“Unfortunately, the Raptors are on the hook for Poeltl’s next deal, which could creep into the range of $20 million per year, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Toronto needs what Poeltl brings, but it may not need it that badly, especially considering the higher-profile free agencies of Fred VanVleet and Gary Trent Jr. This Toronto team, which is still under .500 on the year, could get prohibitively expensive in a hurry.
It’s tempting to put an “incomplete” on this report card until we know what it costs the Raps to keep their new (old) big man. At the moment, the mere possibility that Toronto gave up a future first-rounder for either a rental or an overpaid non-stretch, non-switch center is genuinely concerning.”
by Ryhar53
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it depends what we do this summer. what I know is that it benefited Fred with the PnR (his assists been going crazy), but hurt basically all our forwards with the lack of spacing in the paint. Poeltl is a great player though. in a vacuum, he is worth the draft capital.
And B/R significance is?
I see no lies
Side question:
Are NBA teams limited to only one sign and trade scenario an offseason or…?
The only way this wasnāt an F is if we traded for a superstar in the offseason and this was a move to build around that star. Unless that happens doing nothing at the deadline would have been better for the long-term success of the team.
More like an F
Oh god 20 mill for Poeltl according to Shams, Fred will want 30+ mill and Trent around 25 mill, they canāt possibly pay all 3
All we did was fuck up our draft position and are now going into FA with 3 UFAs instead of 2. Genius move by the FO
A C is still quite generous.
Short term: agree with the C
Long term: probably a B. Yes the Raptors gave up draft picks but they also got a good centre who is efficient, can produce on both sides of the floor and doesnāt demand the ball. Jakob as the Raptors centre for the next few years makes sense unless they blow it up and tank
I want to defend this so bad but I have nothing
exactly we bout to overpay for a dude who canāt close games. you canāt make this shit up
If we donāt get a playoff series or get booted out of play in/donāt make play in then you have 3 unrestricted agents going into the off season with bad vibes and team chemistry issues that have been reported on all year then a very loosely protected pick next year.
This isnāt a young team on the rise. Jak, Siakam, VanVleet, OG are all peaking and itās not effective at all. On paper the team looks great but in motion itās horrible to watch.
Well we certainly got a Center. Only issue is will said Center sign with us and how much are we paying him?
What two would yāall pick outta these three: jakob, Trent, vanvleet
It really depends on what our next year looks like
I think if anything, this trade means that we are less likely to resign Gary, who looks good when shooting well but is awful if his shot is not falling. Tanking is not an option as we do not have our 2024 pick and thereās no way we try to be bad only to give up a top 10 pick to the spurs, which also means trading Siakam is off the table
Which means we have to address our other need. Not just more shooters but a point guard that can handle the ball and facilitate and offense well.
How are we going to do that? Personally, I donāt know. Might as well sign Kyrie for a multimillion dollar deal if the Mavs season goes poorly. But if anyone gets moved to fill that hole, itās probably OG. I know heās been a stud lately and is great defensively but part of our ball movement issue is that if OG doesnāt initially take a catch and shoot 3, who knows where that ball is going. A bad handle and bad vision is only made worse by the lack of both shooters and facilitators on our team, and sometimes it feels like OG just makes the offense worse.
Who knows, maybe next season we start out strong and we can all forget about this season ever happening. Anything can happen, such as the Sacramento kings clicking and becoming a second seed this year
We were barely a play in team before and this trade hasnāt moved us up or down. C sounds bang on. Itās average
We were the most talked about team before the deadline. There was a ton of potential to move minimal pieces for a great return while also setting us up for this year’s draft.
I like the addition of Jakob, but something big needs to happen in the off season to make this whole puzzle fit together.
The B/R staff are the second least credible bunch of people talking about basketball
I don’t really care what grade BR gives us
I don’t get how the Suns trade is an A
They could legitimately have to pay 200 million over 4 years to a player who could barely play. lost their young wing. And have to send out 4 unprotected picks.
I get it’s a big swing but not an A grade
Masai…what exactly is the plan here?
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BR hasnāt actually watched Jakob play
HEY! HEY! COME ON! itās C+
Fair rating. It helped a minor issue(rim protection) but worsen a major one(spacing)
B+ if we sold Trent, FVV, and Pascal for whatever the hell we can get.