What does YOUR Toronto Raptors team look like?

[Matty Aqua]

Re: What does YOUR Toronto Raptors team look like?

I usually run with the Raptors i'm just waiting for the Xbox One patch to drop so I can re-start MyLeague without the Regression issue!, that way Lowry will stay a viable option for a few years!

As much as people don't take the Raptors seriously IRL, were not that bad and as a franchise we are in a stable position, with Draft picks, Cap Space and contracts coming off the books!.

In the old MyLeague I had going, My Roster looked like

PG Lowry, Vasquez, Rookie PG
SG Derozan, Sweet Lou
SF T.Ross, James Johnson, Caboclo
PF David Lee, P.Patterson
C Valanciunas, C.Hayes, Nogueira

I can't remember exactly but I ended up trading for David Lee which gave me a PF with some Low Post moves, a mid range game, and Rebounding!, I love Amir Johnson IRL tho and would hate to see him go!, I'd love to get Zach Randolph as I feel he would fit into our team!

[Phreezy P]

Re: What does YOUR Toronto Raptors team look like?

Yeaa Amir is kinda...mehh in the game but Vasquez is great, hes tall, long and can pop the three ball!

No I was more surprised by how easily you got K Love.

[nip83]

Re: What does YOUR Toronto Raptors team look like?

2nd year with the Raptors in my League.I've gone full Collangelo and created an all canadian-international squad.Needless to say the first season was atrocious.

In the first year and after i watched the Lowry-DeRozan-TRoss combo make a dissapointing 2-25 start i made the following trades(close or at the trade deadline):

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-Got Nikola Mirotic (plus Dunleavy and Hinrich) for a package of T.Ross,Patterson and Lou Williams.
-Nik Stauskas(plus A.Miller) for James Johnson,Vasquez(the return to Sactown) and L.Nogueira.
-Dwight Powel (plus R.Felton) for Hansbrough,Stiesma and a 17' 2nd rounder
-Tyler Ennis and J O'bryant for Amir Johnson(expiring),R Felton and 2018 1st rounder.

and finally at the deadline i gave K.Lowry to the Magic for their 2015 1st rounder(became #9 at the draft) and E.Fournier.

Needless to say i sucked and sucked really hard ,Sam Hinkie style.
However by a twist of fate(or the basketball gods punishment) in the lottery the .500 Trailblazers got the 2nd pick ,while NYK went #1,76ers #3 , LAL #4(they kept their pick) ,BOS #5 and my Raps went all the way down to #6.

With my eyes set on Hezonja and Porzingis ,the two best international prospects ,i made two draft day trades :

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TOR:#6 1st rounder,Demar Derozan
BOS:#5 1st round,Kelly Olynyk

and Kirk Hinrich for Atlanta's 2nd round pick(#8).

2105 draft

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1.NYK Karl Towns Jr
2.POR Jahlil Okafor(a powerhouse with Aldridge)
3.76ers De Angelo Russell
4.LAL Emanuel Mudiay
5.TOR Mario Hezonja
6.BOS KRristaps Porzingis(well...)

and with the 9th pick i selected Myles Turner.

In the 2nd round i grabbed canadian pg Oliver Hanlan.

one more trade with Boston:

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TOR:M.Turner ,17' 1st round pick(that's right i'm 2 1st round picks short)
BOS:Kr.Porzingis

Free Agency

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-The biggest story was Lebron James leaving CLE(after losing in the NBA finals to the OK Thunder) for the Lakers to team up with
Kobe ,Mudiay and Paul Millsap who signed for the veteran minimum to play with the king

-Marc Gasol resigned with MEM ,J.Butler with CHI ,as also as Draymond Green with GSW.

-NYK signed Big Al to play in the triangle alongside Danny Green.

-The Raptors signed Goran Dragic for 2 years (12mil/year) and kept their cap space for the Wiggins offseason.

So in my 2nd year TOR looks like this:

PG G.Dragic
SG N.Stauskas
SF M.Hezonja
PF N.Mirotic
C J.Valanciunas

Bench
6.K.Olynyk(C)
7.Kr.Porzingis(PF/C)
8.Ev. Fournier (SG)
9.T.Ennis(PG)
10.K.Papanikolaou(SF/PF)
11.Br.Caboclo(SF)
12.Cedi Osman(SF undrafted from Turkey)
13.D.Powell(PF/C)
14.Ol.Hanlan(PG/SG)
15.N.Calathes(PG)

I also fired Casey(good riddance) for former asst coach James Wallace who runs a Spurs like motion offense and got Vince Carter as an assistant coach.

Surprisingly i'm 6-1 with this squad to start the season.All our focus is now to develop players ,wait for the Wiggins offseason(or grab a major FA earlier and flip him for Wiggins in his final year) and perhaps look to draft canadian prospect Trey Lyles in 2016.

Thanks to Mauroth Kao for their excellent 2015 draft class.You can find it here in NBA 2k15 PC Forums.