Don't talk to us about Loyalty

RAPBOSS · Post #61 » by **RAPBOSS** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:27 pm

Masai can only be loyal to a point with the players and DD. Masai's loyalty remain with the team and in turn the fans. If the deal is there to get a true MVP player then he has to take it. Masai was not disloyal to DD but loyal to the team.

NBA Sheady · Post #62 » by **NBA Sheady** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:31 pm

There is no loyalty in business. This trade in no way impacts our ability to attract free agents.

gp2015 · Post #63 » by **gp2015** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:32 pm

HighUpNorth wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
HighUpNorth wrote:This was us building some sort of reputation or continuely for keeping stars happy and having a smart front office.

Now we have nothing.

That's great and all but where did that lead us? We had to continually overpay for mediocre players just to sign here for free agency. DD is one of the most loved players in the league and the Raptors were a respected organization that were winning games and yet we couldn't even attract any real stars to play here.

If healthy, Kawhi is top 3 player in the league. You take a risk on him and if it doesn't work out, you rebuild. We were not going anywhere with this current core, certainly not getting past the Celtics. We aren't ever going to get someone of Kawhi's caliber in free agency.

ok dude

lets just relocate the franchise instead of trying to build a reputation as a place people get treated well and people want to be.

Have you ever worked for a business before? Companies will only treat their employees well if it achieves their goals of making more money. Ultimately, they don't give a crap about the individual workers or whether they're happy or not if they're no longer needed and will get rid of you in an instant if you're no longer an asset.

The Raptors are a business just like any other team in the NBA.

Truthrising · Post #64 » by **Truthrising** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:33 pm

Where's the loyalty when they're paying you $139 million only to continually choke in the playoffs year after year.

raptorstime · Post #65 » by **raptorstime** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:36 pm

Maybe if he showed up and didn’t choke year after year, he would still be here.

HighUpNorth · Post #66 » by **HighUpNorth** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:44 pm

gp2015 wrote:
HighUpNorth wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
That's great and all but where did that lead us? We had to continually overpay for mediocre players just to sign here for free agency. DD is one of the most loved players in the league and the Raptors were a respected organization that were winning games and yet we couldn't even attract any real stars to play here.

If healthy, Kawhi is top 3 player in the league. You take a risk on him and if it doesn't work out, you rebuild. We were not going anywhere with this current core, certainly not getting past the Celtics. We aren't ever going to get someone of Kawhi's caliber in free agency.

ok dude

lets just relocate the franchise instead of trying to build a reputation as a place people get treated well and people want to be.

Have you ever worked for a business before? Companies will only treat their employees well if it achieves their goals of making more money. Ultimately, they don't give a crap about the individual workers or whether they're happy or not if they're no longer needed and will get rid of you in an instant if you're no longer an asset.

The Raptors are a business just like any other team in the NBA.

We just gave away our ONLY loyal star player for nothing.

Why would you as a player ever want to play here? **** outta here

gp2015 · Post #67 » by **gp2015** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:46 pm

HighUpNorth wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
HighUpNorth wrote:ok dude

lets just relocate the franchise instead of trying to build a reputation as a place people get treated well and people want to be.

Have you ever worked for a business before? Companies will only treat their employees well if it achieves their goals of making more money. Ultimately, they don't give a crap about the individual workers or whether they're happy or not if they're no longer needed and will get rid of you in an instant if you're no longer an asset.

The Raptors are a business just like any other team in the NBA.

We just gave away our ONLY loyal star player for nothing.

Why would you as a player ever want to play here? **** outta here

Well, I guess I have my answer now, you have no idea how businesses are run.

omar36 · Post #68 » by **omar36** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:47 pm

i swear if i see that "i got us" tweet one more time, im just lose it.

why should we have to be loyal to players that choke consistently for 5 years.

gp2015 · Post #69 » by **gp2015** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:48 pm

HighUpNorth wrote:
Vlade Divac wrote:
GordanFreeman wrote:
Brother, stfu pls. This is a time to pay our respects and for some of us to mourn.

Are you DeRozan fan or Raptors fan? How can you mourn a fact that your team got exponentially better? Seriously what are you doing here? Go to Spurs board and shred your tears and spare us of your melodrama!

RENTAL

Do you have the ability to see the future? If so, I'm sure you have better things to do like buying lottery tickets than typing random crap in a forum.

HighUpNorth · Post #70 » by **HighUpNorth** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:48 pm

gp2015 wrote:
HighUpNorth wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
Have you ever worked for a business before? Companies will only treat their employees well if it achieves their goals of making more money. Ultimately, they don't give a crap about the individual workers or whether they're happy or not if they're no longer needed and will get rid of you in an instant if you're no longer an asset.

The Raptors are a business just like any other team in the NBA.

We just gave away our ONLY loyal star player for nothing.

Why would you as a player ever want to play here? **** outta here

Well, I guess I have my answer now, you have no idea how businesses are run.

This is the NBA not a Fortune 500.

You keep trying to act like loyalty/image mean nothing to a team like the Raptors.

HighUpNorth · Post #71 » by **HighUpNorth** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:49 pm

gp2015 wrote:
HighUpNorth wrote:
Vlade Divac wrote:
Are you DeRozan fan or Raptors fan? How can you mourn a fact that your team got exponentially better? Seriously what are you doing here? Go to Spurs board and shred your tears and spare us of your melodrama!

RENTAL

Do you have the ability to see the future? If so, I'm sure you have better things to do like buying lottery tickets than typing random crap in a forum.

Wait..hold up...you think that there is even a 1% chance of Kawhi singing here?

I'm going to stop replying to you.

gp2015 · Post #72 » by **gp2015** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:52 pm

HighUpNorth wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
HighUpNorth wrote:We just gave away our ONLY loyal star player for nothing.

Why would you as a player ever want to play here? **** outta here

Well, I guess I have my answer now, you have no idea how businesses are run.

This is the NBA not a Fortune 500.

You keep trying to act like loyalty/image mean nothing to a team like the Raptors.

The NBA is not far off from and Fortune 500 company considering the money that is involved.

Do you understand that we were a laughing stock of the league after getting swept by the Cavs again? No stars respected our team after seeing that sorry display. No one is taking us seriously and no stars are going to sign with us in that environment.

COY0607 · Post #73 » by **COY0607** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:52 pm

Demar coming off sounding childish and immature with this

Should get over it. He’ll be in a great situation with a great contract

gp2015 · Post #74 » by **gp2015** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:53 pm

HighUpNorth wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
HighUpNorth wrote:RENTAL

Do you have the ability to see the future? If so, I'm sure you have better things to do like buying lottery tickets than typing random crap in a forum.

Wait..hold up...you think that there is even a 1% chance of Kawhi singing here?

I'm going to stop replying to you.

Wait, who does PG play for? According to everyone in the entire world a couple months back, it's the Lakers.

HighUpNorth · Post #75 » by **HighUpNorth** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:56 pm

gp2015 wrote:
HighUpNorth wrote:
gp2015 wrote:
Do you have the ability to see the future? If so, I'm sure you have better things to do like buying lottery tickets than typing random crap in a forum.

Wait..hold up...you think that there is even a 1% chance of Kawhi singing here?

I'm going to stop replying to you.

Wait, who does PG play for? According to everyone in the entire world a couple months back, it's the Lakers.

What does PG have to do with Kawhi also LMFAO Kawhi is gone the second he can leave.

HighUpNorth · Post #76 » by **HighUpNorth** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:57 pm

COY0607 wrote:Demar coming off sounding childish and immature with this

Should get over it. He’ll be in a great situation with a great contract

HOW THE ****?

man **** this board

alienchild · Post #77 » by **alienchild** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:58 pm

DeMar can go f himself. He described Leonard as "a little bit of nothing" in his tweet. He's loyal only to himself and his ego.

Post #78 » by **Morris_Shatford** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:58 pm

As I sat back watching the most recent Cavs/Raps series and watching DeRozan not make a single three for the entire series;
The first thing that sprang to mind was "I am really enjoying the loyalty I am seeing"

bokbok · Post #79 » by **bokbok** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:02 pm

Rob Diaz wrote:Did they forget how much they killed the Raptors after getting swept in the playoffs? You can't have it both ways. They joke about the Raps being a pretender every single year, where's the logic?

true. you can't keep failing in the playoffs and not expect major moves. derozan had to be benched in the playoffs at times because of how poor he was playing, ffs.

slothrop8 · Post #80 » by **slothrop8** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:05 pm

Morris_Shatford wrote:As I sat back watching the most recent Cavs/Raps series and watching DeRozan not make a single three for the entire series;
The first thing that sprang to mind was "I am really enjoying the loyalty I am seeing"

How about the season he took it upon himself to jack his Usage through the roof because he was upset with where he ranked in a Sports Illustrated Online column? That was dynamite loyalty.