A new direction in 2021-22, and the possible trades that could catalyze it - Raptors Republic
It’s not exactly a secret. Masai has always loved the freakishly long, athletic, high-motor players who can play and defend several positions. He’s liked them since his very first draft in Toronto when he desperately tried to trade into the draft (Bryan Colangelo had traded their pick away to acquire Kyle Lowry) to select Giannis Antetokounmpo (I’ll just let the irony of the fact that trading for Lowry prevented the Raptors from drafting Antetokounmpo sink in for a moment).
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It’s not exactly a secret. Masai has always loved the freakishly long, athletic, high-motor players who can play and defend several positions. He’s liked them since his very first draft in Toronto when he desperately tried to trade into the draft (Bryan Colangelo had traded their pick away to acquire Kyle Lowry) to select Giannis Antetokounmpo (I’ll just let the irony of the fact that trading for Lowry prevented the Raptors from drafting Antetokounmpo sink in for a moment).
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