Our SEVENTH team eliminated, the Toronto Raptors. Now we have our 10-teams remaining in the Eastern Conference until the play-in elimination games.
Time of death: April 01
Record at elimination: 28-48
Head coach: Darko Rajokovic
Previous threads:
Spoiler:
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/toronto-raptors/yearly
Contract summary:
Ingram – signed a 3-year 120M contract after being acquired – final year is 41M PO
Quickley – 4-yr 120M
RJ Barrett – extension eligible or 2-yr at 28M per year
Poeltl – extension eligible or 2-yr 19M/yr, final year 19M PO
Boucher – extension eligible or 10M expiring
Barnes – rookie MAX 5-yr-225M signed, starts next season
Garrett Temple - UFA
Rookie Scale/minimums (varies on 2-4 years remaining):
Gradey Dick – 2-yr remain
Agbaji – extension eligible or 6M QO
Ja-Kobe Walter – 3yr remain
Jonothan Mobgo – 2yr remain
Jamal Shead – 2yr remain
Jamison Battle – non-guaranteed 2M
Orlando Robinson – rest of season minimum
Cole Swider – 10-day
Colin Castleton – 10-day
TW
Ulrich Chomche
AJ Lawson
Jared Rhoden
Dead-cap - none retained NEXT season, 15M off the books this season.
25-26 Capspace - ~11M until 1st Apron, over the cap non-tax team.
PICKS for 2025 draft:
TOR 1st
IND 2nd ??? (doesn’t seem to convey this year idk for sure)
POR 2nd
A SMALL SEASON REVIEW:
https://www.espn.com/nba/team/schedule/_/name/tor/season/2025
The Raptors had an interesting season for sure. Toronto's form swung from the first and second half of the year. They started with lots of losses, but recently strung together some more wins before elimination. At one point in January… this team had 8 wins and 31 losses. Starting on Jan 13, when Toronto beat GSW for win #9, the team has since played to a record of 20-17 with four different win streaks of at least 3 games. They did not roll over and tank, they played hard despite not making it to the play-in games. I feel like with next season's opportunity, they can be pretty dangerous.
The trio of Quickley/Barrett/Barnes has potential. Quickley only managed 30 games with various injuries, one of which was an elbow mid-season. I feel like he’s a critical part in how the team operates offensively so his limited GP must affect the overall performance. Barnes and Barrett are very similar in raw stats upon review. Roughly 20pts and 5reb/5ast for each on their per-game averages. Now, we have to consider that next years’ team will add another career 20/5/5 guy with Brandon Ingram to the mix.
The trades have been important, so let’s recap how they panned out. Getting rid of Jalen McDaniels early in the offseason for 2 guards was a big deal. Davion Mitchell and Jamal Shead put in a lot of minutes, though Mitchell was traded later lol.
Then they traded for Ingram [which was the big Butler multi-team which included Bruce Brown and Olynyk being sent to NOLA]. TOR also acquired and bought out PJ Tucker who was stuck in LAC with no PT. TOR got a Lakers 26 2nd out of their participation, too, so that’s a pretty decent return for what Masai sent out.
Toronto has its pick and a POR second that looks to be mid-2nd round, so there’s a little room to add some more depth. One part that seems to be set is the wing Barrett/Barnes/Ingram as a 2-3-4 combo. Pretty dangerous if they get 50-60 pts from all three each night, and 20 from IQ, there's a lot of firepower talent here. How will they click defensively? Who will they target in the draft ? Jonathan Mogbo and Gradey Dick got a lot of run this year and Mogbo is a guy people should keep an eye on as a 3-D prospect - he had a great year.
How will they look next season with Ingram on the wing, and what’s your outlook on the Raps?
