The perennial battle between the Win-Now and Win-Next-Year sides is raging within the Toronto Raptors. President Masai Ujiri mortgaged the future by dumping 3 draft picks into the trades which brought Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker to our team. Furthermore, the addition of those two veterans has meant bench relegation for our youngest players.
I’m not changing my tune about the brilliance of those trades. Nor do I want those picks back. Did you notice the promotion of Axel Toupane from our Raptors 905 squad to the Milwaukee Bucks? The Raptors are knee-deep in young prospects, and other teams will start poaching them.