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Raptors Off-Season Thread

The Raptors are in need of more scoring and defence.  Power forwards need to be acquired.  How Ujiri improves the team's needs is anyone's guess.

While Ujiri said at the same press conference he might keep both first-round picks Toronto owns in the coming draft (ninth and 27th), he also said he?d be open to moving one of them. And given the immense value placed on lottery picks now (they?re not tied to the cap, so will be even cheaper assets the next couple of years as other salaries skyrocket), moving No. 9 as part of a package would open up a lot of deals, whether in two- or multiple-team swaps.

The only question remains: Which potentially available players fit the bill of what the Raptors are looking for? Given the strengths and weaknesses of the pieces they already have in place, they need a guy who can defend out to the perimeter, clean up the boards at a decent rate and space the floor at the other end with shooting at least out to the three-point line if not beyond it.


Story:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/numbers-raptors-target-power-forward/
 
Biyombo has also opted out of his contract. Looks like MLSE will have to open up the vault this summer.

http://www.tsn.ca/report-biyombo-opts-out-of-raps-contract-1.502769

 
So it's sort of emerged that there's a consensus top 8 and the Raps, of course, pick #9. Still, I'm very much hoping for Jaylen Brown or Marquese Chriss to fall to them.

If not, I like Domantas Sabonis.
 
Nik the Trik said:
So it's sort of emerged that there's a consensus top 8 and the Raps, of course, pick #9. Still, I'm very much hoping for Jaylen Brown or Marquese Chriss to fall to them.

If not, I like Domantas Sabonis.

I think Brown went 3rd to Boston.
 
Bill_Berg said:
Nik the Trik said:
So it's sort of emerged that there's a consensus top 8 and the Raps, of course, pick #9. Still, I'm very much hoping for Jaylen Brown or Marquese Chriss to fall to them.

If not, I like Domantas Sabonis.

I think Brown went 3rd to Boston.

He did, yes. That was a surprise.
 
PHI - Simmons
LAL - Ingram
BOS - Brown
PHX - Bender
MIN - Dunn
NO - Hield

The Brown pick is a bit of a surprise to me.
 
Damn Murray goes 7 and then Chriss goes 8th.  Chriss would have been an amazing addition.  Thanks coin flip.  Phoenix traded for the 8th pick so they get Chriss AND Bender.  WTF.
 
Drafting international big men out of a Utah university has never gone wrong for the Raps, has it?
 
Nik the Trik said:
Drafting international big men out of a Utah university has never gone wrong for the Raps, has it?

It reunites him with teammate Delon Wright (who really should get playing time next year).
 
L K said:
Nik the Trik said:
Drafting international big men out of a Utah university has never gone wrong for the Raps, has it?

It reunites him with teammate Delon Wright (who really should get playing time next year).

He's also a super safe pick according to ESPN's analytics so...eh.
 
Hes not going to be a big shot blocker but he's supposed to be pretty mobile and a very good defender.  He also has a bit of an offensive game but lacks the midrange jumper.  If he can get the same training JV did to develop a midrange shot that's a pretty deadly combo at the 5.

The Raptors desperately need shooters though.
 
Sabonis to the Magic at 12.

It just seems tricky to me that you have this opportunity and don't add either a shooter or a PF.
 
Prince at 13 that is going to go to Atlanta as part of a three way trade.  That seems like a stretch.
 
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