Raptors president Masai Ujiri discusses why he made the trade for Jakob Poeltl, how the organization views Jeff Dowtin Jr. and ways Toronto can re-establish its culture. Full end of season availability is below:
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Masai you handicapped our assets for Jakob there is no way around it that trade was terrible for the position we were in and even worst now. And he’s barely a top 15 center let’s not get ahead of ourselves
FOR YOUR INFO. VALANCHUNUS IS A STARTER IN HIS TEAM. AND HE PLAYING MORE TIME THAN ALL OF THEM. THEY RAPTORS FRONT OFFICE IS BULLSHITTING. AT LEAST VALANCHUNES. HAD A GOOD TIME ON THE TRUCK,,,CHAMPAGNE LIKE WATER.
More questions should be leveraged towards Masai’s choices this season. The Jakob trade sucked. Not trading 1-2 of OG, Gary, Siakam, or Fred for picks. He’s saddled the Raptors in a crappy spot for at least the next couple years if no moves are made this off-season.
He’s not wrong about utilizing the young players like Precious, Banton, Flynn, etc. The development and minutes for these guys drastically slowed this season. The Raptors have prided themselves on developing young players and being in-house with this system but maybe the gene pool has slowed. Masai did not mix it up or move forward this season period. In this climate of the NBA you won’t survive without growth. Him and Bobby HAVE TO shake it up. It might mean big sacrifices and losing some of the beloved players but we are at an impasse as an organization.
Keep OG Jakob gtj boucher drop Freddy and he MUST trade pascal
Washed
Will Barton sucks lol
HES CLEARLY TALKING ABOUT NICK NURSE AND FREDDY'S SELFISH PLAYING FREDDY WASNT PLAYING FOR THE TEAM HE PLAYING FOR THE BAG
I like Jeff Dowtin we definitely should make him apart of this team I wish we would kept Josh Jackson
I say bring in a Zion Williamson for Pascal
Ujiri is a snake.
Fred has to go even if he opts in the extension (sign and trade him). Scottie and other young guys can't waste another year on Fred running the offense. Letting go of NN was the right move to start. I look forward to getting rid of Fred and potentially trade Siakam for a PG and some draft picks. I understand Masai' move by getting Poelt in mid-season. He had to be absolutely sure that it wasn't just the "centre" issue with the team. The play-in and horrible losses to top-tier teams this year really showed that the issues run deep.
Raptors media is irritating. How much of a fuss did they make over a 2 way player. Even Bobby Marks called it out on his Raptors offseason report. It takes someone from outside to point out how absurd the local media was in this issue.