Chan

Ah-HA!

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matt!

Just like Kwame Brown, Mike Olowakandi, Kenyon Martin, Stromile Swift, Daruis Miles, Ty Chandler, Jay Williams, Mike Dunleavy, and all those other top 3 picks that were supposed to be turing franchises around.

Any day now...

ChristopherJ

I think the Nets did alright with Martin.

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shookem

No but Bogut has done wonders for the Bucks and Paul seems to be holding his own in NO.

I'd just like to report the Raptors were .500 in December.

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Nobody ever said a high pick "should" or "will" put them over the top... but the possibility is definitely there. Personally I'm not baking on a superstar to come from the next draft, but we will be in a great position to greatly improve our team around Bosh with a high pick.

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cambyblockingyou

He's not going anywhere. too big of a risk to turn down a max deal to try and leave a team.

osman

The point is that the potential is there for the Raptors to improve with a high draft pickk. Marvin Williams has not made an immediate impact, I'm sure his impact would be greater if he wasn't behind three other swingmen. You can look at Chris Paul and see the impact he has had, thus the potential does exist to improve; no one is sayinig there are any guarantees.

Plus the Raptors are 7-7 in December compared to 1-15 in November, which was expected as the Raptors have three rookies playing significant minutes, thus it would take time for them to adjust to the NBA game and gel as team.

osman

Exactly, when was the last time a RFA turned down a max deal to take the qualifying offer? A player is not going to turn down a max deal, and take the qualifying offer and play for year while risk getting a career ending injury.

Jamel Irief

Think you are the one that needs to "get real." Star young players coming off their rookie deals are all going to resign unless they don't like money. Now whether or not they cry that they want to be traded 2 years later is the question. Bosh is resigning even if they are a 5 win team.

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P-Dub34

If I'm Bosh, I want to play on a better team, but getting a max contract to be the #1 option and building block of a franchise ain't bad.

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bump

hmm...I though Bosh was going to leave..lol fools.