[Wolstat] My belief is Toronto will be too good to bottom out next year even if they wanted to, so best thing for today would be moving up. Even though class is considered weak, still a shot at adding a difference maker if you choose wisely at top here. Give up pick in 8-12 range next yr.
My belief is Toronto will be too good to bottom out next year even if they wanted to, so best thing for today would be moving up. Even though class is considered weak, still a shot at adding a difference maker if you choose wisely at top here. Give up pick in 8-12 range next yr. https://t.co/e0VwAVKDmJ
— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) May 12, 2024
by EarthWarping
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I disagree (pick should convey) but it’s an interesting thought.
I agree plus i dont wanna push our scottie timeline back another year, i fear he might grow tired of sucking.
The idea that they’ll be too good is pretty optimistic. That’s probably only true if you assume their best players will be mostly healthy. If one of Scottie/IQ/RJ/Poeltl loses significant time to injury the team is not going to be good. If two get injured at the same time, they’ll be one of the worst teams in the league again.
Eh I think we had more talent last season opener and look how that turned out
Not sure where he got that optimism from
Nothing about this team is “too good” – it’s a bottom 10 squad, even when fully healthy (which is rare). There’s a few awful teams who were obviously better than but it’s not a long list.
I hardly doubt the raptors will be a better team next year
>Even though class is considered weak, still a shot at adding a difference maker if you choose wisely at top here. Give up pick in 8-12 range next yr.
Unless it it’s Sarr, there are a few players I’d prefer in the top 12 next year. Let’s see what happens.
Are we sure they’ll be too good to bottom out? We lack both high end talent and depth. Expecting improvement to the point we’re too good to bottom out would require significant growth from all the young guys.
On what basis is this team going to be too good
Is a top pick this year much better than 8-12 next year?
But even then I don’t think we are picking 8-12 next year. I think we’ll be a playoff team.
Fake injury here and there and Cooper is as good as ours next year even if we keep our pick this year
I mostly agree but if we are in the 8-12 range next year in March I’d like us to try and dip down into top 4 range again. Adding two top 5 talents to this core would be massive for the success of the team long term.
Bottom out for 2 years and give up a 2nd rounder instead 🔥
No kidding. Who doesn’t agree with this?
Can we stop with the “too good to bottom out” narratives already? That kind of talk is what got us into this whole pick situation and asset-rot situation in the first place. Tanking for a dollar store draft isn’t gonna be enough considering how good next year’s draft is looking.
I’m so tired of this “draft class is weak” narrative, as if this years playoffs didn’t feature Tyrese Maxey, Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton, all of whom were drafted in a “weak” 2020 class and only Edwards was selected in the lottery. Not to mention LaMelo Ball, Devin Vassell, Desmond Bane, and even IQ.
The draft is always a crapshoot, but what’s the point of kicking the can down the road even further?
I’d rather give up 7 this year and get 10 next year tbh.
This is a really bad team. They were a bad team with Fred, Pascal and OG but magically Scottie and IQ growth is enough to be more than a 25 win squad?
The Thunder were bad with an MVP caliber Shai. This is going to be a bad team for 2/3 more years
The East is so bad, if were bottom 6 next year there’s a major problem (assuming its not injury related)
Thats very optimistic, there nothing that leads me to believe we will be good next year
Seeing as next year is still top 6 protected, personally I think they’re better off keeping the pick this year. 6th overall this year isn’t going to really move the needle on next season, if they end up with another top 6 it will likely be due to injuries.
This team is not that good. It’s going to take at least 4-5 years before they could seriously contend and that’s assuming every player max’s out or exceeds their development, every draft pick hits, and every trade works out in our favour. This isn’t even a playoff team, let alone a playoff team trying to get experience to make the next step. We have a very long way to go.
This roster is one Barnes injury away (touch wood) from being in the lottery again. Let’s stop with this nonsense of trading away our future picks and start thinking about acquiring more of them please. Our FO is at their best when we have **more** picks, not less.