Yahoo: Raps sign Linas Kleiza to 4 year 18.8M offer sheet

STEELE_34 · Post #301 » by **STEELE_34** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:09 pm

@ this signing if its true.

Toronto raptors where comedy happens.

Garmfay · Post #302 » by **Garmfay** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:09 pm

Good signing. Kleiza brings some toughness ala Garbo. This board is nuts if they bash BC for this just cause he is Euro..

cp007 · Post #303 » by **cp007** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:09 pm

I had a brilliant plan. BC and MG should sign all of Rubio's friends. This way Ricky can say he only wants to play for the Raps, and tada, we have a new Franchise. (No one has mentioned his name for a while).

kedineking · Post #304 » by **kedineking** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:10 pm

ShowMeTheMoney wrote:There must be a S & T worked out with Miami, how else can we sign Kleiza? Without the s & t we lose our MLE. ..and the cap space we gain will be to sign Johnson.

is this true because if so would that mean a player has to come to toronto to get the MLE

raps4life~ · Post #305 » by **raps4life~** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:10 pm

rdtx2005 wrote:Press Conference at 1pm!

The pc can't be for this(just an offer sheet). I guess it's for Amir?? Or maybe something else

appel · Post #306 » by **appel** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:10 pm

Mars Blackmon wrote:Bosh traded for Beasley + TPE + Pick(s)

Sign Kleiza

Trade Turkoglu for Pietrus + Gortat

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I would be happy with Gortat+Barnes (resigned) too

JJ/Jose/Banks
DD/Beli
Kleiza/Barnes/Sonny
Bargs/Davis/Reggie/Dorsey
Gortat/Amir/Alabi

Sounds good with a coach
Trading Jose for Hinrich sounds better because Hinrich is a better defender and can play SG

MrBojangelz71 · Post #307 » by **MrBojangelz71** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:11 pm

Career high 41 pnts against Utah on January 2008

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZtol08eEbY&NR=1[/youtube]

Air-Canada · Post #308 » by **Air-Canada** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:11 pm

this is ridiculous..

brownbobcat · Post #309 » by **brownbobcat** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:12 pm

whysoserious wrote:How has tanking worked for the Nets so far? All that capspace and they missed out on the prize prospect of the draft. They got a solid player in Favors who could turn out to be really good but we all know everyone wanted Wall.

And how has *not* tanking worked out for the Raptors so far? Let's go through the checklist:
- no playoffs
- no top lotto picks
- no Bosh
- very little cap space

I'd rather be NJ right now.

t10rambo · Post #310 » by **t10rambo** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:12 pm

hey guys, i hope im not the only one that realized this but if colangelo signs Kleiza that means the raptors will be paying him 5 million a year for the next FOUR years....

Beasley on the other hand is a young player, a SECOND pick for crying out loud, with a huge amount of potential....is also an overall better player than kleiza imo, AND is only getting paid 4.9 million and WORST CASE we dont pick up his option for next year if we dont like how he fits, so we get that extra cap room.....

how could colangelo see through that and be satisfied with another european scrub over a young player who is not only better, but has loads of potential and is making less AND is an expiring???? getting beasley is like the easiest risk in pro sports, and mr colangelo is all about taking risks, so why not take an easy one that could possibly save your ass?

what do you guys think?

rdtx2005 · Post #311 » by **rdtx2005** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:12 pm

What I think?.. how about putting your post in the EXISTING THREAD!!

J-Roc · Post #312 » by **J-Roc** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:12 pm

We need to look to acquire more starting level talent on this team. Kleiza may not be old, but does anyone think he's a potential starter on a contending team? If so, sure let's develop him. If not, then we're just obtaining more bench players.

mowcrowbar · Post #313 » by **mowcrowbar** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:12 pm

This is a great deal. kleiza is a tough dude that can play 2,3 and 4. Not to mention we need his shooting ability at the 3.

Legal Non-Conforming · Post #314 » by **Legal Non-Conforming** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:13 pm

Tha Professa wrote:
Weaknesses

Kleiza's probably somewhere in between 6-7 and 6-8, but lacks the athletic ability that the Grangers, Grahams and Warricks of this draft have to help them make the transition from being a PF in college to a 3 in the pros.

Cept some of them didn't have the basketball i.q. and toughness to make the transition either...

dawn_wan · Post #315 » by **dawn_wan** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:13 pm

people will start praising him as Garbo 2.0 a month or two into the season.. ppl hollering at DEN not resigning him as a negative.. my take is that they couldn't keep him due to dollars and cents...

rdtx2005 · Post #316 » by **rdtx2005** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:13 pm

brownbobcat wrote:
I'd rather be NJ right now.

really?.. with no major free agents coming to them?

wajr · Post #317 » by **wajr** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:13 pm

I think that you could have asked this question in one of the multiple threads already based on these very two players.

Boshontoast · Post #318 » by **Boshontoast** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:13 pm

good question, BC can you answer this for us

[SJJ] · Post #319 » by **[SJJ]** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:13 pm

rdtx2005 wrote:What I think?.. how about putting your post in the EXISTING THREAD!!

I second this... the amount of ridiculously useless threads that have been started lately is alarming.

whysoserious · Post #320 » by **whysoserious** » Thu Jul 8, 2010 2:13 pm

brownbobcat wrote:
whysoserious wrote:How has tanking worked for the Nets so far? All that capspace and they missed out on the prize prospect of the draft. They got a solid player in Favors who could turn out to be really good but we all know everyone wanted Wall.

And how has *not* tanking worked out for the Raptors so far? Let's go through the checklist:
- no playoffs
- no top lotto picks
- no Bosh
- very little cap space

I'd rather be NJ right now.

So you'd rather watch a 10 win team that no one wants to sign with, that was hoping to get John Wall but didn't and who's future doesn't look significantly better than ours at this point. They struck out completely on Free Agency. Awesome, let's do that.