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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

hockeylover said:
Woah, did anyone watch the Raptors game tonight? I just saw the highlights and looks like Ford hit his head on the floor after being fouled by the Hawks player. He went off on a stretcher and was taken to an Atlanta hospital.

Any word on how he's doing?? Was anyone watching it?
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Yeah shit was pretty bad. But 12 years later they won the ship so it's all good.
 
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So, here's how crazy that comeback was.

Since 2009/10, teams have gone into a 4th quarter down 20 points a total of exactly 1670 times as of this morning.

Their record was 3-1667 in those 1670 games.

Those teams are now 4-1667
 
With 2:09 to play in the third quarter, the Raptors trailed the Mavericks by 30. Their win probability, according to InPredictable, was 0.2 percent. It was not much better even when they cut the lead to a more manageable 23 points over those final 129 seconds of the quarter. InPredictable bumped them all the way to 0.9 percent.
 
The stories about Robertson’s wish list made their way to the league office soon after Leonard made his decision, with concerned parties reporting that Leonard’s uncle had asked pursuing teams for much, much more than a max contract (Kawhi ultimately signed a three-year, $103 million deal with the Clippers). Sources say the league was told that Robertson asked team officials for part ownership of the team, a private plane that would be available at all times, a house and — last but certainly not least — a guaranteed amount of off-court endorsement money that they could expect if Leonard played for their team. All of those items, to be clear, would fall well outside the confines of the league’s collective bargaining agreement.

A source with knowledge of the Kawhi-Lakers talks said Robertson made those requests repeatedly to owner Jeanie Buss over the course of three phone calls that spanned several days, and that she made it clear that such perks were illegal and would not be considered. There was even a question raised by Robertson about why Lakers legend Magic Johnson had been given a small piece of Lakers ownership so many years ago, with Buss explaining that the two situations couldn’t have been more different – even beyond the fact that one was legal and the other was not.

Those uncomfortable discussions with Robertson, along with Buss’ growing sense at the time that the Lakers were being used as leverage to help Leonard get what he wanted out of the Clippers, are at the heart of the frustration that remains to this day. What’s more, sources said that Robertson made similar requests of the Raptors.

The presumption among rival teams, of course, is that he did the same with the Clippers. The ripple effect of those extraordinary requests would be felt all around the league last summer.
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theathletic.com

Improper requests, an investigation, and a superstar chase gone sideways: The untold stories from Kawhi Leonard’s free agency that left the Lakers fuming

Kawhi's return to L.A. included talks with both teams. What he was asking for could have lasting effects in L.A. and the NBA office.
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Yeah, read that earlier. Uncle Dennis hasn't made friends anywhere really. They hated him in San Antonio, I doubt he'll be receiving a christmas card from Masai, he appears to have tried to get the Lakers to break the CBA and risk huge penalties and he likely did get the Clippers to do it.
 
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