In Episode 1439, Sean Woodley is joined by Vivek Jacob (Raptors.com) to break down the Toronto Raptors offseason so far and give them a grade on the series of moves that lead them to this point before digging into some reasons to get excited about the current roster construction and playing a classic Locked On Raptors game. Off the top, Sean and Vivek dig into the Raptors offseason so far, which has seen the departure of Fred VanVleet, the re-signing of Jakob Poeltl and the additions of Dennis Schroder and Jalen McDaniels so far. Has this marked the low point for the Masai Ujiri regime in Toronto? And are there ways in the which the offseason can be salvaged, either through a Pascal Siakam trade or a swing for the disgruntled Damian Lillard? Next, Sean and Vivek run through some reason for optimism if the current roster is in fact the one the Raptors more or less go into the 2023-24 NBA season. Development appears to very much be back on the front burner, which is fun. There should also be some interesting lineup constructions that can be built around Scottie Barnes as a lead ball-handler — although it’d be nice if there were more! Plus, does the Raptors defense stand a chance of being near-elite? Lastly, Sean runs Vivek through the trial that is That Random Raptors Game, with an important Fred VanVleet outing from 2017 the subject of this latest instalment.
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