The triangle's most challenging aspect is that it is difficult to do well, and requires "smart/high IQ" and also unselfish players who can move the ball quickly and to the right places. I think...
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The triangle's most challenging aspect is that it is difficult to do well, and requires "smart/high IQ" and also unselfish players who can move the ball quickly and to the right places. I think...
He's never been in 'great' shape in his career, I don't think, which might be a result of or a reason for his injuries over the years. But if there's pressure on him now to get in great shape, that's...
Just to be clear on my stance, I agree with you 100%. My post was more about this being the kind of deal they should be pursuing if they decide to move Gay. If Cleveland were to offer the #1 for Rudy...
Rebuilding without tanking. Exhibit A.
Varejao = expiring, good vet presence, allows you to ditch Gray if you want
#1 pick = asset to use or trade
Alonzo Gee = also expiring and can fill a need...
I think it's fair, too. Which is why I suspect an NBA player would think it's unfair. It's a 30% pay cut for someone who isn't doing anything markedly better or worse than they have for the past 7...
OK, if that's the number (10-12 over 2-3) TO will offer and if he will accept, I can get on board. Otherwise, I'd rather pay $9.5M for Derozan, who wouldn't necessarily be playing under the...
I agree with almost all of this. I probably disagree on who = "the core" of an eventual championship-contending Raptors team, but the strategy itself, definitely agree.
For instance, I still have...
Terminology is key. Apollo described tanking perfectly above. What Houston did was not tanking. And "tanking" is not "rebuilding" -- it's a subset, or a methodology, for trying to accomplish...
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.
I think these are your major trade assets, and...
Rudy Gay has an "intimidation and mean factor"?
This has been my point all along re: Rudy. I just don't see the gap in production between he and Derozan to justify paying him double the salary and expecting him to be the team's centrepiece. If...
Problem isn't a difference of opinions -- at least the latest problem -- it's about you posting BS as statistics and then "bowing out of the conversation" instead of admitting you made sh*t up and...
Just curious: which 30 games?
Seems to me he had a stellar rookie year, followed by a decent 2nd year (for a guy who was drafted 39th (behind Andy Rautins) and wasn't expected to crack New York's...
That's (should be) a good "holy crap".
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/grange-on-mlse-leiweke-right-for-the-job/
Exactly. Where do people get the idea that an NBA coach can make a 20+yo basketball player "tougher"? I don't even know if it's the case at the kids' sports level, let alone once a guy has been...
This is full-on nonsense, but have at it. Journalists are not only in their rights to not share sources, it's actually in integral part of their job. This isn't a slander case.
Are you ignoring Koreen and Arthur, then, or suggesting they made the story up, too? They've also stated that their articles about Colangelo wanting Casey fired back in December were 100% true,...
This is exactly the kind of deal I would look at. Either/or + filler is even fine, if Bargnani's value really is that low.
Trading Bargnani for young pieces or other cheap assets that won't impact...
Not that I care, but the claim that Colangelo tried to get Casey fired back in December, by reporters who cited front office sources, hasn't been rebuffed anywhere, by anyone, other than Colangelo...
I don't think it's a joke. While major change is probably needed, I think it should wait until they see what they really have with the current roster. I have my opinion on what they currently have,...
Um, Eric Koreen and Bruce Arthur both corroborated the story in December. And again this morning on Twitter (Koreen, anyway).
It's not about "being good enough as it is that no changes should be made."
It's actually the opposite: this team is bad enough that no changes should be made -- until they know where the right...
Agreed. Boozer-Bargnani, straight-up = sh*t deal.
Boozer-Bargnani with a Chicago 1st-round pick = better deal, but still not worth it, IMO. And I highly doubt a pick is ever put on the table from...
For what it's worth, there were stories in December about Casey being on the hotseat. Colangelo denied it whenever he was asked, but the reports cited front office sources who confirmed it. Eric...
The team currently suffers with Demar on the floor, too. When a team is as bad as Toronto is right now, arguing Ross vs. Derozan is like arguing Pinto vs. Corvair. I like them both, and I think both...