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Day'ron Sharpe would be a good pick up if possible. Are they even interested is the better question.

Nah... he rebounds and is too big to play for the Raptors. We don't believe in Centers lol

meh pacers had bryant as their backup center and i'm not sure if the thunder even had one. im fine with bringing back robinson; lets see if he's made any progress on developing that corner 3.

we dropped robinson for castleton

[Tor_Raps]

Day'ron Sharpe would be a good pick up if possible. Are they even interested is the better question.

Nah... he rebounds and is too big to play for the Raptors. We don't believe in Centers lol

meh pacers had bryant as their backup center and i'm not sure if the thunder even had one. im fine with bringing back robinson; lets see if he's made any progress on developing that corner 3.

Thats horrible logic. Thunder have 2 Cs in their starting lineup and a good young 3rd C who they just extended. Pacers had 2 Cs on the roster who had season ending injuries and still had better options to use than us.

If you haven't seen how this team performs without Poeltl then thats your issue. To me, that screams this team needs someone else to provide above average performance at C and also be an injury insurance policy for the games Poeltl misses.

And yes, I would love Robinson back as the THIRD Center but we currently have Castleton on the roster...

[Pointgod]

Overpay for Jabari

You better be sitting down when you see what they extend Poeltl at.

[polo007]

Raptors will be looking for bargains in free agency this year | Toronto Sun

Ujiri and his staff, which included a young Bobby Webster and Dan Tolzman, now the general manager and assistant general manager of the club and chief decision makers in the wake of Ujiri’s departure, didn’t waste much time in making changes.

Bargnani was moved within two months of Ujiri’s arrival for a package that ended up yielding Poeltl, drafted ninth overall three years later. It’s still one of the best deals in franchise history.

Five months later, Gay was traded to Sacramento in a stunner that unexpectedly started the ‘We the North’ era, with Lowry and DeRozan taking off when surrounded by a different mix.

Don’t expect Webster, Tolzman and the rest of Toronto’s front office to make major moves like those ones anytime soon, though Barrett and/or Ochai Agbaji could be traded at some point mainly to ease future salary cap concerns. Toronto has only paid the luxury tax twice in 30 years and though Rogers, Inc. should not cheap out here (MLSE president Keith Pelley interestingly mentioned the team was at the luxury tax three times in last week’s media conference on Ujiri’s departure), we’ll believe they’ll pay the tax when they actually do (the team would have the full season to get under if they chose to go that route by moving Barrett, Agbaji, or other players).

Additionally, the Raptors at some point need to create some runway for intriguing sophomore wing Ja’Kobe Walter and Gradey Dick, who still has untapped potential despite an underwhelming first two NBA seasons.

Toronto is not in a position to add a significant free agent though because the first apron (a more punitive part of the luxury tax) is not an area the Raptors should approach. The team badly needs a backup centre behind Poeltl, but they’ll have to find some luck in the bargain bin the way Ujiri did back in 2015 when he inked Bismack Biyombo on a steal of a deal.

Toronto won’t be in the mix for the likes of Myles Turner, Naz Reid (reportedly re-signing with Minnesota), Brook Lopez, or Clint Capela (a one-time draft target of the team), but maybe Orlando’s Mo Wagner, Boston’s Luke Kornet, Indiana’s Thomas Bryant or San Antonio’s Charles Bassey would be positional and financial fits?

It’s not an interesting year for free agency league-wide, with few superstars available and those up for grabs already deciding to stay put (though the cryptic comments Sunday from LeBron James’s camp have spiced things up. Could the best player of this generation be on the move yet again?)

[douggood]

Stien is reporting Kornet is going to get full MLE from spurs

The Spurs' desire to add to its frontline became apparent on the day before the NBA Draft, when I first reported that San Antonio was chasing Kristaps Porzingis before Boston agreed to send the 7-footer to Atlanta.

Now the Spurs, league sources say, are looming as a prominent landing spot for big men on the free agent market as well.

Spurs could use the MLE on Kornet and the BAE on Yabusele to add much needed frontcourt depth behind Wemby

https://marcstein.substack.com/p/more-of-the-nba-free-agency-and-trade

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Thats horrible logic. Thunder have 2 Cs in their starting lineup and a good young 3rd C who they just extended. Pacers had 2 Cs on the roster who had season ending injuries and still had better options to use than us.

If you haven't seen how this team performs without Poeltl then thats your issue. To me, that screams this team needs someone else to provide above average performance at C and also be an injury insurance policy for the games Poeltl misses.

And yes, I would love Robinson back as the THIRD Center but we currently have Castleton on the roster...

Who was the OKC 3rd center? Holmgren is really as much of a center as Barnes is. He is taller yes, but he also is a pathetic rebounder and rail thin.

IND also is a poor example. Turner is a soft AF center and is really just a tall PF. And they also went small a lot with Siakam or Obi Toppin playing C (per basketball ref, 40% of Toppins minutes were at C).

Our performance without Poeltl has also been due to our limited bench depth, not necessarily just at C. I definitely want a backup C - but if we have to use CMB or Barnes or Mogbo at C we likely would be fine most of the time.

[Tor_Raps]

Thats horrible logic. Thunder have 2 Cs in their starting lineup and a good young 3rd C who they just extended. Pacers had 2 Cs on the roster who had season ending injuries and still had better options to use than us.

If you haven't seen how this team performs without Poeltl then thats your issue. To me, that screams this team needs someone else to provide above average performance at C and also be an injury insurance policy for the games Poeltl misses.

And yes, I would love Robinson back as the THIRD Center but we currently have Castleton on the roster...

Who was the OKC 3rd center? Holmgren is really as much of a center as Barnes is. He is taller yes, but he also is a pathetic rebounder and rail thin.

IND also is a poor example. Turner is a soft AF center and is really just a tall PF. And they also went small a lot with Siakam or Obi Toppin playing C (per basketball ref, 40% of Toppins minutes were at C).

Our performance without Poeltl has also been due to our limited bench depth, not necessarily just at C. I definitely want a backup C - but if we have to use CMB or Barnes or Mogbo at C we likely would be fine most of the time.

Chet is one of the best rim protectors in the NBA so you comparing him to Barnes is way off. The other J Williams is their 3rd C who just got extended today.

Turner has played pretty damn great the past few years so sounds like youre still using old rhetoric against him. One of the best 3 and D Center in the nba.

Anyways, I recall having to tell you about the importance of Centers WAY back in 2021 when you thought Siakam was fine because of his height lol. Not in the mood to get into a long debate on this again with you.

[Tha Cynic]

Overpay for Jabari

not at all

a good tradeable contract down the road too

Would easily trade RJ for him, but Houston would laugh at the offer

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with so many of the bigger marker american teams needing a center, i dont see how we are getting on of them, especially if we arent going to pay tax.

[Raptorfan2012]

with so many of the bigger marker american teams needing a center, i dont see how we are getting on of them, especially if we arent going to pay tax.

Pretty sure guys like Mo Bamba are available if we really want to sign a big.

[djsunyc]

with so many of the bigger marker american teams needing a center, i dont see how we are getting on of them, especially if we arent going to pay tax.

Pretty sure guys like Mo Bamba are available if we really want to sign a big.

yes, we may get one of the 3rd string guys.

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Silver gifted the Lakers Ayton so need lol

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Ayton has been bought out. Absolutely crazy that Portland would just eat the money.

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with so many of the bigger marker american teams needing a center, i dont see how we are getting on of them, especially if we arent going to pay tax.

Pretty sure guys like Mo Bamba are available if we really want to sign a big.

yes, we may get one of the 3rd string guys.

This team needs a backup AND a 3rd string guy... I'll settle for just 1 good backup. Its been 6 years since we've had one of those.

[DemHeavyHands]

My guess is Bobby is trying to get a Bane-ish deal for RJ, but teams are probably only offering expirings and a 1st, or 2nd round picks, or something like that

We’ll have to suck it up at some point tho, cuz I believe we have to move him, especially with him due for an extension

You gotta figure they value at least one of Dick or Walter more than RJ as apart of the future, if not both. And when you throw Ochai into the mix, we just have too many 2s. It will be a wasted season for Dick and Walter if they’re stuck scraping for minutes all year

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2 of his closest friends are there (Kyrie and AD). I wouldn't be surprised

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2 of his closest friends are there (Kyrie and AD). I wouldn't be surprised

Don't tell me...Dallas gonna have to sacrifice Cooper Flagg and filler for LeBron???