Raptors Trade Incoming? – Toronto in Talks to Land Lottery Pick | Raptors News
it looks like a massive trade is incoming for the Toronto Raptors as reports have come out MSU jery and the Raptor front office are looking to trade into this year’s NBA Draft Lottery and obviously the Toronto Raptors have a ton of tradable pieces tradable assets to facilitate one of these deals and there are a few guys specifically in the lottery that would be perfect fits in regards to players that messai jery in the front office would be targeting would be interesting given our current roster construction and our history of draft elections in the past so we’re going to break down what these reports are saying whether or not this deal can actually happen with the upper tier players and who the Raptors would likely be targeting in the lottery for one of these trades to happen because obviously Messi jury is going to have his eyes on one of these dudes if he’s trading up in the NBA Draft so what’s the report what’s coming out regarding this sort of news Well Kevin oconor has come out and said that Portland is trying to secure two top 10 picks in this year’s NBA draft while Toronto and Cleveland are angling to get into the lottery now if you’re not familiar with the entire story the scenario where the Toronto Raptors are at despite the fact this team had an absolutely disastrous end of the year completed the tank in 2024 this team did not keep their draft pick for this season and it went to the San Antonio Spurs as a trade away to acquire yaka purle a season prior so the Raptors were without their draft pick now they got one in the Pascal cakam trade so they will be selecting number number 19th overall assuming no other trades in that pick doesn’t get dealt or anything like that and we will be selecting 31st overall as that pick was acquired from the New York Knicks the Detroit Preston’s first uh number one pick in the second round so that’s the current state of the Raptors draft Capital despite the fact we were struggling last year and we look at the lottery we look at the potential teams the Raptors could be looking at in terms of trading up unlikely to get the top two picks the Atlanta Hawks and the Washington Wizards but there are some news that some of the other teams out here in the lottery are willing to play ball with potential trade packages and one of them we discussed in a video this morning actually and uh it’s basically the Grizzlies are expected to explore potential return for the number nine overall pick sources have said again that doesn’t mean they’ll end up trading the pick or they’re trading out of the lottery they will be looking at everything sources have said but their core returns healthy next season they are set to compete again near the top of the Western Conference in something of a gap year that they had this season and see what kind of Veteran they can bring in and trade might uh fetch might make some sense so Zack low has linked the Memphis Grizzlies as a team that could be making a trade and the Houston Rockets are also a squad that potentially are making a deals the Rockets reportedly want to trade a 2024 lottery pick for future assets so if we’re looking at these picks the Rockets and the Grizzlies seem like the two teams that are most likely to make some trades I mean we can look at other teams in this list the Spurs are rebuilding they’re team and they’re not they have two picks and the lottery the Wizards and the Hawks they aren’t going to trade out the top two given the assets we have unless we’re giving up something substantial the Rockets are a team that’s looking to compete right now given their Acquisitions of Fred vanite Dylan Brooks but still have a younger core that they want to develop shanon yanari Smith all those types of guys but the Detroit Pistons no one really knows what they’re going to do the Hornets in a similar boat uh the Blazers are trying to rebuild and retool at this point now as well so the Grizzlies and the Utah Jazz and maybe oh sorry the Grizzlies and the Houston Rockets make the most sense the Utah Jazz also could be a team that’s interested in terms of making a deal the Bulls seem to be all over the place with this type of news and topics as well so what could the Raptors do to actually make one of these trades happen well I made a whole video before this news came out this morning on basically uh some of the deals that could go down yako purle obviously to the Memphis Cru Le just makes a ton of sense a lot of signs point to a deal like that actually going down and now that’s even more true right watch the video I made this morning on that whole s but obviously yaka purle averaging 11 points per game now rebounds two and a half assists 1.5 blocks is a really established solid Center in the NBA he’s 7 foot only 28 years old he’s under contract for the next couple Seasons so is a prime asset for the Toronto Raptors to potentially make a deal with and then you also have the other guy that a lot of people have been bringing up in potential Raptor trades and that’s Bruce Brown who’s averaging 11 points per game last season four rebounds three assists you uh he could be an unrestricted or he could be unrestricted if we don’t pick up his option but I think the Raptors want to keep that trade asset of Bruce Brown just a 27 7-year-old that was just form uh a guy that won a championship with the Denver Nuggets and was a key player on that roster so essentially those are the assets that the Toronto Raptors have to play with you know in this sort of scenario that they do trade into the lottery and frankly I saw some comments about yaka doesn’t make sense to trade him or not well there’s even more fuel to the fire for a yaka purle trade because frankly the guy doesn’t want to be on a rebuilding team if we’re trading into the lottery that signals more and more that we’re trying to rebuild purle said this directly at this year trade deadline that not necessarily about uh wanting to be on wanting to deal away from the torona Raptors after all the trades that went down but the only thing that was important to me is that I want to be on a team that could play and compete U play competitive basketball as long as it’s not a team that is really actively trying to tank I guess that’s what I’m trying for me like I want to play on a team that’s trying to win every single night so for me even though there’s some changes and lots of and we lost some really good players I think we’re still on course where we’re trying to build around the team in the right way and right now and we’re not hunting for a number one overall draft pick you know what I mean so as long as that’s the case I’m going to be happy here I’m going to be contributing uh to this new Raptors team this new project that we’re starting so purle this happened right as the trade deadline occurred this is before we lost a ton of games we took all those L’s now yaka perto went down with injuries so he is a guy that uh maybe healthy this team would have been a bit more competitive to close out last season all the words spoken from Mah Jerry to the public indicat that was the case with the Trona Raptors but if we trade into the lottery we deal away some of these pieces yaka purle is not going to be on this completely rebuilding Squad dark rakovich said we’re going to be competitive probably in two to three seasons so that seems like given what the front office is doing you know with dark rakovic is saying that doesn’t align with what yaka prto is sort of able to provide so that seems to me that if we’re going down this route yaka pe’s probably going to get dealt even more so than I thought this morning when I made that initial video all signs point to this well who could the Toronto Raptors be targeting in a potential yaka deal because the Grizzlies seem like the more realistic Target obviously maybe if we could get a top three pick then you get Donovan Clingan which would be a really cool pickup but frankly I think that this guy TJ Salon the French dude that I made a video out a couple weeks ago now at this point the French Giannis they’re calling him a guy that you didn’t put up crazy stats over in Europe but has some intangibles you know has a decent enough jump shot had some just that potential to be sort of versatile Wings score offensive defense two-way guy in the NBA just seems like the prototypical player that MSU Jerry would draft now there was projections that he might land all the way to 19 earlier at this state but recent weeks it’s been solidified he’s likely going to be one of those top sort of selections I mean in the tank ofon mock draft they currently have him at 13th overall so if we trade up to number nine I think that’s a safe bet for the Toronto Raptors to go after to Jes Sal that seems like the piece that does make the most sense in terms of where the Raptors are at in this point but Donovan Clingan if he goes to number nine for the Grizzlies that could be another piece at Center that the Raptors would be interested in bringing in cuz he is just a dude that from all scouting reports watching his highlights that Scouts seem to know who he is now Bill Simmons and Ryan mercill on the ringer recently uh you know given this reports coming out from Kevin OK Conor another ringer guy said that hey maybe there’s a world where he ends up going top three or even number one I don’t think that’s going to be the case given what people are saying about the top prospects but I don’t know if he falls to number nine if we’re really interested maybe we could add some sweeteners to the Houston Rockets along with purle or Bruce brown or one of these dudes but clinging if he’s there at nine he’s a piece that I think would be interesting but TJ Salon especially with the Raptors are looking for a lottery pick not necessarily top 10 top seven or anything like that seem to be the seems to be the guy that I’d be betting my money on that MSU Jerry and the Toronto Raptors are interested in drafting so that’s uh the News That’s the updates will’ll keep you posted on any of these developments that go on for the Raptor trade situation so let me know what you guys think about this news about the torona Raptor should they trade into the lottery or not let me know in the comment section down below I’m signing out cheers
A report has been dropped from Kevin O’Connor revealing that the Toronto Raptors are in trade talks to land a lottery pick in this year’s NBA draft. Ben Rogers breaks down the report and who the Raptors could be targeting.
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