Obviously this is a huge stretch - treat it as a the ultimate thought experiment if you will. This is in reaction to the news that Jack, Derozan, Weems, Johnson and Dorsey are all training or whatnot together in TO this week. This made me think how exciting it would be to field these 5 as a young core together. If they practice together offseason and all like each other, that'd be a pretty tight, pretty damn athletic, and actually a fairly well balanced 5 man unit - given continued growth.
Now.
What if that 5 man unit was Toronto's secondary unit?
If the trade that sends, for example, Turk and Calderon to Washington for Arenas and Thornton is in fact feasible, then this actually becomes not that impossible. Now, we'd have to draft or somehow aquire a legit starting 2 (remember this is a fantasy thought experiment - i'm not saying this is likely), but:
Arenas/Jack
______/Weems
Thornton/Derozan
Bosh/Johnson
Bargs/Dorsey
Tell me what team in the league wouldn't get destroyed in the second quarter by the Raps if that was our second unit? As a side, our starting five (four, for now), is also rather formidable.
Impossible...?
What if, on top of this, we were to take Philly's 2nd pick and Elton Brand, for our 13th pick, Belli, Evans and Banks? (again, fantasy here people - though not that impossible - philly would have an insane amount of cap space next year to do a proper rebuild, which it seems they are in fact leaning towards, given that they are shopping the 2nd pick). Then, in a perfect world, our line up would be,
Arenas/Jack
Turner/Weems
Thornton/Derozan/Turner
Bosh/Johnson/Brand
Bargs/Dorsey/Brand
In the lingo of those who frequently post in these here forums, ahem, GET 'ER DONE, BC!
Now.
What if that 5 man unit was Toronto's secondary unit?
If the trade that sends, for example, Turk and Calderon to Washington for Arenas and Thornton is in fact feasible, then this actually becomes not that impossible. Now, we'd have to draft or somehow aquire a legit starting 2 (remember this is a fantasy thought experiment - i'm not saying this is likely), but:
Arenas/Jack
______/Weems
Thornton/Derozan
Bosh/Johnson
Bargs/Dorsey
Tell me what team in the league wouldn't get destroyed in the second quarter by the Raps if that was our second unit? As a side, our starting five (four, for now), is also rather formidable.
Impossible...?
What if, on top of this, we were to take Philly's 2nd pick and Elton Brand, for our 13th pick, Belli, Evans and Banks? (again, fantasy here people - though not that impossible - philly would have an insane amount of cap space next year to do a proper rebuild, which it seems they are in fact leaning towards, given that they are shopping the 2nd pick). Then, in a perfect world, our line up would be,
Arenas/Jack
Turner/Weems
Thornton/Derozan/Turner
Bosh/Johnson/Brand
Bargs/Dorsey/Brand
In the lingo of those who frequently post in these here forums, ahem, GET 'ER DONE, BC!
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