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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
So basically your hope is other teams are extremely inept and help the Raptors that way. I mean I guess that's a strategy. But you mentioned Conley and Gasol are locked in, well yeah, that's why the Raps are screwed for the next two years, they are locked into Lowry and Ibaka with no chance of trading them. Even adding DeRozan doesn't get them much past the first round, and they would give up meaningful assets to get him. It'd be great if they were that stupid though, but I don't really think relying on the stupidity of others is a good idea. Even the Celtics in their wildest dreams couldn't have imagined what their ultimate haul for Garnett and Pierce would end up being.
For the Raptors, all their best assets (i.e. coveted by other teams) to trade are young guys, and JV. And all you're getting for those are draft picks, maybe you get lucky and get a lottery pick or two out of that. At the end of the day, they don't have a lot of moves to make that are logical. Sadly they are stuck hoping for some luck. With the beauty of hindsight, trading Lowry way back when would have been ideal. But it's not, so here we are. Raptors future will mirror the Hawks and a full-scale tear down is going to happen.
We all know this is the real issue, but it doesn't seem the NBA has much interest in changing it.
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I'm of the mindset is you take what you can get, get a haul of picks for all I care. Something you can build the future with, how awful would it be if in 3 years the Raptors have zero to show for this team and have to start a rebuild with the bare minimum. That's my biggest concern.
And I feel like there is much more of a chance that Masai could make a great trade for futures then actually getting a piece that would make the raptors legit contenders, it's a shame Mitchell didn't go into the draft 2 drafts ago because he is that type of player but the raptors never get that sort of luck. That Knicks pick was the raps best bet at getting another star and they drafted a low upside player with limited offensive ability. Wasn't a great draft but just shows that the raptors don't get the luck that the warriors, spurs, or others have gotten. Raptors future will mirror the Hawks, a team that was good but no elite players, a full scale tear down is going to happen and there is no point in waiting. Not one player on this team is worth being tied to.