The Toronto Raptors enter the 2023-2024 NBA season in a very difficult spot. Three of their key players are entering the final years of their contracts including Pascal Siakam, Gary Trent Jr., and likely most importantly OG Anunoby.
Anunoby’s situation is unique and presents the most troublesome situation as even though he is extension-eligible, it seems extremely unlikely that he will even entertain extension discussions. Masai Ujiri can offer OG a 4-year extension worth roughly $117 million, but Anunoby is likely to receive much more if he tests free agency in 2024.
Needless to say it would be a disaster to lose a player who very easily could have been the centrepiece of a Damian Lillard trade and who was receiving offers of upwards of three first-round picks. So how did the Raptors get themselves on the brink of having that happen?
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0:00 – Overview
0:31 – OG Anunoby is set to become a free agent in July 2024
1:34 – Why OG will not sign an extension with the Raptors
3:11 – OG Anunoby’s free agency valuation
5:15 – Toronto’s cap space situation
6:23 – OG Anunoby’s response at Media Day
7:13 – Missed opportunities to make a trade?
8:22 – Next steps for the Raptors
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7 Comments
In the era of player empowerment what a dumb rule that you can only give someone so much of a raise.
I'm mostly a hockey fan so this seems super dumb, like what's the point of developing players if when they get good you're not even allowed to pay them what they deserve? In cases just like this where a player takes a big step in their development, it makes no sense that the team can't extend him
He said that the Raps may get more 1st round picks for O.G. this year at the trading deadline but then immediately said that the Raps "may come to regret" for not trading him for Dame? What?
What do you think OG's next contract will be and which teams have the cap space to provide said contract? I am thinking a contract starting at $35-38 million is in the cards. This would put his contract value between 23-25.5% of the cap which is more than Jerami Grant's 21% contract valuation.
If the Raptors traded him, the best ballpark is salary filler/players, 2 firsts and 2 seconds based on the Tobias Harris trade from the Clippers to the Sixers a few years ago. Harris was an impending FA that season as well.
He's gone. There will be teams willing to offer him $40M. He should have been traded last deadline or this off-season for Dame but Masai is to stubborn. Now he will regret it and hopefully get fired for someone who can actually make decisions and do their job properly, instead of taking vacations to Africa.
Fred a 'very valuable player'? I wholeheartedly disagree. We are gonna be better by losing him. It's addition by subtraction.
I don't think teams were interested in trading for a slow, short, unathletic chucker!
The rockets are soon gonna regret that albatross of a contract.
I'm certain raptors will be better this year
Trade OG to Sacramento for Kris Murray and salary filler and Trade Siakiam to Atlanta or Miami.
Trade Pascal and Gary, Give OG the raise in the off-season.