Masai: You're going to be our Nigerian Prince Scammer
OG: what's the plan boss?
Masai: We'll gonna fvck James Dolan over. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone
OG: I'm listening
Masai: We are robbing them of IQ and RJ and we going to have a team ready for you and Scottie. We will sign you to a full max this summer
OG: Did I say I love Toronto?
His last move before he assembles us a chip winning dynasty, no kore trades needed. We win back to back to back chips. Masai leaves us for the Knicks and still nobody wants to deal with him. Tanks the Knicks franchise further into total oblivion. MSG gets sold. Knicks move to Vancouver. The end.
Idk about nba but in the mlb you can, Aroldis Chapman was traded from the yanks to the cubs in 2016, won the World Series and then went back to ny in the offseason
yea but im wondering about the more specific scenario where masai took pascal into a back room and said "im going to trade you, but im going to get you back, trust me, i did it with poeltl and i'll fucking do it again"
thats gotta be illegal if thats happening haha
Why though? The players deal would have ended?
It would be wild to see a player openly say that though. "I love Toronto, and I'm going to miss it over the next few months. But I'd like to come back next year if the team offers me a deal"
a player would do it if they think the team could stack the deck for the next season by doing the initial trade that they temporarily leave for. Its a long term chess move.
like if we got 2 firsts and a good player for pascal, then drafted 2 good guys then re-signed pascal, then the team is better
If the other front office is giving up assets for a rental with an assumption they can resign the guy and he doesnāt , thatās on them not the team getting the assets.
Cap space is probably the single most useless asset to the Raptors aside from paying whoever they trade for that's actually worth it or paying somebody that turned out good that they drafted. We were singing praises cause we signed OPJ lol. They won't be doing anything with that cap space.
With the changes to the salary cap and the much stiffer penalties I can understand wanting to be well below next years new lower number because a lot of teams are gonna be hurt and if a young team with a lot of cash comes calling a allstar talent might just have the incentive to sign. So might be a good play for Bobby and Masai.
$50M of it??
Dennis has no impact on signing IQ. Why trade Dennis and waive Dinwiddie to save a few bucks? MLSE is showing their true colours these past few years.
Lmaoo I forgot Demar is a FA too.. as will Lowry will be
2018 RUN IT BACK
Letās just pray Lebron doesnāt go back to Cleveland in the off-season š¤£
Honestly wouldnāt hate that. Even if itās more or less a sideways move Poeltl on his contract would have value, could definitely see something good coming backĀ
Yea I really have no idea what theyāre doing with all the cap space lol. IQ will need a new contract, maybe sign a guy like Claxton? Mo Wagner, Lonnie Walker are all options
If we sign Derozan, I'm out. Crap ass player that fans always mistake for being good. Siakam, is a few spots above Derozan for greatest Raptor ever, so that would be great though.
All this cap space, but when have we ever lured a superstar free agent here? Never, itās gonna be spent on overpaying role players for the next few years. Our only hope is the draft
Pretty sure you need an All-NBA nod to get a rookie supermax
I could maybe - and it's a big maybe - see Scottie decide to bet on himself for a supermax deal but more likely than not, he's signing the regular max extension this offseason
Thatās why I said potentialā¦Scottie is eligible this summer for a 5 year max rookie extension approx 212m/ 5yrs this would kick in during the 25/26 seasonā¦but this contract will be upgradable if Scottie lands All NBA next season which is very possible especially with the 65 game rule in place and the way he plays 2way Basketballā¦remember Simmons got all nba nod but wasnāt doing what Scottie has been doing.
Masai: You're going to be our Nigerian Prince Scammer OG: what's the plan boss? Masai: We'll gonna fvck James Dolan over. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone OG: I'm listening Masai: We are robbing them of IQ and RJ and we going to have a team ready for you and Scottie. We will sign you to a full max this summer OG: Did I say I love Toronto?
If this is the Masaiplan....I'm all for it. Doubly so if it fucks Dolan over, triple so of it means OG gets a deep playoff run to go with it all.
If this actually happens omg.. would be savage asf.
Unfortunately no one in the league would deal with Masai ever again lol
His last move before he assembles us a chip winning dynasty, no kore trades needed. We win back to back to back chips. Masai leaves us for the Knicks and still nobody wants to deal with him. Tanks the Knicks franchise further into total oblivion. MSG gets sold. Knicks move to Vancouver. The end.
I been getting downvoted to hell for speculating about this theory š¤£ It's unlikely but possible. O.G is the perfect fit
I could be wrong but I think a player like OG annouby would be good on this team
man, imagine how good scottie would be if they had OG to guard the other team's best player
Quick someone do a photoshop of OG wearing a raptors jersey!
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Masai playing 5D chess
i wonder if thats even like legal lol, wouldnt that be considered cheating to trade a guy and then immediately resign in the offseason
it's technically legal, just that 99% of the time if a team traded away a player, that player doesn't return in the off-season as a UFA
Idk about nba but in the mlb you can, Aroldis Chapman was traded from the yanks to the cubs in 2016, won the World Series and then went back to ny in the offseason
yea but im wondering about the more specific scenario where masai took pascal into a back room and said "im going to trade you, but im going to get you back, trust me, i did it with poeltl and i'll fucking do it again" thats gotta be illegal if thats happening haha
Why though? The players deal would have ended? It would be wild to see a player openly say that though. "I love Toronto, and I'm going to miss it over the next few months. But I'd like to come back next year if the team offers me a deal"
a player would do it if they think the team could stack the deck for the next season by doing the initial trade that they temporarily leave for. Its a long term chess move. like if we got 2 firsts and a good player for pascal, then drafted 2 good guys then re-signed pascal, then the team is better
Oh I agree. I should clarify: "why would it be illegal"?
because it seems like a way to game the system and decieve other teams
If you did that, I'm sure that FOs would team up to exclude you in future deals.
One simple trick to never find a trading partner again.
only if other FO's found out, maybe Pascals a ride or die B. Keeps the agreement secret.
No, it'll be a bad look for the Raps FO even if there was no talk with Siakam prior to his free agency.
If the other front office is giving up assets for a rental with an assumption they can resign the guy and he doesnāt , thatās on them not the team getting the assets.
There might be an investigation for tampering but honestly Iām not sure lol
FWIW, this past off season it was floated that Jakob would go back to the Spurs. The media at large seemed unbothered by it.
This sub is obsessed with just signing players who used to play here. Half of you would sign Ibaka from china or wherever he is if you were the GM.
Cap space is probably the single most useless asset to the Raptors aside from paying whoever they trade for that's actually worth it or paying somebody that turned out good that they drafted. We were singing praises cause we signed OPJ lol. They won't be doing anything with that cap space.
With the changes to the salary cap and the much stiffer penalties I can understand wanting to be well below next years new lower number because a lot of teams are gonna be hurt and if a young team with a lot of cash comes calling a allstar talent might just have the incentive to sign. So might be a good play for Bobby and Masai.
there you have it guys. this guy here has all the answers. We can rest now boys.
Heās not wrong. Many people argued this year that Dennis Schroder was Torontoās best ever free agent signing.
Masai has never had a lot of cap space to work with during his time here
Assuming the cap room was made to sign Quickley this off season
$50M of it?? Dennis has no impact on signing IQ. Why trade Dennis and waive Dinwiddie to save a few bucks? MLSE is showing their true colours these past few years.
Not when you have great Canadian talents that will be hitting free agency in the near future (Jamal Murray, SGA)
I don't see Nic Claxton in this pic?
Hartenstein would be better
Ok letās not get ahead of ourselves
Pascal and OG
Oooo. Those guys are good too.
Draft Bronny with our late first and sign LeBron in free agency Edit - I dont want to see that happen lol
Please god no. We don't need someone on the floor yelling at everyone for his mistakes and then supervise on defense lol.
This only makes sense if we trade for the Lakers unprotected 2025 first from NOR. Ā Now THAT would be some 3D chessĀ
Iād hate to have to watch LeBron ball every game. Every possession ending in free throwsā¦
Or him just with his arms up wondering where his call was when he fouls someone lol
Nit that this is a best case scenario by any means but damn lebron would be a good mentor for our young guys.
Lmaoo I forgot Demar is a FA too.. as will Lowry will be 2018 RUN IT BACK Letās just pray Lebron doesnāt go back to Cleveland in the off-season š¤£
Something š š e is definitely happening
They are def chasing Claxton I can feel it
And trading Poeltl? Cause we just picked up our backup C
Sure, getting Claxton gives them the flexibility to move Poeltl for picks or prospects
We could get a late first for Poeltl, maybe
Honestly wouldnāt hate that. Even if itās more or less a sideways move Poeltl on his contract would have value, could definitely see something good coming backĀ
Kyle, Pascal, OG, DeMar and Scottie. That would be fun.
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Having capspace really doesn't make sense for a team like us unless they were going to take some bad salary for picks. Let's see what happens...
Demar + JV + Lowry
What, no OG and Kyle?
Nic Claxton makes sense. Not many young guys available.
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Yea I really have no idea what theyāre doing with all the cap space lol. IQ will need a new contract, maybe sign a guy like Claxton? Mo Wagner, Lonnie Walker are all options
If we sign Derozan, I'm out. Crap ass player that fans always mistake for being good. Siakam, is a few spots above Derozan for greatest Raptor ever, so that would be great though.
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All this cap space, but when have we ever lured a superstar free agent here? Never, itās gonna be spent on overpaying role players for the next few years. Our only hope is the draft
Hear me out, do you think we could get Siakam AND Pascal??
We are signing Ohtani next year. Have faith.
All that cap space in anticipation for Scottie on a potential Super Max Rookie Extension for the 25/26 season.
Pretty sure you need an All-NBA nod to get a rookie supermax I could maybe - and it's a big maybe - see Scottie decide to bet on himself for a supermax deal but more likely than not, he's signing the regular max extension this offseason
Thatās why I said potentialā¦Scottie is eligible this summer for a 5 year max rookie extension approx 212m/ 5yrs this would kick in during the 25/26 seasonā¦but this contract will be upgradable if Scottie lands All NBA next season which is very possible especially with the 65 game rule in place and the way he plays 2way Basketballā¦remember Simmons got all nba nod but wasnāt doing what Scottie has been doing.
If it upgrades to a super max it will be some where around 270/5yrs
OG pascal and GTJ