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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

CH1 said:
Another day, another Knicks going after Ujiri rumor.
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Honestly, fuck Woj and his Masai rumours.

I'll never forget that motherfucker dropping a "Masai to the Wizards" story literally moments after the Raptors won their title.

To these guys, the Raptors will always be a second-rate outpost that top talent is looking to get the hell out of.
 
Woj pretty much backed off it.

"Already interviewing guys"

"Not enough time"

"Dont want to give up draft picks"
 
zeke said:
Woj pretty much backed off it.

"Already interviewing guys"

"Not enough time"

"Dont want to give up draft picks"
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Basically....

Dolan: Hi Masai, yeah it's James Dolan. I was hoping you would consider coming to New Yo
Masai:
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GEEMAN said:
If he wants the ultimate start from scratch project its New York

He will just need to tell Dolan top F OFF for 5 years
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He's already done that twice in his career though. He's proven that he can take a struggling franchise and turn it into a sustainable winner...he's done it twice. He has no allegiance to the US (he's Brit/African as is his wife.) and he's already built a network global brand that helps with his Africa basketball initiative, he doesn't need to do it again. He's been pretty quiet with his personal goals and plans beyond the growth of african basketball, but this guy had bled Toronto and Raptors red for years now. I could see him getting lured into a legacy type position as President of the Lakers or something down the road after he feels he's done everything he can do here. But the way the US media talks about the Raptors probably fuels this guy to prove them wrong again.
 
MindzEye said:
He's already done that twice in his career though. He's proven that he can take a struggling franchise and turn it into a sustainable winner...he's done it twice. He has no allegiance to the US (he's Brit/African as is his wife.) and he's already built a network global brand that helps with his Africa basketball initiative, he doesn't need to do it again. He's been pretty quiet with his personal goals and plans beyond the growth of african basketball, but this guy had bled Toronto and Raptors red for years now. I could see him getting lured into a legacy type position as President of the Lakers or something down the road after he feels he's done everything he can do here. But the way the US media talks about the Raptors probably fuels this guy to prove them wrong again.
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Yup........ and hope MLSE brings a blank cheque and fill in the amount to lock him up for another 5 years

If he moves on one day leave us in good hands with a direction in place

He needs to be the architect to build another core
 
MLSE isn't going to cheap out on Masai. The Raptors are an epic cash machine and MLSE has thankfully internalized the worth of titles to the bottom line.
 
To toss another reason on the pile that this is super unlikely

www.nytimes.com

New U.S. Travel Ban Shuts Door on Africa’s Biggest Economy, Nigeria (Published 2020)

The visa rules will affect nearly a quarter of the people on the African continent, including many hoping to join loved ones already in the U.S.
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A year after the Trump administration announced that a major pillar of its new strategy for Africa was to counter the growing influence of China and Russia by expanding economic ties to the continent, it slammed the door shut on Nigeria, the continent’s biggest economy.

The travel restrictions also apply to three other African countries — Sudan, Tanzania, and Eritrea — as well as to Myanmar, which is accused of genocide against its Muslim population, and Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet state.
The ban will prevent thousands of people from being able to move to the United States.
The initial ban, which was put into effect in 2017, restricted travel from some Muslim-majority countries as part of Mr. Trump’s plan to keep out “radical Islamic terrorists.” It has already affected more than 135 million people — many of them Christians — from seven countries.

With the new expansion, the ban will affect nearly a quarter of the 1.2 billion people on the African continent, according to W. Gyude Moore, a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, a research group, potentially taking a heavy toll on African economies — and on America’s image in the region.
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Trump has extended the travel ban to include Nigeria.
 
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