Boo-hoo! No Matt Barnes, why doesn’t anyone think this is a good thing? Now Matt Barnes is a servicable NBA player, he can hit the open shot, play solid defence, and grab boards. Raptors could have used his toughness since we are..WERE the RuPauls last season. What didn’t make him a good fit? He’s 30 and unless Colangelo has a Chris Paul trade in mind Barnes just takes playing time away form our young players that could use time to develop.
This signing falling through for the Raptors is not good though, it’s bad publicity since it is the second move that has fallen through for us this summer (DAMN YOU MJ!). It gives the impression that our front office is in a panic and that they are just scrambling to get players here. The front office took a hit for signing a player who isn’t really a household name either. Casual fans don’t know who Matt Barnes is, they wouldn’t have cared if we signed him. The casual fan can now care that we didn’t sign him though, and blame the front office. It is pretty shocking that two of the better GM’s in the league, Bryan Colangelo and Otis Smith, mistake their Cap room and the cap rules so badly.
Until tomorrow basketball fans…..
Out tomorrow: The CURRENT Raptors by the numbers
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