C.J. Miles is no longer a member of the Toronto Raptors. What about the PJs?
The Toronto Raptors have traded C.J. Miles. While everyone reflects on who has been traded, one question must be asked…What happens to the PJs?!
The NBA trade deadline has had more drama than Game of Thrones. Anthony Davis wanted out, Lebron tried to influence, Pelicans did not oblige, even if the whole Lakers team had been offered. In the Eastern Conference, there is an arms race. Milwaukee got Nikola Mirotic, the 76ers got Tobias Harris, and the Toronto Raptors got Marc Gasol.
For Toronto, they had to give up Jonas Valanciunas, Delon Wright, and C.J. Miles to get Marc Gasol. Everyone keeps talking about how much they will miss JV, or if Delon could blossom elsewhere, but what about the other glaring question – what happens to the PJs?!
For a relatively young team, the Toronto Raptors have a lot of lore for fans to latch onto. Vince Carter‘s missed three, failure in the playoffs, and the GoDaddy curse. The GoDaddy curse comes from the chosen sponsor athlete under-performing greatly while their commercial plays in every commercial break. Itty Bitty Ballers, Powell on the Piano, and C.J.s PJs are known to have cursed the spokesman, more so than the fun marketing tie-ins that are overpriced.
C.J. Miles was having about as fashionable a year as the PJs he was selling. He was a three-point specialist that could not a hit a three. But now that he is gone, will the PJs remain? It is a tricky thing since GoDaddy will have that sponsorship for the entire year. So the question is, who is going to be selling pajamas for GoDaddy now? My vote is for Fred VanVleet, and they will be called FVV’s Zs.
There is no manual on how to end a curse, but Marc Gasol has brought about a change that this curse has not yet seen – their spokesperson is no longer a Toronto Raptor. This has never happened in the three-year-long cloud this curse has held over the team. The curse is for sure real though, and even the players are aware of it, with CJ often lamenting it (or lack of it) on Instagram.
How does one end a curse though? Looking at history, it is easy to see, you shake it up. The Toronto Raptors have shaken it up, and now there is an opportunity for this curse to die, so that we can have the Raptor’s top stars sell their amazing products.
A few suggestions for next year’s spokesperson and their product; Siakim’s spicy hot sauce, Green’s anaconda feed, Gasol’s goggles, or Kawhi’s book of fun guy jokes. Any of these will be fine products, but more importantly – these players are good enough to make sure that the sure remains dead.
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The trade deadline was a sad day for the PJs. They are currently still on sale, and if you want them, you best hurry before this strange piece of Raptors lore is gone.