Monday, July 10, 2017
raptor blog: raptors rid themselves of Demarre Carroll
raptor blog: raptors rid themselves of Demarre Carroll: Demarre Carroll came to the Raptors in the summer of 2015 as a defensive specialist from the Atlanta Hawks and earned himself a 4/60 million...
raptors rid themselves of Demarre Carroll
Demarre Carroll came to the Raptors in the summer of 2015 as a defensive specialist from the Atlanta Hawks and earned himself a 4/60 million dollar contract.
Demarre Carroll for whatever reason forgot why he was bought in as he could not be that shutdown defender the raptors needed. It may have been the nagging injuries or it could of been him struggling to hit open 3-balls or both but something totally messed up his effort on d and made him a underachieving player on the second or third best team in the eastern conference. Raptors sent both of their own daft picks next season unless they really suck and do not make the playoffs to the Brooklyn Nets. They got back 31 million off their cap over the next 2 seasons and got back a back-up center Justin Hamilton whose a 3 million dollar contract wo will be waived.
Also the Raptors sent PG Cory Joseph to the Indiana Pacers for CJ Miles and signed Miles to a 3/25 million deal. So they take back 800 thousand for the next 2 seasons and then an extra season as joseph has 2 years left on his 4/30 million dollar deal. I feel that Joseph passed the ball more than Kyle Lowry and was not given the opportunity to finish games and just like Carroll he came in as defensive guy. Joseph was a replaceable guy and C.J. Miles could interfere with opponent shot as he average 3 blocks in 22 minutes a game.
All these deals are needed to help the Raptors get a little bit closer to the cap but still will be paying luxury taxs after bring back both Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka to 3 year deals. So it means if all goes well Serge and Kyle will be playing with DeMar DeRozan who has 3 years left on his 4 year deal he signed last summer. Serge will better the Raptors on d for a full season as he came in late in the season while also helping that knowledge sponge known as DeMar DeRozan become a better defender.
It all makes the team better because Ibaka can rub off on his teammates make them all better which makes the Raptors stay just behind team James (who hopefully will be heads west next summer) and in a battle for the division and the second seed in the east with the Boston Celtics.
Lets go Raptors
Tom Mehegan
Demarre Carroll for whatever reason forgot why he was bought in as he could not be that shutdown defender the raptors needed. It may have been the nagging injuries or it could of been him struggling to hit open 3-balls or both but something totally messed up his effort on d and made him a underachieving player on the second or third best team in the eastern conference. Raptors sent both of their own daft picks next season unless they really suck and do not make the playoffs to the Brooklyn Nets. They got back 31 million off their cap over the next 2 seasons and got back a back-up center Justin Hamilton whose a 3 million dollar contract wo will be waived.
Also the Raptors sent PG Cory Joseph to the Indiana Pacers for CJ Miles and signed Miles to a 3/25 million deal. So they take back 800 thousand for the next 2 seasons and then an extra season as joseph has 2 years left on his 4/30 million dollar deal. I feel that Joseph passed the ball more than Kyle Lowry and was not given the opportunity to finish games and just like Carroll he came in as defensive guy. Joseph was a replaceable guy and C.J. Miles could interfere with opponent shot as he average 3 blocks in 22 minutes a game.
All these deals are needed to help the Raptors get a little bit closer to the cap but still will be paying luxury taxs after bring back both Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka to 3 year deals. So it means if all goes well Serge and Kyle will be playing with DeMar DeRozan who has 3 years left on his 4 year deal he signed last summer. Serge will better the Raptors on d for a full season as he came in late in the season while also helping that knowledge sponge known as DeMar DeRozan become a better defender.
It all makes the team better because Ibaka can rub off on his teammates make them all better which makes the Raptors stay just behind team James (who hopefully will be heads west next summer) and in a battle for the division and the second seed in the east with the Boston Celtics.
Lets go Raptors
Tom Mehegan
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