The Raptors Dodged a SERIOUS Bullet…

The Raptors Dodged a SERIOUS Bullet…

A couple of reports that dropped from the athletic that revealed the Toronto Raptors have dodged a serious bullet over the past few off Seasons so we’re going to discuss that including Bruce Brown getting more comfortable with this Raptors group here now at this point and one thing I missed an interesting tidbit

From Bobby Webster’s press conference I think has an interesting sort of perspective on where the Raptors are going so lots of stuff to dive into but before we dive into that folks again you guys have been crushing it hitting that subscribe button it’s been the craziest sort of stretch of Toronto for this

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Date with all of the latest Toronto Raptors news but let’s dive into the Toronto Raptors dodging a bullet because one name that has been linked to the Toronto Raptors for the past two three off Seasons trade deadlines whatever it is whenever trade rumors percolate it seems like this guy has been linked at

Least prior to the summer and this is DeAndre Aon who again is a centerpiece he a young guy in the NBA has former number one overall pick has a Conference Finals and NBA Finals underneath his belt and a player that it would have been an intriguing piece to bring into

The Toronto Raptors and apparently things have been a bit tumultuous we haven’t really heard much you know from the outside looking in the Portland Trailblazers they haven’t been that great this season either but from the outside looking in we haven’t really seen much but a report has dropped revealing the truth regarding DeAndre

Aton and it’s kind of a mess basically DeAndre aton’s Tantrums could cost him his career that’s one of the headlines going around basically this is a snippet from the article from the athletic basically I would have liked to something bold and this is coming from a Blazers beat reporter a trade of DeAndre

Aon for starters although his play has spiked for the better in the past month his first months in Portland were defined by tardiness and Tantrums according to team sources and there have been an area resemblance to Assan Whiteside the former Blazer Center whose statistics look nice but had a little to no impact

On the game the quicker the Blazers can move off of Aon the sooner I will believe this franchise is headed in the right direction so this is pretty crazy this is pretty wild because aan was obviously one of the centerpieces in their Damen Lillard sort of train that

Multi-team package where a lot of pieces were moving between the Bucks the Suns the Blazers and things so you know then the Celtics a Drew holiday going out so DeAndre Aon being essentially a bust for the Portland Trailblazers is pretty crazy and basically you can look at his

Stats right 13 points 14 points 10 rebounds not that bad but nothing too too drastic but you look at DeAndre in terms of a player right he’s a guy it’s making $32 million per year this season $34 million per year next season then $35 million per year the season after

And he’s really regressed for the Portland Trailblazers here now at this point only uh you know diving deep from uh the 18 points per game last year down to 14 he’s taken a step back things haven’t really been working out for the Portland Trailblazers so this is uh this

Is interesting because again the Toronto Raptors been a team have been long link to DeAndre a apparently they were this close to actually trading for him when he was available as like a sign and trade sort of piece when the Suns felt like they were pretty dumb with them

Basically DeAndre Aton was nearly a Toronto Raptor the Raptors were nearly close to working out a sign and trade with the Phoenix Suns last summer a couple summers ago now this is an older report that would have brought the 24-year-old to Toronto according to tsn’s Josh lomberg Phoenix had been

Reluctant to offer Aon a Max contract but an offer sheet from the Indiana Pacers eventually forced their hand ending any hope of assigning trade for Toronto and ultimately keeping Aon in Phoenix for That season then obviously ended up getting dealt after to the Portland Trailblazers and the Pacers uh

P Portland Trailblazers the Pacers had to give up significant assets obviously d D Lillard in order to acquire DeAndre aen amongst other pieces so that’s pretty crazy that Portland Trail blazzard deal is looking bad right now bringing in Aon Malcolm brogon and Robert Williams Williams who I think is

Out for the season brogon who’s good but is older and then DeAndre aen who certainly hasn’t worked out for that group according to this report so you know some people want to roast Messi you Jerry and this it’s not like it was uh Messiah pulling out last second but you

Know roast the decision of bringing yakob purle sure we had to give up a first round pick in a draft that’s regarded as something that’s not that Elite not that much top tier Talent again we don’t really know if that’s the case it’s really tough to project how

Well a draft is actually going to be in the future but that yaka purle sort of route at the center position is a much better pathway in my opinion then a DeAndre Aon forget the first and all that type of stuff Yak finishes around the rim he hustles he

Plays defense he’s bought into a winning culture and thingss I’m much happier with this direction even though Aiden’s a bit younger fits the timeline all those types of things but but we’ll see what happens in the future now with DeAndre Portland some people might speculate if we trade yaka Perle we go

In that more of a tanking route maybe we trade for him the summer but the way things have played out at least in Portland the direction of Assan Whiteside definitely the Raptors dodged a bullet along those lines and next thing we’re taking a look at is uh

Scotty Barnes wanted this now I missed this from Bobby Webster sort of press conference and uh things that sort of came out is addressed in the comments section I’ll give a give a shout out for I forget the name I had a memorize coming in I’ll give a shout out in the

Ping comment or the description of this video but may me look back because apparently Bobby Webster had some interesting comments in this sort of press conference discussing how Scotty Barnes has been looking to play with a stretch big man and frankly that makes sense the Toronto Raptors want to add

Some additional shooting that is something I addressed in most recent videos because the Raptors more spacing they have around guys like RJ Barrett and Scotty Barnes who obviously have improved his three-point Shooters particularly RJ Barrett since he’s joined the Trona Raptors and Scotty Barnes coming into the season but those

Are guys that really are strong at attacking the rim getting buckets inside the paint so if you have that paint opened up as much as possible that is huge for this Raptor group and obviously you know just discuss purle how he’s a cool fit especially on the defensive end

But bringing in Kelly o linck is something that Scotty Barnes wanted he wanted to stretch big man it’s something they discussed they talked about so the fact that that’s sort of uh the direction that the Raptors are going in they’re buying in what their star players wants apparently that’s what

Pascal cakam wanted for years as well and then it didn’t end up happening but the fact that they can space the floor have this s of stretch big man to play alongside of Scotty Burns you know jonte Porter there as well you I think this is a really cool piece and could unlock

Pieces of Scotty Barn’s game going forward now I’m recording this before the Cavaliers game I’m traveling to Panama on Sunday so tomorrow so hopefully this will probably go up on Sunday depending on how the upload schedules go so I don’t know how their dpu is going to look just yet I’ll be

Doing a postgame reaction hopefully uh tonight so know reacting to that Cavs game but we’ll see how that’s sort of uh you know the birth of this new era of a stretch big man around Scotty burns looks for this team so hopefully the Raptors do get a win in that one and

Then the final thing we’re sort of discussing in this vid is Bruce Brown getting comfortable with the Toronto Raptors obviously Bruce Brown money was brought to the Toronto Raptors makes sense didn’t really Embrace being in Toronto too too much given the fact he thought he was going

To get dealt apparently he was living in hotel room you know just kind of seeing this as a potential layover giving all the reports rumors I’m sure MSI Jerry was in direct contact with him as well so there’s uh that sort of factor and then you think you’re going to get

Traded the fans you aren’t just that worried about you on the court but again Bruce Brown is a really cool player he’s only 27 years old playing a plays Elite defense can space the floor a little bit but it’s a good cutter finisher around the rim does a lot of things out there

That are valuable to a basketball team and now he’s getting comfortable with the Toronto Raptors at least in the last game against Houston had a very good especially first half and you know apparently he’s uh showing off in the locker room now as well country music in the Raptor locker room haven’t heard

That before in the NBA but Bruce Brown is the influence Brown told me he’s really happy to have the deadline over with and to remain a Toronto Raptor so it’s nice to see Bruce Brown will actually get to see him fully integrated into this team fully integrated into the

System you know showing off his music taste obviously uh it’s been notorious Jimmy Butler throw some country music in the locker room so you know Bruce Brown channeling his inner Jimmy but you know excited to see what he can actually do now that he’s going to be more

Comfortable with this team and the fans are going to embrace them more CU we have a full half season with them now at this point but let me know what you guys think about all this Toronto Raptors news you guys the best to make this far subscribe to the channel if you guys

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A recent report reveals the Toronto Raptors dodged a serious bullet

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0:47 The Raptors Dodged a SERIOUS Bullet…
5:14 Scottie Barnes Wanted this…
7:12 Bruce Brown Getting Comfortable With Raptors

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