Sorting by controversial on this post is always hilarious
Posted Apr 16, 2022, 3:49 PM UTC
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Just found this and I died
"I honestly like Scottie but does he do anything that is 10 spots more valuable than Usman Garuba?"
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Who?
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Exactly
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Hindsight is 20/20 but putting Scottie in he same camp as these guys is hilarious.
You can always count on the Raptors to make a surprise pick lol, regardless of GM. Rafael Araujo, Charlie Villanueva, Andrea Bargnani, Terrence Ross, Bruno Caboclo, Scottie Barnes.
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I believe he was just comparing the fact that those were surprise picks, much like the Scottie pick. Not necessarily saying he’s gonna turn out like the rest.
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Despite the fact you’re probably right Scottie’s name should not be mentioned only with other stars like Siakam, FVV, OG and GTjr and Thaddeus Young.
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The two comments I upvoted back then:
Member y'all, wait till they actually play
yeah the "5 years later" posts are always so funny when everybody just believes whatever media narratives told em was the "right" pick as if we know shit
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My horrible take on that thread
“Why trade for Ben Simmons? when you can just draft your own!”
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I remember the person who has connections to the Raptors posted here saying that the Raptors are leaning on drafting Barnes over Suggs because Barnes had great workouts and Suggs couldn't hit a shot to save his life. They got downvoted to oblivion so that's all you need to know about how much arm chair GMs on here knows about drafting prospects lol. And some people were referencing Darko Milicic saying that the Raptors will regret drafting Barnes over Suggs based off of good workouts.
I don't follow College basketball so I didn't have a strong take but the hate that the FO and Barnes was getting initially was pretty funny to see, especially in hindsight.
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I don’t know shit about college ball so I didn’t know what to feel.
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Honestly hilarious how many people masked off in the comments of that post, and the post about FVV and Siakam.
If your first instinct is to trash your team when they make a move you don't agree with, you're not a real fan. Criticism has it's limits and this sub always takes unfounded criticisms way too far.
Thank God you're not in control of the team.
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Similar for me, I was expecting Suggs so I was surprised but I knew that I knew jack compared to the FO so I just had faith. Like you said when I saw Scottie for the first time in summer league (and even highlights beforehand) I was excited.
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You’re right, that was the big Eureka moment. Could immediately see he had the ‘it’ factor that so few players in the league ever have.
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I wanted Suggs too but I’m fully aware that Masai and Bobby know more than I do
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RemindME! 3 years "Look back on the past."
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I mean who’s to say Scottie has the same development if he’s not a Raptor vs someone like Suggs if he was
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Yeah that's a big one. Scottie started the entire season and just got put into all sorts of different situations. It was on him to capitalize on it but he stayed healthy and worked through his rookie wall slump, but the team's culture and development deserves a lot of credit too.
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cant develop that personality/wingspan doe
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The best part is this off-season people will second guess the front office just like they did with the Thad trade
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I can’t lie I was crying, screaming and throwing up the first 24 hours. I can’t believe the media played Scottie like that.
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Lots of Raptor flairs
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LOL he’s matching up against Joel Embiid for game 1… none of us would’ve expected this from Scottie. We have a bright future.
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I was surprised but didn't know shit about college basketball so kept my mouth shut. The funniest was we had all these hashtags #fade4cade #belowlyformobley #fallenforjalen even #suckforsuggs but didn't see one for Scottie ever. His stock kept rising in the week leading to draft night and everyone thought it's just the agent putting in the work. If Scottie becomes a perennial allstar this pick would be looked back at as the most brilliant ever.
I remember saying PlayLikePottieforScottie
Lose a lot for Scot
I watched the draft with my wife and when they picked Scottie I started laughing. I had only had an idea of who Scottie was from the mock argument Will Lou and Blake Murphy had about Barnes vs Suggs and I knew Masai and Bobby were up to something with that pick.
I don't think they even expected him to develop so quickly, but after the bad break with Tampa the team has had a lot of good luck and really capitalized on it.