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@AMBGotAura Just have a beer and root for Kawhi babe.

Raptors aren’t sniffing a championship with how good this eastern conference is, this hate watch finna hit

@glaf37 it's the price you have to pay to get good players. we were never getting any talent for free. Yes it's tough leverage after scottie's contract is up, but the team maintained a huge portion their current talent and culture. It's awesome to see how the roster looks now.

Watch both them 2031 and 2033 picks not even be as good as Scottie or CMB. Like crying about the future like this is crazy. You have zero clue what the Raptors will look like by then. What the draft will be giving by then. What moves will be made by then. Touch grass

@AMBGotAura As a raps fan, tough to see those picks go. They're after scottie's current contract, so things could go south in toronto by then. It's the price you pay to acquire players. Good trade overall. Clips will compete fast too, so they can be used to acquire other talent.

Went from 2027 2028 Kawhi Raptor picks to 2030 2033 Post Kawhi picks both unprotected pair that up with BI and a 22 year old with some level of potential im very satisfied with what Lawrence Frank was able to pull off

@_chestertaylor Hundred percent. They paid a premium to keep guys they’ve already invested in and know. I think that’s a good move. They maintained nearly their entire org minus the guys they’ve already invested moved.

Collin Murray-Boyles and Ja'Kobe Walter are two young building blocks of the Toronto #Raptors. To keep them and not giving up Jamal Shead and Allen Graves despite the picks we gave up, i'll take it. Win now mode. #WeTheNorth

@dj_ivanakent This is what you hope for. The excitement I’m sure he felt was otherworldly. Reality sets in and now he’s gotta be the man. This is what you hope for as a player and Scottie has earned the privilege of the pressure.

I hope Scottie is happy with this… I know he loved Kawhi but this changes the team… it’s not so young and carefree anymore with this addition… guys used to be very close with each other

@glaf37 THANK you

Y’all are fucking insane man. This love of Myles Turner HAS to stop with this fanbase man. I don’t know who people think Turner is but I always feel like I’m watching a completely different game. He’s so bad at so many important things but bc he can shoot people lose their mind

@SleeperClippers as a raps fan, I think we're gonna watch both Grady and BI do awesome in LA. So much to love with both guys. Grady is a long shooting guard. Ton of shooting ability that just didn't click last year. I'll miss these guys.

Is there a role for Gradey Dick on the Clippers moving forward?

@databallr Analytics is a practice of distilling key events and “watching” them at scale. Over time and with volume accuracy does degrade and things become fuzzier. Impossible to get things exactly correctly. The eye test mixed with high volume data and processing help check and balance.

People often speak as though there are two opposing camps: those who watch and those who calculate. This is an illusion. The first statistician was merely someone who watched carefully enough to begin counting.

@samfolkk Perfectly said Samson!

btw if this blows up for the Raps most of their money is on the same timeline, they’ll have to trade Scottie for a haul, blow it up, take on bad contracts to facilitate other teams trades in exchange for picks, and then everyone can give them A+’s for tanking correctly

@SincerlyRaptors @Yvngmoodz1 Agreed!

@Yvngmoodz1 We’ve already got shooters on the team, and Beal is 37% 3 point shooter. Westbrook is for veteran presence and would be amazing to teach Shead and IQ.

Either Bradley Beal or Russell Westbrook is coming to Toronto and I really hope they do.

I’m having a hard time processing everything. The most non-Toronto thing, happened. In sports. In basketball. Honestly, we deserve this. Fuck, we do. But lord, is it fucking crazy…

These highlights are so sick

Raptors getting aggressive and building!! I love it. Let’s see what these boys can do.

@JakeLFischer Also, it’s incredible to have kawhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

@JakeLFischer Oh man this is heavier than I thought. Don’t like not having control of picks after Scottie’s current contract.

Total comp and draft picks for Kawhi Leonard are in, per source: Ingram, Dick, 2031 and 2033 unprotected first-round picks, 2030 and 2033 second-round picks, 2027 first-round swap.

@william_lou Well said Will! Truly an awesome player to watch hoop too. Loved tuning in and seeing his game. Sad to see him leave Toronto and think he will thrive in LA. Gonna have the ball a ton and gonna score a ton. Career year coming for him.

There should be nothing but gratitude for Brandon Ingram. He wanted to come here, got healthy again, returned to all-star, fit into the Raptors' culture seamlessly, and played through injuries. Even if it was a short time it was a great pleasure to cover Brandon and have him on the team.

kawhi leonard is a toronto raptor

wait is this for real!?!?!?

@esidery can't give up any picks after scottie's contract expires. Unwise and not worth it. Obviously those are the ones that LA wants. I say hell no and good luck to the clippers if that's what they want.

The Raptors will not budge off their stance of offering one 1st-round pick for Kawhi Leonard. The Clippers are currently seeking a package built around Brandon Ingram + future 1sts in the 2030s. Toronto, who hasn’t dealt multiple picks in a trade over the past decade, says no.