The Raptors wanted a coach whom they believed could coach a contending team should the franchise stay on its current path with veterans, or a rebuilding roster should they eventually transform the roster to younger players and draft assets, sources said.
ESPN story on the Raptors hiring Grizzlies assistant Darko Rajakovic as the franchise’s next coach https://t.co/wlyme6KC3T
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 10, 2023
by The_Living_L
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“Golden State’s Kenny Atkinson and Milwaukee’s Charles Lee were other coaches given serious consideration in the process, sources said.” No mention of Sergio from Woj
A whole bunch of nothing
We still don’t know where we’re headed 😭
The raptors are edging the whole nba rn
“We got him so we’re good when we figure out what we’re doing”
Still directionless. A joke.
what have the vets been contending for the last 3 years?
Lmao so it’s basically confirmed that this FO is completely directionless.
The fact Masai actually believes the bench mob can win a title is insane.
Im glad the FO is keeping their cards close to their chest. But it has to be clear at this point which of those 2 paths is better for the future, right?
Cap. A fresh blood coaching hire who’s known for development is as far from a “maybe we can also contend” hire possible.
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Hint hint this is much more of the latter I think
They said the exact same thing about Nurse when we picked him over Messina.
This off-season is going to be so funny. The FO has to at least pretend to keep both options open to maintain leverage.
But also they have a history of screwing themselves by refusing to commit to a franchise direction.
So no matter what the fanbase is going to be losing their minds as wildly contradictory seeming reports leak every 5 seconds, and there’s like a 50/50 chance they’ll end up being completely justified in that anger.
The fact we tried to to contended and were buyers at the deadline keeps getting more embarrassing as time continues on and I’m sure that’s not done
Contending with what exactly?
Masai: Just like the 4th pick, I bet you didn’t see this coming!
LMAO! Which means if Masai ain’t happy with the trade offers. We are running it back. I’m pretty sure he would love to run this shit back to try and prove to NN that it was the coaching problem not the rosters. LOL.
THEY STILL DONT KNOW WHAT PATH TO TAKE??????????
They still think this core can CONTEND?!!!!!???????
We already know that the fire sale and rebuild are coming. Statements like that aren’t fooling anyone that’s taken a glance at our cap situation.
I hope Darko overhauls our offense and helps our young players find their role and develop.
Spinning their wheels
Now, getting quality assistant coaches for Darko’s reign… who do you see coming?
pls be option number two
Contending for the play-in
Make a decision about the future of the franchise or draw 25 cards
I’m so confused..
Lmaoo no vision
I feel like this is my punishment for years of decision-making procrastination lol. My favourite team imitates my own massive faults…
But in all seriousness, FFS please rebuild. At the very least, retool and get younger.
Raptors just saw Jokic and Djokovic dominating and wanted a piece of that Serbia action