Raptors Waive Ulrich Chomche and AJ Lawson

[Thaddy]

Chomche definitely has some kind of issue. This is strange. He's young and developed a lot. This is very sad to hear. We didn't lose any asset other than plain money though so that's good.

[earthtone]

As expected it seems Ulrich might have a similar situation to Koloko and that’s why he was cut. I knew Bobby wouldn’t just cut him if it were a regular injury. I wish him the best, but we’ve seen how much Koloko hasn’t been able to find his footing since his medical issue

Yah, it's wild seeing people think that this was performance related in any way. He was always going to be a long-term project and his play last year was more than good enough to justify another year on a two-way.

[SpiderMunn]

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[Godaddycurse]

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we need a big on a 2 way to step in for minutes if/when poeltl or manu gets hurt

[Zeno]

He hurt his hand in summer league and it seems to have persisted until now and saw a specialist early in training camp. If Grange’s source is correct and Chomche is going to require clearance from the NBA return to play committee, then this is likely a blood clot as result of that injury(Dr. Google)

[ItsDanger]

Chomche was probably one of those injury prone types anyways.

[ConSarnit]

damn. had some hopes for chomche but I'm guessing there's stuff involved there that maybe we're not privy to. but yeah, maybe he really was a masai project and there were no plans for him once he got cut loose.

makes it even more imperative that we get a young big in the system. they can't seriously expect mogbo or even cmb to be the answer there. you will always need size/length in this league, even just as an option.

at the very least it's good to have clarity on things. if the lack of care towards Cs with size is a Bobby thing, then he needs his head checked.

CMB has gotten a lot of Draymond comps. He has small ball C potential. Ideally Barnes can play small ball C this year to cover some of our bases.

This is also what happens when you cap out your mediocre team. You have to turn to the Mamu’s of the world to address your backup C issues. If we want to solve our backup C issue we need cap space above and beyond the vet min. Or we have to draft one. Either way we were still another year away from Chomche (possibly) being able to play at an NBA level. Up until this point he’s been terrible against NBA competition and wasn’t going to help us at all this year.

[ConSarnit]

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we need a big on a 2 way to step in for minutes if/when poeltl or manu gets hurt

We’re probably better off rolling with Mogbo/Barnes/CMB at backup C. Every 2 way big we’ve tried over the past few years has been terrible.

[LoveMyRaps]

Oladipo anyone?

Lol

[Godaddycurse]

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we need a big on a 2 way to step in for minutes if/when poeltl or manu gets hurt

We’re probably better off rolling with Mogbo/Barnes/CMB at backup C. Every 2 way big we’ve tried over the past few years has been terrible.

Jontay looked nice for a while..

[Raptorfan2012]

We don’t need Lawson with the amount of wings already on the bench. We need a rim running big who can occasionally hit a 3.

[youngRAPZ]

we need a big on a 2 way to step in for minutes if/when poeltl or manu gets hurt

We’re probably better off rolling with Mogbo/Barnes/CMB at backup C. Every 2 way big we’ve tried over the past few years has been terrible.

Jontay looked nice for a while..

I feel like ORob was better than him and I’m not sure why they let him go. Both aren’t worth crying over tho. Chomche and Lawson will be missed.


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[SpiderMunn]

we need a big on a 2 way to step in for minutes if/when poeltl or manu gets hurt

We’re probably better off rolling with Mogbo/Barnes/CMB at backup C. Every 2 way big we’ve tried over the past few years has been terrible.

Jontay looked nice for a while..

Maybe we're cursed until Bruno Caboclo returns.

[aminiaturebuddha]

damn. had some hopes for chomche but I'm guessing there's stuff involved there that maybe we're not privy to. but yeah, maybe he really was a masai project and there were no plans for him once he got cut loose.

makes it even more imperative that we get a young big in the system. they can't seriously expect mogbo or even cmb to be the answer there. you will always need size/length in this league, even just as an option.

at the very least it's good to have clarity on things. if the lack of care towards Cs with size is a Bobby thing, then he needs his head checked.

CMB has gotten a lot of Draymond comps. He has small ball C potential. Ideally Barnes can play small ball C this year to cover some of our bases.

This is also what happens when you cap out your mediocre team. You have to turn to the Mamu’s of the world to address your backup C issues. If we want to solve our backup C issue we need cap space above and beyond the vet min. Or we have to draft one. Either way we were still another year away from Chomche (possibly) being able to play at an NBA level. Up until this point he’s been terrible against NBA competition and wasn’t going to help us at all this year.

This isn't really a cap issue. Very few teams spend big on a backup center. Aside from teams whose backup big was acquired as salary filler in a trade (ex. Robert Williams in Portland), I can't think of more than 5 teams who have any kind of significant cap space tied up in their backup center. This is just the way the league is.

[Basketball_Jones]

Damn. Two players that looked pretty decent.

[S.W.A.N]

Damn. Two players that looked pretty decent.

Lawson is an nba level player. Just a bad fit position wise and investment wise.

I'm surprised about Chomche. Injury must be bad enough that they would rather invest in another project. Perhaps circle back to him when healthy.


I hope we use the open two way on a big. there should be some decent ones available when everyone else does their fat trimming of the rosters.

[Anatomize]

I care more about AJ Lawson between the two. The guy showed he can be a mini microwave scorer. He's a bit redundant with the depth we now have at guard, but it's never bad to have a guy who can go on a heater, especially when injuries pile up.

[ImaBeatDatAzz]

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we need a big on a 2 way to step in for minutes if/when poeltl or manu gets hurt

I mean worse case you can always shift CMB to play the 5 and Mogbo gets the backup 4 minutes.

[Shakril]

waiving chomche from a 2way is absolutely stupid and unjustifiable. Even f he was injured, let him rehab, it's a damn 2way contract, Bobbys 1st move as a GM and he whiffed.

I would have waived him last year already. No matter the talent, you need the players to be available. We are not talking about small injuries here and there, but season ending injuries in a row.

[Zeno]

We’re probably better off rolling with Mogbo/Barnes/CMB at backup C. Every 2 way big we’ve tried over the past few years has been terrible.

Jontay looked nice for a while..

Maybe we're cursed until Bruno Caboclo returns.

I think it was Serge. Maybe he was here to try to lift the curse. Backup centre is the defence against the dark arts job. I fear for what may befall Mamu.