yes agreed. But Raptors is one of the worst historically franhises in developing players (the worst is the Mavs lol). And if you see all their young talent has regressed. Ross JV Bebe . They made JV get too big and now he is too slow and can't move fast and can't even defend the pick and roll. He is still young ofc but he has shown no development. Shame. And Casey is one of the worst coaches in the league.
Intriguing addition but what about a backup PG? Or a player who can actually create for himself as well as others? But hey we have a long off season, so we'll shall see.
Our roster is pretty loaded right now. I left off the obvious training camp guys who obviously won't make the team. Our off season roster limit is 20, but remember we have to get down to 15 by opening day: My thoughts: 1.) Pablo is retiring so he is gone, but that contract is still a nice trade asset, so they probably need to use it before season tipoff, or it is gone. 2.) We pretty much have 11 NBA viable guys which leaves four spots for Kpap, McDaniels, Terry, Johnson, Thornton and Smith. 3.) This team is primed for a consolidation trade. Moving Jones, Dekkar, Prigs and Kpap wouldn't make even make a dent in the roster. 4.) My gut says Terry is gone, which sucks, oh well. 5.) Our PG position is extremely weak, almost too weak. This makes me believe Morey has something lined up.
in my 14 years deciphering insider riddles on this board, its usually the simplest answer is the right one. i think the line about winning meaning more than money could be bird's team, or his bird rights. either way, i think the MLE will have to go to retaining him. cod did have that line about the MLE being spend on ____. what's interesting to me is that most of these hints don't involve trading for a PG. he spoke of guard help but that became thornton. however, the roster suggests that a trade will happen. DM won't let papa/prigs NG contracts go unused. and he also wont go into next summer with dmo/jones both as free agents.
i dont see what he would bring to the table. zero defense. at best would be our 5th best big... maybe even 6th best. how much could he really contribute in that role. i'd rather use that roster spot on a young guy with potential, like wood.
cyber also said we were looking at backup bigs as Amare and Boozer. We have so much depth in the frontcourt this only means one thing. Trading bigs for small.
I'm going to go left field and say the RA connection is either: Norris Cole or Bojan Bogdanovic Cole was drafted by Adelman/Kahn in Minnesota but was then traded to Miami for the rights to....Bojan Bogdanovic. I think the RA connection isn't as evident because there's not a lot of players he's coached in recent memory that deserves mentioning. I think it's more of the players he scouted/looked at and wanted on his team. Cole wouldn't be a bad addition but we don't exactly need another average point guard. Bojan is different....he's a pretty skilled SF that shot 35% from 3 last year. What if Morey's moving KPap + filler for Bojan? Helps Brooklyn somewhat by giving them the option to cut KPap and his unguaranteed contract and maybe pick up a future 2nd Rounder.
The Heat did and brought him in last week, but apparently weren't willing to pay the tax. They wanted to sign him after dealing Chalmers, but never could find a taker for Mario, and Thornton didn't want to wait around.
i wonder who's the shooting 4 that Cods talkin about...a squawking bird? seems to be a former Jayhawks...then LOOK...rhymes with his bro, Mook...so, Markieff Morris?
I'd like to note that Thornton has never played for Adelman. Most of us have been searching for players that played under RA, or currently play for the teams he coached, but none of us looked at players who used to play on teams that he coached during a time period where he wasn't even with the organization. So we need to broaden our list potentially if codmans still hinting at another RA related player.
i like the move. augustin next since OKC matching kanter? not sure if they'd be inclined to deal with us ever again after the harden trade though...
Thats what I was thinking, I need to see a full list of players that have played under teams that RA has played or coached for, but that would be a huge list. Adelman played for the New Orleans Jazz, a 4 who is a lights out shooter, squaking bird sounds like Anderson.
