The Toronto Raptors have lost just one of their first eight games, so I approach this topic with some trepidation. The team isn’t perfect, though the holes aren’t large. Regardless, Masai Ujiri wakes up every day to wonder “How can I improve this team?” That leads to a stroll through the trade market.
I cooked up a trade for Jimmy Butler, the Minnesota T’Wolves uber-disgruntled point guard, before the season began. Given how well Kyle Lowry is playing, there’s not a snowball’s chance in Hades I’d move him now. So Butler, the NBA’s most coveted trade candidate, isn’t part of this examination.