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KeonClark wrote: View PostCan someone give me the coles notes? Are we evaluating and growing now? Or Growing and evaluating? lol
I was surprised in a way to not seem him his usual giddy self whenever he makes an announcement of a player. Didn't express any happiness about the move, not sure what to make of it.
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Rand wrote: View PostJust saw what Tim & Sid showed. Masai didn't sound too confident that he fits Raps well. He said "we'll see" in the remaining 27 games.
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I think our payroll next season is going to be BONKERS. I'd think we'll have a payroll second to Cavs and Warriors. We better be in conference finals for years with this. Yet somehow I just don't know if the talent level of this team justifies having a payroll as high.
but heck, if we're in conference finals every year competing, I'm ok with it. once the other kids mature maybe we can contend for a championship.
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Rand wrote: View PostI think our payroll next season is going to be BONKERS. I'd think we'll have a payroll second to Cavs and Warriors. We better be in conference finals for years with this. Yet somehow I just don't know if the talent level of this team justifies having a payroll as high.
but heck, if we're in conference finals every year competing, I'm ok with it. once the other kids mature maybe we can contend for a championship."We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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iblastoff wrote: View Postso this is hilarious. orlando basically gave up oladipo, sabonis, and ersan ilysasova for ross and a late first rounder.
Not that I think Oladipo is going to become a star in the league (especially since Russ isn't going to let the offence run through anyone else). But for a young team on barely the beginning of a rebuild (Dipo, Gordon, Vuc) as a franchise they should have looked past the next year or two and long term Oladipo. He has potential (that won't get shown in okc) to be a really good SG in the league, probably just not all-star level and that's not a bad piece to have long term. They thought super short term and got burnt BUT...
I do think Ross is going to look a lot better than what he did here especially with a green light as a starter and a league that increasingly grows reliant on the 3 ball. It won't surprise me if T suddenly becomes a 18+ppg in the next couple of years and really I think Dipo's potential would only be a few points more. Add to that if you follow what is being called a super draft this year they could in fact end up drafting a player potentially as good as Sabonis, maybe even better. Not just based on fluke odds of someone falling through but the talent and potential in the draft is so deep there are fairly good odds that you can get someone that good that late. Sorry for the long rant while they definitely took a L on these trades, it's not as bad as some may think.
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iblastoff wrote: View Postso this is hilarious. orlando basically gave up oladipo, sabonis, and ersan ilysasova for ross and a late first rounder.
Not that I think Oladipo is going to become a star in the league (especially since Russ isn't going to let the offence run through anyone else). But for a young team on barely the beginning of a rebuild (Dipo, Gordon, Vuc) as a franchise they should have looked past the next year or two and long term Oladipo. He has potential (that won't get shown in okc) to be a really good SG in the league, probably just not all-star level and that's not a bad piece to have long term. They thought super short term and got burnt BUT...
I do think Ross is going to look a lot better than what he did here especially with a green light as a starter and a league that increasingly grows reliant on the 3 ball. It won't surprise me if T suddenly becomes a 18+ppg in the next couple of years and really I think Dipo's potential would only be a few points more. Add to that if you follow what is being called a super draft this year they could in fact end up drafting a player potentially as good as Sabonis, maybe even better. Not just based on fluke odds of someone falling through but the talent and potential in the draft is so deep there are fairly good odds that you can get someone that good that late. Sorry for the long rant while they definitely took a L on these trades, it's not as bad as some may think.
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Joey wrote: View PostSerge has the potential to completely change this team. And like I said before, he automatically becomes the best defender we've ever had, even if his defense has taken a hit.
Serge is now 11th in the NBA in blocks per game, and 44th of 95 power forwards in DRPM. In 2013-14 he was 5th in DRPM, then 5th, then 36th last year.
Still a great fit for us but I'd like to see him earn the best defender ever title first.
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Scraptor wrote: View PostI don't know if he automatically gets that title, Doug Christie was a beast. Christie was 2nd, 3rd, and 5th in the NBA in steals per game with the Raptors.
Serge is now 11th in the NBA in blocks per game, and 44th of 95 power forwards in DRPM. In 2013-14 he was 5th in DRPM, then 5th, then 36th last year.
Still a great fit for us but I'd like to see him earn the best defender ever title first.
He's a 3x All-Defensive 1st Team, and 2x Blocks leader. Anchored the defense of a couple of Finals bound teams, and leads the NBA in cumulative blocks since 2008-09.
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