How come Raptors only draft international players??? WTF

[Uncle_Ruckus]

Is there someone that can explain this BS? Are Americans only allowed to be drafted to American teams? Is this shyt rigged so that we always get 2nd-3rd round picks in the 1st round? I'm not an expert, but this shyt seems too obvious that something else is going on behind the scenes. Help me understand this shyt brehs.

 

[Malta]

@Miggs The East looking mighty healthy moving forward

 

[Apex]

Chill. Masai Ujiri knows what he's doing. He was one guy who was very high on Giannis, and this is what I compare "Brazilian KD" to.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

Chill. Masai Ujiri knows what he's doing. He was one guy who was very high on Giannis, and this is what I compare "Brazilian KD" to.

You didnt answer my question though breh. This happens every year. I just wanna know why ALWAYS an international player. This CANNOT be just Masai's strategy as much as the league forcing him to look outside of the US. Please dont tell me you dont see it too. This has been going on before Masai came in.

 

[Malta]

Chill. Masai Ujiri knows what he's doing. He was one guy who was very high on Giannis, and this is what I compare "Brazilian KD" to.

Fam, you had no idea who Bruno was until about 30 minutes ago.....

 

[Apex]

You didnt answer my question though breh. This happens every year. I just wanna know why ALWAYS an international player. This CANNOT be just Masai's strategy as much as the league forcing him to look outside of the US. Please dont tell me you dont see it too. This has been going on before Masai came in.

They find good talent outside of America. The Spurs do it, too. They find guys who are either fundamentally sound or, in Masai's case, guys who are physically freaks.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

They find good talent outside of America. The Spurs do it, too. They find guys who are either fundamentally sound or, in Masai's case, guys who are physically freaks.

We got a #1 pick and wasted it on an Italian.

 

[Box Factory]

Bargs was 8 years ago, Val was the right pick and no one knows anything about this guy,

Derozan is not international, Ross is from the US, and everyone else they've ever drafted has been American,(except for 2nd round stash guys and the almighty Aleksander Radojivec).

But a realer answer is that a lot of Americans only like T.O for one night or Caribana, and they prolly feel that wont be an issue with euros/south americans

 

[Apex]

Fam, you had no idea who Bruno was until about 30 minutes ago.....

No, but I know who Masai Ujiri is. I'll trust him.

 

[Apex]

We got a #1 pick and wasted it on an Italian.

That was with BC. Masai has a good history of drafting.

 

[Malta]

No, but I know who Masai Ujiri is. I'll trust him.

The East is getting better all around you, and you drafted a guy that won't be ready for years.

Masai is a good GM, but you're acting like my dude has built title teams.

 

[DoubleClutch]

Toronto is an international city. My guess is international players fit in well there. There are tons of Brazilians in Toronto by the way....

 

[Malta]

Toronto is an international city. My guess is international players fit in well there. There are tons of Brazilians in Toronto by the way....

Not really, there's 25,000 Brazilians in all of Canada.

This dude is from a sun culture, he's probably never seen snow in his life.

 

[Miggs]

Chill. Masai Ujiri knows what he's doing. He was one guy who was very high on Giannis, and this is what I compare "Brazilian KD" to.

It dont matter what he thinks of Giannis,this is a different situation...

Araujo was the "brasilian shaq"

We as a fanbase need to stop with this "masai knows what hes doing" shyt...No more passes dont care who it is...its a dumb pick period...

 

[Miggs]

Toronto is an international city. My guess is international players fit in well there. There are tons of Brazilians in Toronto by the way....

Clearly you have not been here..theres some brasilians but its not a ton by any means...
That intl players fit here is a lazy talking point created by US writers who dont know what theyre talking about...