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Tom_Foolery wrote:Wish him the best.
To be honest, I'm kind of glad he's moved on. I don't know what most of you see in him.
No slight, just the numbers don't justify the attachment to him.
Duffman100 wrote:Madvillainy2004 wrote:The dumb part isn't us cutting him but there being no rule where we'd keep his rights if he did ever come back to play. Like we lost a RFA as a UFA essentially.
100%. Should be similar to Roko Ukic where we get his rights
aminiaturebuddha wrote:Duffman100 wrote:Madvillainy2004 wrote:The dumb part isn't us cutting him but there being no rule where we'd keep his rights if he did ever come back to play. Like we lost a RFA as a UFA essentially.
100%. Should be similar to Roko Ukic where we get his rights
It's especially annoying because the main issue was that the league wouldn't medically clear him to play. The Raptors waited for three quarters of the season for the league to clear him and they never did, so they felt they had no choice but to waive him.
Now the league is about to clear him and he's free to sign with anyone whereas the Raps paid for a year of service that they didn't get because the league wouldn't let him play.
But them's the breaks I guess. I still like him as a player and his defensive potential, but I don't think he's a major difference maker that would significantly change the Raptors fortunes. But I wish him all the best. Hopefully he has a long career ahead of him.
TimeForChange wrote:lol Masai keeps showing us how great of a GM he really is
Raps in 4 wrote:ill-Will03 wrote:Not sure how this is on the FO… it was something out of their control.
Even without hindsight, trading a FRP for a 33 year-old Thaddeus Young and a SRP was a bad deal. This is just salt on the wound at this point.
duppyy wrote:Are the media going to overhype this signing like they did with Christian wood? They were talking about Wood helping them win a championship when they signed him
Edrees wrote:JRoy wrote:Monta Ellis have it all
I was hoping and expecting this to be one of the first replies. You did not disappoint. Jroy have it all.
We the Champs...
Chandan wrote:Tom_Foolery wrote:Wish him the best.
To be honest, I'm kind of glad he's moved on. I don't know what most of you see in him.
No slight, just the numbers don't justify the attachment to him.
Really? I remember arguing about the potential of the Raptors youth and some people fed me stats where koloko has the most defensive impact in the entire roster, with off the chart great defensive metric.
Bank Shot wrote:Good for Koloko. I hope he sticks and makes some good money.
From a Raps perspective, I'm not losing sleep over this. He's not an NBA player on the offensive end and having a weak rebounder at the five is less than ideal. Rim protection can only take you so far.
Magic#1 wrote:We have won two playoff games in two years. If we decide to keep this team for the next two years, maybe it will feel like we won a series.
GLF wrote:bluerap23 wrote:He’s signing a 2-way. If we wanted him that badly we could have given him the last roster spot so cutting him last year had nothing to do with it. They obviously don’t think that highly of him atm.
How do you know he’s signing a two way? Shams never stated what the deal was
Tacoma wrote:Chandan wrote:Tom_Foolery wrote:Wish him the best.
To be honest, I'm kind of glad he's moved on. I don't know what most of you see in him.
No slight, just the numbers don't justify the attachment to him.
Really? I remember arguing about the potential of the Raptors youth and some people fed me stats where koloko has the most defensive impact in the entire roster, with off the chart great defensive metric.
Let's revisit the Koloko timeline here...
We made a bad trade - giving up a 1st round pick to SA for an old guy who wasn't even playing for them. But Masai is excused: we just moved down 13 rungs in the draft ladder and we would've selected Koloko at #20 anyway, you guys are too negative.
Then he didn't play that well and excuses were: but he was only a #33 second round pick and besides, Masai was right, he's young with oodles of potential on defense... anyway you guys are too negative.
Then the blood clot issue and justification was Masai was absolutely right to cut him and besides he'll be loyal and great fit for us and he'll choose us anyway because we drafted him and he's practicing with us... you guys are too negative.
Then Koloko signs with LA... but Masai is still right and it's the system's fault, the system should've allowed us to keep his rights and besides he wasn't any good anyway, Masai was right to cut him, in Masai we trust!
Possible next excuse on the excuse train: but #20 / #33 picks don't pan out anyway so no big loss, Thad was great, look how many players he mentored!
bluerap23 wrote:GLF wrote:bluerap23 wrote:He’s signing a 2-way. If we wanted him that badly we could have given him the last roster spot so cutting him last year had nothing to do with it. They obviously don’t think that highly of him atm.
How do you know he’s signing a two way? Shams never stated what the deal was
The Lakers' deal with Koloko must be reviewed by the league before he's cleared, sources told Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times. He's expected to sign a two-way contract, Woike reports.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-free-agency-lakers-agree-to-deal-with-7-footer-christian-koloko-per-reports-add-frontcourt-depth/amp/
