the only way that pick makes sense is if they're trying to avoid having a first round draft pick's salary on the books for cap purposes this year. and even then, how much would a 20th pick make?
Lowry resigning with the Raps is huge. I know he got more money and a way better deal to choose Toronto, but he still passed up offers from Miami, Houston and the Lakers. Those are three marquee NBA teams, and Lowry choosing Toronto sends a message that some top players in fact do want to play in Toronto now. That wasn't the case for a long time.
It sort of feels like when Vince resigned that summer, and then we got Olajuwon and we were all like Jonny Manziel making the money, money, money hands in the air, and then the team sucked. We all remember that. This feels different though. The Raps are still really young and will only get better as they gel as a unit. East is still weak. Future is bright!
J Kidd sounds like some Gen Y entitled bitch.
Once the Vasquez deal is done, Toronto will only have one roster spot left and likely less than $5 million in space below the luxury tax to add the last piece.
One way to open up more room would be to use the stretch waive provision, which would allow a player (likely Landry Fields or Steve Novak), to be bought out, with the buyout stretching over several seasons, creating more cap room right away (ie. Novak's $7.1 million would be paid over the next five seasons, or $1.42 million a season).