Brian Windhorst

They have paid guys where no one is bidding.

No one was bidding that much on Yaka Pirtle.

No one was bidding that much on Brandon Ingram.

I'm not saying I don't want them in my organization.

I don't want to sign them.

I just don't want to pay them those prices.

Same thing with Quickly.

Again, maybe I don't have all the information.

Maybe there was some offer out there for quickly that I'm not aware of.

But literally, the last three contracts, big contracts that the Raptors have signed, the whole league has taken a gasp and said, oh, my God.

Now, the acquisitions of them were beautiful, but the contracts have been heavy.

I mean, you don't have to ask me that.

I mean, they've...

They've done a very nice job to pick themselves up from where they were a couple years ago when they had to move on from Kyle and they moved on from Siakam.

They've done a nice job rebuilding the core.

Their challenge is they are in, you know, look around the East, look at the teams in the East, look at what Boston has, look at what Cleveland has, look at what Detroit has, look at the teams in the West.

and say, how does this particular group rise up?

They've done a really nice job getting from 10th to 5th.

Getting higher than 5th is going to be hard, and the real challenge is going to be the players that they – where we are in the NBA today, and I understand fans don't always totally fully get this conversation because it's changed.

player value from literally just two, three years ago is different now.