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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

Only thing remotely interesting they have is young center Queta. Though he's probably not anything anyways.
 
Boucher not being an expiring deal makes trading laterally seem kind of silly unless it's someone we really like. I like the idea of Pritchard in theory (7m a year for a decent functioning backup PG is nothing in NBA economics and Pritchard isn't bad as a pure backup at all, don't get Zeke'd because Boston) but with Quickley and Dennis, I don't see the fit. Would rather see us play Boucher properly in the 2nd half to repair a bunch of his value and then turn around in the summer and trade him up in the summer with that 1 yr left on his deal.
 
yes he can shoot when he's wide open like he gets to be with 4 other shooters on the floor in boston.

he's a slow midget is the problem.
 
zeke said:
yes he can shoot when he's wide open like he gets to be with 4 other shooters on the floor in boston.

he's a slow midget is the problem.
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If he wasn't a slow midget, he wouldn't be a backup, he'd be starting somewhere.

He's a small, slowish backup PG who can spot up, shoot off the dribble and run an offence. Works hard at the defensive end as well, though is definitely underpowered there against anyone with legit quicks or size. In 15-20 backup minutes a night he's not going to hurt you, which I think we all saw the value of in the Malachi Flynn era here. Pritchard is probably the 2nd-3rd best backup PG in the east and he makes poverty wages by NBA standards to be functionally useful.

If Boucher was expiring this year, and Boston was dangling that, I'd consider taking it and then look to move Dennis + Gary + stuff of value in for a shooting guard solution.
 
Pritchard is terrible, and only has any value at all because teams don't bother guarding him on the perimeter with that Boston lineup. Like happened with Grant Williams.
 
MindzEye said:
If he wasn't a slow midget, he wouldn't be a backup, he'd be starting somewhere.

He's a small, slowish backup PG who can spot up, shoot off the dribble and run an offence. Works hard at the defensive end as well, though is definitely underpowered there against anyone with legit quicks or size. In 15-20 backup minutes a night he's not going to hurt you, which I think we all saw the value of in the Malachi Flynn era here. Pritchard is probably the 2nd-3rd best backup PG in the east and he makes poverty wages by NBA standards to be functionally useful.

If Boucher was expiring this year, and Boston was dangling that, I'd consider taking it and then look to move Dennis + Gary + stuff of value in for a shooting guard solution.
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TJ McConnell comp but they compete hard
 
GEEMAN said:
TJ McConnell comp but they compete hard
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Yeah, McConnell is a guy I mentioned a bunch of times over the last 2 years as a potential target as backup PG.

Just a guy that can give you 15-20 minutes a night and not hurt you, bonus points if you can scale up his minutes to cover short term injuries without being a tire fire as well.
 
I need to know what happened in Boston.

I think it would be healthy for you to talk about it amongst, well, I'm not going to say friends, but, i guess, long term aquaintances that dont necessarily want you to be unhealthy?
 
zeke said:
nowhere close to McConnell's passing/floor general ability tho.
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Sure, but a much, much better shooter.

If McConnell could shoot, he'd be a starter. If Pritchard could score off the dribble and run an offence like McConnell, he'd be a starter.

You're always going to be dealing with players who have major deficiencies somewhere when you're looking at pure bench bodies. It always comes down to what you need specifically to maximize what you're trying to do.
 
MindzEye said:
Sure, but a much, much better shooter.

If McConnell could shoot, he'd be a starter. If Pritchard could score off the dribble and run an offence like McConnell, he'd be a starter.

You're always going to be dealing with players who have major deficiencies somewhere when you're looking at pure bench bodies. It always comes down to what you need specifically to maximize what you're trying to do.
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If flynn could shoot, run an offense, score off the dribble and defend he would be a starter
 
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