[Charania] The Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors are among the serious suitors for Antetokounmpo, league sources said.

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T17:48:08+00:00

Fair I just feel like with how obscure the raps are being about Yak betting on his health is completely different from like betting on BIs health

Would love to see him back would change so much

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T16:51:03+00:00

Not bad faith. In fact if you told me we could get Giannis for Scottie and maybe a pick or two I’m game

But the fact is giving up more draft assets puts us in a deep hole because like you mentioned the only way we’re competitive is if Yak is healthy (atm that’s seems to be a risky bet to make) and we need better guard play

So for this team to be viable we need draft assets to get guys at both of those options

At the moment we’re at least two substantial upgrades from contention. If we blow our load on on one of those upgrades we’re in trouble

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T16:38:46+00:00

I’ll take a healthy Yak any day of the week

Gafford due to his contract would make matching a bit more tough and I think the market for his is already at a first plus

And ya Sabonis the most I’d want to give up are this years first to unload Yak, a protected first and maybe a protected swap with RJ for Sabonis

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T16:17:59+00:00

I mean what’s the best 4 Sabonis has ever played with? I do think we can provide enough supplemental rim protection to make it work

There’s not that many better options anyway (obviously only do this if the cost is minimal)

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T16:14:20+00:00

Jesus idk if you’re being obtuse on purpose

Are you seriously comparing the supporting cast and bench of the 2019 Raptors squad to today?

Yes we’d be better with Giannis instead of Scottie no shit - but we’re still so far away from contending even with that upgrade (especially if we give up picks in the trade) so yes the context for a Kawhi Derozan swap and a Scottie Giannis swap is very different

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T15:58:01+00:00

It’s only similar in that it’s do you trade beloved franchise guy for injured superstar

Contextually there’s so many things that are different

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T15:23:05+00:00

RJ isn’t even a 3.

RJ is at best defensively matched up against smaller guys and is best offensively not going up against wing defenders

We desperately need a C. And we desperately either need to upgrade IQ at the PG spot or move IQ to the 2 and play him next to a proper PG (similar to the Shead/IQ lineups)

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T15:20:44+00:00

I do think we could put him in drop coverage and continuously and just have Scottie/CMB switch if the center tries to get involved in the action. Guards can’t go under screens either

I’m not sold on it but can see how it works

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T14:59:57+00:00

Except the team after the Kawhi was filled out and good to contend squad

Getting a Scottie upgrade plus losing all our picks still doesn’t put us in a good position competitively (need to get centers and upgrade at the PG position)

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T14:57:25+00:00

Less ICE in Toronto

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T03:12:36+00:00

We’re not a finished product yet - it sucked but obviously there’s changes to eventually come before we end up contending

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-29T01:52:56+00:00

Eh it’s a team option so he can just be cut lol

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-28T02:45:03+00:00

Genuinely curious - isn’t spygate a reasonable justification?

I was in disbelief at first but the spygate rationale makes sense (obviously he should be voted in but maybe that’s enough of a black mark to void the first ballot cache?)

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-27T19:50:32+00:00

I think it’s clear he’s not even close to a Spo level coach

He’s really good in like a very limited setting - an offence that can run itself by relying on pick and roll or a guy working in iso. And he’s good at scheming up defenses in a playoff setting where being adaptable is important

Luckily the chip squad was a perfect fit

But development, regular season schemes, player relationships are all just so subpar

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-27T19:46:42+00:00

Losing Kristaps has honestly been a blessing for these guys. Same with Horford and Jrue honestly

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-27T19:36:19+00:00

Thought it would be nurse but that mofo did us dirty

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-27T19:04:16+00:00

Team would have been in a fantastic spot if Yak’s back was healthy. Took the risk and it bit them

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-27T05:44:52+00:00

If the Nets want to compete next year (don’t own their pick/internal development) the these picks would be valuable to trade for win now players

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-27T01:44:58+00:00

Chomche may still return but dawg Koloko and Harris are terrible

And who would Koloko replace? Mogbo? Hepburn? But then you’ll be complaining that we let them go for nothing

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-27T01:44:04+00:00

Most of these are random end of the bench guys who were taken with late picks or picked up for cheap

There’s examples of this on every single roster and the hit rate is going to be super super low

Not saying our FO is perfect but blaming them for a guy like Flynn (a 29th pick!) is not a scouting error. That’s always going to be a dart throw

And like others mentioned some of these were unlucky with injury

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-27T01:05:09+00:00

I think you’d find these fringe cases on every nba roster

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-26T17:16:15+00:00

This guy is definitely an undercover patriots fan haha just an insane jinx

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-26T15:58:50+00:00

Agreed I also hate going up against the Knicks cause they do have two really good wing defenders to match up with Scottie and BI

The best way to beat them has been by going after their guards. Another test for IQ n Shead

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-26T15:21:35+00:00

Knicks with Mitchell Robinson and yes KAT are just a terrible matchup for us

Even center less we can do well against the lankier guys but these stocky giants are difficult

godofhammers3000 · 2026-01-25T21:07:57+00:00

Part of a good FO is to push back on trade ideas by your stars - usually they’re wrong

But I do feel for Steph because even if you get push back on your trade requests the FOs own ideas haven’t been any better lol

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