Nicolas Batum Interested In Playing For Raptors

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Re: Nicolas Batum Interested In Playing For Raptors 

Post#21 » by Shem » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:39 am

Pickled Prunes wrote:
Devilzsidewalk wrote:I didn't see any quotes from Batum, just this

Batum’s people have already made noise about how much Batum would like to play in Toronto, a city that appeals to his international roots, per several league sources.


which should be the antithesis of worrisome to Charlotte fans

What should worry Hornet fans is the fact that Rich Cho is the guy that overpaid Batum in the first place.

Cho was fired well before that in 2011. Neil Olshey had just taken the reigns of the GM job in Portland in the summer of 2012 when he matched the offer by Minnesota.
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Re: Nicolas Batum Interested In Playing For Raptors 

Post#22 » by Pickled Prunes » Wed Jul 29, 2015 2:53 pm

Shem wrote:
Pickled Prunes wrote:
Devilzsidewalk wrote:I didn't see any quotes from Batum, just this



which should be the antithesis of worrisome to Charlotte fans

What should worry Hornet fans is the fact that Rich Cho is the guy that overpaid Batum in the first place.

Cho was fired well before that in 2011. Neil Olshey had just taken the reigns of the GM job in Portland in the summer of 2012 when he matched the offer by Minnesota.

My bad! I should have remembered that because I was surprised when they fired Cho but absolutely disappointed when they matched Batums offer sheet. Apparently they believed potential was worth $11.5M.
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Post#23 » by Flight33 » Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:13 pm

cedric76 wrote:Batum denied it on Twitter, end of story


Putting up a picture that says "Really?" is denying it in your book?
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Re: Nicolas Batum Interested In Playing For Raptors 

Post#24 » by nba2k16 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:18 am

saintEscaton wrote:Foreshadowing the Raps being relocated to Montreal and being renamed as the Cosmopolitans


Might as well be Siberian Sledders
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Post#25 » by cedric76 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:03 am

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Post#26 » by cedric76 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:04 am

Flight33 wrote:
cedric76 wrote:Batum denied it on Twitter, end of story


Putting up a picture that says "Really?" is denying it in your book?


This does

Check out @nicolas88batum's Tweet: https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/626091947875258368
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Post#27 » by bigmandinky » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:03 pm

cedric76 wrote:
Flight33 wrote:
cedric76 wrote:Batum denied it on Twitter, end of story


Putting up a picture that says "Really?" is denying it in your book?


This does

Check out @nicolas88batum's Tweet: https://twitter.com/nicolas88batum/status/626091947875258368


Lol of course he's gonna deny it man. It would be stupid of him to even remotely achknowledge it as true and alienate himself from the fanbase.

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