>It could be done, and I’m sure the Warriors would love to be out of Wiggins’ salary to cut into their tax bill in the next few years.
>But here? Zero chance. I don’t think Wiggins would start before either Scottie Barnes or RJ Barrett and he’d be way too expensive a backup, even if he’d be accepting of the role. So the cost is a moot point.
On the Raptors “vetting” their potential future players
>I don’t know about “squeaky clean,” but I do suspect the Raptors and every other team will enhance their due diligence of possible acquisitions.
On Bruce Brown’s option:
>Brown “can” be traded any time then. His option date, or rather the team’s date, is June 28 as I understand.
On JFL:
>Freeman-Liberty is intriguing and, at this point, a third point guard option
On Gary Trent’s future:
>Trent’s interesting. He’s a good shooter, but he scuffled for a lot of the first half of the season. Not sold on his passing or cutting skills, but at the right price and years he’s worth keeping. But I am dead sure that all of him, Dick and Brown can’t be on the team. Two, maybe. Three, no.
nanobot001
Doug on whether major stars will be tempted to pull a Jontay Porter: “Never. Major stars in every league make too much money; there is no financial gain for them to try and cheat.”
… and to that I would say, personal gain is only one way athletes can be influenced. What if a player owed money themselves to bookies? What if organized crime decided to threaten a player unless they pulled a Jontay?
And what about referees?
I just think it’s a matter of time before it happens again. Jontay Porter will just be the first.
littlepino34
I would take Wiggins if we don’t have to give up anything to see if he can regain his form. He was better towards the end of the year and he is a 3 and we need a 3. I have no idea why doug would say he can’t play with Barnes and Barrett who are 4 and 2 ideally.
Serviceofman
This is what happens when you have an industry full of awkward, nerdy writers who have no clue how to interact with women or society; Most of these male writers have never played a sport in their lives, and they’re only interaction with women is they’re mom calling them once a week
I genuinely don’t think this dude meant to be sexist, BUT he was and it’s not okay. I think he’s just an awkward loser who was given some air time and didn’t know wtf to do or how to interact with a woman and the only thing that he could think of was “duhhhhh, show me a heart with your fingers pretty lady” lol
I think this was an interaction that was fueled by ignorance, and insecurity, and rather than using it as a teaching moment: “Hey, what you said isn’t okay, don’t do it again, and this is why” we’ve once again made it a witch hunt and are calling for this man’s head
Do people actually want change, or do we just want to rip people’s heads off and feed them to the sharks? I guess it’s human nature to want to pick a side and then attack but perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between…
larrylegend1990
Some of you really hate Doug lol
sayerofstuffs
Players forever have been betting on NBA games. It’s nothing new. It’s nothing old. It’s never gonna change. They’re just smart on how they go about doing it.
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Some of the tidbits from Smith’s mailbag:
On a potential Wiggins trade:
>It could be done, and I’m sure the Warriors would love to be out of Wiggins’ salary to cut into their tax bill in the next few years.
>But here? Zero chance. I don’t think Wiggins would start before either Scottie Barnes or RJ Barrett and he’d be way too expensive a backup, even if he’d be accepting of the role. So the cost is a moot point.
On the Raptors “vetting” their potential future players
>I don’t know about “squeaky clean,” but I do suspect the Raptors and every other team will enhance their due diligence of possible acquisitions.
On Bruce Brown’s option:
>Brown “can” be traded any time then. His option date, or rather the team’s date, is June 28 as I understand.
On JFL:
>Freeman-Liberty is intriguing and, at this point, a third point guard option
On Gary Trent’s future:
>Trent’s interesting. He’s a good shooter, but he scuffled for a lot of the first half of the season. Not sold on his passing or cutting skills, but at the right price and years he’s worth keeping. But I am dead sure that all of him, Dick and Brown can’t be on the team. Two, maybe. Three, no.
Doug on whether major stars will be tempted to pull a Jontay Porter: “Never. Major stars in every league make too much money; there is no financial gain for them to try and cheat.”
… and to that I would say, personal gain is only one way athletes can be influenced. What if a player owed money themselves to bookies? What if organized crime decided to threaten a player unless they pulled a Jontay?
And what about referees?
I just think it’s a matter of time before it happens again. Jontay Porter will just be the first.
I would take Wiggins if we don’t have to give up anything to see if he can regain his form. He was better towards the end of the year and he is a 3 and we need a 3. I have no idea why doug would say he can’t play with Barnes and Barrett who are 4 and 2 ideally.
This is what happens when you have an industry full of awkward, nerdy writers who have no clue how to interact with women or society; Most of these male writers have never played a sport in their lives, and they’re only interaction with women is they’re mom calling them once a week
I genuinely don’t think this dude meant to be sexist, BUT he was and it’s not okay. I think he’s just an awkward loser who was given some air time and didn’t know wtf to do or how to interact with a woman and the only thing that he could think of was “duhhhhh, show me a heart with your fingers pretty lady” lol
I think this was an interaction that was fueled by ignorance, and insecurity, and rather than using it as a teaching moment: “Hey, what you said isn’t okay, don’t do it again, and this is why” we’ve once again made it a witch hunt and are calling for this man’s head
Do people actually want change, or do we just want to rip people’s heads off and feed them to the sharks? I guess it’s human nature to want to pick a side and then attack but perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between…
Some of you really hate Doug lol
Players forever have been betting on NBA games. It’s nothing new. It’s nothing old. It’s never gonna change. They’re just smart on how they go about doing it.
Came off as dude shooting his shot. 🤷🏻♂️