Aww, but yak is.4 for 4 tonight... Hawks fell into the trap!

I think you've stumbled upon a movie premise

Just went and listened to grey cell green. Forgot how great med's was

Aww reading comprehension fail from me!

Ummm raptors?

Thanks, thats huge

Daniel, with the opt in Yak is at 19.5 this season and 19.5 next season also?

Is the timing more about the end of the league year on June 30?

Embarassing

You called it

The trade tree is basically:
Out: Pascal Siakam, Otto Porter, Jalen McDaniels, 2031 TOR SRP

In: Brandon Ingram, Ochai Agbaji, Ja'Kobe Walter, Jamal Shead, a 2025 POR SRP, and a 2026 LAL SRP

It's not about the money. Its about having a team that compete after you have made the deal. If they move yak they have no centers on the roster at all... not a way to remain competitive

Now that the revisionist history takes are starting, let's just remember how pascal and og were viewed prior to the trades. Toronto fans were screaming about how good they were. Everyone else said they were overrated, especially pascal

Ernst and young

Id just like to point out that I asked this question before I saw you did a breakdown on pull up tre

@samsonfolk.bsky.social after an hour on the treadmill 'grinding tape' (aka watching YouTube highlights) tell me why Carter Bryant shouldn't be the 9th pick?

Nvm, it's Masai

Raptors on stage rep?

@samsonfolk.bsky.social @louiszatzman.bsky.social goldilocks lol

Louis, rapcast pods aren't working on the Pocketcast player. Can't stream or download

Why that late? Usually it's mid way through the 3rd

Its tough. The closing lineup in the last 3 or 4 games has been 2nd round rookies, 10 days contracts guys, and guys that just got converted from 10 day contracts. Not sure what else they can do

Get samson folk on to talk about it. He will.convince you! Lol

And they have shown they will think outside the box. Id rather that then be in the bulls position for one example

Of course! But, if Bobby and Masai are anything, its confident in their opinions and assessments. Maybe they are right, maybe they are wrong. But the talent level is definitely much higher today than it was to start the season

Yak at 19.5 would be moveable... im sure LA would love him right about now

Rj's play this year has shown that 27mil is a fair price for him. I dont think it would be too hard to move him. IQ at 32.5 is tough today, but that contract is flat in a rising cap environment. If he plays like they hope he can next year it may look much better for a starting level guard in 26 /27

So you might as well do it this way and continue to trade your way back to contention. Masai doesnt have the stomach for multiyear tanking. They are confident they will hit on a player in this draft and go back to being a good team sooner vs later. Time will tell if theynare right

They are tight to the tax to be sure, but there is still an inch of wiggle room next season (depending where this years pick lands) and while there isnt alot of surpkus vale in the current contracts there arent any egregious overpays either. Traditional capspace/free agency is useless for the raps

Incremental improvement, thats the plan. Keep adding talent, see what it looks like, tweak. Move ill fitting pieces for an improvement etc etc. This is how masai typically builds, going back to denver