The Toronto Raptors are a team rumored to have ambitions to make a major move this offseason, with ESPN’s Brian Windhorst providing details.
“I don’t want to get too far afield from this, but since this has come up, the Raptors are a team that is starting to make noise within the league about looking for a big fish,” said ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on the Hoop Collective Podcast. *NOTE: the biggest ‘fish’ that could potentially be on the trade market this offseason are Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo, so that would be big.
Windy continued, “And, you know, I think because—and I don’t want to get away from this, but I’ve started it myself—if you’re an Eastern Conference team that’s in the middle of the pack, you’re looking at the teams in front of you going, ‘Some of them may not be able to come together, may be able to stay together.’ Boston is hurt, and so there are some teams that sniff the ability to make a move, and I think Toronto is one of those teams.
“And so naturally, any team that wants to make a move this summer, especially a team in the Eastern Conference, you’re going to have Giannis on the board. But Toronto, I think, is going to try—from their initial conversations, teams in the league are getting the impression that Toronto is going to try to do something.
“I had an executive tell me yesterday that he thinks this could be—could be, could be—an explosive summer. You know, just as Shams [Charania] said the other day, but like, this—you know, this is the whole league. People are saying that this—the amount of activity and calls happening in the league right now is at a much higher volume than has been in years past.
“I know it does not mean it’s going to happen, but Toronto is one of those teams that is sitting there on the balls of its feet, which is interesting.”
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