What sort of players will the Toronto Raptors be looking at during this year’s draft?
Entering the 2014 NBA draft the Raptors front office had several needs to fill with the 20th pick, the team lacked rim protection, a defensive stopper on the wing, and a more defensively oriented backup point guard than Greivis Vasquez. Instead of addressing these needs Masai Ujiri swung for the fences with unheralded Brazilian rookie Bruno Caboclo in what may end up being the king of all boom or bust picks.
Fast forward to this year’s draft and the Raptors find themselves looking to use their projected 20th pick to acquire either (all together now) a rim protector, a defensive stopper on the wing (perhaps even more pressing given Terrence Ross’s regression), and a more defensively oriented backup point guard than Vasquez.