We’re building something on the backs of genius moves like the Thad trade.
SpicyP43905
We’d have no future, and our best player would be a 34-year-old who is a UFA next szn.young players and picks for KD, just to be a 5-7 seed and get knocked out in the first, or at the max second round, would have been even worse.
We’d have no future, and our best player would be a 34 year old who is a UFA next szn.
Legitimate-Row7081
we are exactly where the sub wants us to be
myrapties
After trading Bargnani, the Lowry Derozan era Raptors never won fewer than 48 games. It made sense to build around that core.
The Fred/Siakam era Raptors are now struggling to make the 8th seed and Masai is trading picks away to invest in this core? Make it make sense. This roster plus whatever bottom of the barrel free agents that the FO can sign in FA isn’t competing for anything.
TinyOrganization1507
hope we get beat down so hard in the play-in that the front office cant resign mr, bet on yourself
wagnerlight
Freddie is good off bench and OG I’d trade all the rest
TinyOrganization1507
Freddie will not go back to the bench, his ego won’t let him
deludedinformer
Fred is not a bench player but I don’t know if he is going to decline over the next few seasons…Depth is what we are missing, we ride our starters with heavy minutes so they are winded by the end of the game…We need a bench and quick!
thethunder92
Maybe we should tank for the next 20 or 30 years keep getting drafts then start playing for real!
It makes no sense, just play to win
Abject-Ad-6336
The raptors wanna be the new Orlando magic and be painfully mediocre worst type of basketball team
RaptorRespecter
There was no trade package for KD that kept the Raps as true contenders that the Nets would accept. The Nets reportedly would only even pick up the phone for a package that included Scottie. But Scottie makes so little and KD makes so much that they’d have to throw in players you’d need to have a contender with KD anyway.
boenwip
Didn’t it come out that MLSE wanted to focus on selling tickets and recuperate losses from the Tampa season? They’ll push for playoffs 9/10 if it means getting fans in the stands
FirstV1
WE THE NORTH
SBrB8
The direction is trying to make as much money with a mid-level team as possible.
Tanking to get Wemby would be way too tough when you look at the bottom 4 teams. While we may not be great, with our core, we’re certainly better than Houston, San Antonio, Detroit, and Charlotte.
So trying to tank just for a 10% chance at the #1 pick isn’t great, and I doubt we’d be lucky enough to jump up in the lottery so soon after we got Scottie.
So since we’re not bad enough to tank, I’m hardly surprised they’re trying to maybe break into the first round, to try and get a couple million extra dollars. After all it’s still a business, and they want to make money.
octopus86sg
Get eliminated in the play in, FVV and GTJ walk for free!! Hahahahahaha still in Masai we trust? Time to take the stance and boycott and protest
nellyhk
Our direction is to maximize the profits for MLSE in the short term, even if it means sacrificing our long-term competitive viability.
crackhousebob
Play-in loss is worse than just finishing 20 games below 0.500.
ChampagneAbuelo
I’ll never forgive the team for not going for Donovan Mitchell when Utah was trading him. I understand not going for KD because his age + BK was asking for too much, but there was no excuse to not try and get Mitchell
Sympathy_Dapper
Tanking is loser mentality simple as that
LifeofWalk
Oh please 100% of people in this thread are mediocre in life and 99.99% of the population is mediocre.
I own my own place in the city and I’m mediocre.
Imagine being a loser with a tanking mentality thinking you’re somehow not “mediocre” because of that! Your life is an absolute failure. Don’t act like you don’t already know 😂
What separates winners from losers is that winners don’t tank!
CanadianLionelHutz
Why do people think the front office has 3 finite buttons they just press.
Like I’m sure they are trying to do something other then mediocrity.
Lopsided-Ad-9444
Trade far Damian Lillard. Lillard pleasw. I dom’t want KD, I want Dame.
DoctorSweetChat
You people are deluded.
We were never getting KD without moving Scottie
We were never going to be bad enough to compete for the 1st overall pick.
The play-in hasn’t happened yet. If you can see the future I would recommend using that ability to do something more meaningful then cry on the Raptors subreddit.
PersonalityLiving300
KD the guy that hasn’t won anything since Curry was on the same team, the guy that had Irving and Harden. Tank for a media hype. Just cheer for the team since not one of you know anything about running a team.
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Wouldn’t be suprised if they miss the playin 🤦♀️
We’re building something on the backs of genius moves like the Thad trade.
We’d have no future, and our best player would be a 34-year-old who is a UFA next szn.young players and picks for KD, just to be a 5-7 seed and get knocked out in the first, or at the max second round, would have been even worse.
We’d have no future, and our best player would be a 34 year old who is a UFA next szn.
we are exactly where the sub wants us to be
After trading Bargnani, the Lowry Derozan era Raptors never won fewer than 48 games. It made sense to build around that core.
The Fred/Siakam era Raptors are now struggling to make the 8th seed and Masai is trading picks away to invest in this core? Make it make sense. This roster plus whatever bottom of the barrel free agents that the FO can sign in FA isn’t competing for anything.
hope we get beat down so hard in the play-in that the front office cant resign mr, bet on yourself
Freddie is good off bench and OG I’d trade all the rest
Freddie will not go back to the bench, his ego won’t let him
Fred is not a bench player but I don’t know if he is going to decline over the next few seasons…Depth is what we are missing, we ride our starters with heavy minutes so they are winded by the end of the game…We need a bench and quick!
Maybe we should tank for the next 20 or 30 years keep getting drafts then start playing for real!
It makes no sense, just play to win
The raptors wanna be the new Orlando magic and be painfully mediocre worst type of basketball team
There was no trade package for KD that kept the Raps as true contenders that the Nets would accept. The Nets reportedly would only even pick up the phone for a package that included Scottie. But Scottie makes so little and KD makes so much that they’d have to throw in players you’d need to have a contender with KD anyway.
Didn’t it come out that MLSE wanted to focus on selling tickets and recuperate losses from the Tampa season? They’ll push for playoffs 9/10 if it means getting fans in the stands
WE THE NORTH
The direction is trying to make as much money with a mid-level team as possible.
Tanking to get Wemby would be way too tough when you look at the bottom 4 teams. While we may not be great, with our core, we’re certainly better than Houston, San Antonio, Detroit, and Charlotte.
So trying to tank just for a 10% chance at the #1 pick isn’t great, and I doubt we’d be lucky enough to jump up in the lottery so soon after we got Scottie.
So since we’re not bad enough to tank, I’m hardly surprised they’re trying to maybe break into the first round, to try and get a couple million extra dollars. After all it’s still a business, and they want to make money.
Get eliminated in the play in, FVV and GTJ walk for free!! Hahahahahaha still in Masai we trust? Time to take the stance and boycott and protest
Our direction is to maximize the profits for MLSE in the short term, even if it means sacrificing our long-term competitive viability.
Play-in loss is worse than just finishing 20 games below 0.500.
I’ll never forgive the team for not going for Donovan Mitchell when Utah was trading him. I understand not going for KD because his age + BK was asking for too much, but there was no excuse to not try and get Mitchell
Tanking is loser mentality simple as that
Oh please 100% of people in this thread are mediocre in life and 99.99% of the population is mediocre.
I own my own place in the city and I’m mediocre.
Imagine being a loser with a tanking mentality thinking you’re somehow not “mediocre” because of that! Your life is an absolute failure. Don’t act like you don’t already know 😂
What separates winners from losers is that winners don’t tank!
Why do people think the front office has 3 finite buttons they just press.
Like I’m sure they are trying to do something other then mediocrity.
Trade far Damian Lillard. Lillard pleasw. I dom’t want KD, I want Dame.
You people are deluded.
We were never getting KD without moving Scottie
We were never going to be bad enough to compete for the 1st overall pick.
The play-in hasn’t happened yet. If you can see the future I would recommend using that ability to do something more meaningful then cry on the Raptors subreddit.
KD the guy that hasn’t won anything since Curry was on the same team, the guy that had Irving and Harden. Tank for a media hype. Just cheer for the team since not one of you know anything about running a team.