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Yesterday, 03:37 PM

ebrian replied to a poll Raptors GM: BC out as GM. "Major Financial Offer for Ujiri" in works. (post #391) in Everything Raptors

Looks like the offer has been upped to $3M per for Ujiri. That's... a lot of money. He'll be making more than some of the players!

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Yesterday, 09:29 AM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

I haven't contradicted myself at all. I'm not prepared to blow it up now, but 2-3 years ago it should have been done. Maybe even sooner than...

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Yesterday, 08:27 AM

ebrian replied to a thread Raptors Re-Branding: Name Change? in Everything Raptors

I have a cousin who lives in Maryland. I asked him what he thinks Toronto is best known for, here are his answers in order: 1. Niagara Falls 2....

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Yesterday, 08:23 AM

ebrian replied to a poll Raptors GM: BC out as GM. "Major Financial Offer for Ujiri" in works. (post #391) in Everything Raptors

Is Buford even available?

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Thu May 23rd, 2013, 02:39 PM

Dr. James Naismith replied to a thread Funny NBA gifs in "Let's NBA"

Here's an oldie, but a goodie

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Thu May 23rd, 2013, 02:37 PM

ebrian replied to a thread Raptors Re-Branding: Name Change? in Everything Raptors

Towers guys. Towers. Go to images.google.com. Search Toronto. It's our gorgeous skyline every single time. Granted this happens for every city...

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Thu May 23rd, 2013, 01:01 PM

jimmie replied to a poll Raptors GM: BC out as GM. "Major Financial Offer for Ujiri" in works. (post #391) in Everything Raptors

Agreed. I don't even want to try to prioritize the importance of moves, but moves are needed, and sound like they are an inevitability under TL. ...

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Thu May 23rd, 2013, 11:51 AM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

I'm not on board with that either. We've already gone through 5 losing seasons, and I'm not prepared to go another 3-4 more. I'd argue that...

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Thu May 23rd, 2013, 09:32 AM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

I think there seems to be a bit of a gap on the definition of a rebuild. We have seen a few half-assed attempts at a rebuild but they were never...

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Thu May 23rd, 2013, 08:40 AM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

At least someone gets it. Fortunately for us, it's the guy on top.

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Wed May 22nd, 2013, 02:01 PM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

Actually the Raptors are a model of why teams *should* rip it down. Look at the last 5 years. If Colangelo had been willing to rebuild and not...

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Wed May 22nd, 2013, 01:07 PM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

Actually I think Apollo came out from left field with his 'statement' that no GM would come here with a team that got blown up. I don't think there...

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Wed May 22nd, 2013, 12:57 PM

ebrian replied to a poll Raptors GM: BC out as GM. "Major Financial Offer for Ujiri" in works. (post #391) in Everything Raptors

I guess perhaps the remaining fascination of BC is that he's still here. He's fired, but not. He has no say on basketball decisions, but it's not...

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Wed May 22nd, 2013, 12:09 PM

ebrian replied to a poll Raptors GM: BC out as GM. "Major Financial Offer for Ujiri" in works. (post #391) in Everything Raptors

I hope I'm right too. I definitely think TL is one of the people I described, but I do understand the results-driven perspective. Thing is, if...

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Wed May 22nd, 2013, 09:12 AM

ebrian replied to a poll Raptors GM: BC out as GM. "Major Financial Offer for Ujiri" in works. (post #391) in Everything Raptors

Think about what a GM lives for though, and you realize this is the perfect opportunity. A general manager in sports really is the clean up guy. ...

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Wed May 22nd, 2013, 08:59 AM

ebrian replied to a poll Raptors GM: BC out as GM. "Major Financial Offer for Ujiri" in works. (post #391) in Everything Raptors

This is my favorite part of the article: Fun times.

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Tue May 21st, 2013, 08:28 PM

ebrian replied to a thread Raptors Re-Branding: Name Change? in Everything Raptors

I always thought we should be called the Toronto Towers, except I kind of wanted us to call our some-day NFL team that. Ask anyone outside Toronto...

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Tue May 21st, 2013, 02:28 PM

Dr. James Naismith replied to a thread Raptors Re-Branding: Name Change? in Everything Raptors

Husky Republic might come off as a site for portly/chubby people. I can easily designate myself an admin there then. :)

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Tue May 21st, 2013, 06:19 AM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

I'd rather develop him now than stash him away another year like we just did. With a healthy Fields he's going to play even less minutes that last...

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Mon May 20th, 2013, 10:16 PM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

I'm not sure if you realize that we are f*cked either way. I guess it depends on how much making the playoffs and getting eliminated in the first...

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Sat May 18th, 2013, 10:54 AM

Dr. James Naismith replied to a poll Raptors GM: BC out as GM. "Major Financial Offer for Ujiri" in works. (post #391) in Everything Raptors

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Fri May 17th, 2013, 07:13 PM

ebrian replied to a thread Should we discuss Jerry Sloan in light of this weeks (in)action? in Everything Raptors

It makes sense though. With Peter Jackson as our next GM.. we can package Bargnani with DeRozan for a legit starting PF + a backup point guard and a...

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Fri May 17th, 2013, 11:57 AM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

I have serious doubts about Fields. For one thing, I hate his contract. And second, when I hear someone saying "If he starts playing like he did...

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Thu May 16th, 2013, 07:35 PM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

I think it's still a slam dunk, but I'm open to some more counters./QUOTE] I guess if we're going to use basketball-reference, it probably makes...

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Thu May 16th, 2013, 03:38 PM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

It's a good post Primer and I can't argue with those numbers, but those numbers are for what would have happened if we had thrust a rookie and an...

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Thu May 16th, 2013, 03:06 PM

ebrian replied to a poll Realistic Options Regarding Andrea Bargnani in Everything Raptors

Hold up, I didn't come up with that and I think it was Bargs/DD for Millsap. No JV for sure. But I agree with what you're saying about how Bargs...

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Thu May 16th, 2013, 11:55 AM

ebrian replied to a thread Blowing it Up in Everything Raptors

Exactly. Here are the scenarios: Keeping DeRozan - - starting SG begins his $38M/4year contract and is lacking the distance shooting and shot...

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