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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

It was fcken awesome , thoroughly enjoyed it

Glad you’re all good. I had an awesome time too. There were organizational issues and obviously the shooting but for the most part it was an absolutely incredible day.

And I think what zeke said before about this maybe being as big or bigger than a Leaf win are probably right. Canadians are all pretty united over this in a way that a Leafs win wouldn’t achieve.
 
Everything went well

Parked at Pioneer Village , tons of spots still available around 9:30

Train was packed but got to Queens Park in about 45 minutes

Watched from University and Armoury

Walked around a bit and the heat wasnt too bad

Lots of families with kids and pets

Left around 3:30 after the last bus turned the corner , Gasol was a hoot acting like a kid

Only issue cell reception was terrible and shut down by Rogers for a bit from what some people were saying

The shooting happened I think earlier in the morning when they announced on the train about a police investigation near the venue

Nah, the shooting happened at 330ish after you left, not in the morning.
 
I had a really really good time. Organizationally, yeah it was a bit of a shitshow but the crowd near me in Nathan Phillips Square was fantastic - polite, kind to each other even when it was almost impossible not to bump into people. It’s too bad some people are morons but for the most part, a really incredible time and I’m glad I went.

Strategy wise - if the Leafs ever won, I’d go to where the parade started rather than the rally part.
 
Looked like the guys were tired at the end and I don’t blame them it was a long day for them. Need to keep the fans back a little more so they can move through easy. Also the shooting seemed to take the energy completely out of the crowd/stage, which makes sense.
 
Kawhi took a selfie....

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It might be his first ever
 
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Kawhi said he’ll make his decision when it’s time. Said season surpassed expectations even though winning a title was the expectation. Said it was cool to experience all four seasons.
 
Not sure if it was posted above. Chris Carter said today that Kawhi will meet with 5 teams. Both LA teams, both NY teams and the Raptors. I believe Kawhi is rep’d by the same agent that Carter was/is. Brooklyn maybe a dark horse in the race. Can offer could cash plus maybe playing with Kyrie?

I’m thinking it’s 50/50 he stays. But who knows with that guy lol
 
Whst % of that square knows what a Bobby Webster is?

I admit I had no idea what he looked like before today. What a day. I was working at the Ceebs so was able to duck out when they swung by Wellington and University. Interested to see what the final tally was. Not surprised if it's over 2 Million.
 
Not sure if it was posted above. Chris Carter said today that Kawhi will meet with 5 teams. Both LA teams, both NY teams and the Raptors. I believe Kawhi is rep’d by the same agent that Carter was/is. Brooklyn maybe a dark horse in the race. Can offer could cash plus maybe playing with Kyrie?

I’m thinking it’s 50/50 he stays. But who knows with that guy lol

I think it's 80/20 so willing to bet even money on it. But my Bodog site doesn't have the bet posted at the moment.
 
Here’s hoping Kawhi bonded enough with his teammates, the organization and the city that it will be really hard for him to leave.
 
Not sure if it was posted above. Chris Carter said today that Kawhi will meet with 5 teams. Both LA teams, both NY teams and the Raptors. I believe Kawhi is rep’d by the same agent that Carter was/is. Brooklyn maybe a dark horse in the race. Can offer could cash plus maybe playing with Kyrie?

I’m thinking it’s 50/50 he stays. But who knows with that guy lol

None of that makes me feel good.

What is there to even discuss with the others?

They can pay a lot less. The players are known. So what else?

If he somehow actually joins the Lakers, we can all just skip next season till the finals to see who they end up sweeping.
 
None of that makes me feel good.

What is there to even discuss with the others?

Free agents meet with clubs they don't really intend on signing with all the time. Lebron met with Philly ffs. If there's any truth to this report it basically means that Kawhi is only interested in Toronto and the 2 elite US markets. That's good news to me, not bad. If we take other things that have come out in the past as being at least partially true, he's not interested in being 2nd fiddle on a team as well, and that he prioritizes winning. That puts LAL out (they also don't have money), winning puts the Knicks out (it's entirely possible that this information pre dates KD's injury when it was expected that the Knicks were going to land KD, and also have another max money slot....it's tough to not at least hear out a KD led Knicks team). Is Kawhi-Kyrie in Brooklyn a title team? Probably not far off. It's worth hearing what they have to say (Jay-Z is a pretty big deal in the culture and all).

If he somehow actually joins the Lakers, we can all just skip next season till the finals to see who they end up sweeping.

There is no way for the Lakers to clear the salary they need in time, literally none. Even pushing the AD trade back to July 30th doesn't help unless Kawhi was willing to not sign for almost an entire month.
 
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