special1 wrote:
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Who the GM and/or coach is now or next season has no bearing on my opinion of this team's strengths/weaknesses, roster structure or preferred methods of asset & salary cap management.
I still think that Gay & DeRozan in the same lineup is recipe for disaster, since they're both so inefficient with their scoring. Gay is likely untradeable at this point, plus I think he's way better overall than DeRozan. Fields provides defense and off-ball play, while Ross is a cheap rookie with big potential. It has nothing to do with DeRozan, either personally or as a player; it's all about asset & salary cap management.
DeRozan is young, talented, has potential and I'm guessing that other teams are still willing to overlook his weaknesses at this point in his career. The fact that he's one-dimensional and being defended, despite his significant shortcomings as a player, is eerily reminiscent of all the Bargnani debate around here the past few years. Trading DeRozan and his $9.5M contract this offseason will give the other team a good player, while enabling the Raptors to take back up to $11.975M in salary (ie: a big name player). If the Raptors are going to trade a wing player, it makes sense for DeRozan to be the odd man out, despite the fact that he is a good player and should continue to improve - you have to giveup quality to get quality!
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