We just touched on the slight cap growth we can expect in the NBA for next summer and how that opens up additional room for the Raptors to keep Fred VanVleet in free agency this summer. I think we can be pretty confident in saying that VanVleet’s market is somewhere near $20 million per year, and that the Raptors will happily pay that to keep him in the fold long term.
But there is a scenario where some team (or teams) decide Fred is worth more than that. In this scenario, this team (or teams) could take a page out of VanVleet’s own book and bet on his improvement too.