It has been reported that Tyus Jones wants starting PG $ & wants to be a starting PG. We don't need another short PG who wants $$ & cannot defend. We need a stretch mobile big.

Yeah I don't see what you're seeing at the bottom of the league. Portland, Utah, Washington, Detroit, Chicago and Brooklyn are all pretty obviously worse than the Raptors, and the Hornets and Hawks are toss ups. Clippers have some serious disaster potential too if Kawhi misses any time. They can't be a bottom 5 bad team if Scottie-RJ-IQ and Jak are remotely healthy

There are at least 6 teams in the East alone that are worse than the Raptors as the roster stands right now. Having another crap year, with the new core in place, would be terrible for the team mentality.

@@pgauleygale i only see two teams worse possibly than raptors in east, and thats wizards, and nets. and nets have a better defence and a better coach.

@@pgauleygale wizards are worse if poole doesnt have a bounce back hear, if he does, they could be better than raptors with kuzma having a good year and valanciunas.

Haha, not as bad as was feared

i will vouch for you to your boss

I like the idea of brown to the lakers for rui and JHS

when he raised that Larry O' Brian with scottie

They didnt promise him playing time. He couldve joined the Raptors, but his playing time is not guaranteed.

I too wanted to see him play for the Raptors, the BG community was really up for it, but having read about offer he got, hard to say no. He will be paid as much as in the NBA, but for 5 years, close to family and loved ones, playing for a title each season and most importantly (for me) help the national team. Big thanks to Toronto for saving him from mike brown.

im a casual fan thousands of miles away so lije most people i don't know what it is like in the locker room which is very important BUT it seemed obvious to me that the raptors need an nba experiencd player with a cspital '"C" after their name.

No his money is off the books now.

well, for in-season as well too. lets them take back like 30 mil in a Bruce Brown trade now, for example. opens up the possibilities.

lol this is what I get for recording a week ahead of time

I’ll take that! Been called worse! 🤣

@@LockedOnCoogs thanks for the insights on JS!

yes because what people say in press conferences is always exactly what they end up doing. Jeff Dowtin and Dalano Banton were definitely a huge part of their plan. They're absolutely not going to take 3-4 years doing a traditional rebuild where they're trying to tank for lotto balls. Not happening. One more year maybe. Rebuild, retool, rewhatever. Front offices and coaches speak broadly and vaguely and taking them literally is foolish lol.

@@LockedOnRaptors jeff dowtin was a stop gap, he wasnt in their plans. it was nick nurse not wanting to play young guys. did you see the raptors keep dowtin after nurse left? dalano wanted out is the rumors circulating as well he didnt develop his 3 pt shoot. dalano grew up in rex dale one of the worst crime areas and the guys in his hood were expecting some compensation from him for having his back while growing up. its why he asked out is what i heard.

@@LockedOnRaptors but getting back on topic, hearing darko saying officially they are in year 1 of a rebuild, denying that, doesnt mean the raptors are not in a 3-4 year rebuild. there is no nuance, he said it officially raptors are starting a rebuild. drafting 4 rookies should have told you raptors are in a rebuild. gary is gone, and once boucher and brown moved, the raptors will be a bad team as they will have rookies off their bench playing. most rookies are bad their 1st year, especially if they are not selected in the top 6. so making up some hypothetical raptors are not in a rebuild is actually disingenuous to what darko said officially to reporters at vegas when asked directly if raptors are in rebuild.

@@LockedOnRaptors if ya basing your opinion on what ifs and hypotheticals, you are not basing your opinion on reality. denying what darko said today because you dont like it, means you are living in delusion.

@@LockedOnRaptors personally i think alot of bottom teams got better. pistons have tobias harris, hardaway jr and malik beasley so they should be better than last year where they vastly under performed. they filled their primary need at wing and perimeter defence and improved their 3 pt shooting. i even think the blazers got alot better with deni avdila and robert williams coming back. so with jerami grant and rayan rupert they actually have a good defence. the grizzlies will be better this year, and i believe the spurs will be better also. the raptors basically stayed the same. their defence isnt good, and they really have no one who can take a player off the dribble to create their own shot so they will have problems in the half court again. if jakob loses another step this year, he could be borderline unplayable. i think the raptors could be bottom 7 and as bad as bottom 3 keep your fingers crossed for cooper flagg so the raptors can have their future number 1 option who can take players off the dribble and create his own shot. i think the hornets and wizards could be better this year as well. if lamelo stays healthy they could be better than raptors. if poole settles in from his off year and plays well with kuzma the wizards could be better this year also.

he'd be in the exact same situation as Pascal, about to get paid, except even less worth the max than Pascal was