Thing Darko’s comments on this draft and the next couple of drafts are really indicative of where this teams head is at in terms of building towards a competitive window. Seems like the Raptors value the next two drafts a lot. Or at least, Darko does.
by EarthWarping
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Honestly I hope to God Darko was speaking from a place of actual inside knowledge and not just his own belief.
If the front office actually plans on a 2-3 year timeline before making the playoffs, I could cry tears of joy. All I’ve wanted is for Bobby and Masai to make a good decision for once and not rush the rebuild. 2-3 years is the perfect timeline for our current roster.
I think Darko gave a pretty safe generic answer from a coach of a rebuilding team. People are trying to decipher meanings that are probably just not there.
Everyone seems pretty aligned that this year sucks, I’m sure the FO is well aware of next years
Putting the asterisk at the end of the tweet is kinda pointless, Darko never pushed for the raptors to be a “winning franchise” this early on, that was probably part of his sales pitch.