Im going JVcrazy. WHY CANT NEXT SEASON START ALREADY?!
Im going JVcrazy. WHY CANT NEXT SEASON START ALREADY?!
Oh how I miss PMB )':Quote:
thead wrote:
The buyout is virtually nothing for a guy who is poised to have huge paydays in the NBA down the road. Getting over here ASAP, even with the buyout, starts that rookie deal and allows him to be more likely to cash in big twice in North America with veteran contracts. Then you have endorsement deals. He'll be more than fine.
Don't forget taxes on that $3.4M. He is automatically down to $1.8M.Quote:
japetas wrote:
He'll be fine eventually I'm sure.Quote:
Apollo wrote:
I am sure BC is lining up every major Canadian corporation to pimp out big V.
With such a diverse population as Toronto there should be lots of opportunities for him the recoup some of that buyout money. I posted comments by JYD in a thread last year. Basically the idea he was expressing was all these American players seem to think that their endorsement opportunities in Toronto are limited but on the contrary, being in Toronto is an advantage, especially to those who aren't top tier stars. He went on to say that in Toronto you really have a whole country besides the U.S. to work with, as opposed to players in the U.S. mainly having strong marketing campaigns in their local city but not nationwide unless they're superstars. Basically if you're not a superstar you'll be hard pressed to find a better market for big endorsements than Toronto. Carter obviously had huge endorsement deals in Canada and everywhere but role players like JYD himself would never get the kind of off the court coin he made in Canada if he were playing for say the Pistons.
1) That is an appeal to authorityQuote:
NoPropsneeded wrote:
2) Bismack is proving in NBA that he is a franchise C...
What is your definition of a franchise C?Quote:
RaptorsFan4Life wrote:
Game changing C. Doesn't really have to be offensive. Unless you can say Ben Wallace wasn't a franchise C...Quote:
Matt52 wrote:
He has been solid for the Bobcats, too bad their team is so whack right now.
OK.Quote:
RaptorsFan4Life wrote:
For me, when the tag 'franchise' is applied to any position, I think one of the elite at that position throughout the entire league.
Time will tell if either JV or Biyombo are 'franchise' anything.
i would say fantastic role player for ben wallace. not really a franchise center. after a franchise center signs a max deal he doesn't become a liability to the teamQuote:
RaptorsFan4Life wrote:
It's hard to label one-dimensional players as "franchise players". Mutumbo was a great defensive player, but I've never heard anyone refer to him as a franchise player. And Biyombo has a long way to go before he ever reaches Mutumbo's accolades.
If Biyombo is considered a franchise centre or a 1st NBA all defensive team in the next three years, I will streak down Yonge street. He is nowhere near as versatile as JV. Why are we even debating this?
Next season we may be watching the combination of Anthony Davis and Biyombo defending the rim in Charlotte.
I think there is a minority opinion that the Raptors should have drafted Biyombo.Quote:
thead wrote:
...like Biyombo's game, looking forward to JV's arrival.
Biyombos athleticism is the only thing that puts him ahead of Valanciunas and players dont excel purely on athletism (see Tyrus Thomas, Sean Williams, Hasheem Thabeet etc.) so sometimes it's better to draft less athletic players, but with better fundamentals and there's a better chance of them becoming high impact nba players
Trade him for prospects!!!! (couldn't help myself)
"so much potential!!"
Yea trade him, if it would happen I wish he could make you regret for that.Quote:
Ion66 wrote:
Lol don't make me laugh he's not even close if he was a franchise C the bobcats wouldn't be as crap as they are right nowQuote:
RaptorsFan4Life wrote: