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Kings in the north! Kings in the north! Kings in the north!

#refshow Just totally ruining the moment.

f*** you, refs. Just let it expire, ya numpties.

Holy f***, holy f***, holy f***! The Toronto Raptors are the 2019 NBA Champions! This really just happened!

All Green had to do was literally just not that. Ugh. Doing nothing was a way better outcome.

Are you f***ing kidding me.

My stomach is in knots.

Oh my god, just imagine if this was Game 7. This is so goddamn intense.

My stream is like a minute behind you guys, but that was a great spoiler. Freddy is locked in, boys. Edit: Aaaand now it's dead.

Lol Draymond, you self-entitled ****.

The NBA loves them some Golden Boy Warriors, hey? That was absolute ********.

That was pretty sick.

f***, I love Pascal.

I believe the Jays will try to move Galvis for a future or 40-man cast-off with upside at the deadline.

The kids are having a great game. Biggio with another dinger.

POP is an excellent blog, btw.

Oh my god, it's glorious.

It's called self-promotion, dummy.

f*** you.

Probably not worth the trouble for now. I'll probably want to look into that for future posts, though. IFA season is nigh, for example.

That's understandable, but I'm willing to give Atkins the benefit of the doubt right now because I trust Mark Shapiro entirely and he hand-picked Ross Atkins to rebuild this team. My thoughts are that the current state of the team is a direct result of where the Blue Jays' internal metrics pegged the Blue Jays to finish at this point in their win trajectory. Yes, they could've added more wins via free agency, but would it have been enough to overtake at least two of the Red Sox, Yankees, and Rays, and would it have proved to be sustainable this early on in the rebuild? Maybe, but probably not. In hindsight, I believe this season was always intended to be an assessment year for the front office to evaluate what they have in the supporting cast. Vlad, Biggio, Jansen, Bichette, Grichuk...those guys are the core and here long-term. What we get out of the other hitters on the current roster remains to be seen, but looks to be most likely pretty minimal. The next 16 months (spanning the trade deadline this season, the upcoming offseason, and next season) will be the true test of Ross Atkins' mettle. He needs to make the right moves and show that he's astute in his evaluations or he should absolutely be replaced because he would have demonstrably shown that he's not the right guy to lead this team to perpetual, sustainable good times. I just don't think it's fair to definitively say one way or the other just yet, as Atkins tried to remain competitive with the aging roster he inherited. The rebuild has only gotten into full swing since the trade deadline last season. Atkins made a few nifty little moves toward the future while the Jays tried to remain competitive with what was left of their expiring window - some of those moves worked out and some didn't, but the process was genuine. With some progression from the rookies, Bichette getting called up and hopefully excelling, and maybe a breakout or two from someone unexpected, this team could be active on the free agency front and suddenly find themselves in a much more favourable position pretty quickly. It's possible that once the youthful core has established itself, this rebuild could turn around pretty quickly. They will have payroll flexibility for days.

He's certainly got his warts, but there seems to be a decent floor established. Obviously we'd like to see more, especially given that he's locked up and here long-term, but maybe there's even more production in the tank. Anyway, that's all I'm going to say on this for the time being. Let's just hope for the best, I guess.

Did Buck just refer to Edwin as Michael Jackson?

Obviously.