
Barnes - kelly
Jakub - rim runner
Plus a bunch of nwora’s and 30th overall picks
Thats equal to or greater than the current pacers.
Im just saying, its there for the taking.