Masai Ujiri’s worst nightmare is coming true as it looks like there will be serious competition for the Raptors to retain O.G. Anunoby next off-season. Ben Rogers breaks down the latest reports.
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I’m pretty sure Masai and Bobby knew the possible price tag for OG already. I mean when you see what some guys were getting this past offseason then there’s no way they couldn’t see this. Look what Fred got, look what Struss got, look what Grant got 🤷♂️ yet people continue to tell themselves pascal doesn’t want the super max 🤦♂️I believe the raptors will pay OG and trade Pascal at some point this season. Even if you think it’s an overpay it’s not like we don’t have a history of overpaying guys to keep them here. What did Masai say at the press conference when talking about money and resigning our guys ? Our players know we take care of them.
Id rather og ans barnes trade siakam hes not worth it anymore, hea not going to improve this is him get some young pieces back and start the rebuild
There is no other 3rd option demanding over 40 million a year …im good with trading him away for picks
Hit the reset button. Finally!
The real reason one no want to come to Toronto…Masai DOES NOT pay a max contract! Raptors penny pinch over here. If OG walks for nothing Masai and Bobby gotta go. No excuses
OG is staying. Pay him!!
Keep O.G and obviously Scottie, trade the rest. They the only two that matter
F Office needs direction which we have talked about for 2 seasons. If you are going to rebuild you trade PS and GTJ for draft assets and bad short contracts. If you want to redesign you still trade them but for star or lower cost options.
Precious is RFA so you need to settle PS and GTJ. Then you can focus negotiations on OG. Secure assets and if you need to bleed some off like Chris in off season so be it. We should only keep one old heads next year maybe bring GT back at just over vet min or Otto if he still has on court value?
3 years for 105 million I’m okay with.
Ogbooty gotta go he fkin sucks ✈️
That 41% from 3 point that you brushed over combined with his all nba defense team status is what gets him paid. Elite 3 and D players are a necessity on any competing team. Look at someone like KCP who doesnt get much attention but played big roles on the Lakers and Nuggets championship teams. OG is the elite of this type of player, hence why he is so coveted. I do believe OG wants to sign with Toronto and the only reason he did not extend is to get the bigger contract in free agency. Watching OG and Barnes shutdown and contain two of the best scorers in the NBA against the Suns in Book and K.D. was seeing a glimpse of what this team can be.
Pay OG. Period.
You've gotta extend OG man. Dude is shooting 41% from 3 on 6 attempts, easily our best shooter. On top of that he's an All Defensive clamps player with the potential to be a future DPOY with a better roster and team record. I'm sorry but Siakam is in a contract year and ain't carrying every game he's played and he's barely averaging 20ppg, the max guys are averaging at least 25 a night, he's never had a season of 25 or more, i seriously doubt he'll miraculously bounce back and go from the 5th worst 3pt shooter to league average. Our best Raptor left for essentially nothing, you're telling me Siakam is worth more than Kyle?
Sad to see, once again we lose a key piece to our team.
If they haven't made it abundantly clear that they want him and will do what it takes to keep him and he and his agent haven't reciprocated a high level of interest then Masai needs to dig his own grave. VanVleet was one thing, it was time to move on from him and I think the FO was only willing to go so far in negotiations. But with OG the situation is completely different. We NEED this guy and he's been nothing but a consumate pro and a great teammate. Not to mention being our defensive anchor and doing so in elite fashion. Yes he has injury issues, yes we'll probably overpay, but we've sacrificed so much already to keep him that letting him go now would be a disaster.
Easnt masai happy FV left??
I joked it would take 45 sheets to retain this cat before the season even started.. well?
This is why Masai and Bobby get paid the big bucks….to deal with this $hit…I wouldn’t want their job with the dumpster fire that’s going.
TRADE PASCAL OR LET HIM WALK
I am not a Raptors fan but if I was I would trade Pascal to Atlanta for Hunter and Griffin + FRP(s), would really try for Johnson but I assume Atl is going to want to keep him, I would also see what you could get for Clint as a 3 team trade. I think you give OG the contact he wants since he’s younger still and arguably one of the best defenders in the game, there will most likely be a market out there for him if you need to pivot. I would then look to sign Quickly as my main guard, he’s young and plays at an above average level on both sides of the ball. I would try to keep Trent long term as a 6th man type, can never have enough shooting, especially in a Scottie led offense. I would then try to find a stretch big as we know how important that is when your office initiator is not a natural shooter (he is improving). This team needs direction and needs it fast, if you wait till the offseason it will put you back by a few years when your assets are gone. Good luck, I know how frustrating it it to watch a team how is mismanaged (76ers fan).
Giving $40M+ max contracts to a 3&D roll player and a #2 option who shoots 20% from 3 would be some of the worst decisions in NBA history. Just trade both of them at the trade deadline and acquire some shooters to put around Scottie.
They will pay them both then trade Pascal if they had to overpay him
One of the reasons I don't watch you anymore is your constant airing of OG trade, ujiri has never traded anyone for less value because they might leave and he never will. All this OG trade talk just eat into your crid and ability to create content.
Raps are trading PS and GTJ and maxing out OG book it! His skill set and age line up with the SB era best
This looks really bad. The longer masai leaves this the longer this will get worse. Gtr contract also up. Possible trade rumours for siakam. Our bench is pure trash. Except Boucher.
Now that CP3 and GP2 are injured let’s trade Siakam, Thad, McDaniels and some 2rps for Wiggins, Moody and GP2. Can we even trade McDaniels yet?
For the right price, OG will leave just like Fred. There is zero insensitive for him to stay in Toronto. He’s already won a ring and if the raptors aren’t going to be willing to pay them the max that they can get then why stay ? Especially if you could sign to a team that is also contending or “one piece away” plus get more money then the raps can offer. It’s not looking good for us.
If I have to watch OG win Embiid a ring, I'll be a sad boy
OG could prob do more offensively but he’s always 4th/5th option
It's no wonder the raptorsphere is fighting.
This is a crazy situation.
I don’t care what anyone say’s OG isn’t worth a max contact!
If we can just trade Siakam and GTJ for some good packages, it'll increase OG's role and justify the contract he could demand this offseason. Ideal scenario is we trade off players we need to trade and sign OG the deal he wants IF he could stay healthy.
pay OG that money and trade siakam. Siakam is not at the age to help this team and he wants a supermax which for his calibre is no no. trade siakam get 1 or 2 picks and build around OG and barnes with schroder as the veteran.
I would like to see an episode how the league is dividing into tax and nontax teams. A team willing to pay an additional 40 million in salary could easily keep these players. For 10 million per player for 4 players. Even the in season tourny is showing how teams with a smaller salary, as a whole, can't easily compete in this league.
Top 5 defender in the league, he is worth the max contract, we need to trade pascal in mid-season
Rogers and Bell are wroth Billons! We should be an annual over the Cap hit team.
OG has been on a team-friendly deal for years and seems to like it here. Just pay the man
Rogers got money bro. They can afford everyone
Dude stop the bullshit, Your a grown man now.
OG is shit, he cannot score the basketball more than 15 points.
People are friggen homeless intents quit talking about giving role players 45 million a year.
Before I stop watching Basketball
I just hope they don't make the same mistake again. Even if they don't want to pay him that much, sign him anyway and trade him. To let him walk for free should be the end of the Ujiri era in Toronto. With all the time and money spent on these guys the Raptors brought up from nothing, if he's going to keep on letting them walk for free, he should be gone. How's that been helping the Raptors so far?
Blank cheque, we Gucci
O.G is being hindered on the Raptors we don't have 2 players with high level gravity that would allow him to be an unlimited 3rd man. Imagine O.G on the Suns would be insane with KD and Booker. He'd get wide open lanes, 3s and offensive mismatches. What you see on the Raptors is a player who is getting limited because our bad roster. The fact that Massai hasn't drafted any skilled PGs makes things even worse.
Pay the man
If u let him go ,the raptor will lose its identity…..have u seen raptors play when o.g. is out? They lose almost every game. 😢
Dude..what u smoking, Raptors don't want 2 keep Siakim, use that money sign OG, clear cap space, under new cba, u can match and give him more years. If it's Max, than it's Max, pay him, without him, u might as well b an expansion team, and yes, his better than Siakim.
P.S
Don't look at box score, when all these bums are gone, Barnes is 1 and OG is 2..he will flourish, bc he will finally get the chance 2 have the ball, under siakim and Freddy bricks, he could never get it, plus Trent will b gone 2, maybe Dennis also.
Blow it up and keep your blue chips.