Friday, May 31, 2013
Masai Ujiri returns to Raturs as the new GM
Masai Ujiri who did as much as he could do in Denver except getting himself paid as the Wal-Mart people who owes the Denver Nuggets decided to not own up to paying Masai Ujiri who had to trade Carmelo Anthony and made the team better than it was before he was traded to the New York Knicks,
Now after three seasons in Denver and he waited out his contract and was looking to get paid and he really wanted to stay with the Nuggets but they decided to not come even close to the 5 years and 15 million dollars that he got to come back North to take the reins of the good ship Raptors. He is going to make a lot of money and he will earn it if he turns this team around because it is a pretty big mess and I am talking about the players in the floor for the Raptors as guys like DeMar DeRozan and Andrea Bargnani who does not want to go to the basket and settle for jumpers and they are not the only ones u can put Alan Anderson and Kyle Lowery in that mix to.
So there needs to be changes and with the new elevator tax system teams are getting as far under the cap as humanly possibly and Masai Ujiri will need to use a lot of smoke and mirrors to get rid of Bargnani and his 11 million in 2013-14 and 12 million for 2014-15 and not end up a bigger contract and with them picking up Kyle Lowery's option for 2013-14 they will be already ir the cap by something like two million and that would mean that the only way to bring in new players will be for trades or veteran minimums and in both cases they are not going to make yourself a whole lot better.
If he decides to go in a new direction at point one Rudy (Gay)'s feelings will be hurt again and ywo you will be digging for another point guard just like seasons except u have no Jose Calderon to fall back on any more.
But after the 2013-14 season the skies open up and he will have options to look at as he will have money to spend as Lowery\s contract is up and even more importantly Rudy will likely be ready to test the free agent waters and Masai Ujiri will be able to put his stamp on the team going forward at that time.
To that point next season will likely be a see what he has kind of season and I am hoping that means thar Dwayne Casey gets a final season trying to put these square pegs into round holes and see if he has learned anything from the first 147 games and can have a Sam Mitchell kind of final season may not coach of the year but with a motivated Rudy this team will be better and maybe Lowery can become a team player (that might be asking to much).
If Rudy does not want to be here long-term maybe getting something at the deadline would be good as the Lakers maybe wanting him in their rebuilding project and the Raptors get pieces to build with.
Brain needs to stay out of Masai Ujiri or I personally put him on an one-way ticket to the middle of the desert again
Tom \mehegan
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