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KeonClark wrote: View Post
Interesting replies in that thread. This is a Warriors fan too keep in mind:
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golden wrote: View Post
Why is there no official statement from the Warriors organization on this incident? What a disgraceful way to close down the storied Oracle... with a racial profiling of an NBA champion, robbing him of his moment of glory.9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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KeonClark wrote: View Post
When you stop and think about it hes actually criminally underrated
A lot of people dont understand that he did all of this.
I was one of those people. Before, it seemed like most champs were either grown out of lottery picks or via free agent superstars. So while I thought he made a lot of good individual moves, I didn't see it building to anything sustainable, because three key pieces this year are free agents.
Turns out if you win one championship then that's more than enough to justify one big godfather attempt of a season. Regardless of what happens now, Masai did something I've been hoping for and dreaming of for 24 years.
Obviously Masai is 100x smarter than me and we are incredibly lucky to have him. I feel like a moron for ever having doubted him. But somebody has to be wrong around here sometimes 😅
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Scraptor wrote: View Post
I think Masai is one of those guys who does something so new and different that it's hard for some people to wrap their heads around it.
I was one of those people. Before, it seemed like most champs were either grown out of lottery picks or via free agent superstars. So while I thought he made a lot of good individual moves, I didn't see it building to anything sustainable, because three key pieces this year are free agents.
Turns out if you win one championship then that's more than enough to justify one big godfather attempt of a season. Regardless of what happens now, Masai did something I've been hoping for and dreaming of for 24 years.
Obviously Masai is 100x smarter than me and we are incredibly lucky to have him. I feel like a moron for ever having doubted him. But somebody has to be wrong around here sometimes 😅
article that came out today where he says exactly this, that masai and the raptors path to the top is probably the most unique title win in nba history. It's a fantastic article guys
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ust-pulled-off
edit: for the record, I always backed the exact path we took: stay the course, steady improvement, wait for an opportunity to acquire a star and pounce. But it didnt make me smart, I just believed in masai heavily. His skills are too brilliant to be wasted tanking
never forgetti we traded a year of greivis Vasquez to Milwaukee and got back picks that became anunoby and Powell. These little brilliant moves that all got us hereLast edited by KeonClark; Fri Jun 14, 2019, 07:27 PM.9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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KeonClark wrote: View Post
Yeah theres further video where kyle hugs masai as he steps on the court and he looks really bothered and upset still. Now that I know most of the facts beyond last night hearing "masai punched cop"..this story is really pissing me off. Fuck that power tripping loser
It's one thing for the police to fuck up so bad that they stopped Masai with valid credentials, but it shows almost malicious intent to pursue charges for their own fuck up. A lot of American police departments are just a goddamn mess.
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Scraptor wrote: View Post
I think Masai is one of those guys who does something so new and different that it's hard for some people to wrap their heads around it.
I was one of those people. Before, it seemed like most champs were either grown out of lottery picks or via free agent superstars. So while I thought he made a lot of good individual moves, I didn't see it building to anything sustainable, because three key pieces this year are free agents.
Turns out if you win one championship then that's more than enough to justify one big godfather attempt of a season. Regardless of what happens now, Masai did something I've been hoping for and dreaming of for 24 years.
Obviously Masai is 100x smarter than me and we are incredibly lucky to have him. I feel like a moron for ever having doubted him. But somebody has to be wrong around here sometimes 😅
Gillick was a superior evaluator of talent whose specialty was finding undervalued gems late in the draft, undrafted and from other team's rosters. He was also master at winning trades. He built consistently good but not great winning teams, tweaking around the fringes and excelled at young player development - but the Jays could never get over the hump in the playoffs. He acquired the moniker "Stand Pat" by those who felt he was risk averse and afraid to make big deals to win big. Turns out he was waiting for the opportunity to acquire the right kind of talent and pounced on a franchise altering deal...acquiring Robbie Alomar & Joe Carter. The rest is history. Sounds eerily familiar, no?
Masai Ujiri is the modern day Pat Gillick. And if history repeats itself, we're talking back-to-back championships all up in here.
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Scraptor wrote: View Post
I think Masai is one of those guys who does something so new and different that it's hard for some people to wrap their heads around it.
I was one of those people. Before, it seemed like most champs were either grown out of lottery picks or via free agent superstars. So while I thought he made a lot of good individual moves, I didn't see it building to anything sustainable, because three key pieces this year are free agents.
Turns out if you win one championship then that's more than enough to justify one big godfather attempt of a season. Regardless of what happens now, Masai did something I've been hoping for and dreaming of for 24 years.
Obviously Masai is 100x smarter than me and we are incredibly lucky to have him. I feel like a moron for ever having doubted him. But somebody has to be wrong around here sometimes 😅
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Apollo wrote: View Post
He's conscious of what he's doing. He's not trying to follow some paint by numbers system like some other clubs. There is no system, he's making changes as opportunities present themselves. That's my take on it.
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Apollo wrote: View Post
He's conscious of what he's doing. He's not trying to follow some paint by numbers system like some other clubs. There is no system, he's making changes as opportunities present themselves. That's my take on it.
in the meantime, kept winning all the minor trades and re stocking the bench with late draft picks from small schools9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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I would say masai has literally made just 2 blunders since he got here: bruno and Carroll. And bruno still may become a player and I blame Carroll for a lot of it, he cashed out and just wanted to shop for pirate clothes.9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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Re Masai's evaluation/trading skills... he apparently was quite vehement about not including either Pascal or OG in the Kawhi acquisition. Wonder if he would have actually nixed the deal if the Spurs held out. But then again he probably knew they didn't have a better offer. Poker faces all around but he held. I await Masai's memoirs
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