RaptorsFan4Life wrote:
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"I may be wrong ... but I doubt it"
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This is irrelevant, if hes still on the board hes in Toronto simple as that, you cannot choose where you wanna go in the draft and this is some ESPN bullshit propaganda as usual.
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Maleko wrote: View PostAnd to put credibility in the hands of a writer who says that DC is a much larger
Market than all the others listed...obviously does not check his facts since Toronto is the fourth largest market, and it 'ain't behind DC'.
Maybe someone else should get their "facts" straight before they start spewing off numbers CTV or the TSN would use as opposed to the NBA, a team, an agent or Nike when they offer endorsement deals.
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GarbageTime wrote: View Postummm whats the basketball watching/participating size in Toronto vs Washington? Cause I hardly think a puckhead that refuses to watch basketball or is willing to even spend a dime and go near the ACC when the leafs aren't there are exactly in a teams/players/agents target market.
Maybe someone else should get their "facts" straight before they start spewing off numbers CTV or the TSN would use as opposed to the NBA, a team, an agent or Nike when they offer endorsement deals.
These are the facts. Every year Toronto is in the playoffs we have way more sales than Washington. I guess you can say that we're fair-weather fans, but we are a significantly larger market.
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dballa21 wrote: View Posthttp://espn.go.com/nba/attendance
These are the facts. Every year Toronto is in the playoffs we have way more sales than Washington. I guess you can say that we're fair-weather fans, but we are a significantly larger market.
When people talk markets you need to understand... target market (and this is very diverse depending on who happens to be selling what), market density, market affordability.
Toronto has a perfectly acceptable market size and alot of fans who can afford the product. Thats why there will always be a team here... enough people and enough people who can pay a fair to high amount of money. However, the market is limited in its target market AND is limited in its geography. A team like washington is a smaller raw market, but a larger target market. It does have a less wealthy market. However, their geography does not meet the same limitations Toronto does.... that is they are much more likely to get national viewership than Toronto will be. Therefore companies such as nike/gatorade etc are much more willing to give endorsement money to those players and players are much more likely to be attracted to them because they can get their face out there.
But sure, every year that Toronto is in the playoffs they a higher attendance is what really shows a "market".
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charlz wrote: View Postas I have said numerous times on this board - his agent has been hiding him since that one game at the nike summit. He drank 9 rebulls and preformed better than expected. This guy is totally over rated. Drafting him would be a huge mistake. He has done nothing and I mean nothing to show he would even dominate the NCAA (which he also did not show up to play in)
He participated in the Chicago Draft Combine with EVERY other Rookie. Except Irving. This is actually very rare for a player to skip it altogether. So what, is Irving hiding something? Common Chalz. You must have a good one for this.. no?
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To be fair, I don't think Kanter had the option of skipping the workout, he even said it himself in his interview, he needed to show what he has. Irving has a solid body of work.
Teams are taking a risk on him as it is, you and I may think its a good risk, but never the less there is no body of work to judge him on, just hype, and hearsay (hopefully its all correct, but unfortunately none of us will know till he plays a game in the league).Last edited by MyMomLovesMe; Sat May 21, 2011, 11:23 AM.
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ceez wrote: View PostKanter you bitch let's work things out!
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4th largest "MARKET" .. or did you mean 4th largest city size??
Here's what Dime Magazine is saying about Toronto..
http://dimemag.com/2009/07/accept-it...ket-franchise/
Maleko wrote: View PostAnd to put credibility in the hands of a writer who says that DC is a much larger
Market than all the others listed...obviously does not check his facts since Toronto is the fourth largest market, and it 'ain't behind DC'.
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Tim W. wrote: View PostHoly crap. It's amazing how fans can overreact. First of all, it's most likely the agent that orchestrated this. Not Kanter. And as has been discussed, it probably has to do with wanting him to be drafted by a team where he will be able to have a good chance to start. The agent obviously feels that Toronto already has Bargnani, so don't need a center. Little do they apparently know that center is the team's biggest need and Bargnani is probably gone this summer.
Also, Kanter has planned a later interview with Utah, so this article is not telling the whole story. Shocking, isn't it.
But let's all jump to conclusions based on nothing but rumour and hearsay. That's the norm, isn't it?
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How many times were the Raptors on ESPN, TNT or ABC last season? Three? Four?
The complexity of distribution between TNT, ESPN and a huge Canadian viewership, has little to do with Toronto being a small market. I agree it sucks the way TV markets are drawn up, and Toronto is the victim of this divide.
However this has nothing to do with the size of this market. His argument would have made much more sense if he isolated the real reason instead of blowing a lot of hot air towards our city.Last edited by MyMomLovesMe; Sat May 21, 2011, 12:52 PM.
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Nick wrote: View PostI don't believe that. Toronto fans don't understand the negative ramifications that come with booing every player who has a rough stint in Toronto. Don't get me wrong, I think Hedo deserves to be boo'd, but now we may be losing a really good draft pick because he probably doesn't like how the fans treated his fellow countrymen. Whatever, we got big Ed holdin it down anyways so who really cares.
Too bad for him. Welcome to professional sports, if you are small minded, and think that Toronto booed Hedo for being Turkish, than there is little that can be done to bridge that gap in your understanding.
If Kanter is this small minded, and petty than I don't want him on this squad.
(if that is the real reason, than his mental measurements are not coming in too strong)
Toronoto paid Hedo his biggest contract of his career, and the fans welcomed his addition. His effort and play can certainly be questioned, just like any other pro athlete.Last edited by MyMomLovesMe; Sat May 21, 2011, 12:51 PM.
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