Bobcat: Raptors will make a run for LeBron

James Takote · Post #121 » by **James Takote** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:07 am

Good 3 + D player

BloodyNose · Post #122 » by **BloodyNose** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:08 am

i will take him for the vet minimum

suntzuballin · Post #123 » by **suntzuballin** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:10 am

and they will not get him

jeffya2 · Post #124 » by **jeffya2** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:11 am

baba9087 wrote:
DemarEvolution wrote:If this ever happens, I think we can say its the equivalent of us winning a championship

Agreed

I hate monarchies. FXXX the king
Let's beat him instead

BloodyNose · Post #125 » by **BloodyNose** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:11 am

i cant cheer for lebron even if he comes to the raptors. Hes damaged goods, it will taint my raptors fandom

Bankai · Post #126 » by **Bankai** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:11 am

BloodyNose wrote:knowing us we'll sign lebron and he will tear his acl on opening night

LeBron wants to come to Toronto, but Casey didnt want to give up Salmons in a S&T, we all suicide.

Truthrising · Post #127 » by **Truthrising** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:13 am

We already have a 3+D player.

jonny three time · Post #128 » by **jonny three time** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:15 am

It's highly unlikely and I'd bet good money that it doesn't happen. However, if either he or Durant were looking at it from a different angle, it could make sense to someone who thinks outside the box. Here are a few reasons...

1. The challenge of making Basketball the biggest sport in Canada. From a God complex standpoint, this has to be appealling. If you could go to a country and will their 4th sport into being their #1 sport it would have to appeal in some way. A couple championships and being the center of the N.A. sports landscape could do it.

2. I can go to the Raptors and turn them into a contender. I can go to any city in the NBA and turn it into a destination for others. I don't have to follow in others footsteps to get championships and can instead go anywhere and make it happen. Another God complex reason.

3. The women and the nightlife. You guys keep posting pictures of the cities, but NBA players don't go out hiking and bird-watching and ****. They don't care about the scenery. They're about the nightlife. We are called white vegas for a reason and are a known city for NBA players partaking in the nightlife.

4. Our in arena atmosphere. The last thing he wants to do is go to another city that takes a ho-hum approach to being a fan and takes his presence for granted. We had thousands show up to a glorified parking lot for the 1st round just to be near the arena. Imagine if we were legit contenders. So not only does he take on the challenge of making B-ball huge here, but he also has a young rabid fanbase already in place.

5. We actually have a team here that would be a good fit around him. Assuming DD can improve his spot-up 3s slightly, we have the perfect assortment of players to surround an elite SF with. This isn't some team with glaring holes around him thats need to be filled with washed up guys. The only hole we have would be the one he's filling.

Now I realize that both Lebron and Durant probably won't bother to look at it from those angles. They probably strictly think.......Bigget market and most championships. However, if I had Lebron/Durant talent I'd love the idea of playing for a new team every 3 years or so and immediately turning around their fortunes as the teams savior. If they do want to try different challenges, a different environment and take a very different path to creating a legacy for themselves, who knows, maybe we have an outside shot.

Son Goku 25 · Post #129 » by **Son Goku 25** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:18 am

UnderdogRaptors wrote:
ms25 wrote:
MEDIC wrote:LBJ could be the big defensive SF we need to compliment DD & Lowry.

haha

Makes me happy thinking all those fake Miami fans will go back to their homes and never come back. Imagine the atmosphere at the ACC and outside it? :l

this is another reason i dont want him the bandwagon will be so huge

Dw bro lol we'll get the best seats

Arman_tanzarian · Post #130 » by **Arman_tanzarian** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:20 am

Dennis 37 wrote:Not sure if I want. Does he have character to fit into our team? Is he willing to be one of many, or does he expect to be the one?

The hell kinda questions is that? A top 5 player in NBA history eff his character LOL. Give me a title

Steelo Green · Post #131 » by **Steelo Green** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:21 am

We had a player just like him named Rudy Gay, hindered Demar. DO NOT WANT.

RINSE · Post #132 » by **RINSE** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:23 am

LOL ok Bob...

Arman_tanzarian · Post #133 » by **Arman_tanzarian** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:24 am

Clementine9 wrote:
Bankai wrote:LeBron and Durant, lets do this!

Both want to be on our team but Durant is younger.

Durant > Lebron in this case and fill the rest of the team with good role players.

I'd rather take Durant too...in 2016. But the title, especially in the east will be going through Lebron until he declines. And he doesn't looks anywhere close to declining and is next to unguardable these days.

Parataxis · Post #134 » by **Parataxis** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:29 am

yucatan87 wrote:McCown on the Prime Time Sports roundtable just now says that he has been told that LeBron would consider coming to Toronto and that he "not thinks but knows" that Leiweke is going to make a run at LeBron because he loves making the big splash.

He cites the fact that Akron is a 45 minute flight or short drive from Toronto as a reason why LeBron would entertain the thought of coming to Toronto.

Thoughts? Surely Drake doesn't have THAT much of an impact.

Newsflash - there are 29 teams (30 if you count Miami trying to re-sign him) that are going to make a run for LeBron.

Arman_tanzarian · Post #135 » by **Arman_tanzarian** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:30 am

beachbean wrote:
Slackstring701 wrote:
SFour wrote:I can see Durant coming here but not LeBron....LeBron has kids and a wife so it's not that simple, Durant on the other hand doesn't have kids or a wife.

Durant is married to a WNBA all star isn't he???

Fiancée Monica Wright... plays for Minnesota Lynx

Oh and NO to Lebron... Not a fan and wouldn't want to see him as a Raptor.

Bro she has bigger muscles than him

xAIRNESSx · Post #136 » by **xAIRNESSx** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:30 am

kidr1211 wrote:Bobcat is full of sh**. He's the one who started the whole leiweke grooming shanahan thing before tim shot it down himself.

When did Leiweke shoot down that rumour? The only time I remember him talking about it was on PTS and TL was pretty vague with his answer.

Young_Buc · Post #137 » by **Young_Buc** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:32 am

power works wrote:I'd love to date Kate Upton you know. Maybe there's a better chance that I will before LeBron plays in Canada.

Would be damn awesome though....both dating Kate and LeBron playing for Raps.

and if you could only pick one.....?

nitrous · Post #138 » by **nitrous** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:33 am

I would much rather Durant but hey, I would definately not say no to Lebron.

So frankly, let's get them both.

chuckdevlin · Post #139 » by **chuckdevlin** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:34 am

JV/Amir
Lebron/PPat
Ross/Carter
Derozan/Carter
Lowry/Vasquez/De Colo

Tofubeque · Post #140 » by **Tofubeque** » Sat May 10, 2014 1:36 am

This thread is reminding me of how much I hate LeBron.

It's a shame we couldn't have gotten him to the ACC in the 2nd round. The Nets right now look like the just-happy-to-be-here team, there wasn't even a point to them winning our series.