Gary Trent Jr. GONE? - Very Concerning Free Agency Updates | Raptors News
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- The Toronto Raptors have stood pat entering free agency which has led to some very concerning developments. Ben Rogers breaks down the signs that Gary Trent Jr. will be departing the Toronto Raptors as well as the raptors missing out on some perfect fits on the market.
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I was hoping for a sign and trade with Gary but I don’t think that’s going to happen
I wouldn't sweat over Gary Trent!
Kyle Lowry would be nice to teach these young guys how to play💪🏾
It's hard to believe that Trent is not worth even a third of Quickleys money.
With new salary cap rules sometimes you gotta just let guys go.
Jalen 9 per!!! man, that hurts. He is a hustler, up and down the court with good size.
Maybe they're focusing on Bey, knowing he will be ready for '25-26.
I rather Melton over GTJ - he's a better ball handler, better at defense, hustler, "nose to the ball" type - but I agree, GTJ over nothing is a win. He can shoot, which fits this system, and maybe, just maybe, they line up a trade up for him by this time next season. Truth is, JKW will be playing mostly in the G-league next season.
Smith would have been a fine acquisition. Outside of brown though with 4 rookies comeing in we only have so many roster spots lol
Garrett temple is holding one of them too
The raptors drafted well so we don't really need Trent anymore.
Damn 3 yr 27 mill that's cheap
Great value for a rebuilding team. If you really want to shake your head, check out Bruce Brown’s contract and then compare it to what the Sixers signed Oubre for (over two years)
Oubre and Stix aren’t raptors calibre players lol they overrated
Fine with GTJ moving on honestly. I think we should go for a high draft pick next season then start looking at trades with the future first rounders. Another tank may be the right move. Give IQ and Scottie a year to grow and develop some chemistry. I don't see RJ being a long term fit unless his salary goes down. Gradey could be a good piece. Keep Poeltl unless we can find a stretch big somewhere.
RJ is arguably the best pure scorer on this team, and a very underrated perimeter defender. He is a perfect fit, especially if he can keep up the efficiency he displayed when he arrived in Toronto.
If you wanted a 4/5 Smith was likely in our $ same if you wanted “true SF” Naji Marshall but I can understand going to Dallas small move no state taxes and contender.
Dude we should have fix the Sasha V issue to get more cap money. I believed GTJ would be gone if we did not have more than MLE since he could go to more teams at that $ amount.
I have no idea why we held on to Bruce Brown for so long. He clearly doesn't have any significant trade value or else he would've been gone by now. I think Masai and Bobby just don't want to accept the L from the Pascal trade yet.
Bruce Brown's contract is good, but who do you bring back for him? Lavine isn't it.
@@blaqhawk2k918 Andrew Wiggins!
@@IceManLikeGervin AW is a big hit to our salary in subsequent years.
@@blaqhawk2k918 The salary cap will keep rising. A 10% rise is projected for 2025-26 when the NBA's new TV deal kicks in.
Ben you can’t just say we should’ve signed someone. 😂. The player had to want to play in Toronto. A lot of them won’t even talk with T.O let alone take a cheap deal. Masai might e offered these guys more money and they said no. We don’t know what we don’t know
We have a bunch of guards where does GTJ fit? I'm happy with what have have now any other player is a bonus
Still missing a solid backup 5
this is not a serious concern - we all know we're in a rebuild - we're not paying any players, we're not signing free agents - we're trying to grow our own talent just like OKC, spurs and miami does. We're looking to be bad and get a good pick in a strong draft class - why grab a big player so we can be mid for years to come?
We aren't looking to be bad lol. Who the heck told you that? Barrett Barnes and Quickley are gonna be pro tank for 82 games? You guys are hilarious.
@@RyanSheppard-tq4pg yes tf we are. Do you know how the nba works? Yes our team is good but if we aren’t in a good position to make a playoff push you’re gonna see Scottie quickley and barret suddenly have injuries and we’re gonna tank. It literally just happened. Your problem is you’re thinking it’s checkers when it’s chess
@carlinjames9475 Yes, kiddo. We're tanking from day 1. Same as last year to have a chance at Cooper Flagg. Then we'll wait til he's ready to lead in 3 years and then in 2030 we'll be ready for a chip.
Just like Detroit has planned with Cade, San Antonio with Wemby, Minnesota with Edward's etc etc.
Because you can't be good without being really bad first. Just imagine when Lamelo and Brandon Miller are championship ready. Holy smokes.
NO
We're gonna compete and see where we are. We aren't going into next season trying to tank. We aren't bad enough on paper and roster isn't set. Barnes Barrett (off olympics) quickley Olynyk etc whoever is here will NOT be in favor of a tank. We aren't a championship squad but we can make the playoffs next year. Then you sign free agents to.a growing group and develop your young players (Dick,Walter) and THEN you compete for a chip.
We aren't tanking.
Besides acting like the loss of Gary Trent Jr somehow reveals this team direction is a bad evaluation of his importance to this team.
We dont have a center for the future and Jalen Smith would have been amazing. Hes young and have some growth still
@@RyanSheppard-tq4pg again. You’re thinking checkers when it’s chess. It’s not about tanking to rebuild the entire roster. Unlike those teams. We have a great culture and we have key pieces. but our only home grown player is Scottie Barnes and Gradey depending on what he can turn into
think golden state. Where they tanked for a season. Got a top 2 pick then tried to compete again or Dallas where they tanked end of the year to get a top 10 pick and grabbed lively. Do you honestly think the raptors brought in 6 rookies to compete? Come on bro, they are gonna let the young guys develop. While being bad
THEN when we land a top pick and we have more talent. We’ll sign some players in free agency. But right now the goal is to not be in the middle of the pack.
Brutal… raps as it stands are terrible. We need to make moves… dumping mcdaniels for usable pieces was good tho
GTJ could return it all depends on what happens with Brown and Boucher. I'd rather have GTJ on the roster than Brown. Brown for Wiggins!!! Sign James Wiseman as back up C. Raps need some size on their roster. Raptors current roster:
CP: Poeltl/Olynyk/Chomche
PF: Barnes/Boucher/Mogbo
SF: Vezenkov/Dick/Ogbaji
SG: Barrett/Brown/Freeman-Liberty/Walter
PG: Quickley/Mitchell/Shead
Free Agents:
GTJ (UFA)
Nwora (UFA)
Temple (UFA)
Malik Williams (RFA)
Two Way Contracts:
G DJ Carton
C Branden Carlson
Exhibition 10:
F Quincy Guerrier
He’s not coming back, so wipe your chin
Sign anybody 😂
lol
I honestly don't want any free agent signings. We have a lot of new players. Let's see who can actually play this year while at the same time maintaining some cap space to strike at the right time if need be. I don't think Gary has any value for a sign and trade. Best to just let him walk. Everything is fine in my opinion.
Gtj walking is really not a big deal but missing put on free agency pickups or trades is highly annoying
Messai has made some Great moves but has been atrocious at handling assets since our championship
I agree, but at the same time I understand it is probably a lot harder for him to get teams to trade with him after how many times he robbed other teams
BB is going to bring back nothing - it will be two dud contracts of underwhelming players and two high 2nd round picks. If they are lucky, a late 1st. Maybe MU cooks and gets a better package, but teams know the Raps are hand-cuffed, and will be further hand-cuffed as the season goes along (unless BB plays out of his head as a Raptor this season, and teams have no choice but to pay the price at the deadline). Right now the Raps have zero options at the back up SF position, so no rush on him, unless they have a guy they really like and want to sign as a FA and need the monies - but that doesn't look to be the case so far. Is that guy from the KIngs trade staying or not?
Bruce is a highly attractive piece to contenders looking to bolster the roster on a expiring contract...so I disagree
@@vintagepimpage6049 maybe (although that has not be proven) but what has been proven, that if he is, the trade offers are underwhelming or he'd be gone by now. And that was pint - don't expect much in return.
Agreed! Jalen Smith would have been nice. JV too!
Look at the number of new rookies we have. We’re not going to do much. Darko hinted at another season of development in his Serbian interview. The raptors are likely positioning themselves for the stacked 2025 draft before they start trying go for it. Don’t you guys see Masai is already collecting 2025 picks.
Only 3 rookies (Walter, Mogbo, Shead) will be on the 15 man roster. Comanche will be a draft and stash or 2 way contract. MLSE wants a competitive team for 2024-25 during the Raptors 30th anniversary season long celebration.
@@IceManLikeGervin we’ll make a couple small signings but Masai isn’t stupid and know this team isn’t in a position to go for it yet. Darko knows this as well and said it’s 3 year plan in Serbian interview. Last season was just year one of than plan. We were a bottom 10 team in the league last season. Trying to go for it now is just not smart and could set us back even longer. No GM is going to tell you they plan to lose so of course they’re going to say we play to be competitive. They said that while tanking last season. At the end of the day they still have tickets to sell.
@@mikeyjames If a trade presents itself that makes sense Masai will make the trade. This team may never be in a position to "go for it" if that means a NBA Title run. They won exactly 1 Atlantic Division game last season. NY, Phi, Bos are all locked 'n loaded for the foreseeable future.
One more tank would suck but may be worth it if we can get a really top tier prospect such as a top 4 draft pick... Im thinking about the long term and we arent getting any big superstar free agents. I think we can be a deep team in 2-3 years and be contending in 5-6 years if we keep developing these guys.
@@IceManLikeGervin what pieces do we have to make significant trade’s ? Boucher ? Brown ? Anything we get for these players won’t make us some kind of contender. This team is just simply not there yet and some of you guys just lack the patience for a rebuild. Few teams rebuild in one offseason unless they have some kind of superstar there that’s bringing in other players to create some kind of superteam. The Spurs just had 2 season of straight up tanking and picked up some good talent in the draft while doing it. The Raptors just started a rebuild a few months ago, we hardly have a established playing style and you think we’re in a good position to go for it ? 🤔 Who are we trading to get the players to go for it ? The best thing for the raptors to do is secure a high draft pick in the 2025 draft which is expected to be stacked. If they can get 2 first round picks in that draft then even better. Rushing a rebuild is not a good idea. They have a plan and Darko said it’s a 3 year plan.
What people forget is if you trade gary Trent, you need to bring back $$. The raptors don’t want to bring back more money on their books. They are better off probably just letting him walk. Trade Bruce brown. Get what you can. Gradey and Jacobe need those minutes to develop. So ya. I’m ok with Gary walking
*Ja’Kobe
Ben you can’t just say we should’ve signed someone. 😂. The player had to want to play in Toronto. A lot of them won’t even talk with T.O let alone take a cheap deal. Masai might e offered these guys more money and they said no. We don’t know what we don’t know.
The thing to get really upset about it that Masai KEEPS letting assests walk for nothing. That does piss me off. I’m with you there
Bro ujiri and Webster will let raps down again . Watch and see .
Masai and his crew don't know how handle assets. They continue to be a mess in this department.
Agree they are a FK mess, Raptors fans love to dick ride massai.
😂 no team wants to trade with the raptors
Maybe, all things being equal, there are still players that don't want to play for a Canadian team? Anyway, nothing to lose sleep over in my opinion and I think the headline was being over dramatic.
About 25 teams did little or nothing in free agency. Bulls, Clippers, GSW even Knicks in cap hell right now. Raps have tons of flexibility, the best asset with this new CBA.
They’ve done nothing the first day of free agency almost every year the last 30 years. This is nothing new
I don't think Raps gonna make any moves before Brown trade
These comments are bots. But here’s a real one. I think we should go for a vet like how we had garret temple he was good for the youngins
Why would you want Gary Trent Jr. when you are trying to lose? This team needs a lot of talent and it is unlikely the draft picks are going to do anything to change it. The problem is roster construction, too many small guards on the team. You can't win in the NBA with this type of roster.
We needed to step up let the fans down honestly
state that brown is a bad contract so lets do it again with gtj? no thanks
I'm not expecting any big signings. Just a couple of minor ones
Doug is an op lol
Ayeee
Ayeeeee
Nobody wants to trade with the Raps because they will always come up losing. Lol
I get it.
We building through the drafts
Who knows what Jalen Smith wants? He may choose to go to Chicago rather than Toronto. You never know. If players choose where’s there is more money, we will not lose Chris Bosh.
I doubt he's gone. Raps just have to do something with the ungreatful Bruce Brown first.
Honestly, I would rather let GTJ walk. Sign someone else who would be useful to the team.
Let the player who had the best wide open 3fg% (51.3%) in the entire NBA just walk... huh?
Like who? Gary is arguably the best shooter available with any type of realistic chance of playing here.
One-way players, like shooting specialists are basically like running backs. They are easily replaceable.
Yet we have needed 3 shooting for ages.. same as many other teams. GTJ has shown flashes of defence too.. far above many who simply only shoot. I still not sweating it but no, GTJs do not fall off trres
@@ScottieDPOYY Guys like Ja'Kobe Walter and Gradey Dick can easily replace him. Also, majority of the times I see him play "defense" by gambling on the defensive end. He also can't make a lay-up to save his life. He isn't a liability on defense, but he's no OG Anunoby, either.
@@adrianau6679 I don't want him to play, I just tired of assets walking. Report just came though we might get him for cheap. Plus he is well liked in the locker room
@@adrianau6679 this year he gambled on defence.. year before he was solid and there was a stretch in february where he was a hound on opposing guards. Why i say flashes
Tf you mean by this year? Dude has always gambled on defense. Trent’s been the same guy through his Raptors career: A streaky shooter who can’t finish at the rim and plays mid defense. Even if the Raptors do re-sign him for a fair amount, do you think he’ll be a good trade asset?
Stop saying they missed on opportunity to bring certain payers to the team. U know it’s the players choice where they want to go and they obviously not choosing raptors.
Poor treatment of Pascal, and he certainly was honest about it. This kind of news does travel. The team is in desparate need of improved players, but seems mediocrity will continue to be the status quo again this year.
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they gave up Siakam for a fraction of his worth so letting GTJ walk for nothing does not surprise me. I’m not saying to fire Masai but if they did or if he just went elsewhere, it would not bother me a bit.
I wouldn't say they got a fraction of his worth at all. They actually did pretty good considering he could have walked for nothing. Would you have rathered they not trade him and get nothing for him?
😆
Your missing so many steps in the thought process...
Enjoy your 2019 title.
The only Raptor title you'll ever see..
You cant compare what we had for Jalen Mcdaniels since it was an obvious salary dump ...
Players dont want to come to Toronto so its hard to trade
GTG has no market. Raps only have about the MLE to spend. Nothing doing here.
ITS A DEVELOPMENT YEAR..EVERYONE CHILL..with 2 first rd picks, and Chicago's 2nd, raptors are poised to bring in potential stars off a deep draft.. you think we did well this year in the draft, imagine the next year.. NOT signing players is a very good thing.. we get to develop our youth and stay low in the standings. Which means a high lottery pick. See the big picture everyone.. let's enjoy the process! Cheers and Go Rap Go!!!
Just kidding Hali doesn't hit me.
Well looks like i was dead on per usual the front office and coach and even ben admitted that we are going to suck a big fat one next season with scottie as our "leader" ...when are we going to stop using the he is only blah blah blah years old excuse??
I like Gary, not clutch and not fast enough for playoffs. Consistency
I think this year's free agency is another testament to the fact that no one wants to sign with the Toronto Raptors. It's either a re-signing because they are close with the group or you're coming from the outside and have no other options. The only big external signing I can think of is Hedo Turkoglu; and he regretted signing very quickly.
I would like to sign Precious back
I’d rather develop Mogbo instead
Masai is cooked
Another lackluster week. Draft was only so so. FA so far, we are too slow and lethargic, as usual. Wheres the sense of urgency?? I hate to say this, but tim to remove the entire front office incl Massai. The Massai and Webster era needs to be over. Now! I dint say that lightly and seriously thank them for their yrs of service and the chip. But its over now. Smith and Valanciunas should be Raptors. Too many missed opportuinities, all underscored by tragic Siakam trade.
I don't find in concerning what so ever! Trent is a one trick pony and most GMs can see that. Homer Raptors fans need to chill lol
Masai ain't cookin during free agency... smh.
Why is it a serious concern? Gary is literally not even a 6th man, he's trash. Jesus, if you thought it was "serious", what did you think when: Gasol/Ibaka/FVV left for nothing? Or us tanking Siakams worth.
Masai the fraud in action.. or inaction lol
Such an accurate comment
raps suck lol
Your crying over nothing, Gary Trent jr. has always been inconsistent, streaky and one-dimensional, and doesn’t provide anything other than shooting, while we have multiple guards including Ja’Kobe to replace him, also we tried trading him, cuz he has no value, so stop with these reactionary videos to attract a negative audience
Cringe
Raptors are a joke, the F.O haven't make no move they are officially tanking .
they don't have the intllignce to tank.. they'll likely push for the play-in due to this org's low iq
What's new??? Nothing. Raptors rumors as always, all hype no glory. Same ol' same ol'. I've lost all confidence in Raptors head office. They aren't even in the stratosphere of being a treat in the nextv5 years the way they are constructed. Just as the former Golden State Warriers GM said "Toronto lacks talent".
Let him walk.
Bad fundamentals
See... masai does one thing awesome and 1 thing so stupid he should be directly laughed at and shamed.