A bold Raptors trade swing could solve multiple headaches at once

Trey Murphy III, New Orleans Pelicans | Stephen Lew-Imagn ImagesThe Toronto Raptors are in the midst of their best season in years, currently in fourth place in the Eastern Conference and just two games out of second. At the same time, they have a number of long-term problems beginning to apply pressure in the present. Can they alleviate those headaches and at the same time maximize their present?

They can - and all it would take is one single trade.

The largest anchor weighing the Raptors down is Jakob Poeltl. He is on one of the league's worst contracts, paying him for the next five years increasingly larger amounts, while also being largely unavailable this season due to a back injury. To…