Why The Toronto Raptors Future Is Brighter Than You Think

Why The Toronto Raptors Future Is Brighter Than You Think

The Toronto Raptors are officially in a new era of their franchise after making two huge moves which sent Oobi to the New York Knicks and Pascal cakam to the Indiana Pacers the Raptors finally made it clear which direction they were taking the Raptors are currently in a rebuild and Darko rakovich already

Hinted that the rest of this season will be all a bow Player Development therefore don’t expect the Raptors to prioritize wins and losses yes the next little while is going to be rough yes there’s going to be some groin pains but the Raptors are in a far better position

Now than they were before making the trades the Raptor’s future is brighter than you think what’s going on everyone it is Luca here back with another video I wanted to give you all my take on the current state of the Toronto Raptors and tell you why I’m actually optimistic

About this team’s future for the first time in a while if y’all can do me all a favor please hit a like on the video it helps it a ton and also please subscribe to the channel for more Raptors and NBA content just like this also real quick

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Some Raptors videos so I know many fans are still upset that the team traded away an anobi and most recently cakam and look both guys have been performing well in their new Landing spots but these were the Right Moves for the franchise this team needed to pick a

Direction and finally Embrace a rebuild I said it many times on this channel and I was frustrated by how long it took look while I agree that the Raptor’s front office may have waited too long to get this thing started it’s good they finally pulled the trigger it’s going to

Get worse before it gets better but don’t underestimate the Raptor’s young core or the team’s future the truth is the Raptor’s old core of Van Ved and anobi and cakam had hit their ceiling together if the Raptors brought cakam back to the max this team would have

Continued to be stuck in the middle at least now the Raptors have fully reset and can now start to build this thing properly from the ground up the young core is set with the Raptors and it’s an exciting one Scotty Barnes RJ Barrett and Emanuel quickley are the three

Untouchables on this team for the foreseeable future as the Raptors could be open for business ahead of the February 8th trade deadline according to tsn’s Josh lenberg quickly has already shown flashes of how Dynamic of a guard he can be he’s been showcasing his speed quickness and playmaking also he’s had a

Couple of offensive helpers already the thing with quickly is taking smart shots and being consistent with the shooting the 24-year-old still has a lot of room to grow but as I said it before the Raptors have their franchise point guard then you look at RJ Barrett who has

Really embraced playing for his hometown team so far RJ looks rejuvenated and he has seen an uptick in his production since the trade the thing with RJ that has really stood out to me has been his aggressiveness his ability to get downhill and draw contact and also he’s

Been very consistent I mean he’s only had one bad game in his young Raptor’s tenure so far and that was the four-point El he had against the Jazz RJ has been sh sharp and he’s been big on the glass and has shown off his playmaking as well then you got Scotty

Barnes who is in the middle of having a solid third season the Raptors have fully committed to him and they will continue to build the team around Scotty he is now undoubtedly the face of the franchise I know Scotty Barnes has been Rocky since the New Year from an

Offensive standpoint and his three-point shooting has dipped down but you got to remember the Raptors have gone through a huge transformational period over the last month and Barnes was really connected to the players that got traded so it’s going to take time for him to get used to this new reality and the

Raptors they have time also I know people want to see Scotty be more aggressive and look to be more of the guy but we got to have a bit more patience with him he’s 22 years old and even when Scotty doesn’t have it on offense he still finds a way to impact

The game in other ways I mean if Barnes looks like a Draymond Green on his worst days you’ll take that Barnes has still made huge strides from from his second season and you can’t take that away Barn still has a lot of growing to do you can

Tell by how he reacts to calls or when he lets his emotions get the best of him but that will come with maturing as a person also he has to do a better job of not trying to force the issue and clean up his turnovers but I still believe

Barnes can be a vital piece of this young Corp it’s important to have patience with all of these young players now the next part of this is what the Raptors will do before the trade deadline I’ve made it clear that the Raptors should elect to have a fire sale

See what they can get for the veterans on this roster who could help contending teams players like shrewder Trent Jr bue Bruce Brown Jr and even purle have come up in trade rumors a guy like brown could be a big trade piece for the Raptors for the Raptors it should be all

About getting future assets and picks for the future that’s what it’s about it’s not about the now it’s about the future and speaking of that the Raptors are about to have a huge 2024 NBA draft that could very well continue to shape their future if the Raptors end up

Keeping their 2024 first round pick which is top six protected they would have four picks in this upcoming draft their pick the two acquired in the Pacers trade and the early second rounder from the Knicks trade I think the whole it’s aweek draft class take is lazy there’s always hidden gems and

Solid players in these drafts but the Raptors need to be on their drafting aame for this draft and need some luck on their side to find some Diamonds in the Rough the next thing I want to say is I’m team tank for the rest of the season there’s no point for the Raptors

To try to go for the play in when this team has already made it clear that they’re not concerned a b winning for now the Raptors finish with the sixth worst record which they currently have they’d have a 45.8% chance of keeping their pick but the Raptors should be

Gunning for the fifth worst record which is Within Reach because they then have a 63.9% chance of keeping their pick the Raptor 2024 draft is going to to be pivotal for this team’s future the Raptors will also have the 2026 first rounder from Indiana which could be intriguing and whatever other picks they

End up getting in potential trades and for those of you looking ahead to the Raptor 2025 draft their pick for that is top six protected too so theoretically the Raptors could potentially be a bottom six team next year keep that pick and then the pick would carry over to

The Spurs having the Raptors 2026 pick which again would be top six protected now let’s talk about what I’ll call the Raptor’s projects first it’s been great to see Grady dick finally get some consistent playing time he’s looking a lot more confident out there and comfortable I think he can replace Gary

Tren Jr in his role or at least that would be the goal jonte Porter has shown a lot of good things since being in the rotation with purle out the young guy has been making a case to remain in the Raptor’s long-term plans and then how

About Jordan War he looks like a real potential hidden gem for the Raptors I mean this dude is looking far more than just a throwin in the Pascal cakam trade I think this guy has a real chance to be a solid long-term bench piece for the Raptors he’s 25 years old and he’s

Exactly what the Raptors need out of a second unit guy he’s showing off his length his shooting ability and the Raptors could use some size on the wing he’s an unrestricted free agent this summer and if he keeps playing like this the Raptors got to keep them the Raptors

Might end up looking a lot different soon but this team is all about the youth movement this season and potentially next are going to be rough for the Raptors but if their young core develops together nicely and if the Raptors are able to Ace this upcoming

Draft they could be back on track sooner rather than later overall for the first time in a while I’m excited about the Raptor’s future which all of a sudden have some light at the end of the tunnel what is your reaction to the new look Raptors and what do you guys think of

The Raptor’s future are you optimistic about it are you pessimistic let me know your thoughts Down Below guys drop a like on the video it helps it a ton and again subscribe to the channel for more that is it for me this is Lucas signing off as always thank you so much for

Watching I will catch you all again in the next Video

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