The Goat Pen

Still hanging on for some type of Tony Parker discussion I see.... desperate much?

re - Like I said, where is the history? gave it to ya already... you didn't like it.... same as Tony Parker..... whenever you grow up... you might get it "but their is absolutely a history of the NBA stopping trades." Your words, not mine. One example that doesn't even apply (last I check...

A 34-win team doesn't need some magical intervention to tank for a top pick and no, NBA won't be vetoing any trades done to make it happen. You may not believe the Raptors ownership wouldn't want to tank, nobody knows one way or another. But if they took that road, with Leiweke already publicly ackn...

"LMAO" Typical. Lack of reading comprehension or just idiocy. Whatever the case may be, all you can do is try to laugh it off when it's clear you got nothing. You speak of history when there is none and the one example you could bring up doesn't even apply because the league was acting wit...

You say there are examples where NBA vetoed trades and you haven't actually brought one up. I mean where's this history? Chris Paul example doesn't fly because that's a totally different situation. New Orleans was inbetween owners and NBA actually had temp ownership stake of that team and it was mor...

Can't amnesty Gay. There's a deadline (probably 2009 or 2010) and you need to have had the player under current contract on your roster on the deadline date to be able to amnesty him. Meaning you can't trade for a player then amnesty him. If he were still on Grizzlies, they could amnesty him.

Like I said, just amnesty him. That way, he at least won't count against the cap.

Last year, there were evidences he lost respect from his teammates and I think he'd be addition by subtraction at this point.

Teams know Bargnani's almost worthless in Toronto now so they'd be hesitatnt to give up anything of value for him and he's got a sizeable contract to boot, which I'd think teams would be hesitant to go for. http://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/2013/06/02/new_raptors_gm_masai_ujiri_begins_cleaning_h...

Agreed. The team won 34 games last year, it's going to take hard work, which is why Ujiri got 600% pay increase, but it's certainly far from impossible for this team to tank and be right in there for race to the worst record in the league. Doing the things TDot has pointed out, which they failed to ...

Another thing, a lot of teams have tanked before and NBA has never "frowned upon" or taken any active action against it so why the fuck would they start now?

NBA wouldn't go for it? BAH!

Good luck to Ujiri trying to get rid of Bargnani. I hope he has the guts to amnesty him if there are no takers. As for Sotola's post, a lot of weirdness. A lot of points are already addressed so I feel no need to rehash it but one thing that came out of nowhere, why the heck would NBA step in and bl...

I see a chance to draft Wiggins too big of an opportunity to miss so blow it up. Having said that, judging by how this team operated in the past, I'd say retool is most likely. Rumors of Casey staying around has already started and that's just the beginning IMO. At least he won't have any rookies to...

So we get Masai Ujiri... I'm not sure what to think. He's done well at Denver...but he's gonna be coming into replace his old boss...with his old boss still here. I think this all but ensures Colangelo has some kind of influence over basketball decisions, I wonder if it wouldn't have been better to ...

Hmm... so they are still looking for a new GM to directly report to the new CEO but retains Colangelo to work on "corporate" side... as president of Raptors still... WTF? Smells very fishy to me. I don't know how a new GM comes in and not look over his shoulder at Colangelo and how he woul...

Generally speaking, you'd be correct but when you look at Raptors specifically, it's not crazy to expect not necessarily a swift action but something being done in a more efficient fashion. Especially since it's been brewing for the whole season and everybody has had their turn at saying their piece...

LOL who's baiting who now. So... what does Colangelo still bring to the table and where in the organization does he fit in? Do you even read the bullshit you are typing now? Just go back to your little hole and continue believing Ross is a great prospect while everyone else sighs looking at Barnes a...

Why am I talking crazy? I'm not the only one who thinks it's taking too long as there are numerous stories out there pointing out how this indecision might look bad for the Raptors. As I said, there's even a report out there that says Colangelo could quit before they make the decision. I wouldn't be...

Don't like the delay one bit. If it takes you that long to decide whether or not you should pick up that option, maybe you shouldn't.

Now there's talk that Colangelo might resign because of the long wait. Well, that's just stupid. Don't let him make the first strike.

with that said, I think the Raps WILL stick with the current duo because they created the mess so paying them not to clean it up would be a waste of money. They might have to pay Casey, not sure how long his contract is, but they don't pay Colangelo if they don't pick up his option. And technically...

LOL that's pretty sad. Go read one of you comments.... I hope you live up to it if they remain. I REALLY DO!!!!!!!! that would be worth another season of pain by itself You really need some serious reading comprehension... Just because I'm done with the team, doesn't mean I won't be around to point...