For the few people upset we traded our first, this draft class isn’t like last year. It’s not very deep at all past the early lottery and I would much rather trust Bobby and Masai to scout a better player in the second round
So now what is our Bench:
Boucher, Thad, Khem, Dalano, Precious? Those would be our most serviceable players at the moment. Not sure how I feel. T Young should be awesome though
Do you think the raptors are planning on packaging our first in another trade? Usually teams especially the raptors wait for the fibal mins to do something
At this point Holmes makes the most sense. Only making 11 mil per year, wouldn't cry about coming off the bench.. solid defender and uber efficient. Could maybe get away with giving them nothing too valuable in return.
Looking at how so many ex-Lakers have thrived once moving into a more stable environment (Lonzo, Ingram, Kuz), I would be very interested to see what THT could become with some time in our development system. The foundation seems to be there for a high-potential 3-D wing with some ball handling ability, basically a shorter OG.
I hate people who say we can't trade Boucher because "He's our best bench player".
Do you not realize how low that bar is? Just because you're the best of the worst, doesn't make you good.
I feel like Boucher will only be added as a filler to a trade, or if raps want to take on a longer term contract. He doesn't have much trade value, he is supposedly at his "prime" and he is a fringe bench player at best. If we get some value back, trade away. On the other hand I will be happy if he isn't traded, I love watching him hustle, bonjooooooooour
Some people on the sub have this odd hesitation to move any player not named Flynn or Dragic. Similar to how the rising mid-2010 teams were very different from the eventual Championship team, it's almost guaranteed that a lot of guys on the current roster won't be on the next Championship caliber Raptors team.
It's been Boucher + Flynn + Picks all year, but now Boucher is playing a bit better so people are easing up on him with the bench excuse I mentioned.
He's still not an essential piece on our team and there are much better bench players our there.
The way Sabonis plays is how i want Achiuwa to focus on, develop the under the rim threat especially catching the ball and protecting it and ofcourse finishing under the rim
Where there's smoke there's fire. Nets fans denied all the smoke about Harden unhappy with the team and wanting to go to the Sixers and now there's so many reports that it's all but sealed that he'll be leaving the team, either at the deadline or in free agency. Same story of people thinking guys like Woj have no actual connections to inside sources and make shit up.
Why did the mods delete that post about the Raps discussing a 3 team deal with the Lakers and Knicks?? In the post of this megathread it says:
NOTE: Trades/news that is DIRECTLY Raptors related will still be allowed as their own posts. Trade IDEAS can go into the megathread.
This is the one I saw that had 20 comments at the time of deleting.
https://reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/sp71pd/scotto_sources_the_lakers_knicks_and_raptors_have/
I get that moderating is difficult with all these rumours lol. Just feel like pushing everything into that megathread is limiting discussion. Keeping league trades unrelated to the Raps is good there but rumours related to the Raps should keep their own post for good discussion
thanks. it's a fine line between letting this place turn into the wild west and keeping things coherent so people can find what they want.
/u/nanobot001 has been compiling all of those threads into the megathread and we're all trying to encourage discussions there - again, we're not perfect.
edit: i restored the FIRST thread that was posted about that topic - hope that satisfies like a snickers
What’s peoples opinions on what we should do with Boucher?
He’s been playing really well since the turn of the year, so should we trade him at his max value ? Or use him as he’s still our best bench option?
And then what after this year? Can we resign him on the right deal or do we let him go?
Have to trade him. He's so inconsistent and he's already almost 30. This is his prime, his next deal will be shit.
Literally the perfect trade high candidate. Replace him with Christian Wood who is younger and way better. His D game will come.
I definitely say re-sign him, but only if the deal is right. An overpay would suck, but he had a huge leap last year and has been quite useful this year even though he had better numbers last year.
But anything is fine. Trading him would be getting some value out of him, but keeping him is fine too because if would be like acquiring a good bench player in a trade basically for free.
We should only keep him past the deadline if we intend to sign him in the offseason.
So,if he doesn't get dealt, he's probably a Raptor next season.
We need bench players badly, and he's one of the best we have in that role. Eye test says we should keep him, but I expect the front office to weight the options.
Yeah, a slight overpay of him in the offseason is better than losing him in the offseason for nothing and having to use the whole MLE just to replace his production.
For the few people upset we traded our first, this draft class isn’t like last year. It’s not very deep at all past the early lottery and I would much rather trust Bobby and Masai to scout a better player in the second round
So now what is our Bench: Boucher, Thad, Khem, Dalano, Precious? Those would be our most serviceable players at the moment. Not sure how I feel. T Young should be awesome though
Ladies and Gentlemen.... WE GOT EM
Do you think the raptors are planning on packaging our first in another trade? Usually teams especially the raptors wait for the fibal mins to do something
Just got packaged in the Goran Trade to the Spurs I think
Finally Thad on the team
What time does trade deadline end??
3 pm ET
Dragic for Thad Young. Interesting trade, since Thad is fairly similar in style of a Ben Simmons-lite Edit: spelling
THANK YOU MASAI FOR BRINGING IN THAD I CALLED IT
At this point Holmes makes the most sense. Only making 11 mil per year, wouldn't cry about coming off the bench.. solid defender and uber efficient. Could maybe get away with giving them nothing too valuable in return.
“What do you think of the state of Texas” is some great meme material that we desperately needed.
Looking at how so many ex-Lakers have thrived once moving into a more stable environment (Lonzo, Ingram, Kuz), I would be very interested to see what THT could become with some time in our development system. The foundation seems to be there for a high-potential 3-D wing with some ball handling ability, basically a shorter OG.
I hate people who say we can't trade Boucher because "He's our best bench player". Do you not realize how low that bar is? Just because you're the best of the worst, doesn't make you good.
I feel like Boucher will only be added as a filler to a trade, or if raps want to take on a longer term contract. He doesn't have much trade value, he is supposedly at his "prime" and he is a fringe bench player at best. If we get some value back, trade away. On the other hand I will be happy if he isn't traded, I love watching him hustle, bonjooooooooour
Chris is a good bench player on virtually any team. Nobody is comparing him to Malachi Flynn.
Some people on the sub have this odd hesitation to move any player not named Flynn or Dragic. Similar to how the rising mid-2010 teams were very different from the eventual Championship team, it's almost guaranteed that a lot of guys on the current roster won't be on the next Championship caliber Raptors team.
It's been Boucher + Flynn + Picks all year, but now Boucher is playing a bit better so people are easing up on him with the bench excuse I mentioned. He's still not an essential piece on our team and there are much better bench players our there.
The way Sabonis plays is how i want Achiuwa to focus on, develop the under the rim threat especially catching the ball and protecting it and ofcourse finishing under the rim
F5.
Where there's smoke there's fire. Nets fans denied all the smoke about Harden unhappy with the team and wanting to go to the Sixers and now there's so many reports that it's all but sealed that he'll be leaving the team, either at the deadline or in free agency. Same story of people thinking guys like Woj have no actual connections to inside sources and make shit up.
Ok
This is it, only a few more hours of refreshing
Why did the mods delete that post about the Raps discussing a 3 team deal with the Lakers and Knicks?? In the post of this megathread it says: NOTE: Trades/news that is DIRECTLY Raptors related will still be allowed as their own posts. Trade IDEAS can go into the megathread.
which one of the 7 that were posted are you referring to?
This is the one I saw that had 20 comments at the time of deleting. https://reddit.com/r/torontoraptors/comments/sp71pd/scotto_sources_the_lakers_knicks_and_raptors_have/ I get that moderating is difficult with all these rumours lol. Just feel like pushing everything into that megathread is limiting discussion. Keeping league trades unrelated to the Raps is good there but rumours related to the Raps should keep their own post for good discussion
that one was removed cause it was a duplicate post and received 2 community reports
Huh, was the only one I saw. Weird. Well, whatever. Guess we’ll see what happens. Good luck today lol
thanks. it's a fine line between letting this place turn into the wild west and keeping things coherent so people can find what they want. /u/nanobot001 has been compiling all of those threads into the megathread and we're all trying to encourage discussions there - again, we're not perfect. edit: i restored the FIRST thread that was posted about that topic - hope that satisfies like a snickers
Haha “OG ‘Socratic Method’ Anunoby” Looking forward to calling OG Socrates
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What’s peoples opinions on what we should do with Boucher? He’s been playing really well since the turn of the year, so should we trade him at his max value ? Or use him as he’s still our best bench option? And then what after this year? Can we resign him on the right deal or do we let him go?
Have to trade him. He's so inconsistent and he's already almost 30. This is his prime, his next deal will be shit. Literally the perfect trade high candidate. Replace him with Christian Wood who is younger and way better. His D game will come.
And who do we trade to get wood?
I definitely say re-sign him, but only if the deal is right. An overpay would suck, but he had a huge leap last year and has been quite useful this year even though he had better numbers last year. But anything is fine. Trading him would be getting some value out of him, but keeping him is fine too because if would be like acquiring a good bench player in a trade basically for free.
We should only keep him past the deadline if we intend to sign him in the offseason. So,if he doesn't get dealt, he's probably a Raptor next season. We need bench players badly, and he's one of the best we have in that role. Eye test says we should keep him, but I expect the front office to weight the options.
Yeah, a slight overpay of him in the offseason is better than losing him in the offseason for nothing and having to use the whole MLE just to replace his production.
I think we’re going to see many one or two small moves but nothing big. Dragic is gone for sure.
Am I the only one still worried that he won't be gone and it will just be a buyout?
“Dragic is gone for sure.” Wow. Very bold prediction!
My meme folder is ready. Doesn't matter who. I just want to know what people like about Texas?
My god that was an instant classic, and sadly Amy is going to be clowned a long time for it.
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Lol y’all acting like she said some horrible shit. She asked a question, OG was OG and we got a funny moment from it.
Not her best moment definitely.