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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
The Pacers pick was top 4 protected. NO's traded it back to them this past offseason.

BI is a 28 year old former #2 overall pick who will likely outperform most players picked in the 5-10 range (and a lot in the 1-4 range range as well), if the Pacers didn't get their pick back.

NO's had a rough offseason. First they traded the Pacers pick they got for Ingram back to the Pacers for not much in return. Then they traded their own unprotected 1st to the Hawks for a pick in the midish 1st round. They're currently 2-13 without their own pick in the draft. .
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ah yes.

so if the pacers finish bottom 4 this year, then we wouldn't have got the pick anyways. good to remember, because this draft looks like a good one.

that being said i still doubt indy finishes that low.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
Why was he fired again?
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Thankfully we have video from the meeting between Masai and Eddie

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PlayerToBeNamedLater said:
You eventually trade a couple robin's for a batman.
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That's why it's so important for at least a few of CMB, Dick, Jakobe, Shead, Mogbo etc to turn into real NBA players that teams want on their roster. So that when a Batman comes available you have a Quick/Ingram/RJ + CMB/Dick/Jakobe + multiple 1sts trade ready to go that brings value and salary matching nice and easy.

The world rightfully clowns on the Luka trade, but the reason the Lakers were able to trade for Luka was that they had a top 10 (when healthy) player on their team in AD, they had a young player teams were interested in with Max Christie, etc...and of course the reason the Lakers had AD was that once upon a time they had a young Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, and 3 1sts. In the end the Pelicans turned the picks into Herb Jones, Jackson Hayes, NAW, and Dyson Daniels. Which in 2025 would be 35 win team by itself. The Lakers had that to trade for AD because they spent a few years stacking assets.
 
zeke said:
has it? 13th in opponents win percentage, and only 5 home games vs 10 road games.
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Dunksandthrees has it at a -0.6 (they measure by their net rating, not record) which is 21st. We're in a grouping with the Knicks, Bucks, Hawks, Celtics, and Pacers though betweem -0.1 and 1.1
 
zeke said:

View: https://x.com/raptormoments/status/1991566906617385313?s=20
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It was an off season IQ test. The Raptors won 30 games without ever having their roster together during the 1st half, and spending the 2nd half strategically playing tank rosters when they were already out of it....and then added Ingram to that. I get having questions about the fit and whether or not it's a finished product you can contend with, but these guys were all fucking ridiculous. Picking the Raptors 26th? They were 24th during the fucking tank season, you think they're going to get worse?

Clownshoes all around.
 
Celtics fans would be making Pascal's HOF case and calling Fred one of the most under valued players of the decade if they were Celtics and not Raptors over that stretch. Just like American fans were calling Demar and Kyle the "Trash Bros" before Demar got traded and the US realized he was good, and Kyle became uber leaderbean analytics monster Kyle to them post chip.
 
He's gone from a super interesting elite prospect to a 6'7 Trae Young that can't stay healthy. The organization is a clownshow, but his only playing at one end of the court and not committing to any sort of structure hasn't helped at all. Career .544 TS% who wants 19-20 shots a game? Same career TS% as Scottie and people spent all summer in the media talking about how he should never shoot the ball again for the rest of his career.
 
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