The 2016 Offseason thread

[The Great One]

With Westbrook alone you mean? If he had some help I'd say they'd have a great shot, as we witnessed this year.

I woke up around 3am and the CBS sports radio people were talking about the possibility of Blake Griffin going back home to Oklahoma one day. That would be interesting, but of course I think they'd still need some more help.

Yeah with Westbrook alone. Thunder needs guys like Kanter and Adams and all those guys to step up to be able to compete against the top teams in the Conference.....Warriors, Spurs, Clippers.......

Westbrook is my favorite non Raptor player. It just sucks that he plays for the Thunder.

[ball4life]

Home opener against the Timberwolves Oct 28th.


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[S.R.]

Home opener against the Timberwolves Oct 28th.


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Only 83 more days!

https://days.to/until/28-october

[KeonClark]

Only 83 more days!

https://days.to/until/28-october

Only?? Lol

[Scraptor]

Only?? Lol

Come on, 83 days of nonstop porn is nothing!

[consmap]

Anybody know if the Raps are coming to Vancouver again for preseason?

[rocwell]

Anybody know if the Raps are coming to Vancouver again for preseason?

[Abbas]

Home opener against the Timberwolves Oct 28th.


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Schedules are out ?

[tenforthewin]

Toronto make a trade with the Kings

Toronto out: Jonas V, Terrence Ross, 2017 1st round pick
Toronto in: Cousins, Casspi, Tolliver

[rocwell]

Schedules are out ?

not yet

[psrs1]

If I was Miami I wouldn't give Waiters minutes over Josh Richardson and Tyler Johnson.

Tyler Johnson has the big contract now. I would expect his minutes to reflect that.

[ball4life]

Schedules are out ?

Weren't you the one who said you know someone that works at MLSE that gives you insider stuff?

You should know abt the home opener by now too, right?😜

[SkywalkerAC]

Tyler Johnson has the big contract now. I would expect his minutes to reflect that.

He's not going to start next to Dragic though, will he? Dragic-Richardson starting, and TJ-Waiters off the bench looks pretty balanced with Richardson's D and potentially more confident 3-point shooting (relative to last season) in the starting lineup.

[Deino]

David Aldridge ranks Raptors 27th in off season grades:

27. TORONTO RAPTORS

2015-16 RECORD: 56-26, lost Eastern Conference finals

ADDED: F Jared Sullinger (one year, $5.6 million); F/C Jakob Poeltl (first round, ninth pick overall); F Pascal Siakam (first round, 27th pick overall)

LOST: C Bismack Biyombo (signed with Orlando); F Luis Scola (signed with Brooklyn); F Anthony Bennett (signed with Brooklyn); F James Johnson (signed with Miami)

RETAINED: G DeMar DeRozan (five years, $137.5 million)

THE KEY MAN: G Kyle Lowry. He was the catalyst for the Raptors' renaissance last year, and will be so again. He and DeRozan's chemistry and leadership gives the Raptors a chance every night, and at 30, with one more shot at a big deal on his racket after next year, it's not likely you'll see much slippage from Lowry next season.
THE SKINNY: Please do not send me mail, Toronto types, telling me I hate your franchise and hate Canada. I don't, and I don't. The Raptors are already a good team, as their run to the conference finals showed. Again: this list judges offseason moves, and other than taking a flier on Sullinger, the Raptors didn't do very much, other than signing DeRozan long-term. That was big, but not enough for a team that couldn't match the Cavs in the conference finals. And losing Biyombo, who was incredible productive against Cleveland specifically in the postseason, will hurt. It puts more heat on Jonas Valanciunas to make a difference every night. Sullinger could be a sneaky good pickup, though, if -- if -- he is in shape.

http://www.nba.com/news/features/dav...-10/index.html

[Chr1s1anL]

David Aldridge ranks Raptors 27th in off season grades:

27. TORONTO RAPTORS

2015-16 RECORD: 56-26, lost Eastern Conference finals

ADDED: F Jared Sullinger (one year, $5.6 million); F/C Jakob Poeltl (first round, ninth pick overall); F Pascal Siakam (first round, 27th pick overall)

LOST: C Bismack Biyombo (signed with Orlando); F Luis Scola (signed with Brooklyn); F Anthony Bennett (signed with Brooklyn); F James Johnson (signed with Miami)

RETAINED: G DeMar DeRozan (five years, $137.5 million)

THE KEY MAN: G Kyle Lowry. He was the catalyst for the Raptors' renaissance last year, and will be so again. He and DeRozan's chemistry and leadership gives the Raptors a chance every night, and at 30, with one more shot at a big deal on his racket after next year, it's not likely you'll see much slippage from Lowry next season.
THE SKINNY: Please do not send me mail, Toronto types, telling me I hate your franchise and hate Canada. I don't, and I don't. The Raptors are already a good team, as their run to the conference finals showed. Again: this list judges offseason moves, and other than taking a flier on Sullinger, the Raptors didn't do very much, other than signing DeRozan long-term. That was big, but not enough for a team that couldn't match the Cavs in the conference finals. And losing Biyombo, who was incredible productive against Cleveland specifically in the postseason, will hurt. It puts more heat on Jonas Valanciunas to make a difference every night. Sullinger could be a sneaky good pickup, though, if -- if -- he is in shape.

http://www.nba.com/news/features/dav...-10/index.html

Seems pretty accurate.