The Toronto Raptors chosen to stand pat this year. But why would a 48-win outfit, the Raps, go?
Kyle Lowry got a contract of $48 million and four years, which promised the group’s leader and pace-setter will return. When the ink was dry on that deal, the Raps understood they could sit and bank last February by the likes of DeMar DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas having made his first All-Star Game.
There’s still some young intrigue on the roster though the Raptors are. Virtual unidentified Bruno Caboclo has been Toronto’s surprise choice, and nobody’s quite sure how great the 19-year-old Brazilian could become.
Lucas”Bebe” Nogueira, 22, joined the Raps via trade in June, and he is another potential-packed prospect. And though he’s not close to being a significant contributor to the floor, Nogueira is tackling the adjustment to his new team in stride, based on Eric Koreen of this National Post:”Regardless, you get the sense that even if Nogueira was in the center of Siberia without a drop of Russian from his repertoire, he would still be smiling, laughing and just generally being loud.”
In sum, the Raptors did a wonderful job of maintaining a successful status quo whilst injecting just possibility to get some upside down.
And no, I can’t explain their chances are as low as the Knicks’.
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