Raptors & 2018 NBA draft: staring through the glass at shiny objects

The Raptors don’t have a first-round draft pick in June. Is there a way to acquire one, and would the price be worth paying?

The Toronto Raptors went from wealth to poverty in a few short weeks last spring. I don’t mean that Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment needs a charity concert hosted on their behalf; the Raptors owners personally and corporately are worth billions. Rather, I’m referring to Masai Ujiri having traded away the team’s 2018 NBA draft assets. As a result, a strong first-round crop won’t have any representative putting on a Raptors cap. Is this OK?

We’ll take a quick look at what happened to all our 2018 picks. A first-round pick was attached to Terrence Ross when he was…