Is it surprising the Raptors didn’t do more at the deadline?

Is it surprising the Raptors didn’t do more at the deadline?

Time to walk over to the other side of the expansive Studio 9 here on the Scarboro Campus of TSN I love deadline day in any sport and I’m a huge NBA fan so I’m excited to talk to our NBA analyst Javon Sheffer he’s sitting right over here and he looks great he’s

Matched up his shoes to his tie very difficult to do very difficult to do how are you I’m good I’m good great to see you uh busy day for the raft so I want to I want to try to figure this out here as best I can you’re bring in Kelly oin

Very cool cam Loop’s BC guy and then you basically send that first rounder that they sent to Utah they spend that on oai abaji who was a lottery pick just a couple of years ago so you know certainly some potential there what did you think of the moves they made well

That move specifically I think we all we just got to be real with oursel you sent Auto Porter Jr in that package and he’s only played 23 games in the last two years for the Raptor so you didn’t really give up much and you you know you sent your least favorable first round

Pick 2024 pick and you think about it you’re getting a a guy that was a a former lottery pick um you know can really hasn’t scratch the surface of what he’s going to be young guy he fits the timeline with Scotty Barnes Emanuel quickley RJ Barrett um and a three and D

Guy right he’s really shooting the basketball well from the corners but still has a lot of work to do and I think that’s the part that you should be excited about with him coming over to Toronto Raptors and you know just speaking to some of the Utah staff he’s

A a pro right he’s so mature and he spent four years in college so you’re getting a four-year Collegiate guy who’s probably a bit more seasoned and and physically ready for the NBA game and and wants to work so I think if you you know you can get off of autoporter

Junior’s contract and it’s no knock at him but he just hasn’t been serviceable yeah to the Raptors at this point um you have to make a business move the tough part in all this for a lot of these guys is you know we often forget their their

Families are a part of this as well so it is sad to see some of them go but at the same token right the front office has to make plans to move forward well and Jaan there’s a few players that I think Raptor fans are surprised are

Still around you know I’m thinking about the Gary Trent jors Bruce Brown especially uh maybe even Chris buet you surprise those guys are still sticking around with the wraps so I’m I’m surprised with Bruce brown but then when I take a step back and I look at this

This big picture he gives you flexibility going into the off season right because you have the team option on his contract and he’s going to be somebody that he’s highly touted now he’s going to be highly touted them because of how he plays the intangibles he does all the dirty things he does

Everything the young guys don’t want to do right um and he can play without the basketball champion as well so he’s a a winner and and you package that maybe potentially in the summer with you know you have the flexibility of some picks you have the luxury of a number of

Things and I think for the front office it’s more so giving this group right here some opportunity some Runway to see how how this looks right and you know the key to all this this is not always Talent it’s not always skill it’s chemistry yeah so this group if it

Clicks at some point and you put together you know a couple four game winning streaks then you you evaluated it at the end of the season a little bit differently at that point you have some cash you’ve gotten off a Dennis Shooter’s contract um you have picks and

Then you have the flexibility with you know a guy like Bruce Bron’s Bruce Brown’s contract so it’s it’s a lot to work with I don’t think the team this year I don’t think today they got better but they got younger and they got more flexibility and that’s probably what

Exactly what Messi wanted yeah um I want to ask you about the rest of the league up pretty pretty busy day was there one particular trade or one deal that you were especially impressed with I like what the New York Knicks have done yeah and you know they’re they’re really

Setting thems up to probably you know you can argue that they are the favor or could be the favor I know I’m going to take some critic ISM for that to come out of the East right if embiid is is hurt you don’t know much about his

Injury or how long that may take y Boston Celtics are you know a great team right now a good team but are they as tough probably not um you you added shooting with Burks for New York Knicks you added bonovich who both of those guys are 40% three-point Shooters and

Bonovich can give you 20 30 On Any Given night and that’s a team that’s a a top six defense top seven offense so I think their their front off has done a heck of a job but they’ve also positioned them positioned themselves you know to to still get a superstar in the offseason

So they can compete now you know go into playoffs whether they they contend or whether they get their beatings and still be in a position to get better in the off season here’s what you do New York you draft bronny James out of USC and that’s how you get your Superstar

Raptors Are Back In Action Friday night against Fred Van vet the Houston Rockets Javon great chat with you man thank you

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