MixxAOR wrote:
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The transition has some bumps. It includes young guys getting reps to develop skills. Like Siakam getting end of game iso's - and rimming out. It includes attempts at moving forward by signing guys like Giannis - and sometimes whiffing.
Progress is not linear. It's not easy. It takes time. There's bumps along the way. You don't 180 your course on such short notice. This is a multi-year process.
Right now this team has 3 All-Star level players in my opinion. Lowry always is and probably won't make it as his box score numbers dip with Fred stepping up. Siakam just averaged something like 24/11/7 on the road trip on good efficiency with very good defence - he's definitely heading to the ASG again. And Fred is putting up AS numbers for sure.
An Eastern Conference team with 3 All-Stars and some talent in other positions is not a lottery team. Not in this conference. Not even if you trade Lowry.
They have some bumps to work through and the roster talent is thinner than it used to be. They've got to restock the cupboard. They're still going to try to position themselves to trade for the next Kawhi/Harden (and may well make a trade later this season once more Raptors are eligible to be moved). That's still the right path, imho. This team is nowhere near tanking territory, not with this talent level and roster construction (cap sheet) and with what stage of transition they're at. They're a long, long way from giving up on this path and rerouting to a new one.
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