NBA Offseason 2013

On June 22 2013 01:07 lamprey1 wrote:
the Raptors should intentionally tank and get Wiggins first over all.

Coach Casey should stare straight into the camera every week and say "its all about development. we are developing our younger players and experimenting with some new sets to make our players well rounded basketball players"

On June 22 2013 01:14 a176 wrote:


and regarding wiggins, please be on the lookout for probably 3/4 of the entire league tanking for a chance to score wiggins. be prepared for one of the worst nba seasons in the past decade.

On June 22 2013 01:34 lamprey1 wrote:


the raptors can turn him into more money than every team except LA and NY.
LA and NY will be no where near dead last next year.

On June 22 2013 02:19 a176 wrote:


dont know what you mean by 'more money'. draft salaries are all set amount based on pick position -> http://www.cbafaq.com/scale2011.htm

On June 22 2013 02:24 lamprey1 wrote:


the Raptors can create more revenue using Wiggins.

In the same way the Toronto Maple Leafs made more money off of Doug Gilmour than the St. Louis Blues did.

On June 22 2013 02:47 BoZiffer wrote:


I doubt that. You are comparing St. Louis / Toronto hockey markets to basketball markets in which case you have made a horrible error...there is no Toronto basketball market.

Kidding aside, I like the hiring of Ujiri in Toronto but that team would merely be a launching pad for Wiggins free agency in about 5 years.

On June 22 2013 03:09 lamprey1 wrote:


if there were no Toronto basketball market they would've never been awarded a team.
Isiah Thomas, Bryan Colangelo, and Glen Grunwald never would've come here.
if there were no Toronto basketball market then they would've left town as fast as teh Grizzlies left Vancouver.

there is a giant dormant Toronto market, which awakened only briefly when the Raptors won their 1 and only playoff series in the team's history.
that is why Tim Lewieke is here.

So, in almost 20 years the raptors have one a single BO5. Check their attendance in the past several years of no playoffs.

Toronto is a huge basketball market.
Try reading some of what Kobe says when he comes here.

Coming to Canada, passing through customs, enduring the cold winters... are all a giant pain in the ass.
Toronto and Canada represents a giant pile of cash and David Stern and the NBAPA knows this. That is why there is a team in Toronto.

i'll spell it out for you.
the 5 worst teams in the NBA for 2013-4 won't be able to generate the kind of revenue MLSE will be able to generate using Wiggins.

On June 22 2013 03:13 lamprey1 wrote:
regarding the "launching pad" part.
this was also true of the Toronto Blue Jays until they got a good GM.

then all of a sudden, Dave Winfield, Rickey Henderson, Jack Morris and Jeff Kent are "happy to be in Canada".

On June 22 2013 03:16 BoZiffer wrote:Hell, my Bills will probably be moving to Toronto after this next lease expires in Buffalo.

On June 22 2013 04:40 Holcan wrote:
Typical how the off season thread dips right into toronto hopefuls, for a year from now. Someone said how toronto isnt cleveland? Yea cleveland has had success in the past decade and their #1 picks have been worth max contracts. Lolz

On June 22 2013 08:40 DystopiaX wrote:

So their Toronto success hinges on tanking hard enough to land Andrew Wiggins, hoping he is what everyone says he is and he doesn't get injured and he really is the next Lebron?

Everyone and their mother will be trying to get Wiggins next year, and no matter how hard they tank there are going to be teams with a better shot, like the Bobcats or any Western conference bottom-feeder, since they play more good teams a year.