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I am a bipolar fan as well when it comes to the individuals on the roster. DeMar is my biggest cognitive disorder. Some days I am so down on him and then other days I just don't know. I think everyone, myself included, forgets he just finished what would have been his senior season in the NBA and is the youngest player on the Raptors (hat tip to BC and Doug Smith for pointing that out yesterday).
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I agree that Cleveland and Utah are doing things very well but they are in very different circumstances than Toronto and both teams have received some lottery luck.
Utah was in the 2nd round of the playoffs in 2009-10. Boozer left, Jefferson was brought in. It failed. Utah saw what happened with Melo and Williams would not sign an extension. They got a lot of young assets and picks to go with a couple of nice pieces they already had (Jefferson and Millsap). Hayward and Burks were picks 9 and 12 the last 2 years selected with their own pick (I don't think Hayward and Burks are better than DeRozan and Davis - probably equal in the grand scheme of things). Favors was a 2010 #3 from Deron Williams deal and Kanter was a #3 from same deal with a pick that 'should' have been #6 except for lottery luck.
Imagine Cleveland had Kemba Walker and Tristan Thompson instead of Kyrie and Tristan. The Cavs lucked out going from 8 to 1 with the Clippers pick. However, that did not happen so I 100% agree that Cleveland's rebuild thus far appears to be going much better than Toronto's.
Here is hoping a little luck goes Toronto's way on May 30th. Call me crazy but I think Beal could be very much like a Dwayne Wade. That statement involves me projecting out a little and asking people to remember Wade was a 20 year old freshman at Marquette and Beal was an 18 year old freshman at Florida this year.
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