The Goat Pen

Yeah, he's a good pick long term but I was hoping to moderately improve next year... IF there is a season. I wonder if this pick was just about writing off next season entirely and getting a high draft pick in a draft class that will have less question marks. Valuncius probably won't play in the NBA...

I like Casey as well. We need a tougher presence as a coach. Someone the players can try and emulate

As for tonight, I don't think we end out keeping our pick. I foresee a trade.... been too quite in Raptor land.

Now Dolan will look for a new president. Glen Grunwald will be interim and could keep the position during the expected lockout season. "If Isiah Thomas could be president, anybody can do it,'' Marbury quipped. (New York Post)

Ironic that one of Thomas' dumbest acquisitions was Marbury

What a complete clown.... I can't believe that I once thought he might be able to challenge MJ's greatness. Two vastly different characters "Absolutely not, because at the end of the day, all the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day, they have to wake up tomorrow and ha...

I sure hope the Raps do get Casey as a coach. Dallas has some decent defenders but they also have some very average defenders..... yet they look great in terms of team defense. I thought Miami would have exposed them but they havent.... agree with a lot of the last few posts.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/barbosa-considering-brazilian-options/article2055376/ I like Barbosa but if our payroll was only about 40M (after signing the draft pick), that would be a ton of cap space heading into the new CBA. I don't think we would be successful signing anyone b...

Dolan's an idiot. He gives Walsh an absolutely horrible line up with tons of overpaid losers. Walsh turns it around and converts all that crap into two all stars and cap flexibility.

if he brings back Isiah, I will laugh my butt off

I gotta admit it's a little surprising they dumped Triano. The team definitely sucked defensively but until recently, we didn't have anyone that "tried" to flourish on the defensive end. and now, the guys that don't mind playing tough D (Evans and the Johnsons) simply aren't that great. Th...

Unfortunately it appears that Kanter is "recanting"

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/w ... =nba_wr_a2

I am also glad to hear Kanter doesn't want to play here. Some of the scouting reports seem intriguiging but almost all scouting reports typically are. I would prefer to base it on what I have personally seen. I am not overly impressed with anyone in the draft but I would rather gamble on Walker/Knig...

I would prefer to take a guard as well. I am not sold on Bayless and Calderon will/should be gone by the end of his contract. I also am not sold on either Euro player although they say Kanter likes to battle down low but I think that's easy to say when he hasn't played in over a year. watching the M...

arrrrrg..... the worst thing is I said the Jazz could get lucky and end up getting Irving (which might happen) a few months ago. let's roll the dice again

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/b ... le2019605/

If he had made that apology shortly after his brain fart (on how to announce), he wouldn't have had half the hit his rep/brand took.

This draft feels like 2006 all over again for this franchise. We play bad enough to have a high pick but there was nothing really available. This year there are at least a couple solid players available but not alot after them. We just got to hope we get one of the top 2 picks in the lottery. Otherw...