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I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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caccia wrote: View PostI still get the feeling that Mr. Ujiri is going to make one more move.
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Primer wrote: View Post2 year deal to Oden with a team option in year 2? If our training staff could get him healthy enough for 15 minutes a game he'd be a steal. Fits with the high risk/reward players at the 3rd string slot.
I would be cool with this. Although looking at the other thread on the Raps salary cap situation, I'm also cool not doing anything at the moment to wait and see if other options become available, even in the sense of clearing some room.
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If Bebe is available to us we're not going after another backup C - there is simply no sense in having four centers on the roster (Jonas, Hayes, Bebe and backup), not when Jonas should be getting thirty minutes a night, Hayes and Bebe 12-14 combined and the remainder being taken up by a power forward in small-ball lineups.
Our fifteenth player should be a point guard, and the reason Masai hasn't filled the role yet is twofold:
1. He's going to bring Kabongo and a couple others to training camp and let them battle out for it; and
2. He's keeping an eye on Phoenix to see if Tyler Ennis becomes available.
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magoon wrote: View PostIf Bebe is available to us we're not going after another backup C - there is simply no sense in having four centers on the roster (Jonas, Hayes, Bebe and backup), not when Jonas should be getting thirty minutes a night, Hayes and Bebe 12-14 combined and the remainder being taken up by a power forward in small-ball lineups.
Our fifteenth player should be a point guard, and the reason Masai hasn't filled the role yet is twofold:
1. He's going to bring Kabongo and a couple others to training camp and let them battle out for it; and
2. He's keeping an eye on Phoenix to see if Tyler Ennis becomes available.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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GLF wrote: View PostVery good point. In the podcast on the homepage Zarar and the boys made a good point. Masai probably isn't going to bring in a decent back up center because if he does that Casey is for sure not going to play Jonas the amount of minutes he should. Jonas needs to be getting thirty minutes a game and if you have some veteran big man backing him up that actually has skill (unlike Hayes) Jonas will not see those kind of minutes. Also Masai and Casey have referred to 3rd string point guard as a need way more than backup center so I highly doubt they try and fill that position. If Bebe can come over I think they're going to stick with Jonas, Bebe and Hayes.
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Primer wrote: View PostGood point. So should we be worried about James Johnson and Lou Williams getting all of Ross's minutes?I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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GLF wrote: View PostPossibly. The only reason I say no is because Lou Williams can't play small forward and Johnson is more for the bigger guards and small forwards that Ross can't handle. Most of the shooting guards and small forwards in this league Ross can handle. Also Ross fits beside Derozan much better than Johnson because Ross can shoot the three, Johnson cannot. I guess that's where Lou might take his minutes but you don't want Derozan playing Small Forward too much and also Lou and DD aren't good defenders. You would want someone who can play defense beside both of them. So Ross still might not get the minutes he should but I think it will be better than last year.
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GLF wrote: View PostVery good point. In the podcast on the homepage Zarar and the boys made a good point. Masai probably isn't going to bring in a decent back up center because if he does that Casey is for sure not going to play Jonas the amount of minutes he should. Jonas needs to be getting thirty minutes a game and if you have some veteran big man backing him up that actually has skill (unlike Hayes) Jonas will not see those kind of minutes. Also Masai and Casey have referred to 3rd string point guard as a need way more than backup center so I highly doubt they try and fill that position. If Bebe can come over I think they're going to stick with Jonas, Bebe and Hayes.
I never thought about this until now, but that makes a lot of sense. Casey would definitely play the back up big over JV, and that in turn would hinder his growth.
Kabongo would be a great fit for the 15 spot.I know this may be a bit controversial but I think the Raptors have proven that they're the best team in the NBA from Canada
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