[Doug Smith] On a roster that is being built for the long term, Nwora, Jontay Porter and Gradey Dick are going to eat away at the minutes of Brown, Young and Trent Jr. as general manager Bobby Webster and Ujiri mull trade possibilities for the three veterans so the young guys can show their stuff.
by The_Living_L
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Does anyone know if Nwora came with either bird or early bird rights?
I like him, but not if we’re using cap space or MLE to keep him.
Bruce just Doesnt fit on this roster
Trade Schroder and play Kira Lewis
Uh… good
Porter is the same age as GTJ and Nwora is older lol
I get that he’s a vet in terms of NBA experience, but Gary’s still younger than Nwora and only 10 months older than Porter lol
Honestly I’m fine with trading brown trent Dennis and even jak if we can get a young big
If we get anything useful back for Thad Young then he’s a Raptors Legend
at this point you need to trade everyone except gradey, porter, nwora and BBQ
Thank you, Doug.
Need a youngish big (not just tall) guy in return who can grab some offensive rebounds, or else the growth of these guys will suffer somewhat.
Don’t forget Freeman-Liberty in terms of minutes; he needs to be given a shot too if / when those vets are dealt.
Good I loved watching theme together
Smith’s article seems to be largely taken from Koreen’s Athletic article from this morning: [https://theathletic.com/5236672/2024/01/30/raptors-jordan-nwora-buffalo-home/](https://theathletic.com/5236672/2024/01/30/raptors-jordan-nwora-buffalo-home/)
I forgot about Thad!
Gradey needs the minutes. He’s already looked a bit better the last few games. Not saying throw him in the deep end, but I am still high on him.
I dont even know why they had bruce brown suit up for the team tbh, should’ve just let him sit out and stay home until the deadline
dawg trent is young
we have a problem if we can’t eat away all of Young’s minutes
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“eat away” at Thad’s minutes lol
He’s probably begging for someone to take his minutes before his ancient knees collapse
I don’t understand Nwora is older than Gary, and Jontay Porter is the same age as Gary. How are they “young”?
Trent would be a money thing and not a vet that’s taking minutes from young guys, right?
I mean how hard are we trying to tank, or do we just have some kind of cap on players that can shoot? I’m also having trouble accepting that Gary just peaked at like 23 and then regressed and is what he is. Also maybe he’ll never reach his potential but he’s still better than those guys and I don’t see that much upside in Nwora or Porter.
Is this the first time we’ve heard from Toronto Media that the front office are done looking at GTjr?
Boucher – He Stay!
Im not sold on Brown. Didn’t seem to have a very big impact even for the Pacers. He’s undersized if you play him at anything other than point, he’s a good defender but not all defence level, he’s not a good shooter either. I think he’s a pretty bang average NBA player that looks good on a team that has a superstar like Jokic or KD. He’s an expensive role player that only fits a team with a short window to win like Bucks, Clippers, Heat.
Damn that Powell for GTJ trade is kind of an L now lol. Idk if GTJs value is even close to Norman’s anymore. I know Gary is still young and might be able to turn it around on our team or another but he hasn’t really shown much growth as a raptor.