Report: Lowry re-signs @ 4yr/$48M w/ETO after 3rd year

[rocwell]

Hey I just noticed Doug Smith has Lowry at 4 years/$44 mil.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/basket...yle_lowry.html

Is he wrong?

who do you trust the most? woj or doug?

[Quirk]

it's too late to change my name now lol

I always assumed you where named after the HTML tag.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/.../Element/thead

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[JimiCliff]

Doug Smith should be ignored.

who do you trust the most? woj or doug?

Woj, obvs.

If Smith can't get the figures correct for the biggest signing in recent memory by the FREAKING TEAM THAT HE COVERS, that would be pretty hilarious (and maybe a good indication that it's time to retire).

[Jclaw]

so word is Indy wants Dragic
Suns want project Pat
We want Ennis

wonder if there's a way we can work some kind of 3 way trade out. stupid trade machine isn't set up to work yet.

I was just floating this idea on the "resign Ppat thread". I'd think the suns would hold on to ennis if they give up dragic but there are some moving parts there.

[Primer]

Dragic is arguably the best player on the Suns and he's on one of the best value contracts in the NBA. This is just the Pacers grasping at straws as their team has not gotten any better this offseason. Sounds like a Ric Bucher report.

[chico]

Great news!!! Pretty much what I expected, but my guess was $11M/yr for 5. Just a tad more per year but 1 less year. Great stuff! Now MU knows what he has to work with in managing other targets.

[chico]

Hey I just noticed Doug Smith has Lowry at 4 years/$44 mil.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/basket...yle_lowry.html

Is he wrong?

That dude rarely quotes numbers without certainty, and since everybody else in the industry is doing nothing but quoting woj's late night "according to sources", and like it or not, Smith does have legit sources within the Raptor's organization, I wouldn't bet against him.

Doug Smith should be ignored.

hahaha, another Doug Smith butt-hurt person? I used to see plenty of mouthy kids getting sassed backed over there.

who do you trust the most? woj or doug?

If it's about specifics about yet unsigned Raptors' deals? hmmmm, I'd at least consider the possibility that the local guy who has his tentacles into this specific team, and goes against the grain of all the parrots out there, is right. We'll see when the deal is official.

Woj, obvs.

If Smith can't get the figures correct for the biggest signing in recent memory by the FREAKING TEAM THAT HE COVERS, that would be pretty hilarious (and maybe a good indication that it's time to retire).

We'll see when it's official. I'm guessing it's a typo, or he has legit inside info.

[Primer]

That dude rarely quotes numbers without certainty, and since everybody else in the industry is doing nothing but quoting woj's late night "according to sources", and like it or not, Smith does have legit sources within the Raptor's organization, I wouldn't bet against him.



hahaha, another Doug Smith butt-hurt person? I used to see plenty of mouthy kids getting sassed backed over there.



If it's about specifics about yet unsigned Raptors' deals? hmmmm, I'd at least consider the possibility that the local guy who has his tentacles into this specific team, and goes against the grain of all the parrots out there, is right. We'll see when the deal is official.



We'll see when it's official. I'm guessing it's a typo, or he has legit inside info.

Doug Smith's article posted this morning has the correct numbers. 4 years $48 million.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_s...nd_player.html

So yeah, Smith fucked up again.

[enlightenment]

Does Smith even give a shit anymore?

[chico]

Doug Smith's article posted this morning has the correct numbers. 4 years $48 million.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/doug_s...nd_player.html

So yeah, Smith fucked up again.

Not really. Just went and checked the facts. Smith got it right in his blog. The article that he wrote, where someone else (the way the industry works) writes the headline and the brief blurb that follows, that shows prior to writing attributed Doug Smith, says 4 year, $44M contract. Not his writing, so the gleeful Doug Smith butt hurt people need to chill and stop embarrassing themselves, imo.

[Primer]

Not really. Just went and checked the facts. Smith got it right in his blog. The article that he wrote, where someone else (the way the industry works) writes the headline and the brief blurb that follows, that shows prior to writing attributed Doug Smith, says 4 year, $44M contract. Not his writing, so the gleeful Doug Smith butt hurt people need to chill and stop embarrassing themselves, imo.

So the doug smith defense is that we can't expect him to be responsible for all the content in his articles. Just stuff on his blog?

Either way, the deal is 4 years $48M as reported by Woj. In Woj I trust.

[kopite91]

It's sad when a beat-reporter cannot receive news quicker than someone who lives a good 500 miles away. It shows how connected you are.. especially when your employer and the Raptors are owned by the same company.

[JimiCliff]

Not really. Just went and checked the facts. Smith got it right in his blog. The article that he wrote, where someone else (the way the industry works) writes the headline and the brief blurb that follows, that shows prior to writing attributed Doug Smith, says 4 year, $44M contract. Not his writing, so the gleeful Doug Smith butt hurt people need to chill and stop embarrassing themselves, imo.

I guess one man's "justifiably critical of the way someone practices their craft" is another man's "butt hurt". To each their own.

[chico]

So the doug smith defense is that we can't expect him to be responsible for all the content in his articles. Just stuff on his blog?

Either way, the deal is 4 years $48M as reported by Woj. In Woj I trust.

Not trying to defend Smith. Just stating facts about how the business in run these days. If you can't fathom that a writer doesn't write the headline, which takes place after the reporter writes the article, which is what he is responsible for, then carry on bellyaching about a writer that doesn't give a shit what you think. I'm not saying you're one, but many seem to have a "boohoo, my feelings were hurt when he brushed my mouthy ass off" problem they need help for..

[Apollo]

Guys, how about that Kyle Lowry, huh? (hint, hint)