This is the BEST CASE Scenario... 

In a salary cap era, where lottery picks are assigned a large salary, i would much rather get value in that pick next year, and spend the money elsewhere. not getting the 6 pick was a huge win

Tanking for an entire season would be awful for the culture. I'd worry about dudes souring on the team and wanting out

Rebuilding is a certain. But remember it can go the way of OKC or just as easily it can become a Pistons/Hornets nightmare.

The Raptors looked intriguing during their 3 game win streak after the break. They played Dallas competitive too trying to go for 4. Obviously Barnes broke his hand the next game, and the direction was clear as day. I say let the kids play. See what you got. Hawks and Nets finished 21st and 22nd overall, yet they both got into the top 3 in the draft. Of course Rockets owning the Nets pick. BBQ might be too interesting to tank from the start.

Stop talk about tanking. The lotto system works against any team. Let watch this team develop when healthy. Only look trades at the trade deadline.

Edey, Flagg, Barnes, R.J, IQ, 🤑 If we pick Edey.... Trading Poetl starts to make more sense.

The best answer is a new front office.

Totally disagree with you about Portal. Draft Edey and trade Portal would be the best move as long as Edey is available at 19

Even if it’s not Flagg whoever we get at around 10 or earlier would have more potential then this years pick in the weak class. I’m happy we gave this years pick as opposed to the uncertainty of next years with no protections. Could you imagine Raps win the lottery but lost the pick in that trade! Poetl for Flagg 😂

Dude I get that you want us to get the best possible talent but you gotta believe in this squad a little more! We have a potential Star duo in Scottie and RJ similar to want Tatum and Brown got going in Boston. Plus we have our pg of the future, we’re just a few key pieces away from contention. I trust Masai to maximize this current core without ruining our culture with tanking.

Yeah I don't want to tank next year lol. I don't want to go all in but definitely don't want to tank either. Just go in with what we have and see how they can do

You have a pretty good starting four with BBQ + Jakob. You have three solid bench pieces with Kelly O, Boucher and Dick. You need one starter and two more bench pieces and they are a borderlibe playoff team.

No were not tanking again, if that happens ill be subscribing to Sixers Digest

Edey mania is catching momentum. He is unbelievable and NBA scouts have be unduly harsh about his abilities. He will go in top 10 maybe even higher. This a two time NCAA 1 MVP which is incredibly rare. Only the legendary can brag those credentials. The combine has been eye opening. Lateral movement, quickness, three shooting. This man can do it all at 7'4". Smart, hard working, can see the floor, pass ....... he is another Nowitzky at the least. He played full games for Purdue and stayed out of foul trouble yet still was their best scorer and defender. Few big men can play a full game without tiring. Purdue never needed him to show his full range of talents. They stood him under the net at both ends to rebound and do little sky hooks. He also has an incredible free throw average. I am sad knowing that some crap team will get him before we will. At least we will watch him shine for team Canada. One more thing I forgot to add, he's BIG, solid and heavy. Most young 7 footers are bean stalks and rarely put on muscle because it is not in the makeup. They look like giraffes lopping down the court. Not Edey. He has the size of Jonas but better skills.

Tanking will encourage Scottie to run 🏃‍♀️

The raptors haven't tanked since masai ujiri came here they havnt gone through a rebuild in 10-12 years I love masai ujiri thinking if your going to do something DO IT RIGHT if you want to rebuild YOU HAVE TO TANK FOR 2-3 SEASONs like the magic and thunder they did it perfectly a retool is not enough half a year of being bad ESPICALLY when we didn't get our pick isn't enough HOW WE GOING TO TANK and rebuild and not get 1 TOP 7-10 PICK OUT OF IT thats not a rebuild that's plane stupid

“We will be better, I promise”😤

we have good players in barnes quickley and barret build around them dont waste an entire season tanking

The Toronto Raptors tank continues.

Cooper flagg is nice, all star potential, great defender and plays to win games not stats. Cooper would be great, but I think Dylan harper has superstar potential, and would fit in with current raptors roster. Also think nba gonna do everything they can to keep flagg in America

I really think we'll be a 8 - 7 seed at best as constructed so if we trade Yak only and the remaining guys still play hard we'll get good development and a top pick, I would be ok with that. I lived through the Raptors of the mid 2000's I can handle one more hard season

It would be nice to get Cooper Flagg… that would be amazing… However, this is unrealistic. I don’t think the front office would commit to another losing season. Likely we’ll be looking to add some free agents whoever is available.

Make a trade with Pistons and make sure to get 1st rd. They will definitely at the bottom of the standings again. 😅 Kidding aside, i can see at least 2 asset we can trade for another talent and picks. No need to fully tank. Reaching play-in should be the borderline goal at least.

Yeah Flagg would be best scenario but he’s not the only star even in that class. If we get a top 5 pick next year we’ll get a franchise changing player. I’d trade Jakob and draft kelel ware or Tyler smith and develop them at center with the other guys and hope to get a top pick.

Hasn't played a college game so how would Cooper Flagg fit???

Tanking isn’t a great idea, we saw the lottery results look at Detroit. Tanking guarantees nothing. Surround the team with young players and rebuild the bench. Take advantage of high spending teams looking to cut salary and grow.

Trade Poetl and try and get Edey, Edey is as fast as Poetl or faster, might have upside on defense and at the combine looks like he is working on his game and could be the shock of the 2014 draft. Edey is 22 so well along developed and we get him cheap for 4 years.

We can get a athletic big. There are many of them in this draft.

And people saying the lottery works against tanking teams. OH NO the worst Detroit could drop was to 5. If we got the fifth pick next year we will get another Scottie Barnes. At number 1-3 maybe a step above Scottie. Are you people telling me it’s not worth ranking to get someone at Scottie’s level? Come on. We gotta be smart here We are in the rebuild now. You can’t rush it. No stupid trades to get better asap. They is a temporary fix. We need a long run. Okc has a super young core. Super fun. They won’t be good for 1 year. Maybe two? Try 8-10. The clippers tried the quick path. And look where that got them.

Yes please

I would trade Jakob only because I don't want to see his face after giving up our 8th pick and two 2nds. There's no way we could get anything close to that value back and that sucks😢

You can’t compare what OKC did with what we could potentially do. OKC started their rebuild with an MVP calibre trade and a slew of draft picks. I don’t think any of our guys are MVP calibre and minimal picks from Indiana and our own. Full tank is not going to go well. You can’t just ask guys to lose on purpose.

Lewenburg dont know Jack.

Buzelis is as good if not better and much easier to get

We want to win Now. Thanking is for Loser.. Let's get the most competitive team we can't get on thr floor. FInd Talent the way Miami does every year and develop them.. We don't need ti thank we just need the right leaders at the top of this Organization and great scouting department. Fans Don't have a year to waste. WE want to be competitive now.. We Have 3 Players in Bbq and Flexibility let's go get some conective Pieces and go win some games. That's exciting. LETS DO THIS Masai.

@benrogerse masai said raptors are in a rebuild and they are not 1 year events. masai even said they can be 6 years. so the higher the picks you get, the better chance you hit on them and you have a 3-4 year rebuild instead of a 6 year rebulid. your method of being mid while trying to develop and compete turns a 4 year rebuild into a 8 year rebuild.

Ben..get back on watch alongs.. you and Jacob should do a combine

Isn't Masai the highest paid General Manager ??? or close to it. What gives with that ? We went from champions to bottom dwellers in two years.

Edey will get to the foul line as often as Embiid. They will hack him all game long. All good because he can shoot the foul.

Guys we are in the rebuild. You never try and rush it. When you try and rush it. You fail. It almost always happens. What’s one more year to do it right? If we get one more Scottie Barnes level player, we will be OKC. And then we are Set up for the next 8 years of winning FUN basketball

We need one more star beside Scottie. We will never be a championship team if we don’t get another player on Scottie’s level or better. RJ and iq are one small tier below Scottie. Gradey is right there to. Really sucks about koloko. Maybe he can come back.

This is the plan to become the new pistons lol

Guys saying tanking for one year is bad. Guys… Charlotte has been tanking for ten years. Detroit for how long? Phili did it for how long? Come on…. A 4-5 year rebuild is super fast. Even okc. Took them how long? Prob 7-8 years. But they did it right. They got a super nice young core. Scottie is our shai. RJ is our Jalen Williams, iq is our Cason Wallace , Ochai is our Lou dort , gradey is a sniper. The tank last year helped gradey large. He learned in the fire. we need a centre of the future. Trade yak. Go young. Tank one more year. Maybe trade yak to okc or Memphis. Both have a pretty good pick this year. And they don’t need that pick. They both have to many young players. I say yak and bouchier to okc for ousman deing and the 12th pick and filler. Then we have 12,19,31. We can get yves Messi or Zach edey or maybe kalel ware. I would go for Devin Carter at 19. He’s a back up point guard that fits us perfect. And at 31 you take Ryan Dunn or Keyshawn George. Sign me up

Jakob or memphis first and clarke Bruce for wiggins And 19th pick Eddy 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Good God Ben pls stop you're going insane

Scottie posts I promise we will be better… some fans, let’s tank! Please let’s not make this another season of loser tank talk. Hawks were a play in team and won the lottery. Scottie 100% is gone if this becomes a habit.

We tank halfway the season and it didn't work as well . Tanking ain't what The RAPTORS don't do , because the NBA iz watching 👀! Toronto has been giving the Spurs frist rounds pick for the last 4our years ,with nothing too show! , but a RING 💍 just remember fokes... LET'S GO RAPTORS 🧪🦖 & let's get EDEY.

I say we trade Jakob and Bruce for picks and sign Claxton, Fultz and Bey

We're worried about you Don't get so worked up... remember what the doctor told you...

Ayeee

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We don't need to be the worst team next year but we need to be bottom 5/6

There's no debate. We HAVE to tank, unless yall want to end up in this exact same position and have to rebuild again 5-7 years from now

What would u think of trading jakob and the 19th to grizz for smart and 9th pick

Whoa settle down Ben. Deep breath, count down in your head before talking.

If a Siakim-Anunoby-Barnes-VanVleet combination was the core of a middling team. Not sure how a team of let's say Barnes-Barrett-Quickley-Flagg or Holland or Dillingham does any better. Get ready for a long season.