I think he's the three for JL3 replacement?
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Julyan Stone reaches 2 year deal with Toronto.
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he probably wont do too much right away but he can guard a couple positions and i think this type of player represents the type of depth that we need right now. he is not a veteren who does not want to be here and he has some tools that might help us on the defensive big picture and "culture change"as well as in practice, man.
i wonder if we have intrest in an andre miller type as pg2, or if we will be focusing solely on younger players with (some) upside?Change the name...Give this city and this country something we can be PROUD of... something we can EMBRACE... something that REPRESENTS us... Please MLSE any name except Raptors...anything, please?
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my bad eric koreen is saying that raps see stone as the primary back-up, i will read whats out there first next time im going to post
if he is the back-up and we get a player worse than him as the third stringer, what does that say about the quality of our squad next year?Change the name...Give this city and this country something we can be PROUD of... something we can EMBRACE... something that REPRESENTS us... Please MLSE any name except Raptors...anything, please?
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aaron.in.toronto wrote: View Postmy bad eric koreen is saying that raps see stone as the primary back-up, i will read whats out there first next time im going to post
if he is the back-up and we get a player worse than him as the third stringer, what does that say about the quality of our squad next year?
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I like this signing a lot. Stone already has the most important parts of a high-quality PG's arsenal down pat: he's athletic, he has good basketball IQ and can read the floor, and he can play defense. So he can't shoot yet, so what? Jose couldn't either at first (and never learned to defend) and he became a fine point guard. It's easier to learn to shoot than it is to read the floor or play D; the latter two are about intangibles and the first is about spending time in the gym shooting the ball over and over and over again.
And yeah, the fact that he's a project appeals to me because I am firmly pro-tank this year, especially as bad team after bad team overspends in order to try and become competitive, which they will not be. Only Boston and Philly really seem to get it so far: this is a year that will reward being a bad team, so use that year to give a new head coach experience (Boston) or give young, raw players plenty of burn (Philly) and then you GET REWARDED FOR IT. Next year, tanking makes a lot less sense, but this year? Come on!
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I like this signing a lot too. Can't really add that much to what magoon said. I remember when he went undrafted it shocked a lot of people and he was considered one of the top undrafted free agents, it was a coup for Denver to get him considering they were already set at starter and backup.
It's good to have a legitimate backup for Lowry, where he won't feel threatened and pout again when he doesn't get his playing time and whatnot.
Basically any time you can sign a guy who can guard 3 positions for cheap you've done pretty well.@sweatpantsjer
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