Demar DeRozan exclusive interview: Raptors G.M comments

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Just hearing the convo second hand,i dont understand where he thinks he was lied too....They told him no he wasnt gonna be traded but that doesnt mean if the kawhi trade becomes available you dot change shyt up...he didnt promise him no trade...

Masai put his cards out and fired Casey,that should tell you every option is going to be explored....No GM is gonna tell a player in the off season were working on a trade for you when nothing is on the table or finalized :lolbron:

Demar just butthurt...
So if I say I'll never fukk yo girl u my Breh....
A week later you get a thick ass bytch & I fukk her . I'm not wrong?:gucci:
 

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I'm gonna go against the grain and say that the Raptors played themselves with this trade.

I belive 100% that Kawhi will be leaving to go to LA in the off season and that the rebuild for them won't be sweet.

Just like Chris brussard said " when Kawhi leaves and the franchise is back in the lottery, those years with Lowery and Derozen gonna look better and better with time"

They played themselves like a broad that drops a good loyal nikka for a more popular dude that is just gonna fukk and bounce when the oppertunity arises.

:yeshrug:

Facts only. :kbshrug:
 

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I'm gonna go against the grain and say that the Raptors played themselves with this trade.

I belive 100% that Kawhi will be leaving to go to LA in the off season and that the rebuild for them won't be sweet.

Just like Chris brussard said " when Kawhi leaves and the franchise is back in the lottery, those years with Lowery and Derozen gonna look better and better with time"

They played themselves like a broad that drops a good loyal nikka for a more popular dude that is just gonna fukk and bounce when the oppertunity arises.

:yeshrug:
If he leaves it's a flop. If he re-signs we look like gods.

I'm more worried on the business side of things. MLSE owns both the Raptors and the Leafs. Right now the Leaf have a really good team and the Raptors can easily be put on the back burner if they don't produce.

But honestly, I can see Kawhi loving the city. He looks like he could fit in.
 

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No offense breh, but I can't stand the ENTITLEMENT sports fans have now a days.

Derozen is your ALL TIME leading scorer and was your best player during your BEST years as a franchise.

I BET you guys will miss being a #1 seed when you are a 8th seed or not in the playoffs at all.

Yall act like there is parity in the NBA and EVERYBODY is entitled to a championship :heh:

YALL RAN INTO THE GREATEST PLAYER OF THIS GENERATION AND LOST TO HIM LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE NOT NAMED THE WARRIORS!

Yall ain't the first number 1 seed to get swept by Bron...He swept a 60+ win Atlanta team before and look where they at now.

He finally leaves the conference and yall go and gamble on a nikka that has made it clear he wants to go home to LA? :russ::martin:


Derozen is gonna BALL OUT in POPS system mark my words....He couldnt have went to a more perfect situation, Because he has shown he's willing to improve and work on his game every summer.
I hope he balls out w/the Spurs. Shyt would be a great look. Always wanna see brehs succeed.

And you're right, he improved every summer. Even after getting that bag. Got a lot of respect for that.

But the reality is that staying in Toronto, he'd never be able to improve at the pace that he'll now have the opportunity to improve at being coached by Pop.

The chip on his shoulder he's got now from being dealt, plus the fact that there's nothing to do in San Antonio will help as well.

A season with Pop could genuinely transform the dude's game. Casey was never going to be able to do that (and that's no knock on him). I doubt this new coach Nurse would be able to either (no knock on him either).

Masai has made clear that the Raptors' goal is to get to the finals. You can agree or disagree with that being a legitimate goal - I got no beef with those who think its an unrealistic expectation. But that's the goal he's set for the organization.

Given that goal, running the same team back again in 2018-2019 wasn't going to get them there. Boston with a healthy Kyrie, healthy Hayward, and rapidly developing Tatum were going to eat the Raptors alive. I doubt that series would go even 6 games TBH.

So changes needed to be made. Firing Casey was step #1. Dealing Derozan was step #2. Lowry's next up if he doesn't perform to his contract this coming season, and then they'll be in full rebuild mode. Masai will be wheeling and dealing for picks, taking on bad contracts, and tanking like a motherfukker.

In the meantime, for at least 1 year, Masai has a team (assuming Kawhi returns to superstar form) that will at least take Boston to 7 games, if not outright win the ECF.
 
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the rumors were going around
vegas had changed the odds and shyt
thats why derozen asked him massai about it
massai lied right to his face several times
Masai Nigerian tho...nikkas should know better:pachaha:

No hate, its just jokes brehs :whoa:

That 419 shyt was a real innovation tho, props to the nikkas that started it all :lolbron:
 

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Menthem talking + and -

:gucci:


Chris Paul was a so called minus in the warriors series and was pulling games for the rockets


So called bench mob lookin like the starters
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nikka how u gonna rationalize a negative +/- for five consecutive seasons, regular season and playoffs? You can’t.

Derozan was never that good to begin with. The nikka just got a lot of opportunities to shoot.
 

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lol i wouldnt expect nothin less from the coli
no wonder most of you guys dont have friends in real life:wow:

ofcourse the ultimate liar and coward @FireDwaneCasey likes this post:russ:
nah bro I’m just a grown man and expect people to act like this lol

It’s like when people be surprised when somebody is racist. Me personally I already expect them to be so it doesn’t surprise me
 
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