The team has to pull an OKC and workout together all summer, I want to see them doing whatever basketball related activity together. At least Gay, Lowry, DeRozan and Ross gotta stick together pretty sur JV is going back home.
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RaptorReuben wrote: View PostProblem is with that entire strategy, is the fact that the Raptors will not be in the top 10 in terms of lottery picks. With the CURRENT state and talent of the roster, this team is good enough in a full season with Rudy Gay & company to get that 7th or 8th seed, or be stuck in mediocrity around that 10th, 9th spot in the conference.
Likely, this team improves from this off-season, and possibly a playoff spot, or another bare miss.
The direction of this team is upward, and it is a combination of win-now, and still building the pieces into the core. This team is not looking to use draft picks to draft players, but to use it to trade for already established - young, or vets - players to play a role on this team.
Only GLARING hole is the power forward position, and that is hopefully addressed this off-season.
Back to the topic, is Wiggins realistic? No, also, whether or not we win the draft or, as much as you draft the BPA - best player available - Wiggins does not fit the need for we are stuck with a log jam at both wing positions.
P.S I'm not saying DON'T draft Wiggins, that would be stupid, just saying that situation does not best suit either way. i.e doesn't fit a need, will struggle with playing time.
As for the whole NEED thing. Wiggins will be a better player than Gay. Wiggins will be great. I don't think this has anything to do with him being Canadian. He looks ridiculous. He could be in teh NBA now, even though he's still skinny. It's one thing to worry about a logjam when you keep drafting non-star PFs. It's another when you have a once in a decade player. If he falls into their lap, they adjust the roster accordingly, and really, it would only mean trading Gay and his massive expiring contract.
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qb5PHILA@hotmail.com wrote: View PostYou can't trade back to back 1st rounders
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RaptorReuben wrote: View PostI personally think these Andrew Wiggins threads are stupid. Nobody was on here talking about whether or not we could get Anthony Davis, or Kyrie Irving. Why? Because Wiggins is Canadian. Yes, I understand it would be cool, and fans are patriotic, but man...
If the Raptors organization is smart, every move they make from now on will be with idea of both clearing cap space for the summer that Wiggins first becomes available as a free agent, while at the same time building a competitive roster/winning culture that he'd want to be a part of."Stop eating your sushi."
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RaptorReuben wrote: View PostI personally think these Andrew Wiggins threads are stupid. Nobody was on here talking about whether or not we could get Anthony Davis, or Kyrie Irving. Why? Because Wiggins is Canadian. Yes, I understand it would be cool, and fans are patriotic, but man...A key that opens many locks is a master key, but a lock that gets open by many keys is just a shitty lock
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Wiggins calls himself a Canadian, plays internationally for Canada, but is in fact half American. I'll bet he has an American passport that will save him mucho dinero in tax payments when he begins making the big money starting next spring.
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We had a realistic chance at Wiggins until BC went into win now mode, trading away picks and developing players for what would help us get to .500 for next year. I'm still not even sold on that. The one thing BC was supposed to do but didn't was to get rid of Bargnani somehow and he couldn't pull that off. I still have dreams where we were shit this season, traded Bargs for anything and just tanked for Wiggins. I would be able to wait two years for a franchise player people are comparing to Lebron as well as sitting on young talent and picks to build an elite team, but for some reason that isn't acceptable to people who just want to sniff the playoffs to save their jobs *cough* BC *cough*
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