>Says OG probably won’t take the extension offered to him
>Blake says that the question is what is this team?
>Blake says that the org underestimated what the market would be for FVV
>Weren’t a good offensive team last season, now they’re even worse
>Siakam thing has dragged on long enough, that Blake wonders that a trade is still possible as long as he isn’t extended (Lowe agrees with this)
>If your upside is a play-in team, what are you doing that for?
>Blake is surprised by how long this Pascal stuff has gone of for, in terms of having an answer one way or another
>Both think the starting 5 is Dennis/OG/Scottie/Pascal/Poeltl, not good half court offensively but good defensively
>Lowe says that if no one else asks Silver about the Knicks lawsuit, he’ll ask about it
>Lowe wonders that with Dennis/Scottie having the ball a ton, he’s interested to see how Pascal feels about having a different role (though they did have Fred before)
>Lowe’s theory is the Trent deal is waiting on other dominoes to fall or not to fall (i.e. figuring out the Siakam thing first)
>Blake thought Trent was worse last season, not just based on 3pt%, regressed as a playmaker/defender, not thrilled about giving him a 25 mil extension
>Blake also got the impression that Trent’s camp had more expensive eyes than what maybe the Raptors would with him
>Lowe ends the podcast by saying that the roster is a “strange brew”, and those in the NBA usually get changed up after a while
cantyouseeimblind
The Pascal situation is indeed strange.
Will Lou brought up on a pod the other day that Siakam announced a scholarship and thought it was odd that the Raptors did not post about it on their socials.
Will then went super quiet. I feel like he knows more but can’t / doesn’t want to say.
Where there is smoke, there is fire. I feel like Pascal is getting traded.
Bixby33
Nothing here is too surprising, but also nothing there worries me too much.
We will keep OG at any and all costs, and Siakam wants to be here, so if we want him to be here, he will be. If not, he’ll be traded.
And the Gary stuff isn’t really a concern either. He either balls out and earns a payday (and adds some wins to the team), or he’s not great, and takes a cheap deal to stay, or he walks.
Yeah, offense isn’t going to be pretty, but even if we don’t win as much, watching the games should be more enjoyable this go-around.
I also think our defense (especially in the 4th) is going to be *a lot* better, so as long as we can keep any given game close, our clutch stats should be much better than last season.
I do think, baring an incredibly favorable match up, pur ceiling is first round exit, but that’s OK in my books considering where the team is.
I also think is very likely the the roster in October is going to look different than it will post-deadline.
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Paraphrased Notes:
>Lowe thinks Dennis will start
>Says OG probably won’t take the extension offered to him
>Blake says that the question is what is this team?
>Blake says that the org underestimated what the market would be for FVV
>Weren’t a good offensive team last season, now they’re even worse
>Siakam thing has dragged on long enough, that Blake wonders that a trade is still possible as long as he isn’t extended (Lowe agrees with this)
>If your upside is a play-in team, what are you doing that for?
>Blake is surprised by how long this Pascal stuff has gone of for, in terms of having an answer one way or another
>Both think the starting 5 is Dennis/OG/Scottie/Pascal/Poeltl, not good half court offensively but good defensively
>Lowe says that if no one else asks Silver about the Knicks lawsuit, he’ll ask about it
>Lowe wonders that with Dennis/Scottie having the ball a ton, he’s interested to see how Pascal feels about having a different role (though they did have Fred before)
>Lowe’s theory is the Trent deal is waiting on other dominoes to fall or not to fall (i.e. figuring out the Siakam thing first)
>Blake thought Trent was worse last season, not just based on 3pt%, regressed as a playmaker/defender, not thrilled about giving him a 25 mil extension
>Blake also got the impression that Trent’s camp had more expensive eyes than what maybe the Raptors would with him
>Lowe ends the podcast by saying that the roster is a “strange brew”, and those in the NBA usually get changed up after a while
The Pascal situation is indeed strange.
Will Lou brought up on a pod the other day that Siakam announced a scholarship and thought it was odd that the Raptors did not post about it on their socials.
Will then went super quiet. I feel like he knows more but can’t / doesn’t want to say.
Where there is smoke, there is fire. I feel like Pascal is getting traded.
Nothing here is too surprising, but also nothing there worries me too much.
We will keep OG at any and all costs, and Siakam wants to be here, so if we want him to be here, he will be. If not, he’ll be traded.
And the Gary stuff isn’t really a concern either. He either balls out and earns a payday (and adds some wins to the team), or he’s not great, and takes a cheap deal to stay, or he walks.
Yeah, offense isn’t going to be pretty, but even if we don’t win as much, watching the games should be more enjoyable this go-around.
I also think our defense (especially in the 4th) is going to be *a lot* better, so as long as we can keep any given game close, our clutch stats should be much better than last season.
I do think, baring an incredibly favorable match up, pur ceiling is first round exit, but that’s OK in my books considering where the team is.
I also think is very likely the the roster in October is going to look different than it will post-deadline.