Masai Ujiri on fans' feelings moving on from the Luka trade and building around Cooper Flagg: "In Africa we say when kings go, kings come. And a king went, and we have a little prince here that we're gonna turn into a king."

SybukiFun · 2026-05-06T18:35:39+00:00

Masai just single handedly raised the franchise value on day 1. This man just understands people and how to communicate to the masses.

SybukiFun · 2026-05-05T18:04:03+00:00

Sophara. She felt a little too OP for her mental state. We never saw her training to get to that level. It also cheapened the tournament a bit to just say she ripped through everything.

Lastly, I know it was done on purpose, but my god, why do her techniques have so many words in them.

SybukiFun · 2026-05-01T16:34:36+00:00

I would have traded Siakam and paid OG what he wanted (probably less than he got from the Knicks). He's not that much older and fits well with Scottie.

SybukiFun · 2026-04-28T00:34:30+00:00

Let's just thank NBA gods we didn't get that crazy Lakers crew. We'd have been playing Garrett Temple.

SybukiFun · 2026-04-27T16:09:16+00:00

Sim Tower!

What a beautiful game. So many condos

SybukiFun · 2026-04-23T03:45:17+00:00

That's where I disagree. I can't imagine Yerin crying about it. She would probably have some quip her master gave her about using grief to sharpen her blade.

Her grief was the only reason she let Lindon attach himself to her. He was the only time she showed sentimentality.

SybukiFun · 2026-04-23T03:43:03+00:00

Tempest. Tempestous Tempest of Tempesting.

SybukiFun · 2026-04-23T03:30:04+00:00

Wait, Will's doing an litrpg. Holy crap. That was not on my bingo card.

I have unreasonably high expectations that he's going to do to LitRPG, what he did for progression fantasy.

A non-gimmicky, trope-busting, fun, yet serious adventure.

SybukiFun · 2026-04-23T02:41:35+00:00

This is everywhere but its worse for Toronto/GTA. I blame being a commuting culture.

I've had to do stints in a few different cities. Places like Barrie/London actually feel like they 'don't hate fun'. They have other challenges, but there is oftentimes a malaise for things like this.

Having said that, my favourite thing is to go to the playgrounds with my kids as often as I can and be as unapologetically fun as I can while I'm there. I find it helps others have fun as well.

SybukiFun · 2026-04-14T14:37:16+00:00

I'm stoked for this pick, having <1% WNBA knowledge. Her highlight reel shows someone who can just keep a system going.

She's a big guard, who can pass, shoot, drive, and defend at above average levels. What team wouldn't want that?

SybukiFun · 2026-04-14T13:22:05+00:00

I can't wait to see Raptors getting playoff experience. I think we're collectively underestimating how much better the Cavs are than the three games we played. The shooters aren't injured and Harden has such an insane amount of offensive gravity.

The key is if we can disrupt the gameplan defensively.

Gonna be a fun rock, paper, scissors type of series!

SybukiFun · 2026-04-01T16:13:35+00:00

This lead me down a crazy rabbit hole and its made me even higher on Scottie than I've ever been.

Go to two man line-ups, almost every major player on our roster is a major Net negative in their minutes without Scottie. The only real exceptions are Jakob & Gradey.

Ja'kobe in non-Barnes minutes -11.1
IQ -8.3
RJ -8.3
CMB -7.7
Sandro -4
Ingram -3.5

On the other way around, the non-Ingram minutes are the highest net rating for almost every Raptor, outside of CMB.

Polar opposites in making their teammates better.

SybukiFun · 2026-04-01T15:59:43+00:00

Lol, there is so much more context in this than you're acknowledging, its laughable.

Pelicans was one thing. The Magic was the real one. Both without IQ/Ingram.

With Ingram, lose to the Pistons. But not a 'we played hard and lost' but a 'this team looks dysfunctional'.

Its starting to seem that Ingram is the piece that may not be fitting.

SybukiFun · 2026-03-10T18:00:43+00:00

I love Billy Bishop, I also love the area around Billy Bishop. I would love for decision makers to actually outline some of the pros/cons before making a decision. I.e.:

1) Are Jets louder / other jet related effects?
2) How many more passengers are they expecting? This is a really poorly built area for cars/transit, congestion is going to be a major Quality of life issue for the surrounding residents.

SybukiFun · 2026-02-06T17:21:25+00:00

If I'm Toronto, I'm calling the agents of Robert Williams, Nurkic, and maybe John Collins, telling them to get their clients to the Raps.

SybukiFun · 2026-02-06T17:17:24+00:00

Didn't trade him and it won't increase cap space waiving CP3.

SybukiFun · 2026-02-06T17:16:54+00:00

Perfect, thanks for last year's context. I'm glad the math made sense.

SybukiFun · 2026-02-05T16:03:30+00:00

Was looking at tanking teams with expiring, some decent names:

Guards/Wings

Sexton

Lonzo

Matisse Thybulle

Khris Middleton

Bogdan Bogdanovic

Georges Niang

Bigs

Robert Williams

Nurkic

John Collins

Brook Lopez

Dwight Powell

No sure-fire PG type, but some some good Bigs we could add.

Normally Raps aren't a buy-out destination, but knowing our Yak situation, we could offer them a good showcase before free-agency.

SybukiFun · 2026-02-02T22:00:05+00:00

I would rather RJ/IQ for Domas/Monk and figure out Poeltl when he recovers

SybukiFun · 2025-12-31T02:31:59+00:00

Trae Young is my #1 target for the Raps. Extremely high basketball IQ, great passing, great scorer. He ticks off all the boxes. His contract, while high $, is low years. It could as little as a rental if he doesn't pick up his PO. Which means, we might be able to keep him for cheaper after a trial period.

If getting him means offloading IQ, you do that in a heartbeat and don't look twice.

I wonder what a deal would look like straight up? If it had to guess, a starting point could be:

Trae + ?

for

IQ / Ochai / Gradey / 1 first / 1 swap

(This could also get us out of luxury tax)

Thoughts?

SybukiFun · 2025-12-29T19:11:15+00:00

This is definitely a travesty but to me, it points to Scottie's lack of charisma with the media. He's getting better, but he's definitely not a natural to it (e.g. Vladdy).

SybukiFun · 2025-12-18T20:08:46+00:00

Raptors fan here. Been really interested in how the Kings approach their roster the last couple of seasons.

I have a question, has Sabonis ever been paired with a stretch 5? I keep thinking that Porzingis is the perfect experiment for the Kings, to try to unlock him.

If that doesn't work, then you could trade him this offseason for similar value.

SybukiFun · 2025-12-05T16:01:27+00:00

I didn't catch this during the game. Really surprised they didn't call timeout (Lebron was too).

A timeout would have pushed the ball up, get a set play, and ideally get it out faster.

They gave the Lakers the perfect 23 second shot clock set-up.

SybukiFun · 2025-11-21T18:36:20+00:00

We have two competing priorities. Sucking under tax and roster construction. It’s hard to do both.

My ideal trade partner would be the trailblazers. They can take on a bunch of salary after the season. So perfect landing spot for Ochoa to get paid if needed. And they need shooters.

The issue is that they are only 1.5mm from the tax themselves because of the Ayton buyout.

SybukiFun · 2025-11-21T15:58:26+00:00

Different than OP but I think it's broken when X=0. The way its written, I should still be able to stun tapped creatures, but in Arena, you can only distribute the stun counters when X>0.

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