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  • BC gets lambasted again.

    http://basketball.realgm.com/blog/22...nder_Colangelo

    No more justifying BCs moves. They were ugly, inconceivable and outright senseless.

    You be the judge.

  • #2
    BC has definitely done a bad job but a couple of things.

    1) Bosh is not a franchise cornerstone and should not be compared to LBJ or D12 - like, ever. Selecting Bargnani with Bosh already on roster was a mistake though - no question.

    2) Amir's contract is 5 years and $30M. $6M for an NBA big not on a rookie deal is not expensive - especially with said player entering prime of career.

    3) In the first round, outside of Drummond because that is an old debate and brings us back to #1 with JV already here, who has truly excelled to the point where you say, "Yeah, shoulda picked him instead." Ross is playing really well. Not comparing Ross to Harden but Harden was 6th man for years in OKC. Why can't Ross have a similar role? 3 and D off teh bench is extremely valuable in my opinion. Ross might actually be much more so thta is just a bonus.

    4) The idea of the Raptors not having a franchise player is a good one. Unfortunately the Raps haven't had a pick higher than #5. Irving and Davis are legit future stars and franchise players - who were also #1 PICKS in drafts with consensus #1's. Bargnani was no such thing and there was no consensus #1 in 2006. Since Bargnani the Raps have picked 9th, 13th, 5th, and 8th. Oh yeah, I for one am very glad we don't have DMC on the roster - no question of his talent but also no question of his immaturity 3 years in to the league. Since DMC is in his 3rd year and was picked 5th (again due to off court issues, not his talent), lets wait and see what JV is doing in year 3 to use that example.



    I definitely think BC has botched more than he has done right in Toronto. But this piece is nowhere close to the issues of why.

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    • #3
      Great find. I agree with this 100%

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      • #4
        I agree with what was said about Ross. He's a good kid, has obvious talent, but he's a SG. Matts point about bringing him off the bench as a 6th man is valid, but I highly doubt that is why he was drafted and at this point Ross isn't anywhere near as advance as Harden was coming into the league. I'm sure there is a really good reason for them picking him, but just doesn't make much sense right now. Same with Acy. Why draft yet another PF whose smaller than some SF when you could take a shot at someone with a high risk, high reward potential like Q. Miller?

        Dont' agree with what was said about drafting Bargnani. The one other guy who was in the running for being the #1 pick was Aldridge and his game is even more similar to Bosh than Bargnani.

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        • #5
          Matt? Can you add " My name is sitnonDfence, and I approve this message" to your signature? It would save me a lot of typing.

          Thanks

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          • #6
            YEah, I read this article earlier. Pretty good analysis. The Amir contract is definitely not a bad one though. Although I do agree to some extent that we probably didn't need to jump out and sign him on the first day of free agency. BC has definitely failed over and over again trying to make the right choices in building a team. Even if Bosh wasn't a franchise player, he really screwed trying to build any kind of team with him. Obviously there are lots of what ifs, but the writer is 100% correct about the Bargs pick creating a problem because there was no way he and Bosh would never really fit together.

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            • #7
              TheGloveinRapsUniform wrote: View Post
              http://basketball.realgm.com/blog/22...nder_Colangelo

              No more justifying BCs moves. They were ugly, inconceivable and outright senseless.

              You be the judge.
              Good Article.

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              • #8
                Mediumcore wrote: View Post
                I agree with what was said about Ross. He's a good kid, has obvious talent, but he's a SG. Matts point about bringing him off the bench as a 6th man is valid, but I highly doubt that is why he was drafted and at this point Ross isn't anywhere near as advance as Harden was coming into the league. I'm sure there is a really good reason for them picking him, but just doesn't make much sense right now. Same with Acy. Why draft yet another PF whose smaller than some SF when you could take a shot at someone with a high risk, high reward potential like Q. Miller?

                Dont' agree with what was said about drafting Bargnani. The one other guy who was in the running for being the #1 pick was Aldridge and his game is even more similar to Bosh than Bargnani.
                I think picking Ross made a lot of sense. Who was picked after Ross in the first round that is having a standout year? Drummond, maybe, but that then what about ED and JV?

                Picking Ross and signing Fields, now that made little sense.

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                • #9
                  i dont think its about what he's done for the Raptors.
                  it's about what he didn't do that he could have done!!

                  Fine, he wanted to draft Ross- why not trade down collect an asset and then draft ROSS!!

                  Harden was available! you have DD waiting for an extension and you have assets like Ross, DD and heck you have calderon's expiring contract. why didn't you swing a deal that would have brought a star home!

                  you seen Bragnani for 6 years and you see him play big for the first 13 games last year- you are such a genius of a GM couldn't you have sold bargs high?

                  lets not kid ourselves/ the entire nation knew bosh wasnt commin back! you are the GM you didn't know that?

                  these are the things he effed up on and hence he really needs to go even if he makes the playoff this year cuz we shuda could woulda made the playoffs earlier than this.

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                  • #10
                    I personally do not like all the moves that Colangelo has made while with the Raptors. I think most of the moves he made were the only one's he had avaialble. In terms of ovepaying players again he has done what the market dictated.

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                    • #11
                      ball4life wrote: View Post
                      i dont think its about what he's done for the Raptors.
                      it's about what he didn't do that he could have done!!

                      Fine, he wanted to draft Ross- why not trade down collect an asset and then draft ROSS!!

                      Harden was available! you have DD waiting for an extension and you have assets like Ross, DD and heck you have calderon's expiring contract. why didn't you swing a deal that would have brought a star home!

                      you seen Bragnani for 6 years and you see him play big for the first 13 games last year- you are such a genius of a GM couldn't you have sold bargs high?

                      lets not kid ourselves/ the entire nation knew bosh wasnt commin back! you are the GM you didn't know that?

                      these are the things he effed up on and hence he really needs to go even if he makes the playoff this year cuz we shuda could woulda made the playoffs earlier than this.
                      That was BC's biggest mistake....rolling the dice on Bosh....he should have done what OKC did with Harden....these moves are what separate the men from the boys.

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                      • #12
                        Matt52 wrote: View Post
                        ...I definitely think BC has botched more than he has done right in Toronto. But this piece is nowhere close to the issues of why.
                        Might as well call me flag. Whichever way the wind blows is where I go. I thought the piece nailed it till I saw your comments Matt. You have a much more analytical mind than I do, that's certain.

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                        • #13
                          glad i'm not the only one not happy with the ross pick. once g state picked barnes that pick should have been moved. i like ross but you don't draft some projected to go 17th at 8. draft workouts are different from playing in the nba
                          "the raptors were my fav team growing up"-kevin durant

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                          • #14
                            knickz wrote: View Post
                            glad i'm not the only one not happy with the ross pick. once g state picked barnes that pick should have been moved. i like ross but you don't draft some projected to go 17th at 8. draft workouts are different from playing in the nba
                            What deals were there?

                            Who is to say Ross would have been available later?

                            For all those projections, Robinson was projected to go #2 yet fell to #5 and what he has done this year makes it seem like he should have fell farther.

                            Projections mean dick squat and just as there is hype around certain NBA teams there is also hype around certain conferences and universities/colleges. Ross did not come from a hyped conference or school.

                            There were rumours that Houston wanted Ross themselves if I recall correct.

                            But again, who selected in the first round after Ross would have been a better pick outside Drummond? (who is still debatable I might add)

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                            • #15
                              Great Article, agree with most of it.

                              With regards to the Terrance Ross draft, I was definitely not a fan at first, but more and more he is starting to grow on me. He has a nice release on his shot, he can jump out the building, he's not scared to drive and he moves his feet on defense. Still suspect with his dribbling and decision making but that will go away with game experience. People forget that the 2 and 3 positions are very similar and require athletic guys that are around 6'5 - 6'9 (Historically) DeRozan is 6'7 and gains 5 pounds of muscle each year. Terrence Ross is 6'6 and has only up to go. the two of them can definitely play on the court together and can become a very deadly combination if Ross can consistently hit his jumper and Demar continues to Drive.

                              It's unfortunate that Bryan Colangelo will forever be linked to Andrea Bargnani.

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