Everything 2018 Off Season

[Puffer]

I am so glad we don't have to wait until Oct. 30th or 31st.

And I can start my Bball workouts the first week in September, on Monday and Thursday mornings, start playing in my weekly pickup game Sept. 11th and my Old Timers league starts Oct 20th.

Pretty soon it's going to be basketball all the way down.

[S.R.]

So Raptors will have two nationally televised game in the opening week of the regular season:



Boston/Washington back to back.

Can't wait!

https://days.to/until/19-october

[KeonClark]

I am so glad we don't have to wait until Oct. 30th or 31st.

And I can start my Bball workouts the first week in September, on Monday and Thursday mornings, start playing in my weekly pickup game Sept. 11th and my Old Timers league starts Oct 20th.

Pretty soon it's going to be basketball all the way down.

Can you get your league games streaming on YouTube? I'd watch the shit out of that

#TeamPuffer

[Maury]

Can you get your league games streaming on YouTube? I'd watch the shit out of that

#TeamPuffer

I’ve been live tweeting them for the last 15 years if you want to follow along

[Yuri Gagarin]

Season starts so early? Usually not before halloween

[DanH]

Season starts so early? Usually not before halloween

The last couple of seasons have had mid-October starts. It's an attempt to reduce the number of back to backs by spreading the games out a bit.

[S.R.]

The last couple of seasons have had mid-October starts. It's an attempt to reduce the number of back to backs by spreading the games out a bit.

*Raptors open season with home-away B2B*

FU NBA! They hate us.

[planetmars]

Cavs might be the opener:

Opening night

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[LJ2]

Cavs might be the opener:

Opening night

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Let the bludgeoning begin.

[Jclaw]

Cavs might be the opener:

Opening night

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too early to call it a must win game?

[Puffer]

too early to call it a must win game?

Ha Ha Ha Ha!

[planetmars]

Not sure when that Cavs game will take place.. but assuming it's the 17th.. we'll have a 3 games in 4 nights right out of the gate.. 2 of which will be on the road.. and the second game of the B2B will be on the road too.

Looking like a tough first month just like last year.

[planetmars]

That Boston game should feel like a must win game... any advantage we can get over them to seal home court in the East playoffs is beneficial. Under Casey we were a horrible road team in the playoffs.. and Boston is a horrible road team under Stevens.

[Puffer]

Not sure when that Cavs game will take place.. but assuming it's the 17th.. we'll have a 3 games in 4 nights right out of the gate.. 2 of which will be on the road.. and the second game of the B2B will be on the road too.

Looking like a tough first month just like last year.

Yeah but after winning the first three, it's cruise time.

[S.R.]

Raptors out: Kyle Lowry, Delon Wright, OG Anunoby
Raptors in: Andrew Wiggins, Taj Gibson

Raps Lineups
FVV, LBrown, JLloyd
Wiggins, DGreen, NPowell
KLeonard, CJ Miles, MRichardson
Siakam, Ibaka, TGibson
JV, GMonroe, CBoucher

Wolves
KLowry, JTeague, TJones
JButler, DWright, JOkogie
OG Anunoby, CWilliams, ABates-Diop
GDieng, ATolliver
KTowns, JPatton

Why Raptors: They get a Canadian future allstar in Andrew Wiggins who would bring more publicity and entertain the crowd for us, Wiggins will flourish under Nurse's system and he will pair up well with Kawhi. We also acquire Taj Gibson who would be a terrific backup PF in case Ibaka or Siakam gets injured, his veteran presence would look good for us.

Why Wolves: They get a veteran allstar point guard in Lowry to play with their allstar in Karl Towns, a nice decent floor general who would keep Jimmy Butler around so he won't ask to be traded. It's really Wiggins they need to get rid of. They also acquire Delon Wright who would fit well as a backup SG/PG for the team and OG Anunoby would instantly move to the starting SF and provide the team with stellar defense. The Wolves look scary all of a sudden, they just need a legit PF since they traded Taj Gibson.

- Both team work under the salary cap rule under NBA Trade Machine.

Revisiting this for no good reason other than the fun lineup calculator:

ten's new starting lineup:

Vs. not making the trade and actually just using the guys traded to the Wolves (Lowry, Delon, OG) in a lineup together:

But hey, the Wolves get really, really good:

This is fun

*Edit: also, I'm pretty sure every lineup combination for the Lakers is mediocre using this tool. Pretty crazy since Lebron James is in every one of those lineups.