OT-ish: Why Bosh chose to leave Toronto

[B-Roy]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/chris-bosh-opens-incident-sealed-raptors-fate/

“I remember John Salmons was a free agent and it was between us and Chicago. So I’m like, ‘Yeah, OK. Oh man, if we can get Johnny Salmons we’ll be pretty good,'” Bosh told Simmons. “And I guess you would call it recruiting, trying to get in touch with him and stuff, and he took less money to go to Chicago. And that’s kind of when I knew it was going to be a lot more difficult being in Toronto. So as soon as I could change my destiny and have an opportunity to explore other things, I was ready to do that.”

“It was just that consistency of just kind of underachieving a little bit and really, quite frankly, not having any help. Free agents didn’t want to come. Therefore, we could only get so much better,” Bosh explained.

“It is what it is. I guess it just wasn’t as appealing,” Bosh said of Toronto as a free agent destination. “And even now, I don’t remember the last time Toronto got a big free agent signing — it’s usually been smart trades.”

I thought this was interesting. I wonder if Dame is feeling the same thing.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

And now look at Toronto. All they needed was an awesome GM like Ujiri.

 

[julius]

Bosh chose to leave Toronto for one reason and one reason only. LeBron James was going to Miami.

 

[barfo]

I thought this was interesting. I wonder if Dame is feeling the same thing.

Maybe Dame is smarter than Bosh and has understood it all along?

barfo

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Bosh chose to leave Toronto for one reason and one reason only. LeBron James was going to Miami.

Can't "I realized we were never going to build a winning team in Toronto" be the reason he left Toronto, and "Lebron James was going to Miami" be the reason he chose Miami over any other potential destination?

 

[blue9]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/chris-bosh-opens-incident-sealed-raptors-fate/


I thought this was interesting. I wonder if Dame is feeling the same thing.

Interesting. In looking at Salmon's page to see when he signed with CHI I found that HE DIDN'T SIGN WITH CHI. SAC traded him to CHI. And then CHI traded him to MIL.
Also, why would anyone wanna sign with a sucky team built around a PF?

 

[tester551]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/chris-bosh-opens-incident-sealed-raptors-fate/

“I remember John Salmons was a free agent and it was between us and Chicago. So I’m like, ‘Yeah, OK. Oh man, if we can get Johnny Salmons we’ll be pretty good,'” Bosh told Simmons. “And I guess you would call it recruiting, trying to get in touch with him and stuff, and he took less money to go to Chicago. And that’s kind of when I knew it was going to be a lot more difficult being in Toronto. So as soon as I could change my destiny and have an opportunity to explore other things, I was ready to do that.”
“It was just that consistency of just kind of underachieving a little bit and really, quite frankly, not having any help. Free agents didn’t want to come. Therefore, we could only get so much better,” Bosh explained.
“It is what it is. I guess it just wasn’t as appealing,” Bosh said of Toronto as a free agent destination. “And even now, I don’t remember the last time Toronto got a big free agent signing — it’s usually been smart trades.”

I thought this was interesting. I wonder if Dame is feeling the same thing.

Exactly. Drafting & Trades are how Portland will have to become a contender.

And now look at Toronto. All they needed was an awesome GM like Ujiri.

+1. He's not too attached to his players and is willing to shake things up. To make a trade, it always takes at least 2 teams to agree.... however, I really wonder where we would be if we had a GM that didn't always keep his good (not great) players off-limits in trade talks.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I wonder if Dame is feeling the same thing.

 

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