Who are the guys Ujiri doesn't love?

[mcHAPPY]

In many ways, Joseph is the signature signing of the Ujiri era. He combines several of the GM’s obsessions. The first is buying character on the relative cheap. Like so many modern executives, Ujiri gives public lip service to the analytics end of things, but still believes that you build a team on the right mix of personalities. He got rid of a bunch he didn’t like last year, and replaced them with players he did. Ujiri still has guys he doesn’t love, but tolerates for the sake of talent. Joseph is a hedge against that.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...ticle27678620/

Pretty obvious who he didn't love last season.


But who does he tolerate this season?

Lowry? JV? DeRozan? JJ?

[planetmars]

The easy answer is DeMar because most of his signings have been good WS/48 guys.. long, athletic, defense-first and can shoot from the outside. That's why I don't think he'll be back.

[mcHAPPY]

The easy answer is DeMar because most of his signings have been good WS/48 guys.. long, athletic, defense-first and can shoot from the outside. That's why I don't think he'll be back.

I use to think along those lines.

I had a thread about Ujiri and the common trait of a high WS/48 all his signings had.


......and then the Ross extension happened and that theory was set out to pasture.

[KHD]

Pretty obvious who he didn't love last season.


But who does he tolerate this season?

Lowry? JV? DeRozan? JJ?

Sounds like Cathal Kelly talking shit to me.

[Masai Uhearme]

the easy answer is demar because most of his signings have been good ws/48 guys.. Long, athletic, defense-first and can shoot from the outside. That's why i don't think he'll be back.

trade

[mcHAPPY]

Sounds like Cathal Kelly talking shit to me.

And there is that too.

[KHD]

And there is that too.

I mean, "he got rid of a bunch he didn't like". Really?

I never really got the impression that anyone was a bad character guy. Even Lou and Vasquez and their chuck-fest ways still seemed pretty team-first in other aspects.

In fact I would say the most difficult personalities are still on this team (JJ, Lowry).

[MixxAOR]

On Open Gym Masai was saying how hard it was to trade Vasquez and Cathal Kelly is saying opposite. Masai is probably pissed at Kelly lmao

[KHD]

On Open Gym Masai was saying how hard it was to trade Vasquez and Cathal Kelly is saying opposite. Masai is probably pissed at Kelly lmao

Masai probably doesn't think about Cathal Kelly, like, ever.

[A.I]

I use to think along those lines.

I had a thread about Ujiri and the common trait of a high WS/48 all his signings had.


......and then the Ross extension happened and that theory was set out to pasture.

Don't worry. The Ross extension is just a stepping stone to Masai's master plan.

[Bendit]

I would be most surprised if the portrayal of Masai just paying lip service to analytics has merit.

Apart from the investment in the analytics expertise gathered by MU in the f/o there are moves he has made including TRoss which seem to be analytics inspired. I say this because the eye test definitely does not support the extension (term & $). He has to believe that Ross has value on the trade front and beyond his occasional displays of potential. The question is how long does that value hold. There are also the future cap #s which mitigates the amounts. Didn't Vaz & Williams also have bad analytics #s?

That wasn't a particularly judicious thing to write in anycase unless someone actually told Kelly that (like Casey? )

MU doesn't give away much. I would say no one can really say what his true motivations are in any move unless blatant of course.

[DogeLover1234]

Don't worry. The Ross extension is just a stepping stone to Masai's master plan.

Lets just say that we are all playing tic tac toe, while Masai is playing chess.

[tonious35]

Lets just say that we are all playing tic tac toe, while Masai is playing chess.

This type of chess

[Miekenstien]

This type of chess

i have one memory of this game. from the original batman series. bruce is playing dick and wins, of course. dick asks "how do you do it bruce?" "why it's simple. you just need to look 64 moves ahead." haha

[JimiCliff]

Pretty obvious who he didn't love last season.


But who does he tolerate this season?

Lowry? JV? DeRozan? JJ?

Zach Lowe's mentioned, on several different occasions over the past few years, that the Raptors aren't in love with JV.