The NBA Draft Lottery is just one week away, and it’s hard not to get excited as the Raptors have a chance to add talent from the top tier of this coming NBA Draft. The last time the Raptors were in this position was in 2016, when they had the ninth overall pick — thanks to the Andrea Bargnani trade — which they used to select centre Jakob Poeltl.
The Poeltl selection was not a sexy pick as other notable names such as Domantas Sabonis, Caris LeVert, and some guy named Pascal Siakam were some of the names picked after Poeltl.