Raptors Active at the Deadline! | Raptors Show Clips

Raptors Active at the Deadline! | Raptors Show Clips

I’M JOINED BY BLAKE GRIFFIN. IT’S TRADE DEADLINE DAY. BLAKE MURPHY. IT’S PRETTY EXCITING. >> Blake: 10 TRADES ALREADY. INCLUDING YESTERDAY. >> Will: OKAY. YEAH. WELL TRUEING TWO TRADES BY THE RAPTORS. WE GOT THREE HOURS. WE ARE GOING TO ADAPT AS WE GO. WE GOT PRODUCER AHMED ON THE

DIAL IF HE NEEDS TO UPDATE US ON NEWS SO WE CAN’T JUST STARING AT WOJ TWITTER ACCOUNTS. TWO TRADES. LET’S START WITH THE ONE MOST RECENT. I COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT THE RAPTORS COULDN’T HAVE WAITED PROBABLY 30 MORE MINUTES FOR THIS TRADE BECAUSE IT LITERALLY WOULD HAVE HAPPENED DURING OUR INTERVIEIEW.

THE RAPTORS SHOW FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR. DENNIS SCHROEDER HAS BEEN TRADED TO THE BROOKLYN NETS. FOR NOW IT SEEMS LIKE A STRAIGHT TRADE. BLAKE, YOUR FIRST REACTION WHY THE RAPTORS WOULD MAKE A DEAL LIKE THIS. >> Blake: BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HARM THE SHOW WITH US TODAY. WE’LL SEE IF DENNIS CAN COME ON

AND SAY GOODBYE. NO. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING. NOBODY HAS REPORTED YET THAT THERE ARE PICKS INVOLVED IN ANY WAY HERE. WE HAD HEARD FROM MICHAEL GRANGE IF DENNIS WERE TO BE DEALT IT WOULD BE SECONDS AT MOST. THE WAY THIS LOOKS ON THE SURFACE WITH JUST SPENCER

DINWIDDIE COMING BACK FOR DENNIS SHREWDER AND THAD YOUNG. DENNIS SMITH JUNIOR WAS ALSO COMING BACK TO TORONTO. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WOJ CORRECTED HIS INITIAL TWEET THERE. WHAT THIS WOULD DO OTHER THAN CREATING A ROSTER SPOT. IT WOULD GIVE THE RAPTORS BASICALLY A MULLIGAN ON THE 13 MILLION THEY OWED TO DENNIS

SCHROEDER NEXT YEAR. GETTING OWLTS OF DENNIS’ 13 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR FOR FREE– THE VALUE THERE ISN’T PARTICULARLY SPECIAL. YOU JUST SIGNED HIM THIS OFFSEASON. THAT IS BASICALLY IT I DON’T THINK YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SPENCER DINWIDDIE. SUPPOSEDLY REPLACE THAT WITH KELLY OLYNYK IS THE OTHER TRADE THAT WE WILL GET TO.

BUT I DO THINK OF COURSE TALKING ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE. WE SAW IT LAST NIGHT. WE WERE GOING TO ASK DENNIS ABOUT DARKO. DARKO HAS DEFINITELY RELIED ON DENNIS QUITE A BIT, AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS ALMOST LIKE PURPOSEFULLY MOVING AWAY FROM I DON’T THINK THE BIG– HE HAS

BEEN IN THE LEAGUE A LONG TIME. HE’S A GOOD VET. YOU KNOW, INTERESTING STORYTELLER AS WELL. MAYBE GET HIM ON THE SHOW. THRNCHTS IS A LITTLE BIT– JAKE FISHER HAD TO CLARIFIED. DINWIDDIE DID NOT ASK FOR A TRADE BUT BOTH SIDES ARE HAPPY THIS HAPPENED. AND THERE HAS BEEN DINWIDDIE.

I’VE TALKED TO HIM OVER THE YEARS FOR STORIES. BACK IN THE– IN THE WINDY CITY BULLS. I’M ALL ABOUT A GUY WITH G-LEAGUE >> Will: HOW’S SPENCER DINWIDDIE GOING TO FIT UNDER THE CAP? >> Blake: I DON’T KNOW. WE’LL HAVE TO SEE. THIS DOES REMIND ME OF WCB NITRO.

DENNIS IS THE LAST WINNER OF THE CHAIN. IN 1995, THE WWE WOMEN’S CHAMPION SHOWED UP ON WCW THE OTHER NIGHT AND DUMPED THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE TRASH. DENNIS SHOWING UP FOR THE NEXT NETS GAME AND DUMPING IT IN THE TRASH, I TOOK IT HOME WITH ME.

WE MIGHT BE BACK TO THE POINT GUARD FOR THIS TEAM WHEN IMMANUEL QUICKLEY IS NOT ON THE — WHEN IMMANUEL QUICKLEY IS NOT ON THE FLOOR IS MORE OF A SCOTTIE BARNES PLUS WINGS KIND OF LOOK. RJ, YOU’RE GOING TO HANDLE A LITTLE BIT.

THERE’S NOT A THIRD STRING POINT GUARD ON THE ROSTER EITHER ANYMORE UNLESS YOU CONSIDER JAVON FREEMAN-LIBERTY. THERE WILL BE A LITTLE MORE POINT GUARD VIA WING. AND I KNOW PJ WASHINGTON HAS BEEN DEALT. >> Will: WE’LL GRAB THAT IN A SECOND. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE RAPTORS

TRADE FOR THE MOMENT. YOU DEFINITELY SAW THAT DARKO AND DENNIS — DARKO TURNED TO DENNIS FOR ANY SORT OF OPPORTUNITY THAT HE NEEDED. WE NEED A COUPLE HUSTLE PLAYS HERE OR CLOSE A GAME, THAT WAS HIS GUY. SO I DO THINK YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY PURPOSEFULLY BREAKING THAT

RELATIONSHIP. BLAKE, WHAT’S GOING ON? >> Blake: THIS IS A FUN ASIDE. IT’S HILARIOUS THE NBA DOES THIS STUFF. SCOTTIE BARNES TEAMING WITH TYRESE MAXEY AND TRAE YOUNG FOR THE ALL-STAR COMPETITION. >> Will: THAT’S FUN. >> Blake: SO WE’LL GET A LITTLE MORE SCOTTIE FOR ALL-STAR WEEKEND.

SORRY, I GOT A NBABA NOTICE ON TRADE DEADLINE DAY AND SAW SCOTTIE BARNES’ NAME. I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH OPENING UP. IT WAS NOT. >> Will: NO, IT’S GOOD. WE’LL GET MORE SCOTTIE, TYRESE MAXEY INTERACTIONS. THERE WAS THAT MOMENT WHERE ST

SCOTTIE AND MAXEY HAD TO HUG IT OUT. BUT GETTING BACK TO THE TRADE, WE’LL SEE. I’M SURE DARKO WILL HAVE TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO LEVERAGE HIS ROSTER. DO YOU THINK SPENCER STICKS AROUND? IS IT HE STAYS THE REST OF THE WAY? DO WE BUY HIM OUT?

>> Blake: I DON’T THINK HE’S HERE BEYOND THIS YEAR. HE’S A 30-YEAR-OLD BACKUP COMBO GUARD. HE’S ALSO ONE OF THOSE GUYS LIKE KYLE WHO CAN’T GO TO EVERY TEAM BECAUSE HE MAKES 20 MILLION. HE WOULD HAVE A MARKET, BUT I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE GOING

TO — I DON’T KNOW. YOU’RE GOING TO NEED 18 PLAYERS. YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE ROSTER SPOT OPENED UP WITH THIS. WE’RE NOW PAST THE POINT IN THE SEASON WHERE NONE OF THE TWO-WAY GUYS CAN MAX OUT THEIR DAYS. SO YOU HAVE THOSE GUYS AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL SEASON ANYWAY.

MAYBE IF THERE’S A G LEAGUE GUY OR SUBSEQUENT TRADE TO USE THAT ROSTER SPOT. BUT I THINK HE’LL RIDE THE SEASON OUT AS A BACKUP COMBO GUARD. >> Will: OKAY. I DON’T MIND. THIS ONE WAS — WOULD YOU SAY IT WAS A SURPRISE?

WAS THIS IS A SURPRISE TO YOU? WE DIDN’T EVEN GET ANY FUTURE CONSID CONSIDERATIONS. >> Blake: I’M NOT SURPRISED DENNIS GOT TRADED. I’M SURPRISED HE GOT TRADED IN A MOVE THAT’S PURELY CAP MOTIVATED. EVEN IF YOU DON’T LOVE THE FIT OR THE LEADERSHIP DYNAMIC OR

WHATEVER THE REASON BEHIND THIS IS, 13 MILLION FOR — AND, LOOK, DENNIS HAS HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS THIS YEAR. HE’S A VERY GOOD BACKUP POINT GUARD. YOU DON’T WANT HIM TO BE YOUR STARTER, PROBABLY, BUT BACKUP IS PRETTY GOOD. 13 MILLION FOR THAT GUY IS VERY

REASONABLE VALUE. YOU’RE NOT GOING OUT WITH 13 MILLION THIS YEAR AND GETTING A POINT GUARD WHO — YOU’RE NOT GETTING A STARTING-CALIBRE POINT GUARD WITH 13 MILLION ON THE MARKET. THERE’S DEFINITELY SOME SORT OF DYNAMIC THAT MOTIVATED THEM TO DO THIS.

IF THE RELATIONSHIP WASN’T IN A BAD SPOT OR YOU DON’T HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND, WHY NOT WAIT UNTIL THE OFF-SEASON WHEN THAT CAN BE USED IN A TRADE? LIKE, IF A SALARY DUMP WAS AVAILABLE NOW, — IT’S JUST A LITTLE ODD THAT THERE’S NO DRAFT COMPENSATION.

>> Will: I THINK THAT’S WHY I THINK THEY WANTED TO BREAK THE RELATIONSHIP. THE MAIN MOTIVATION BEHIND THIS DEAL. >> Blake: I THINK THAT’S THE ONLY EXPLANATION YOU CAN COME TO. YOU COULD FIND A HOME FOR DENNIS SCHRODER NEXT SUMMER NO PROBLEM.

>> Will: YEAH, YOU COULD SO WE DON’T GET ANY FUTURE PIECES ON THAT ONE. WE GET FUTURE PIECES IN THE OTHER TRADE. AGAIN, YOU COULD HAVE JUST WAITED. AWAY EXTENDED THE SHOW TODAY. KIRA LEWIS, OTTO PORTER — >> IT’S KIRA LEWIS. >> Will: WE TRADED KIRA LEWIS.

OTTO PORTER, WHO HIT 14 TOTAL THREES AS A RAPTOR AS A THREE-POINT SPECIALIST. AND WE TRADED THE FIRST-ROUND PICK — THIS IS A KEY DETAIL BECAUSE THAT’S THE WORST OF THE TWO FIRST ROUND PICKS IN THIS YEAR’S DRAFT THAT CAME BACK FROM INDIANA.

SO ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW IT’S OKC’S FIRST ROUND PICK, WHICH IS THE 29TH PICK. THEY TRADED THAT FOR THE 14TH PICK TWO DRAFTS AGO AND OLYNYK. >> Blake: WEIRDLY I THOUGHT HE THOUGH MORE OFFENSIVELY IN KANSAS THAN HE HAS IN UTAH. I DON’T WANT TO BE NEGATIVE

ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE’S ONLY IN HIS SECOND YEAR. HE’S AN OLDER PROSPECT. HE’S ALMOST 24. BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO WRITE A GUY OFF AFTER ONLY A SEASON AND A HALF IN THE NBA. BUT RIGHT NOW HE CAN CATCH AND SHOOT A CORNER THREE.

HE’S HIT ABOVE 42% ON CORNER THREES IN BOTH OF HIS SEASONS. THAT’S AN ENCOURAGING NUMBER. HE DOESN’T HAVE AN ABOVE THE BREAK RANGE AT ALL. HE IS WEIRDLY NOT — HE SHOWS GOOD INSTINCTS FOR MAKING CUTS, BUT HE’S NOT VERY GOOD AT FINISHING THEM. VERY ONE-HAND DOMINANT.

AND IF HE HAS ANY ATTACK CLOSE-OUT OUT OF THE CORNER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, HEE DRIBBLE LESS THAN ANY WING PLAYER IN BASKETBALL. PART OF THAT IS UTAH’S SYSTEM WHERE SO MUCH OF THEIR STUFF IS ORIENTATED AROUND SHOOT AND CATCH. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AGBAJI

DOESN’T SELF-CREATE AT ALL. SAIDDIQ BEY IS REALLY THE ONLY COMPARATIVE. HOWEVER, BEING ABLE TO CATCH AND SHOOT OUT OF T THE CORNER IS A VERY IMPORTANT NBA SKILL, AND HE’S SHOWN HE CAN DO THAT. SECONDLY, HE IS ON A SHORT LIST OF BEST TRANSITION PLAYER IN THE

LEAGUE BOTH SIDES. HE REALLY FITS WHAT THE RAPTORS DO WITH RJ AND SCOTTIE OFFENSIVELYY IN TRANSITION. NOW, THAT’S ONLY ABOUT 20% OF THE GAME SO YOU NEED TO SEE MORE ROUND OUT. THE MOST CURIOUS PIECE FOR ME AND WHERE THIS IS GOING TO

DETERMINE IS HE A TOP EIGHT ROTATION CALIBRE GUY IN TIME OR JUST AN OKAY BENCH GUY, RIGHT NOW HE’S VERY GOOD DEFENSIVELY IN TRANSITION. SIMILAR TO QUICKLEY. HE DOES A LOT OF THINGS NICELY OFF THE BALL. BUT AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, HE’S

NOT THAT GREAT A DEFENDER YET. THE RAPTORS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT HIM AND SAY 6’5, 6’6 WITH A 6’10 WING SPAN. I WOULD THINK THE RAPTORS WOULD CHALLENGE HIM TO BE THAT GUY FOR THEM, AT LEAST IN THE SECOND UNIT. IF HE’S A GOOD TEAM DEFENDER, A

REALLY GOOD TRANSITION PLAYER, AND HIS MAIN OFFENSIVE SKILL IS CORNER THREES, THAT’S A BENCH PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE. BUT IF YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY YOUR WAY INTO THE TOP EIGHT IN THE ROTATION, YOU HAVE TO EITHER DEVELOP MORE OFFENSIVE SKILL, ATTACKING CLOSE-OUTS, OR EVEN A

LITTLE OF YOUR OWN SHOT CREATION. SO THAT WILL BE THE CHALLENGE FOR HIM FROM HERE. >> Will: SO LIKE YOU MENTIONED, DEFINITELY YOU’RE GETTING HIM FOR HIS DEFENCE. 19 OF 76 SHOOTING FROM ABOVE THE BREAK. WHICH IS 25%. CATCH AND SHOOT OVERALL, WHICH

LARGELY FOR HIM IS IN THE CORNERS, CATCH AND SHOOT OVERALL IS 113 FOR 317. THAT’S DECENT. >> Blake: AND IT’S HIGHER FOR THE CORNERS. >> Will: AND THERE’S A LITTLE SHOOTING OFF MOVEMENT, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS RELATED TO UTAH’S SYSTEM OFFENSIVELY.

THERE HAS TO BE GROWTH THERE OFFENSIVELY. DEFENSIVELY, THAT’S THE MAIN REASON YOU GET HIM. IF HE HAD A PATH IN THE LEAGUE, I SUPPOSE THREE AND D. I GUESS — I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS. NUMBER ONE, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR HIM TO EVENTUALLY

BECOME A STARTER? DO YOU SEE A STARTER POTENTIAL? AND IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BREAK FOR AGBAJI TO GET TO THAT RANGE? >> Blake: I THINK THIS IS AN OVER-SIMPLIFICATION. HE’S WORLDS AWAY FROM BEING THIS GUY, BUT IT’S THE OG ANUNOBY

MODEL. WHERE YOUR DEFENCE IS SO GOOD, AND EVEN WHEN THE OFFENSIVE PACKAGE ISN’T THERE SO MUCH, YOU’RE JUST SO RELIABLE AS A CATCH AND SHOOT CORNER THREE GUY. OG ANUNOBY IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE NBA AND A GUY

WHO’S HIT FIVE, SIX THREE POINT SHOTS A GAME. BUT THAT IS THE KIND OF MODEL OF A PLAYER TYPE WHO DOESN’T HAVE A LOT OF SELF-CREATION TO HIS GAME CAN STICK AS A STARTER. IT HAS TO BE PRIMARILY THE DEFENSIVE END. AGAIN, IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE

SECONDARY OFFENSIVE SKILLS TO CREATE FOR YOURSELF, YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY GOOD AT THAT KNOCK DOWN CORNER THREE. THEY ARE ALREADY SPACED OUT FOR CORNER SHOOTING, SO THE PATH TO BEING A — I DON’T WANT TO RULE IT OUT BECAUSE HE’S ONLY IN HIS SECOND YEAR.

BUT HE IS 24. THIS ISN’T A GUY WHO DOESN’T HAVE — LOOK, I KNOW PEOPLE WILL POINT OUT THE MASAI CONNECTION. MASAI KNOWS HIS FATHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HIS FATHER IS NIGERIAN. BUT HE GREW UP IN THE U.S. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SYSTEM.

THIS ISN’T A GUY WHO GOT A LATE START AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HE HAS HAD TIME TO DEVELOP. HE’S GOING TO NEED THINGS TO COME ALONG OFFENSIVELY. I TALKED TO SOME UTAH PEOPLE, BY THE WAY, ABOUT THIS AND ONE OF THE, I GUESS, RED FLAGS FOR UTAH

OR WHEN THEY KIND OF — NOT SOURED ON HIM BUT COOLED OFF A LITTLE BIT IS THE GAVE HIM THE REIGNS AT SUMMER LEAGUE THIS YEAR, AND HE WAS NOT VERY GOOD. YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH FROM THAT, BUT THEY GAVE HIM A

BIGGER ROLE AND HE DIDN’T DO PARTICULARLY WELL WITH IT. MAYBE THAT’S WHERE UTAH GOT TURNED OFF. I LIKE AGBAJI. A GUY WHO WAS A LOTTERY PICK A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND YOU STILL HAVE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AT COST CONTROL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I’M FINE WITH HIM AS A SECOND LOCATION, BUT I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU; IS THAT MORE VALUABLE TO YOU THAN, SAY, THE NUMBER 28 PICK IN THIS 2024 DRAFT WHERE IT’S A MYSTERY BOX. IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE WAY WORSE,

IT MIGHT END UP SOMEONE BETTER AND YOU HAVE FOUR YEARS INSTEAD OF TWO AND A HALF. WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE KELLY OLYNYK PART OF IT, BUT TO ME THE PROSPECT SIDE OF THIS IS YOU TURN THE 28 PICK INTO A NUMBER ONE GUY.

>> Will: I THINK IT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RAPTORS HAVING A LOT OF PICKS IN THIS YEAR’S DRAFT. WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CREATED FOR THEMSELVES THROUGH THE OG ANUNOBY TRADE, WHWHICH G THEM ESSENTIALLY THE 31ST PICK,

THE FIRST PICK OF THE SECOND ROUND. I CAN’T WAIT TO SLEEP FOR A FULL NIGHT AND THEN FINALLY HEAR MARK TATUM ANNOUNCE WHO THE RAPTORS ARE GOING TO PICK. AND THEN THEY TRADED THE WORST ONE OF THOSE, WHICH RIGHT NOW WILL BE OKC VERSUS CLIPPERS.

BUT IT’S THE 29TH PICK. >> Blake: RIGHT NOW IT’S 28TH BECAUSE OF TIE-BREAKERS. BUT IT’S ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO BE BETWEEN 26 AND 29. >> Will: AND I THINK REALISTICALLY, THE RAPTORS WERE NEVER GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE THEY USE ALL THREE PICKS

THIS YEAR. POTENTIALLY EVEN FOUR. BUT IT WAS NEVER REALISTIC FOR THEM TO BRING BACK ALL THOSE PIECES. ON THEHE FLIP SIDE FOR UTAH, WE HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY RESET AND RESHUFFLE THE DECK IN A WAY. SO THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A

DEEPER ROSTER. >> Blake: THE UTAH SIDE OF THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD. THEY USED A LOTTO PICK ON AGBAJI. A YEAR AND A HALF IN, THEY’RE NOT SUPER IN LOVE WITH IT. SO RAPTORS GET A CENTRE WHO WE ALL REALLY LIKE. EVERYONE LOVES KELLY FROM HIS

TIME WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM. WHEN JONTAY PORTER GOT CALLED UP, THEY HOPED HE WOULD DEVELOP INTO A KELLY OLYNYK. BUT HE IS ALSO OLDER AND IS ABOUT TO BE AN UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT. HE’S TURNING 33 B BEFORE THE EN OF THE SEASON. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF KELLY

OLYNYK’S INCLUSION IN HERE? YOU TURNED THE LATE FIRST INTO AGBAJI AND OTTO PORTER AND KIRA LEWIS INTO KELLY OLYNYK. IF YOU STRUCTURE THE TRADE THAT WAY, NEITHER SIDE OF IT IS THAT BAD. BUT AS A WHOLE, THE ALMOST 33-YEAR-OLD KELLY OLYNYK COMING

BACK AS PART OF THIS PACKAGE, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HIS SIDE OF THE TRADE? >> Will: IMMEDIATELY MY THOUGHT WAS IS HE A THAD YOUNG REPLACEMENT. AND THEN, BOOM, THAD YOUNG IS TRADED TO BROOKLYN. I LIKE KELLY. I THINK HE’S THE GUY WHO CAN

SPACE THE FLOOR FOR YOU. HE’S NOT GOING TO HELP YOUR DEFENCE ALL THAT MUCH, TO BE HONEST. BUT I THINK THE RAPTORS HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER ISSUES DEFENSIVELY. >> Blake: THEY’RE PLAYING BIG MINUTES AT CENTRE DEFENSIVELY. >> Will: HE’S BASICALLY A THAD

REPLACEMENT IN THAT WAY. AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SPACING, YOU THE ASSISTS. HE’S AVERAGING 4.4 ASSISTS THIS YEAR IN ONLY 20 MINUTES A GAME. AS A BIG, THAT’S IMPRESSIVE. I THINK THAT SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT TO UTAH’S SYSTEM, WHICH BROUGHT THE BEST OUT OF KELLY’S PLAY-MAKING.

HE GREW UP AS A POINT GUARD AND THEN GREW AND BECECAME A BIG, B HE’S ALWAYS HAD A PASSING GENE. DARKO LIKES TO HAVE THESE SPACING VIBES, AND I THINK FUNCTIONALLY IT’S NOT GOING TO BE TOO DIFFERENT FROM THAD YOUNG.

MAYBE NOT AS GOOD OF A FINISHER NEAR THE BASKET. I WILL MISS THAD’S LITTLE JUMP HOOKS. DEFENSIVELY IT’S STILL AN ISSUE, BUT FOR KELLY I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS THE CULTURE PIECE. I THINK THE RAPTORS REALLY DO WANT TO ESTABLISH A A CULTURE. THEY BROUGHT IN THAD.

I THINK THAD DID HIS BEST JOB HE COULD. I THINK THEY BROUGHT IN DENNIS AS A CULTURE PIECE, SO IT’S INTERESTING THEY’VE ALREADY MOVED OFF OF IT FOR SPENCER. BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET DENNIS ON THE LINE. THIS IS A PRAYER AT THIS POINT

IF WE CAN GET HIM TO STICK TO THAT APPEARANCE. BUT KELLY IS ANOTHER GUY WHO WILL HELP THE CULTURE. HE’S JUST BEEN A GOOD GUY WHEREVER HE’S BEEN. HE OBVIOUSLY PLAYS A BIG PART FOR THE NATIONAL PROGRAM. MY QUESTION IS ARE YOU GOING TO RESIGN HIM?

>> Blake: ON THE CULTURE SIDE, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT BECAUSE I AGREE. YOUR CULTURE IS HOW YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OFF-COURT AS WELL. BUT YOUR IDENTITY IS ON-COURT AS WELL. IN TERMS OF RESIGNING KELLY OLYNYK, I MADE A JOKE —

AND PEOPLE — ANYWAY, I MADE A JOKE ABOUT HOW THIS IS THREE DEADLINES IN A ROW NOW WHERE THEY’VE TRADED FOR A CENTRE THAT’S ABOUT TO BE AN UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT. JOKES ASIDE, THAT SHOWS A WILLINGNESS TO ACQUIRE A GUY WITH THE INTENTION OF RESIGNING

HIM. LIKE A PRE-SIGN BASICALLY. SO I THINK THAT IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY. IT WOULD, FOR ME, NEED TO BE KELLY OLYNYK TRANSITIONING INTO THE PART OF HIS CAREER WHERE HE’S WILLING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LESS MONEY. NOT THAT HIS 12 MILLION SALARY

RIGHT NOW IS HUGE, BUT IF JAKOB POELTL IS ALSO ON THIS TEAM AND YOU HAVE 35 MILLION TIED UP IN YOUR CENTRE COMBINATION, I JUST DON’T THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST ASSET ALLOCATION. SO I’M DOWN TO RESIGN KELLY OL OLYNYK. I THINK THERE’S A SCENARIO WHERE

THEY WORK OUT SOMETHING WITH HIM. MAKEKE THE QUICK WORK IN FREE AGENCY BECAUSE HE HAS A BIG CAP HOLD. ERASE HIS CAP HOLD, GET A NEW SALARY ON THERE. WE’LL HEAR FROM MASAI LATER TODAY ABOUT THE PLANS. UNTIL THE 3 O’CLOCK BUZZER HIT,

I DON’T WANT TO TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT JUST IN CASE THERE’S ANOTHER THING HERE. THEY WOULD WANT KELLY, AND KELLY’S A GOOD FIT HERE ON-COURT AND CULTURALLY. WE HAD HEARD THERE WERE FIRST-ROUND PICKS POTENTIALLY FOR KELLY OLYNYK. SO MAYBE THERE’S POTENTIALLY

MORE TO COME HERE. >> Will: THEY DID GET THAT FIRST ROUND PICK. >> Blake: YEAH. AGBAJI IS PART OF IT ALSO. >> Will: EXACTLY. THE COMPARISONS OF THAD YOUNG ARE ACTUALLY REALLY FUNNY. THAD WAS ALSO A SOON-TO-BE FREE AGENT THAT YEAR, AND OF COURSE

THEY RESIGNED HIM AND GOT THAT OPTIONALTY INTO HIS CONTRACT. THEY MIGHT DO THE SAME THING. >> Blake: IN THIS CASE THEY’RE SLIDING OUT OF THE DRAFT BUT PICKING UP A RECENT DRAFT PICK. THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT REUPING KELLY OLYNYK? HEHE MAKES 12 NOW.

LET’S SAY IT WAS A TWO-YEAR 20. IS THAT A LITTLE ON THE HIGH END FOR YOU? >> Will: I DON’T THINK THE RAPTORS ARE THAT SQUEEZED FOR MONEY, SO I THINK THAT’S FINE. I THINK YOU WOULD LIKE A TEAM OPTION, GUARANTEE SOMETHING INTO THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT DEAL.

BUT ULTIMATELY I’M HAPPY TO GET KELLY IN HERE. I THINK HE’S GOING TO FIT. DEFINITELY GOING TO FIT WHAT DARKO WANTS TO DO OFFENSIVELY. DEFENSIVELY, I STILL HAVE A HUGE QUESTION ON WHAT THE RAPTORS WANT TO DO IN GENERAL. WE’RE STILL FRESH OFF OF LAST NIGHT’S GAME.

>> Blake: I DO HAVE TO GET IN ON THE GAME A LITTLE BIT. IT’S INTERESTING, THERE WAS SOME INTERESTING STUFF TO TALK ABOUT BUT TODAY IS THE TRADE DEADLINE. >> Will: WE DID LOSE A COUPLE PIECES. >> Blake: YES. OTTO PORTER. >> Will: LET’S START WITH DENNIS SCHRODER.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAD HIM ON THE SHOW ALL THE TIME. HOPEFULLY ONE MORE TIME. ZAC, WE ARE BEGGING. ZAC, WE ARE BEGGING. BUT DID YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE DENNIS SCHRODER MOMENT ON THE RAPTORS? >> Blake: I MEAN — >> Will: IT COULD BE ON THE SHOW AS WELL, OFF COURT.

>> Blake: IT’S MORE ABOUT HOW MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS HE CAME ON OUR SHOW WITH US FROM. MASSAGE TABLE WAS THE MOST RECENT. WE HAVE TEAM BUS. AIRPORT. >> Will: WE HAD TEAM BUS MULTIPLE TIMES. >> Blake: AIRPORT STARBUCKS. MULTIPLE PUMA SHOOTS, INCLUDING

ONE THAT SEEMED TO BE AT A DINGY HIGH SCHOOL GYM WHERE WE COULD SEE THE CEILING TILES AND THEY HAD WATER ROT. >> Will: ONE IN THE BACK OF A UBER. ONE WHERE HE CALLED US FROM HIS HOUSE. HE WAS PRETTY ACCOMMODATING. >> HE’S SWEET.

>> Will: HIM CALLING ME SWEET WASN’T A PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT, BUT MAYBE A HIGHLIGHT OF THE SCHOOL. HE WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD DUDE TO DEAL WITH. >> Blake: I ENJOYED HAVING HIM ON THE SHOW. THERE WERE WEEKS WHEN WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF STUFF TO ASK HIM

ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT HE ALWAYS PLAYED BALL WHEN WE DID SOME SILLY STUFF. LIKE DRAFTING HIS FAVOURITE TEAMMATES. I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT OTHER THAN MAYBE THE APPEARANCE AFTER THE E NEW YEAR WHERE HE HAD SOMEWHAT CRITICAL COMMENTS TAKEN IN THE WRONG CONTEXT —

>> Will: HIS GO-TO MOVE AT THE END OF THE DAY. I’M GOING TO MISS DENNIS. HE WAS COOL TO US. HE REALLY WAS. >> Blake: THIS IS A COOL THING. OG AND AGBAJI — GRADEY AND AGBAJI SHARED A DORM ROOM. >> Will: YEAH. THERE’S A STORY WHERE GRADEY SAW

THIS SURPRISE NOTE IN HIS DRESSER. THE NOTE WAS PRETTY GREAT. IT WILL BE COOL TO SEE THEM REUNITED ON THE RAPTORS. DENNIS WAS GOOD TO US. FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK HE WAS FAIRLY TRANSPARENT. DO YOU THINK WE WERE TOO SOFT ON HIM? BECAUSE I SAW THAT CRITICISM

SOMETIMES, AND I DON’T KNOW. >> Blake: WE ASKED HIM ARE YOU OPEN ABOUT COMING OFF OF THE BENCH. WHAT HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS BEEN LIKE. I GET IT, THERE ARE SOME PEOEOP WHO WANT US TO BE ON HERE AND BRING UP THE ONE POSSESSION.

WHY DIDN’T YOU DO THAT PASS! WHY IS YOUR USAGE SO HIGH LATE IN THE GAME. >> Will: I THINK WE WERE FAIR WITH SOMEONE WE HAD ON THE SHOW IN A RESPECTFUL WAY. I DON’T THINK WE SHIED AWAY FROM ANYTHING. WE WERE LIKE, HEY, WHY DID YOU

GIVE THE JERSEY TO TATUM. >> Blake: WE ASKED THE QUESTIONS. BUT THE EXPECTATION THAT AFTER HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION WE WOULD THEN RIP HIM OR GRILL HIM OR SAY, THAT IS NOT A SUFFICIENT ANSWER. >> Will: WHAT DID HE DO WHERE HE DESERVES TO BE GRILLED?

>> Blake: LOOK, HE KIND OF BECAME AN AVATAR FOR PEOPLE’S UNHAPPINESS WITH CERTAIN DARKO THINGS. IN THE SAME WAY WHERE THERE WERE FRED CONVERSATIONS LAST YEAR THAT WEREN’T REALLY ABOUT FRED NECESSARILY. >> Will: I THINK THEY WERE ABOUT FRED TOO.

>> Blake: BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. >> Will: I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. WE’RE NEVER GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THE POINT GUARDS HERE. THAT’S JUST HOW IT IS. >> Blake: I DON’T EVEN MEAN THE SCOTTIE THING. GRADEY’S HAD A GOOD GAME, WHY

ISN’T HE GETS MINUTES LATE. HE’S PLAYED POORLY AND CLOSED GAMES AND PLAYED WELL AND NOT CLOSED GAMES. I WAS GETTING REPLIES ABOUT DARKO AND DENNIS’S RELATIONSHIP. SO I THINK HE BECAME A SYMBOL OF SOMETHING — >> Will: THAT IS VALID. HE WAS DARKO’S SAFETY BLANKET WITH ANYTHING.

>> Blake: RIGHT. SOME OF THE UPSETNESS WITH DENNIS WAS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT DENNIS. IT WAS ABOUT WHAT THAT PARTICULAR SPOT AND DECISION REPRESENTED. I DON’T THINK IT WAS UNFAIR TO HIM OR ANYTHING. YOU’RE MAKING $12 MILLION AND YOU’RE GETTING A STARTING JOB IN THE NBA.

THAT’S THE CRITICISM THAT COMES WITH IT. SOME OF THE CONVERSATION JUST WASN’T SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DENNIS SO MUCH AS, HEY, THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF SOME THINGS I’M UNHAPPY ABOUT. >> Will: THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION FOR TRADE DEADLINE DAY, BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT

WHAT DO YOU THINK — HOW CAN FANS BE HAPPY WITH SPORTS MEDIA? ANYWAY, THAT’S A DIFFERENT DAY.. >> Blake: LOOK, THE OTTO PORTER THING IS HARD NOT TO FEEL BLAH ABOUT HIM NOT BEING ABLE TO STAY HEALTHY FOR TWO YEARS. >> Will: I WAS HAPPY WHEN THE

RAPTORS SIGNED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS COMING OFF A CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, HE WAS HEALTHY. THAT’S WHEN I FOUND OUT HIS AGENT WAS MICHAEL JORDAN’S AGENT. HE WAS ALWAYS NICE TO DEAL WITH, COOL DUDE. I WAS SUPPOSED TO INTERVIEW HIM AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND

GETTING OTTO ON THE SHOW. HE WAS A BIG FAN OF THE “RUSH HOUR” SERIES. WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT — I MEAN, I GUESS WE’LL TALK BASKETBALL TOO, BUT JUST WANTED TO TALK “RUSH HOUR” WITH A NBA PLAYER. THEN THE RAPTORS STARTED LOSING

MORE AND MORE, AND ACCESS STARTED GETTING DELAYED AND MORE DELAYED. OTTO I THINK IN THEORY WOULD HAVE MADE SENSE, JUST WASN’T ON THE COURT MUCH. THE FACT HE ONLY MADE 14 THREES AS A RAPTOR FOR ME IS WILD. TWO SEASONS, 14 THREES.

>> Blake: SIMILAR TO WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT DENNIS AND HIS ROSTER SPOT AND HIS ROLE REPRESENTING MORE THAN JUST HIMSELF. OTTO AS THE GUY THEY SPENT THE MID LEVEL ON THE YEAR BEFORE, 29 YEARS OLD, COMING OFF HELPING A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WIN, I DO FEEL

HE BECAME A SPIRITUAL AVATAR FOR, HEY, THEY KEPT MAKING WIN-NOW MOVES WHILE TRYING TO DEVELOP. WHAT ABOUT THAD YOUNG? >> Will: THAT YOUNG WAS AWESOME TO DEAL WITH. I LOVED TALKING WITH THAD YOUNG. I REALLY APPRECIATED THAD JUMPING IN. I THOUGHT HE HELD HIS OWNWN — T

HELD HIS OWN BECAUSE HE DIDN’T REALLY WIN HIS MATCH-UPS, BUT IT WAS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF HIS PROFESSIONALISM. PLAYING A POSITION HE SHOULDN’T REALLY BE PLAYING, AND TYPICALLY SPEAKING HE WASN’T IN THE ROTATION. THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT OTTO IS UNFORTUNATELY THE FIRST TRADE

THAT BROUGHT OTTO IN, THERE WAS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE RAPTORS MOVED DOWN IN THE DRAFT, THEY LOST OPPORTUNITIES.. WE’VE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD A MILLION TIMES. I THINK THAT’S OUT OF THAD’S CONTROL, THOUGH. WHAT THAD COULD CONTROL WAS WHO

HE WAS AROUND THE TEAM, THE PRESENCE THAT HE BROUGHT, THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE BROUGHT. THE FACT HE WAS REALLY GREAT WITH THE MEDIA. THE FACT HE WAS GREAT WITH EVERYBODY BEHIND THE SCENES. I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW MASAI SAID HE WANTED TO

GET THAD YOUNG FOR A LONG TIME. HE SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT DE DENNIS, BY THE WAY. THAT WAS DURING DENNIS’S WELCOME ANNOUNCEMENT IN VEGAS. HE HAD MENTIONED MASAI HAD BEEN WANTING TO GET DENNIS FOR A A WHILE. SO SAME THING WITH THAD. JUST A REALLY GOOD DUDE, STEPPED

UP WHEN HE NEEDED TO, AND NOW HE’S GONE. I APPRECIATED THAD A LOT. >> Blake: I LOVED THE POINT IN THE YEAR WHERE HE GOT ASKED — I’M PARAPHRASING HERE, AND HE SAID I’M NOT PLAYING BECAUSE I’M 35 AND CAN’T PLAY ANYMORE.

I’M NOT PLAYING BECAUSE I’M ON A TEAM THAT’S TRYING TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT AND I DON’T FIT. I HAVE A LOT LEFT IN THE TANK. AND HE CAME OUT AND HE DID THAT. HE’S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO PLAY A TON FOR BROOKLYN EITHER, BUT

IT’S JUST COOL HOW GOOD THESE GUYS STILL ARE. FOR 30 GAMES YOU DON’T SEE THIS GUY, AND YOU THINK HE’S DONE. BUT, NO, MY BRAIN STILL FUNCTIONS AT AN ELITE-NBA LEVEL. AND EVEN IF I’VE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, I CAN STILL GET THIS DONE.

JUST IN A DIFFERENT WAY. >> Will: TO THAT POINT, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND, FOR EXAMPLE, A GUY LIKE MCDANIELS. IT’S TOTALLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY’RE TEN YEARS APART, DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. BUT YOU DON’T SEE THAD YOUNG DO WHATEVER HE DID AGAINST THE PELICANS.

WHENEVER HE WAS CALLED ON, HE PLAYED GOOD. I GUESS THAT’S NOT BUCKETS, REBOUNDS, ASSISTS. REMEMBER WHEN HE CONFRONTED SCOTTIE AFTER THAT ONE GAME IN PORTLAND TOO? >> Blake: HE GOT TRADED. THEY DON’T FORGET. >> Will: THAT’S NOT WHY HE GOT TRADED, TO BE VERY CLEAR.

>> Blake: THE PAT BEV PODCAST TWITTER FEED JUST TWEETED PATRICK BEVERLEY GOT TRADED. FAVOURITE KIRA LEWIS MEMORY, HIM BEING ON THE SHOW BASICALLY. HE CAME TO TORONTO, CAME ON THE SHOW, AND THEN BOUNCED. >> Will: OUR SHOW IS CURSED! EVERYONE’S GOT TRADED. WE HAD OG IN PRE-SEASON.

HE GOT TRADED. >> B

Will Lou and Blake Murphy react to the trades that bring Kelly Olynyk, Ochai Agbaji and Spencer Dinwiddie to Toronto!

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