if anything, it shows that management doesn’t care about the pick potentially being traded and did not stop them from pivoting mid year.
the issue is that fans just are so triggered and fixated on an outcome that hasn’t happened yet. be patient and get out of your feelings.
LoWE11053211
more like tank to get the FRP back.
pakattack91
Scottie and Yak went down, even if we “tried to win”, we won’t lol. It’s not too hard to get.
Oshoninja
We should do the same meme for over reactive intensely emotional raptors fans.
averyfinefellow
Yes the current regime fucked this up big time. The Poetel trade was an obvious misstep and the fan base should be dubious of any moves the team makes. Not trading Bruce Brown is yet another screw up (in the same style even!) in the long line of screw ups over the last few years.
PokePersona
It’s funny how many Raptors fans seem to not understand the protections of their pick. If the Raptors are in the top 6 after the lottery, they keep the pick and next season’s pick is now top-6 protected.
HistoricalWash6930
How many times are we going post this before we just move on? Should they just have kept making the same mistake forever so people who wanted to tank last year feel better?
hbomb0
Stupid meme.
kpeds45
I mean, if it doesn’t make sense you aren’t paying attention to the actual seasons. Like the team wasn’t going to tank right now, but Scottie broke his hand and then Yak dislocated his Pinkie, both requiring surgery.
Last year, we were coming off a 48 win season, still had a 2x all NBA player, an all star PG, a ROY, an all NBA defensive player, and a former COY who had won a title with us. Giving that team a legit center and a chance made sense. That they had an epic choke job against Chicago, missing a dozen or more FTs, and then had Houston give FVV an absurd contact, wasn’t exactly forseeable.
And it’s also likely that we don’t get RJ or IQ for OG last year. And it’s also likely we aren’t getting Wembanyama. So where are we as a team? Who did we draft? Are they better than the young core we actually have now? Who knows, but I’m going to guess it’s not likely.
tightcorners
I really believe the raptors aren’t tanking, that’s how bad they are.
N0minal
What makes it even worse is almost every player in the top like 12 spots last year would start on this team.
And that’s WITH RJ and IQ on the squad.
eexxiitt
Don’t worry. This is just year 1 of the tank lol.
Ballplayerx97
People are really overvaluing these lottery picks. Even in a strong draft class, many of the highly touted players don’t pan out. We got pretty lucky with Scottie. That’s not guaranteed to happen just because you selected near the top.
gamer-at-heart-23
Just be happy that Masai got us a core now lol be happy and suck it up as we go through the process of becoming winners holy smokes
AK-Kaido
I swear some of y’all don’t seem to understand what’s going on.
Masai and Bobby didn’t plan on tanking for this year’s top 6 pick. We already have 2 picks in the draft so they wanted the young core of BBQ Dick to gain experience playing in a bigger role and take their lumps, hopefully getting into the play in while they address some of our needs in the draft and offseason trades.
No one could’ve predicted Barnes and Jak getting injured. Our team was already lacking size, and when you take out our two biggest rim presence on the team, obviously we’re going to suck ass. Barnes and Jak also bring above average playmaking so that also makes us worse. But one positive thing is that it puts more of an offensive workload on IQ to be the main playmaker/scorer. So far he’s been great, and I look forward to his development.
RJ also looks great in a bigger role, his efficiency and flashes of playmaking is a positive, I hope the Raptors are able to keep him at the 2 instead of moving him to the 3 since he’s a lot better bullying smaller SGs.
This team has a lot of holes, especially a center like Koloko 😭 who could defend the perimeter, and a POA defender with size. Ochai has the potential to become a good POA defender, but he can’t guard big 3s or 4s. We need a Walmart version of OG lol.
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What doesn’t make sense?
The plan last year wasn’t to tank this year.
the pick location has not been determined yet.
scottie + yak got hurt.
if anything, it shows that management doesn’t care about the pick potentially being traded and did not stop them from pivoting mid year.
the issue is that fans just are so triggered and fixated on an outcome that hasn’t happened yet. be patient and get out of your feelings.
more like tank to get the FRP back.
Scottie and Yak went down, even if we “tried to win”, we won’t lol. It’s not too hard to get.
We should do the same meme for over reactive intensely emotional raptors fans.
Yes the current regime fucked this up big time. The Poetel trade was an obvious misstep and the fan base should be dubious of any moves the team makes. Not trading Bruce Brown is yet another screw up (in the same style even!) in the long line of screw ups over the last few years.
It’s funny how many Raptors fans seem to not understand the protections of their pick. If the Raptors are in the top 6 after the lottery, they keep the pick and next season’s pick is now top-6 protected.
How many times are we going post this before we just move on? Should they just have kept making the same mistake forever so people who wanted to tank last year feel better?
Stupid meme.
I mean, if it doesn’t make sense you aren’t paying attention to the actual seasons. Like the team wasn’t going to tank right now, but Scottie broke his hand and then Yak dislocated his Pinkie, both requiring surgery.
Last year, we were coming off a 48 win season, still had a 2x all NBA player, an all star PG, a ROY, an all NBA defensive player, and a former COY who had won a title with us. Giving that team a legit center and a chance made sense. That they had an epic choke job against Chicago, missing a dozen or more FTs, and then had Houston give FVV an absurd contact, wasn’t exactly forseeable.
And it’s also likely that we don’t get RJ or IQ for OG last year. And it’s also likely we aren’t getting Wembanyama. So where are we as a team? Who did we draft? Are they better than the young core we actually have now? Who knows, but I’m going to guess it’s not likely.
I really believe the raptors aren’t tanking, that’s how bad they are.
What makes it even worse is almost every player in the top like 12 spots last year would start on this team.
And that’s WITH RJ and IQ on the squad.
Don’t worry. This is just year 1 of the tank lol.
People are really overvaluing these lottery picks. Even in a strong draft class, many of the highly touted players don’t pan out. We got pretty lucky with Scottie. That’s not guaranteed to happen just because you selected near the top.
Just be happy that Masai got us a core now lol be happy and suck it up as we go through the process of becoming winners holy smokes
I swear some of y’all don’t seem to understand what’s going on.
Masai and Bobby didn’t plan on tanking for this year’s top 6 pick. We already have 2 picks in the draft so they wanted the young core of BBQ Dick to gain experience playing in a bigger role and take their lumps, hopefully getting into the play in while they address some of our needs in the draft and offseason trades.
No one could’ve predicted Barnes and Jak getting injured. Our team was already lacking size, and when you take out our two biggest rim presence on the team, obviously we’re going to suck ass. Barnes and Jak also bring above average playmaking so that also makes us worse. But one positive thing is that it puts more of an offensive workload on IQ to be the main playmaker/scorer. So far he’s been great, and I look forward to his development.
RJ also looks great in a bigger role, his efficiency and flashes of playmaking is a positive, I hope the Raptors are able to keep him at the 2 instead of moving him to the 3 since he’s a lot better bullying smaller SGs.
This team has a lot of holes, especially a center like Koloko 😭 who could defend the perimeter, and a POA defender with size. Ochai has the potential to become a good POA defender, but he can’t guard big 3s or 4s. We need a Walmart version of OG lol.