Stages of Grief - Bargaining ^. Hmm or is it acceptance?
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Stages of Grief - Bargaining ^. Hmm or is it acceptance?
No I actually think that would be a pretty dope line up, plus add our draft picks to that coreQuote:
Originally Posted by ecart
Fred would start over Lowry tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
Lowry, OG and Siakam out tmw.
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I dunno, he looks more and more like a gunner to me. But yeah you can flip em and have Lowry off the bench. I just think Lowry is still the better floor general.Quote:
Originally Posted by ecart
Yup, which means they’ll win again lolQuote:
Originally Posted by aman_13
LoolQuote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
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Why? Simple cuz Raptors fans like all of y'all have been used to winning or making the playoffs year after year regularly so it is like y'all don't know anythin else so I guess you can say thats why people get down on you guys for havin an off yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Saint Raptor
That is if DeMar even wants to come back and after the way Masai, Webster and company did him dirty with that trade to San Antonio...all I know is if I was DeMar as much love as I have for Toronto, I can never forget that type of a betrayal. DeMar shouldn't either much less even want to come back. But that is just me.Quote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
I've been a Raptors fan since the early 2000s... I'm well acquainted with losing. Heck, the winning was the shock to my system. When I think about what's best for this team, its with the mindset that I never want to go through that kind of hopeless sustained losing/mediocrity again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tg11
Exactly 💯 my point Raptors fans like the more hard-core fans of yours care more bout winning than they do losing and associate winning with this franchise because of the yearly playoff streak. Now that that streak is bout to come to an end...that's why most fans wanna jump off the wagon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Raptor
Toronto fans in general don’t jump off the wagon. We’re die hard fans of our teams. No matter how they play in a season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tg11
Not even sure what you’re trying to say, every fan of every team wants to win. Who genuinely cares about losing? Doesn’t make much sense tg.
How do Boston fans feel about under achieving all season long? I’m sure they fans are not jumping off the wagon.
Well no fans of ours in Boston haven't jumped off the wagon but yes we have underachieved for the most part but winning record in a pole playoff position is what I expected...and for Toronto fans most fans expected it to be playoffs or bust and unfortunately it is a bust seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
We won a championship... what happened to the Celtics after their most recent championship? They went in to a rebuild.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tg11
it was expected to take a step back last year but the Raptors played very well instead. over achieved I would say. So we take a step back this year and come back with the same core with a draft assets added for next year.
Boston has become a tread mill team. Even Ainge is not happy. So while you bash our season, our fans are intelligent enough to understand the game plan going forward. Worry about your tread mill team. Your gm is.
Yeah but if you come back with the same core it is no guarantee that you guys come back to make the playoffs next year. I mean you guys had like what a shortened off season and no doubt fatigue from being in the Bubble last year which played into this year. Not to mention defensively you guys did get worse when you lost Ibaka and Gasol. Yeah you replaced them originally with Baynes and Len which has not panned out. Yeah you guys were affected not just by that but by COVID too but then again so were other teams this season as well since there have been postponements for games. Yeah you have Boucher as one of your centers and Birch being your other center. But then against isn't Birch a free agent? Not to mention isn't Trent Jr also a free agent? But then also so is Lowry this summer and not to mention isn't Masai also leaving because his contract as VP of basketball operations is set to expire this summer isn't it not?Quote:
Originally Posted by smith&wesson
Yeah in order to be relevant once again as far as being a great, defensive minded team once again:
1- Get rid of Baynes by buying him out because he is not panning out
2- Let Lowry leave in free agency and you address your center needs either via Draft or via free agency
3- Bring back Masai as VP
4- Bring back Trent Jr
5- Bring back Birch
6- If there is enough money left on the table assuming there are any big names left in free agency, you go after one
Yeah we may have become a tread mill team but at least we will be in the playoffs again for yet another year which just adds to our yearly playoff streak. You guys had one of the longest active playoff streaks but that is about to end this year. But will you guys be back next year in the playoff hunt? I guess we'll see won't we?