With the 9th Pick, the Raptors select Collin Murray-Boyles!

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[MoneyBall]

Spurs GM: Brian Wright: Positions in this day and age don't matter as much

the full quote: "positions in this day and age don't matter as much. We just saw a playoffs where the team that won had a 6'5 guy guarding a center"

and i completely agree - now that the shock is out the system, lets celebrate Colin Murray Boyles and embrace him and the Front office.

reddit

They don't matter until you gotta guard Embiid or Jokic.

[PushDaRock]

Yeah i like the players on the team...Thing is you just named 7 players as a "Bench" ...NBA rotations are usually 8 deep maybe 9 if you really stretch it out....Without injuries alot of these guys mins will be cut during the season....Thats why in my mind if you can trade RJ + One or two of the young guys you bring in a Playoff proven player who can help us win....Now your rotation starts to look more playoff ready....Otherwise you are just wasting away these guys on the end of the bench without any real gain....Come playoff time the rotation gets even smaller...

I could see Mogbo and Battle not in the playoff rotation, though great young depth in case of injury.

Pretty much just need a 2 for 1 trade. Agbaji and #39 for #34 to draft Fleming or Markovic.

Trading Ochai to go from pick 39 to 34 is wild

lmao I have never seen someone try so hard to get rid of a decent young player

[PushDaRock]

Spurs GM: Brian Wright: Positions in this day and age don't matter as much

the full quote: "positions in this day and age don't matter as much. We just saw a playoffs where the team that won had a 6'5 guy guarding a center"

and i completely agree - now that the shock is out the system, lets celebrate Colin Murray Boyles and embrace him and the Front office.

reddit

They don't matter until you gotta guard Embiid or Jokic.

Caruso was locking that ish down

[WuTang_CMB]

Spurs GM: Brian Wright: Positions in this day and age don't matter as much

the full quote: "positions in this day and age don't matter as much. We just saw a playoffs where the team that won had a 6'5 guy guarding a center"

and i completely agree - now that the shock is out the system, lets celebrate Colin Murray Boyles and embrace him and the Front office.

reddit

They don't matter until you gotta guard Embiid or Jokic.

I suggest everyone watch this - the defensive versatility is king

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[Tripod]

Quick question for you folks. I don't post very often but read this board religiously.

What if the plan is an eventual Barnes + for Giannis. How would the CMB pick look in our current lineup with Giannis, BI, CMB etc....

Assuming the trade is Barnes, 2 or 3 first rd picks, 2 1st rd swap (for a total of 4-5 1st) + RJ or Ochai or IQ + filler

Basically does picking CMB make trading Barnes for a Superstar more feasible?

Yup.

And as a reminder, we just overhauled almost our complete team the last 1.5 years and they have barely played together.

Also...our Championship year we added 3 starters the last year. Things can change quickly and no one is off limits.

[Yeezus_]

I could see Mogbo and Battle not in the playoff rotation, though great young depth in case of injury.

Pretty much just need a 2 for 1 trade. Agbaji and #39 for #34 to draft Fleming or Markovic.

Trading Ochai to go from pick 39 to 34 is wild

lmao I have never seen someone try so hard to get rid of a decent young player

the amount of trade Ochai for a second round pick takes are embarrassing. People love the thought of a prospect becoming good but dont realize how unlikely it will be they become good. Especially a near 40% three point shooter with solid defense.

[Tripod]

Gotta think a trade involving multiple players is coming this offseason....How will Darko find mins for everyone on the team...

Quickley
Barrett
Ingram
Barnes
Yak

Dick
Walter
Ochai
CMB
Mogbo
Shead

Battle

I mean 11 player rotation is not ideal....Some of these guys will lose out on alot of mins this year....I think a move to turn some of these guys into 1 upgraded player needs to happen....

Injuries are bound to happen. I can understand a consolidation trade but it's not necessary.

Players will end up being unhappy if they think they deserve mins....I mean yeah injuries do happen but for winning purposes as well it would be wise to move a few of these guys for 1 solid winning player upgrade....Maybe RJ + 1 or 2 guys on the bench for a legit upgrade either in the starting lineup or another player who will play 25 mins off the bench....RJ/Walter/Dick/Ochai logjam is a problem....

Dick for Lively will help.

[WuTang_CMB]

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Yeah i like the players on the team...Thing is you just named 7 players as a "Bench" ...NBA rotations are usually 8 deep maybe 9 if you really stretch it out....Without injuries alot of these guys mins will be cut during the season....Thats why in my mind if you can trade RJ + One or two of the young guys you bring in a Playoff proven player who can help us win....Now your rotation starts to look more playoff ready....Otherwise you are just wasting away these guys on the end of the bench without any real gain....Come playoff time the rotation gets even smaller...

I could see Mogbo and Battle not in the playoff rotation, though great young depth in case of injury.

Pretty much just need a 2 for 1 trade. Agbaji and #39 for #34 to draft Fleming or Markovic.

Trading Ochai to go from pick 39 to 34 is wild

Taking on $6 million in salary is worth a 1st pick.

[Psubs]

Yeah i like the players on the team...Thing is you just named 7 players as a "Bench" ...NBA rotations are usually 8 deep maybe 9 if you really stretch it out....Without injuries alot of these guys mins will be cut during the season....Thats why in my mind if you can trade RJ + One or two of the young guys you bring in a Playoff proven player who can help us win....Now your rotation starts to look more playoff ready....Otherwise you are just wasting away these guys on the end of the bench without any real gain....Come playoff time the rotation gets even smaller...

I could see Mogbo and Battle not in the playoff rotation, though great young depth in case of injury.

Pretty much just need a 2 for 1 trade. Agbaji and #39 for #34 to draft Fleming or Markovic.

Or Agbaji for #31 (then draft Flemming) and take Markovic with #39.

But you know, we'll probably just wind up with Broome or Sion James. Hell, might even just grab a basic big like Goldin (because all of the other good bigs will be gone).

Well that would be ideal.

[Psubs]

Trading Ochai to go from pick 39 to 34 is wild

lmao I have never seen someone try so hard to get rid of a decent young player

the amount of trade Ochai for a second round pick takes are embarrassing. People love the thought of a prospect becoming good but dont realize how unlikely it will be they become good. Especially a near 40% three point shooter with solid defense.

I just really want Rasheer Fleming.

[NinjaBro]

This post from a Raptors fan who predicted we'd draft CMB got me hyped. Masai has done it again.

https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/s/XI7BROSr8F

I think that guy posts here too.

That's my account

[mtcan]

Injuries are bound to happen. I can understand a consolidation trade but it's not necessary.

Players will end up being unhappy if they think they deserve mins....I mean yeah injuries do happen but for winning purposes as well it would be wise to move a few of these guys for 1 solid winning player upgrade....Maybe RJ + 1 or 2 guys on the bench for a legit upgrade either in the starting lineup or another player who will play 25 mins off the bench....RJ/Walter/Dick/Ochai logjam is a problem....

Dick for Lively will help.

On the surface...I like the idea. But Lively has missed a lot of games in these last 2 seasons. He played 55 and 36 games, respectively.

[ForeverTFC]

Spurs GM: Brian Wright: Positions in this day and age don't matter as much

the full quote: "positions in this day and age don't matter as much. We just saw a playoffs where the team that won had a 6'5 guy guarding a center"

and i completely agree - now that the shock is out the system, lets celebrate Colin Murray Boyles and embrace him and the Front office.

reddit

They don't matter until you gotta guard Embiid or Jokic.

The center he's alluding to there is Jokic... Caruso is the 6'5" guy.

[CazOnReal]

Spurs GM: Brian Wright: Positions in this day and age don't matter as much

the full quote: "positions in this day and age don't matter as much. We just saw a playoffs where the team that won had a 6'5 guy guarding a center"

and i completely agree - now that the shock is out the system, lets celebrate Colin Murray Boyles and embrace him and the Front office.

reddit

They don't matter until you gotta guard Embiid or Jokic.

Or one of the premier guards in the NBA (SGA, Mitchell, etc.)

[Tripod]

Injuries are bound to happen. I can understand a consolidation trade but it's not necessary.

Players will end up being unhappy if they think they deserve mins....I mean yeah injuries do happen but for winning purposes as well it would be wise to move a few of these guys for 1 solid winning player upgrade....Maybe RJ + 1 or 2 guys on the bench for a legit upgrade either in the starting lineup or another player who will play 25 mins off the bench....RJ/Walter/Dick/Ochai logjam is a problem....

Our entire bench is rookie scale players including a UDFA, and 3 2nd rounders. They really don't have a leg to stand on.

In 2018 Norman Powell was our 11th man. Sometimes its good to have competition as it raises everyone up and ensures everyone knows if they slack off their is a replacement there.

We don't need to trade for the sake of it to satisfy egos we don't know even exist.

Yup.

Internal competition is a great thing. It makes for harder working players in off seasons, training camps, practices, and games. Let the best rise to the top.

[mihaic]

Rookie of the Year odds

Cooper Flagg -200
Ace Bailey +650
Tre Johnson +750
Dylan Harper +1200
VJ Edgecombe +2500
Derik Queen +3000
Egor Demin +3300
Jeremiah Fears +3300
Kon Knueppel +3300
Kasparas Jakucionis +6000
Collin Murray-Boyles +7500

https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/3304472/nba-rookie-of-the-year-odds-flagg-heavily-favored

Already dropped in value.

You are right! They clearly messed the draft, we've seen enough!

[right between the eyes]

I guess the introductory press conference for both players will be early next week? It would make sense. From what I remember they took the rookies to the Jays game last year when they came to town. The Yankees are in town early next week and Canada day is right around the corner.

[YogurtProducer]

If I told you in 2022 that we’d miss the playoffs 3 years in a row and all we had to show for it was the 9th and 13th pick would you say things must have went well?

Well that would be ignoring everything else we got so yeah, I would be.

Thankfully, we got much more than 2 players.

You objectively think the last 3 years have gone well for us?

We had one rough year in 2022/23.

Everything else has been about as expected.