FWIW, Haynes isn’t really the type to speculate. I actually don’t remember the last time he did. And you know he’s plugged into the Blazers.
And we know he's close with Dame. I'm all for 7 and Bledsoe for OG. I wish we had just drafted him. But that's beside the point. Plenty of the guys in this draft are intriguing, for sure. But I like Dame Ant OG Grant Nurk With Hart, Watford, Winslow off thr bench, and still some moves to be made
You're right that Masai is trying to fleece us but it's not by getting the 7 for OG. The idea was floated to him in an interview earlier last week and he said some shit like, "I would have a hard time finding someone as good as OG at number 7." So he was laying the groundwork to try to fleece us for more pieces than the 7 but the 7 with Bledsoe is a good deal.
I mean I’m not against dealing the pick now that we have traded for Grant. They need to rebuild or go ALL IN to win now and stop trying to do both. I just think OG is the wrong guy to trade 7 for.
7 + Bledsoe + scraps (Brown/Didi/Winslow/Watford etc) is my limit. No Nas, no Josh. You're missing Nas in your rotation too btw.
He is a fine role player. He is the safe play. #7 will be a gamble but you get then cheap and cost controlled for 4 years. We don't need a fine role player to contend. We need a star.
https://raptorsrapture.com/2022/03/07/raptors-worried-og-anunoby-injury-history/ Masai Ujiri should be just a bit worried about the fact one of the cornerstones of his master plan to rebuild the team has sustained significant knee, hip, calf, appendix, and hand injuries before turning 25 years old. Anunoby has now sustained a serious injury in three of the last four seasons, and that should give the Raptors some cause for concern. With more mileage on that body, could the injuries keep increasing?
I keep forgetting about Winslow, he may be the reason we include Nas. We better get Toronto’s early 2nd rounder back. I’d like to trade back into the back half of the 1st round.
I was just going off the assumption we'd end up including him. I hope not. Would include him over Hart, personally. I think Nas has a higher ceiling, but the injuries every time he turns around scare me.
I like OG but a pick and a player other than Bledsoe and I say no. If it's just the pick it's all dependent on who is on the board. If it's to be done I expect it last minute. My only worry is that clipper trade as precedent for impatience. Lol.
Thanks for the article but look at the actual injury reports. The hip, eye and calf were him getting dinged up and that team having a history of playing it super safe with injuries. The finger and appendix as I alluded to are the injuries that kept him out for two seperate sustained stretches the last two seasons and they are not possibly chronic.
I see, so you are gauging value mostly based on our cap situation, which is fair. I am on record as saying championship teams need to have a rookie star to make the money and talent work. I just think Nas might become that next year for us. I do get what you are saying about another four years though. GSW doesn't become what they are if they didn't have Steph on a rookie deal and then sign a small contract after. The money distribution does matter.
Someone come up with a 3way trade where Portland sends out 7/Nas/EB/Keon and receives OG/Thybulle/#33. That’s what I want if this OG stuff is true.
Now if we could just shout it once more for the people in the back that keep on attaching him or Nurk to #7.
