The Goat Pen

don't disagree Brook.... DeMar is most effective when he attacks.... i hate his game outside 15 feet. that's why, despite the points early in the season, i wasn't impressed.... he was attacking less than he did. efficiency is everything with that said, i had an early season criticism of Lou Williams...

well if someone told me we would be 20-10 right now, i would have taken it even knowing our schedule was fairly weak. 23-7 is a bonus 30 games in, here are my thoughts - Lowry is one of the top 3 PG's in the game right now. I find it hard to find anyone that impacts both ends of the court as much as...

I wasn't impressed when we were 4-1.... i thought the team played one good quarter in 4 of the 5 games but it was enough. they were brutal defensively over the first 5 games. The Washington and Philly (even tho Philly is brutal) changed my mind. They played great defense and moved the ball better. A...

I almost missed that we signed Jordan Hamilton to a one year deal. that's a great pick up on a one year loaner at low cost. provides really nice depth if we have injuries.

whether anything good ever comes from Drake's concert isn't really important except to show that the organization wants to be deemed legitimate. the playoffs showed the league how desperate this fan base is and that is a good thing..... the fans were fricken insane. players see that. so everything t...

normally I would agree with you dot but the current Raptor ownership isn't the same as the one owned by MLSE. TFC spent a bundle to turn their team around and Lieweke isn't afraid to make a serious splash. they would have all financial means necessary to make it happen and they wouldn't be afraid to...

yeah, that was about a week ago..... apparently LeBron was in the building too but the attention was on KD. pretty smart too considering KD has publicly stated that the Raps were his favourite team growing up. Glad Drake planted a seed. who knows? if the team continues to get better, they will have ...

2 yrs/5m for Johnson.... nice end of bench addition. I would have preferred Blatche but the investment is minimal. and we needed a wing who could defend stronger forwards. Joe Johnson killed us. If James Johnson can focus on just playing on the defensive end, he will be a nice addition. in any case,...

2 years/13M for Vasquez.... very nice. this has been the best off season in years simply by keeping the core in tact by signing fair, but not overpriced, contracts. tons of financial flexibility for next year and no bone headed quick fix deals.

Raptors had another great signing with Patterson and meet with Andray Blatche on Wednesday. not sure if he would settle for the mle but he would be an ideal fit on this roster. a tad concerned that Vasquez hasn't signed yet only because quite a few teams have cap space and can give him the starting ...

I am with you dot. We get Williams at 5.5M for one year and you get another player with future potential in Nogeuira..... that's a good deal. We can't sign guys through free agency that we need to get assets through trades. and this team can't win a championship as currently constructed. it's a few ...

i wasn't talking to you at all.... I read the first line of your post.... go back into your hole. I trust in Masai.... he knows the game

and oh yeah, assuming the roster is back, largely in tact without John Salmons.... there was NO ONE left at #20 that would see any court time in Toronto next year barring massive injuries. If someone isn't going to play next year, then drafting someone that might not play for 3 years isn't really mu...

ok, so has Masai ever shown that he doesn't know how to judge talent? He pulled off a heist in the Sacramento trade and he made possibly the best deal of a disgruntled superstar that has been made. I personally am going to trust him because he stated that HE personally went down to see him 3 times. ...

raptors success and bklyn - absolutely i am surprised BUT not completely. I ALWAYS said Rudy Gay was the worst trade this team ever made. Uriji turned a lemon into lemonade. I also said that if you were embracing tank mode, you needed to trade Lowry immediately or NOT at all. They tried to trade him...

when i saw the rumour of Rondo to the Raps this morning, I thought it was pretty far fetched because it seemed difficult to make the salaries match but there is a scenario that would work Rondo to TO Lowry to New York Smith, Hardaway and 2 first rounders (one from NY (protected) and one from Toronto...

dot - we still have 6 games against the WC on the road (including a 5 game trip at the end of January). But i get your point and agree with it. the east is just too bad to now compete for one of the bottom 5 picks without giving up everything for nothing.

operation tank is over anyway.... the east is just too bad that even trading lowry now will not prevent this team from finishing ahead of 5 or 6 teams. I do hope that Masai doesn't avoid trading Lowry just because they can see the playoffs looming. I don't think you move Lowry just to become a bad t...

I dont think the NBA realizes that bottom dweller fan bases have nothing left but lottery draft position to cling to as a final hope during a disaster stretch of losing.... the pipe dream is sometimes the only thing keeping fans from walking off the ledge Yes, except WE both know that you become im...

maybe i missed it but how would it account for expansion? you can guarantee that will happen so where do you slot the new teams in everytime they come around? There is an easier way around it.... change the odds for the teams that make the lottery. It won't prevent tanking for tanking sake.... meani...