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mountio wrote: View Post1) Id say about a one in a million chance .. so I agree, that is BOLD
2) the first part is reasonably possible (ie Ross becoming a good starting option), but with Casey's bias towards young players .. it just wont happen that Ross gets the nod. As others have said, its not that Casey doesnt like Ross .. its that he doesnt like Rooks (or young guys) period (see: JVs mins last year).
As for me, my bold prediction would be similar the the Ross one .. I think he will totally outperform and become a top 2-3 player on the team (with one of RG/DD and JV).
On a similar note, i think one of DD or RG is gone before Christmas (arguably this isnt that bold as many have speculated it .. but none the less)
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Lowry is a top 10 fantasy player the first two week into the season and then gets hurt and is never the same.
Raptors start 5-0
Raptors approach the trade deadline 2 games over .500, but Masai trades Lowry and Gay for first round pick n' stuff. Every Raptor fan in Toronto goes nuts claiming we had a chance to make some noise in the playoffs until Masai screwed it up.
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Craiger wrote: View PostEven then, when the Raptors were intentionally playing the "lottery ball game" they've had plenty of good opportunities aswell
Over approx the last 10 seasons they've expected (planned in some fashion or at some point anyways) to be in the lottery 4 times, those times they have:
#7 Charlie V - not much of an NBA career but had a very good rookie season and was a valuable trade asset
#1 Bargnani - not going to say nearly as much here as I could, but the opportunity to grab some high end talent was there and missed
#5 Jonas - if not a homerun this was a stand up triple
#8 Ross - the opportunity to draft Drummond was right there and passed up
The draft itself has not been unfriendly to Toronto as much as the guys making the decisions were making bad choices.
Bold Prediction for the year:
The Raptors roster sees little to no change of significance.
The people making the decisions have messed up critical components at critical junctures.
The story of the Raptors existence has been the inability to get all the ducks in a row (star talent, with compliementary players, solid coaching) at the same time.
They might nail the draft but then give out bad contracts, sign poor coach, remove all financial flexibility, etc.
OR
They might biff on the draft but load the roster full of complimentary players being pushed in to larger roles than their talent merits or whatever.
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Matt52 wrote: View PostCamby? Would have been Iverson except for expansion screwing.
Vince?
Damon?
T-Mac?
Bosh?
#1 to land bargnani?
JV?
The raptors have done pretty good acquiring talent in draft IMO.
Over approx the last 10 seasons they've expected (planned in some fashion or at some point anyways) to be in the lottery 4 times, those times they have:
#7 Charlie V - not much of an NBA career but had a very good rookie season and was a valuable trade asset
#1 Bargnani - not going to say nearly as much here as I could, but the opportunity to grab some high end talent was there and missed
#5 Jonas - if not a homerun this was a stand up triple
#8 Ross - the opportunity to draft Drummond was right there and passed up
The draft itself has not been unfriendly to Toronto as much as the guys making the decisions were making bad choices.
Bold Prediction for the year:
The Raptors roster sees little to no change of significance.
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psrs1 wrote: View PostBold predictions but still end up in lottery with future based on bouncing balls. I am tired of this scenario.....has never worked out for us.
Vince?
Damon?
T-Mac?
Bosh?
#1 to land bargnani?
JV?
The raptors have done pretty good acquiring talent in draft IMO.
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magoon wrote: View Post1. Rudy, Kyle, TRoss, and Amir are all traded before January 1. The Rudy trade is a complicated three-team trade. Masai's return on those three is as follows: six first-round draft picks (two in 2014, one in 2015, three in 2016), 2-3 young players who haven't yet panned out for other teams but still have upside, and a heap of garbage contracts - but nothing lasting past 2015.
2. Following the trades, Jonas becomes the offensive focal point of the team and goes from being the 17-and-8 player he was to a 20-10 player. His defense improves dramatically over the season and he dominates at the rising stars game at the All-Star Break. (Also showing improvement: Dwight Buycks, Austin Daye, Landry Fields.)
3. Jonas suffers a minor hand injury close to the trade deadline and the Raptors announce that team doctors have diagnosed it as being very very very serious and he sits out most of the rest of the year.
4. At the trade deadline Masai moves Steve Novak, Austin Daye and DJ Augustin for second-round picks for playoff-bound teams desperate for more three-point shooting from the bench. He also moves Aaron Gray to a team that needs a solid backup centre, also for a second-rounder.
5. The Raptors close out the season at 24-58, good for fourth-worst overall in the draft, and end up getting the second pick overall.
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p00ka wrote: View Post- Lowry finally gets it and becomes a play-making PG
Although I'm certainly praying it happens.
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Jonas Valanciunas is seen twerking with Miley Cyrus after being named MVP
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p00ka wrote: View Post- The entire team buys in to Casey's team defense and they become top 8 defense
- Lowry finally gets it and becomes a play-making PG, while gambling less on defense and rebounding
- Rudy regains his 3 pt shooting and raises his average to 38-40%
- Demar improves his 3 pt shooting to 34%, but still doesn't shoot that many
- With these above two improving their efficiency, coupled with effective 3s from Novak, Ross, Fields, Jonas gets overshadowed a little on offense in many games, but develops into the defensive anchor the team needs
- And to be really BOLD, they make the 6th seed and advance to the second round,,,,,,,,,, OR, Masai finds a way to swing a trade(s) and get Wiggins
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- The entire team buys in to Casey's team defense and they become top 8 defense
- Lowry finally gets it and becomes a play-making PG, while gambling less on defense and rebounding
- Rudy regains his 3 pt shooting and raises his average to 38-40%
- Demar improves his 3 pt shooting to 34%, but still doesn't shoot that many
- With these above two improving their efficiency, coupled with effective 3s from Novak, Ross, Fields, Jonas gets overshadowed a little on offense in many games, but develops into the defensive anchor the team needs
- And to be really BOLD, they make the 6th seed and advance to the second round,,,,,,,,,, OR, Masai finds a way to swing a trade(s) and get Wiggins
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