[Fischer] Anunoby told representatives during meetings with prospective agents, according to people familiar with the situation, that he was searching for greater ball-handling and playmaking duties in advance of his upcoming contract talks.
by The_Living_L
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Maybe VanVleet’s exit will help create more on-ball opportunities for O.G. Anunoby, who changed agencies from Klutch Sports to CAA amid ongoing questions about his role in Toronto. Anunoby told representatives during meetings with prospective agents, according to people familiar with the situation, that he was searching for greater ball-handling and playmaking duties in advance of his upcoming contract talks. Without that chance in the Raptors’ offense under new head Darko Rajaković, there remains the ongoing possibility that Anunoby could request a trade from the franchise during what’s now the third season of a four-year, $72 million contract — which Anunoby relayed to potential agents he deemed was below his market value but does include a player option before the 2024-25 season.
Even then, there remains the roadblock of Toronto communicating what rival front offices have consistently deemed unrealistic valuations for its players — such as Anunoby and All-Star forward Pascal Siakam and VanVleet himself — that would make any potential trade exit appear more fraught than meets the eye. These negotiations are never without the moving goalposts of leverage, but teams and players can often mistake time and the looming threats of the next transaction cycle as a factor in their favor. On other occasions, a team or player may simply have been burned by the ill-fated summer to reach the open market as a free agent or a team with money to spend.
He can’t handle the ball…
bruh those are his worst skills lmao
OG is in a contract year this season, so this is something to take note of.
hopefully our player are inspired to work hard this off season as there’s more opportunities for the taking. obviously you’d hope they’d work hard regardless, but there may have been a feeling that it would be in vain with fred doing fred things for 37 minutes.
So Masai can let him walk for nothing
tbf he’s gotten those opportunities and the reason he hasn’t gotten more is because he doesn’t even look like he knows how to dribble a ball when its in his hands. Love OG but man know your strengths you’re not the next lebron
He isn’t really a shot creator but he definitely could play some bully ball
If he got his footwork together he’d be a monster in the low post. Strong guy
He’s bad at those things and it’s a shame he doesn’t recognize that, but what the hell, give him the opportunity anyway. The team isn’t going to be good anyways, keeping OG happy should be as big a priority as anything else.
lmfaoooo man read the room
Playmaking and Ball-Handling doesn’t have to be perimeter centric. I’d love to see us run some actions with OG out of a post up where he’s shown the explosiveness and strength to get to the rim and then allow him to try to find cutters or shooters coming off screens.
OG is the player that I’m most surprised wasn’t moved at the trade deadline. He has made it abundantly clear that he wants to be a high usage merchant on a lottery team. Masai is really gonna let this guy hit UFA so that another team can throw the bag at him 🤦♂️
Deal him for Quickley, Fournier and picks
OG i love you but what lmao
Talk the talk OG, but can you walk the walk?
Try learning how to dribble the ball first…
OG handles makes Jaylen Brown look like Kyrie’s
OG my dog…..
Darko helped bane, Darko will also help anunoby
Do they not have until mid-July to make the decision on this? Honest question as I thought that is what I had read yesterday.
I really wish people would familiarize themselves with Darko’s offensive philosophy before commenting on something like this.
He should be searching for greater ball-handling and playmaking skills instead.
Our Fred replacement is OG 😂
Learn to fucking dribble. Sick of hearing this shit.
Sooo he wants to be more of a guard?
Lol Fischer knows nothing, his sources are ass.
I’m willing to give him a chance if it helps us keep him. He is a decent passer. Maybe he works on his handles all summer now that FVV is gone.
It’s ok, since FVV’s about 20 shooting attempting and driving per game must be shared to others, Pascal has enough usage already, most likely the number is to OG+Scottie.
inb4 he lowers his value
OG will show up, dw everyone.
Jesus Christ this brother is delusional.
OG looks like a baby deer dribbling the ball.
This is his time to shine- OG at point gaurd
He will definitely have more touches and up his usage with Fred gone so I’m sure he’s happy staying now.
Hey, not gonna get better if you’re never afforded the chance to fail first.
Dude dribbles like he’s Stevie wonder, how tf does he expect to get more ball handling opportunities
fair enough … im happy he has the drive and ambition to want more ….
buuuut, its time to put up or shut up and prove to management you have the skills to do these things
We all want to be Lebron.
So more turnovers basically