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ceez wrote: View PostI just want you guys to agree with me that everyones having career years
*Edit* Well, maybe not Ross' 3pt shooting.Last edited by JimiCliff; Mon Jan 13, 2014, 01:34 PM."Stop eating your sushi."
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ceez wrote: View PostAlright how much $$$ would we have if we renounced everyone we could minus Project Pat and didn't resign Lowry?
I'm not saying HOLY SHIT I HATE LOWRY DIE DIE DIE i'm just interested is all
As Primer said, the team would likely have about $8M of cap space available.
The depth chart would look like this (excluding the 1st round pick):
C: Valanciunas, Hayes
PF: Johnson, Patterson
SF: DeRozan, Novak
SG: Ross, Fields
PG: -
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CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View Post$48.39M in committed contracts, plus the cap hold for the team's 1st round draft pick (dependent on draft spot).
As Primer said, the team would likely have about $8M of cap space available.
The depth chart would look like this (excluding the 1st round pick):
C: Valanciunas, Hayes
PF: Johnson, Patterson
SF: DeRozan, Novak
SG: Ross, Fields
PG: -@sweatpantsjer
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The one thing I would put out there for people to think about, and maybe it's just being optimistic, but come playoff time, if the Raptors have jelled enough to the point where we are a legitimate top 7 or 8 defense, then I don't doubt we can beat anyone not named Miami or San Antonio.
We've always played Indiana well, and they aren't exactly a scoring dynamo. If it's a war of attrition I would put my money on our defense limiting their scoring just enough to out score them ourselves because we spread our scoring out so well between everyone.
It's going to take a solid defense though to win in the playoffs and that's why I'm intrigued about how good Casey can get this team to be. Pretty impressive considering our starting Centre is still getting benched for missing defensive assignments, our small forward is severely undersized, and our SG is a sub par defender (though has stepped it up, as of late), and to boot 3 of our main bench guys have only been with the team for less than 15 games now? Casey deserves credit, but that is for another thread.
Our path in the playoffs will be determined by our D, ... and just as I write this post, I see we've slipped in defensive rankings on nba.com to 13th....fak..Last edited by Mediumcore; Mon Jan 13, 2014, 01:33 PM.
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Big issue too though is experience. Not a lot of the guys, key guys especially, have much if any playoff experience. It doesn't really matter how good you are during the regular season, playoffs are a different beast.@sweatpantsjer
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ceez wrote: View Posthmm not that much. we really need to work on flipping novak and (somehow) fields
Re-signing Lowry this offseason and then Johnson the following offseason, would be MU seriously committing to a JV/TR/DD/KL/AJ core for the long-term.
Between young players on decent value contracts, expiring deals and some good trade chips, MU is slowly building himself lots of roads to potentially go down.
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Chr1s1anL wrote: View PostThat's ridiculous. Lowry has played like this in the past. DeMar has just gotten better just like a 24 year old is suppose too. Ross is doing what he was advertised to be able to do with he got drafted. No one is really playing out of their minds. This level of play is sustainable
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sure lowry has played like this in the past. hes also had long stretches where he HASN'T played like this for a while.
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I think after years of losing everyone is having a hard time committing themselves to beleive this team might legitimately good. I'm enjoying the winning now, but it's going to take until after the all star game for me to beleive this team could possibly contend anytime in the near future.
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ceez wrote: View PostBig issue too though is experience. Not a lot of the guys, key guys especially, have much if any playoff experience. It doesn't really matter how good you are during the regular season, playoffs are a different beast.
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ceez wrote: View Postthat's true enough. the 2014 free agent pool isn't exactly the most appetizing.
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Mediumcore wrote: View PostThat's a good point, but Detroit minus J-Smoove is inexperienced, ditto Washington, and I would expect Chicago to miss the playoffs with either Boston, Charlotte or Clevland making their way in. That would be 4 playoff teams in the East (including Toronto) with no experience. Hopefully after the first round the Raptors will have found their sea legs.
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Mediumcore wrote: View Post
We've always played Indiana well, and they aren't exactly a scoring dynamo. If it's a war of attrition I would put my money on our defense limiting their scoring just enough to out score them ourselves because we spread our scoring out so well between everyone.
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CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View PostPerhaps MU tries to extend Lowry on a front-loaded contract (or one with multiple option years) and re-signs Patterson & Vasquez to short-term deals, similar to his approach this season. That would maintain his flexibility going forward and maintain the trade value of his assets. Not that I expect his dealing to be done...
That's an extra saving of about $4M off the cap in case they are interested in a significant free agent. Although I don't think MU is in a hurry to contend.
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