GT #46: Raptors vs. Pelicans (Monday, Jan 27th 7:30PM EST)

[Dennis 37]

If Bruce is only gonna net you a second round pick, just re-sign the guy. He wants to be here.

If we can't get 1sts for each of Boucher and Brown, just keep them. Negotiate now and then glue them to the bench.

[Reeko]

Is JaKobe not with the team currently?

Hopefully he's with the 905, he really needs the reps.

[Shakril]

So you have no argument against that is all you’re saying lol

You tried to compare this to how we arrived at our championship squad and failed to realize how completely irrelevant it actually is to this moment being that “costs” are SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER and therefore not realistic (period).

Lets pretend we added OG to the trade + another pick. No problem.

Thats a star player. Two highly thought of prospects. And 2 1st round picks. Add some 2nda if you want. Sounds about right for a star player with huge question marks around his health at that time. Maybe even an overpay in todays market. But hey. Like you said. Yesterdays price isnt todays price right?

Guess what? Still winning a championship

Still need to put ourselves in position to accumulate some pieces and why not? Why couldn't we be deep enough to put ourselves in position to capitalize on opportunities? It's a weird argument that tries to minimize the title run and core.

And even if you believe in this core, we all know they need a legit #1 scorer from the outside...a younger C who ideally can hit 3's, ideally a young OG for defense with the starters.

And we know that is going to take time to try and get. We are not saying to go all in next year...lol. We are years away...regardless where our pick falls this summer.

Thats the point. You need to build something with purpose, no matter what picks you have. And it takes time. Our Chip took us 7 years, and we were playoff teams in 6 of them.

[Duffman100]

That 711 pizza looks like ****

[WhatsaTDot]

Is JaKobe not with the team currently?

Hopefully he's with the 905, he really needs the reps.

Prefer real reps at the highest level in pressure situations.

[PushDaRock]

Rj has zero mid range game. If it's not a three or right at the rim, he's lost.

If he had a mid-range game, he'd be putting up superstar numbers. 22ppg without a middy is awfully impressive.

That's why I don't get the continuous complaining about his flaws, if he didn't have them we would have never got him as essentially a salary dump.

[tdotrep2]

im not as high on shead as most

[Brinbe]

pels woke up! unfortunately they don't seem interested in playing any defense themselves

[dandaman]

Rj has zero mid range game. If it's not a three or right at the rim, he's lost.

That plus no finesse to his game its all bully ball, cant believe people were saying him over scottie, I mean Scottie 's game needs lot of work but from pure feel for the game its not even close

[Dennis 37]

Rj has zero mid range game. If it's not a three or right at the rim, he's lost.

If he had a mid-range game, he'd be putting up superstar numbers. 22ppg without a middy is awfully impressive.

That's why I don't get the continuous complaining about his flaws, if he didn't have them we would have never got him as essentially a salary dump.

1 max player. All the rest have to have a flaw.

[Reeko]

Rj has zero mid range game. If it's not a three or right at the rim, he's lost.

If he had a mid-range game, he'd be putting up superstar numbers. 22ppg without a middy is awfully impressive.

That's why I don't get the continuous complaining about his flaws, if he didn't have them we would have never got him as essentially a salary dump.

Lol so therefore it's not worth talking about?

[WhatsaTDot]

pels woke up! unfortunately they don't seem interested in playing any defense themselves

Saving themselves for the final 2 minutes.

[SFour]

Raptors haven't really played good this game....the Pelicans have just been worst

and now they're awake

[PhilBlackson]

Is JaKobe not with the team currently?

Hopefully he's with the 905, he really needs the reps.

Prefer real reps at the highest level in pressure situations.

He & Gradey should be swapping minutes.

Unlike Gradey, JaKobe still finds a way to be impactful even if his jumper isn’t falling.

[dandaman]

You could see this come back coming from miles away, pels got too much talent, weird that i wouldn't be mad if we lost

[Brinbe]

trey murphy, you are a legend

[HiJiNX]

Rough game for Barnes.

We just missed too many wide open ones earlier.

[Tor_Raps]

Scottie becoming our tank commander after being the player or the week lol

[Shakril]

That’s all meaningless blab…

You tell me what would be the going price for a player at the level each of Kawhi, Gasol, Serge and Danny would be.

Don’t just talk out your backside, name what you think would be realistic trade packages, I’ll wait.

You can’t just blindly say things…teams pay FAR more and trade packages are far more crippling today than then, to think otherwise is again pure homer level delusion.

Actually teams are getting hesitant with the new CBA. Also the spending you have mentioned, crippled many teams flexibility. Why do you think Heat and suns need two other teams to facilitate said trade. Why do you think Masai has troubles selling our players.
Cause teams dont want to overpay anymore, especially not for roleplayers.

Which only further strengthens my point of how it’s next to impossible to replicate what we did.

So your point is, that is impossible to trade for a starplayer and win a chip?

[seanbig]

we obviously trying to tank since boucher is out