Late last night, The Vertical's Shams Charania reported some news that will alter the Raptors' off-season game plan.
P.J. Tucker, the deadline pickup who reached Toronto fan-favourite immortality in record time, is going to the Houston Rockets on a 4-year/$32 million deal.
Toronto clearly wanted to keep him. ESPN's Brian Windhorst revealed that the Raptors' final offer to Tucker was for $33 million over three seasons. A significantly higher annual cap hit, and more money overall; there wasn't anything more the Raptors realistically could have done. Bumping the offer up to 4-years/$44 million might have been a tad excessive.