wasn’t his fault, mlse was coming off covid seasons where they made 0 money. tanking wasn’t an option because they needed to make money which forced masai to compete with that team.
the mavs GM at the time told mark cuban he’d bet his entire career on Giannis. Cuban refused and drafted tyler zeller and immediately traded him to keep cap space open for dwight fruit fly howard. we got luka so i guess it worked out but man…. a misfire like letting nash walk to sign Erick Dampier.. like refusing to resign brunson for 4y $55M TWICE and watching him walk for NYC…
The raptors know development. Masai has an awesome eye for talent and for good human beings. That’s a lost art. Look at most of the guys drafted by Toronto. Pascal, OG, Fred, norm,delon, JV, Jacob P, Scottie B, precious, the list goes on and on. Next up? Ulrich chomche. 18 year old centre out of Africa. 6’11” and can do a bit of everything. If he’s there at 31 raps Take him 100% (2024 draft)
No one saw this version of Giannis coming, people were comparing him to KD earlier in his career before he became a physical force. I thought Trey Burke was gonna be the best to come out of that class.
That's some crap nba is rigged if he wanted SO MUCH he could go up like mavs said .Nba is like WWE and so disappointed that it took me 28 years to understand .Basically everything
The Kawhi trade wasn't genius; it was a huge gamble. He traded for the biggest superstar diva in Spurs history.....to stop the KD dubs from 3 peating. Just think about how ludicrous it was. Hiring nick nurse, holding onto most of the bench mob, trading for Gasol, that was genius.
@@shurupackEmbiid with playoff Jimmy dismiss the bucks, sixers, and GSW, but you still got 26 other teams that failed to get it done that year. where tf were they if it was so easy?
This was released because Giannis became giannis. Its made to make Masai look good, so we can look nack on it and say he didnt offer enough for a future 2x MVP, MIP, DPOY and Finals MVP. @xPyroNv
Unpopular opinion: Masai is good at drafting, not at building teams that can win it all. I know he won with the raptors, but I feel confident to say that those Philadelphia 76ers and injured Golden State were two lucky match up for that team.
Let’s not let this overshadow John Hammond. The GM that ACTUALLY drafted Giannis at the 15th pick and made history for my city of Milwaukee!! #FEARtheDEER
Appears to have worked out for them. They got a championship not too long after this. Nothing is guaranteed, so we can’t say for certain whether raps would have won a chip with Kyle, Demar and Giannis. They definitely wouldn’t have been able to keep up with 3 point shoutouts versus the dynasty in golden state. But maybe they could have locked em up. Who knows?
