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[golden]

This organization was very proactive and risk takers before the chip. But success breeds complacency & hubris.

But they clearly fell...

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Teams probably thought Turner was worth the prospect and pick or 2 picks Pacers were looking for. Or maybe they weren’t comfortable paying him the...

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Precious is shooting 26% from 3. That's not a good fit if you're building around Pascal & Scottie. Precious had very low BBIQ, so if you're trying...

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Maybe they are purposely playing Scottie with non-shooters to force him to develop his shooting?


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Insecure Raptors fans don’t believe in the concept of replaceability. Mainly because that would require watching other teams play and admitting that...

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So, the optics would now be that we coughed up a FRP and paid $80M for a bench big? lol.

This isn't how the NBA works, my friend. But...

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Not talking about a "bad stretch"... Pascal has never truly been in legit #1 option territory ( > 30% USG / > 120 ORTG), even at his peak...

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If we had traded for Jalen Brunson back when I said we should (when Dallas wouldn't extend him), we'd have a dynamic scorer who fits with Scottie, on...

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Efficiency doesn't drop that much for LEGIT #1 options. Pascal cratered to 107 ORTG at only 28% USG, when they tried him as a #1 in 2019-20. Masai...

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Ideally you can find a win-now team with only 1 legit star who is putting pressure on his GM to add another star, or else they risk him asking for a trade...

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Pascal is the worst 3-pt shooter in the NBA... shooting under 10% from 3, over his last 15 games. Sheesh.

Pascal's horrific 3-pt shooting...

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Yeah, and like 4 ppg came from Lowry touchdown passes with Pascal sprinting up the court in transition for easy buckets....

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And given our bench struggles, it's really strange that the big+small playmakers combo hasn't been tried, ala... Jokic/Murray, Sabonis/Fox & now Sengun/FVV....

[golden]

That'll be quite the Merry Christmas for Pascal....

[golden]

You'd really prefer Pascal to be extended & trade eligible before draft night....

[golden]

Are we talking about Scottie trying to carry some combination of: Malachi/Precious/Boucher/Gradey/McD/Trent, by himself? A 105 ORTG is actually pretty...

[golden]

We already know what it will look like: Gary gets ball, Gary shoots ball.

Except for maybe 1 game this season, Gary looks more determined...

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But the offers could very well be "nothing", like they were for Fred last trade deadline. Do you still take the poo-poo platter?
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Great article.

We are definitely not past step 1... acceptance. Masai/MLSE is clearly not accepting bottoming out, and has delayed that...

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It depends. If the seats are filled and sponsorships keep increasing and franchise valuations continue to skyrocket, then I think ownership is perfectly...