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OT: The Official Toronto Raptors Thread

MyNameIsJonas said:
That Turner 3 feels like a suboptimal choice, like us running shots for Castle Man
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Someone has to shoot it. Haliburton and Nemhard were running around playing touch butt in the park. In these situations when you're down, the clock is as big an enemy as missed shots are. You can get offensive rebounds, you can't get time back. Are your feet set and can you see the rim? Is it a shot that you specifically are allowed to take this shot within the offence? That's the checklist. Answer yes to both and let that shit fly.
 
honestly i'm annoyed if they just ditch him without getting a starting caliber player back.

I don't love him as a player and he's overpaid but he's shown in toronto that he's actually a capable starter in the nba. And with him here that gives us full 5-man starting caliber lineup for the first time in a long while. Could actually turn into something interesting.

But ditching RJ for picks or whatever reeks of masai once again overestimated one or more of the mediocre kids he's drafted lately, and punching a hole in our starting lineup that'll stop us from being more than a bubble team.
 
Oh, I don't think Masai would sell him for picks. I think he is looking for an upgrade and is using RJ as the bait.
 
IDK, maybe Dyson Daniels out of Atlanta? Keon Ellis out of Sacramento? Vassel out of Spurs?

Masai doesn't trade someone for the sake of it
 
Yeah, this tracks with what the media guys in town have been saying this week. New ownership believes that the Ingram trade and contract signals the end of the rebuild and now the expectations are that we make the playoffs and Masai will look to bundle up multiple assets into a better one.

This is just me theory crafting, but I think the obvious scenarios are

RJ + kids for a SG upgrade: The problem here is that there's really only a few SG's out there who are a significant upgrade. Devin Booker is the only one I see that makes much sense, but he doesn't strike me as the type of talent Masai is going to take a big swing at. There's the 3&D guys like Keon Ellis, but I'm struggling to see Sacto moving him for a guy who probably doesn't work with the perimeter guards that already don't work together that they have.

RJ + IQ for a star lead guard: Jah Morant is a headcase but a hell of a talent and there are rumours he's available. Trae a massive defensively liability but a pretty legit offensive engine....though I don't think we want to take the ball out of Scottie's hands quite as much as having Trae would do. The real HR swing here would be Lamelo if you think you can get him to buy into a system and play winning basketball.

RJ + Jake for a better big: RJ and Jake would be a pretty good start towards a Sabonis trade, though I don't know if Sabonis and Scottie would work great together in a half court offence, it would be intriguing as fuck to try. Probably the stealthiest fringe superstar player in the league. Maybe Cleveland is trying to shed some salary and would spin out RJ somewhere else for assets and flip us Allen?
 
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