Even from two time zones away, you loaded up a pretty good Ye Olde Mailbag and I was able to drag my sorry self up to get it posted about the usual time.Enjoy it while I come up with some Pascal SIakam tome before tonight’s game and try to ferret out some Raptors stuff to file as part of a notebook tomorrow.Long time no speak.
Before and/or after you watch the documentary, might you be willing to share with us your pre-viewing and post-viewing thoughts about Bill Russell and the meaning of his career and life?A: I have not seen the documentary – I hope to this week – but my respect for Russell as a player knew no bounds when I watched him as a youngster.
3) During a recent game, one of the broadcast crew mentioned nicknames for Joe Wieskamp. Fred had suggested"Joe Exotic", but Wieskamp stated that his nickname through his career has been Weezy .4) With all the talk of buyouts, who would GM Doug Smith consider picking up for our the Raptors? If not for Toronto, which player do you think are the best bargains?A: Two-way contracts can be converted to full NBA deals but 10-day guys and G Leaguers are not playoff eligible.
I’m big on Orlando’s future and told Jeff Weltman that when I saw him in Toronto last week. That’s a really good young core and I’m interested to see which vets they add this summer.Q: So the bean counters say the Raptors can sign all of FVV, GTJ and Poeltl while staying out of the luxury tax if we move some bench pieces.