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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

Especially if its a farewell kinda deal. It never made sense for VC cause we were so deep and he was kinda not good enough, but DDR would be a much better option than Martin/Battle and can run the point as well if need be
 
zeke said:
Brown is overrated celtics shit.This deal
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MindzEye said:
What if I told you that Brown is massively overrated and owes most of his reputation to the analytic excellence of the team around him?

He's a matador on the defensive end, and only really useful as a volume scorer, which he's only moderately efficient as.

He's fine, but he's pretty similar to what prime Demar with a 35% 3pointer would have been.

Also, Paul George is better than you think. A really solid and efficient #3 scoring option on a good team who can still defend the other teams best wing scorer.

I have Boston winning this trade fwiw. Brown just isn't worth as much to NBA front offices who understand the analytics piece, as he is to casual fans who see 28 ppg, and a finals MVP he won despite being shit for most of those finals (check his shooting splits in those finals, lol... He owes Jrue a steak dinner for life)
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Brown has his faults but FFS you gotta do better than PG who can barely play 40 games a year on a broken body
 
GEEMAN said:
Brown has his faults but FFS you gotta do better than PG who can barely play 40 games a year on a broken body
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There were apparently 8-10 teams involved, and this was the best offer of the bunch. Brown's contract is in the conversation for worst in the league. I'm not surprised at what the league actually values him as.

This isn't like the Luka situation, where one idiot sneaker salesman/GM only spoke to one other GM about selling Luka. Stevens spoke to everyone interested and negotiated multiple best offers. This appears to be the best offer for Brown. Again, I'm not surprised. No one who is familiar with Brown's analytic value is surprised.
 
I hope not. These guys should be ready to be not kids this season. Scottie should be elevated as the leader and king of the young guys, with Kawhi as the quiet guy doing his own thing a lot of the time. I don't see a lot of room for Temple in the culture of the room.
 
MindzEye said:
I hope not. These guys should be ready to be not kids this season. Scottie should be elevated as the leader and king of the young guys, with Kawhi as the quiet guy doing his own thing a lot of the time. I don't see a lot of room for Temple in the culture of the room.
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FWIW Ive heard Kyle Anderson a 12 year vet is a big locker room guy and a Minny writer when asked to describe him in one word chose, "motherfucker"
 
I've always liked Slo-Mo

He doesn't do a whole lot offensively other than set decent screens and hit 3's, but he can still defend at a high level. He's a good vet minimum get.
 
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