Lowry almost became a Knick but Dolan reneged last minute in absolute fear of a Masai hat trick after the Melo and Bargnani trades.Īnd then something magical happened…with the additions of Vasquez, Salmons, Hayes, and Patterson to the Lowry, DD, JV, Ross, & Amir core, the Raptors clicked and went on to win 48 games. This article is a nice trip down memory lane: Gay banned stat sheets and then Masai banned Gay in early December. With the Bargnani albatross gone, the Raptors started 2013-14 poorly. Masai’s first move was to fleece New York with Bargnani for essentially Steve Novak, a 2016 first (Poeltl) and a second. Colangelo was then demoted for the failure of the accelerated-rebuild and Masai was hired at the end of May 2013. This was the ultimate my-turn, your-turn basketball for 2 guys who only wanted to play mid-range. The 2012-2013 season ended with fools gold optimism as a team led by DeRozan and Gay finished winning 8 of 11 and 7 of 8 with an overall 34-48 record. Looking back through Basketball-Reference at Raptors rosters over the years, I see a similarity with the 2012-2014 years, essentially the very end of the Colangelo era and the start of Masai’s tenure as the head decision maker. Would anyone trade the current team and leadership for for the Babcock or Colangelo eras? That doesn’t necessarily provide people with much comfort given the majority of this franchise’s existence has been a dumpster fire, but I believe it is accurate. The HEAT game was a great example of what could/should be. I hate to say it because I really haven’t been enjoying games most of this season, but things aren’t all that bad in the big picture of the Raptors franchise existence. You may have to select a menu option or click a button.There have been a few threads lately that had me thinking about the current Raptor situation and the history of franchise back to ‘95. Follow the instructions for disabling the ad blocker on the site you’re viewing. You may have more than one ad-blocker installed. You’ll usually find this icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.
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