The Toronto Raptors opted to stand pat this season. But really, why could a 48-win outfit, the Raps, go fixing things that weren’t broken?
Kyle Lowry obtained a market-rate contract of four decades and $48 million, which assured pace-setter and the team’s leader would return. When the ink was dry on this agreement, the Raps understood they could sit and bank February from the likes of DeMar DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas , the latter having made his initial All-Star Game.
Stable though the Raptors are, there’s still some intrigue on the roster. Virtual unknown Bruno Caboclo was Toronto’s surprise pick, and nobody’s quite certain how great that the Brazilian might become.
Lucas”Bebe” Nogueira, 22, joined the Raps via trade in June, and he’s another potential-packed prospect. And though he’s not near to being a significant contributor to the floor, Nogueira is handling the adjustment to his new team in stride, based on Eric Koreen of the National Post:”Regardless, you get the sense that if Nogueira was at the heart of Siberia with no drop of Russian in his repertoire, he’d still be smiling, laughing and just generally being loud.”
In sum, the Raptors did a wonderful job of maintaining a successful status quo while injecting enough exciting possibility.
And no, I can’t explain why their odds are low as the Knicks’.
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