Shams Charania of The Athletic came out today and indicated the Toronto Raptors are a team that is interested in acquiring Zach LaVine. Ben Rogers breaks down the potential fit and asks if Toronto can actually get a deal done.
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Not able to get the postgame for the Celtics game up tonight, but had this one in the chamber. Will be reacting to the game tomorrow. Cheers! – Ben
Same guy who tweeted dame to the Raptors lol
Trade for him. Send Siakiam and GTJ to Chicago for Lavine, Caruso and Drummond. But the problem is you know the Bulls gonna want Dick. I like Lavine he can shoot the three and has a nice Step back shot. Lavine and Barnes would be a nice combo.
Another trade I’d do is Precious for Aj Griffin.
I’m really starting to think gradey dick needs to go to the Gleague for a stint. Give him 30+ minutes a game and let him get those shots up. Hoop is same distance as nba nets, that could be what’s holding him back. In highschool / college he was elite. Being off by an inch is enough to miss a shot. He needs reps. Putting him out there for 10 minutes isn’t working for anyone. The raptors or gradey. This could really mess up his development. I said the same for koloko. He should have gone to the gleague last year and played 30 minutes. It worked with Fred. Worked with bouchier. Worked with pascal. Why have we stopped doing this
At this point I’d trade Precious and Boucher for nothing just so I don’t have to pull my hair out because of how terrible they are.
3 team trade to get young high potential players and some 3pointers
@Ben Rogers looking Jacked you Sexy Man, close to Scotty Barnes Muscles.
This trade sounds great on the offensive side LaVine, Siakam, and Scotty Barnes, except for the between-the-lines mindset, those three guys on the court full-time will destroy Chemistry which is struggling enough as it is now, and the Offense will go downhill because their ego's. I don't follow Zach's Career, all I know is he is a great driver like Norman Powell to the Net, and we could use that again, I want to say he is a bit better defender than Siakam. Trade Proposal to this from my thoughts. Pascal Siakam, Chris Boucher(such a hard loss for the bench), Gary Trent Junior, for Chicago Zach LaVine, Caruso, and a Second Pick from them. We still missing the Playoffs this Year either side trade or no trade in my thoughts and many people's thoughts. If Trade goes down, the starting lineup, Denis Schroder, Zach Lavine, Scotty Barnes, OG Anunoby, and Jakob Poeltl
Giving up Gary Trent, Otto and Thaddeus plus a pick would work but.. . Levine can't play D
No Zach Levine thank-you, I'd rather pay Pascal and OG maxes thank-you.
Instead of a future first they could move Gradey Dick in the package.
who moves to the bench? scottie? og? pascal? dennis? poeltl?
and as for our team, we've played philly twice, boston twice, milwaukee twice, minny and dallas. That strength of schedule is probably the toughest in the league thus far. Consistency in effort is hit or miss, but the record isn't THAT bad all things considered.
Hey raps need some kinda change.. not saying we should do this… but its not like we are going to win championship.. lucky if we get second round
I really hope this is not true. LaVine would be a desperation move for Masai. Bad contract. Poor defense. Inefficient offense. Won't move the needle for the Raps. Could be a fatal move for Masai.
Don't over analyzed the situation. As long as there is another bidder no one wants to come to Toronto. How many speculations you made so far came true ? We should be filled with joy if Levine comes. Never mind being picky. Complete waste of time.
Never mind the postgame. It was a sure loss. I didn't waste my time watching it.
The Raptors are too bad to be good and too good to be bad. They may as well finish out of the playoffs or just the play-in so they can lose the pick this year. Trading for Lavine is not a good salary cap move as you would be stuck with him for another 3 years with a large cap hit. I hope they wouldn’t do that.
Some level of interest doesn't mean a high level.
These reporters speak without saying anything.
He literally said nothing.
If the Raps gonna take on that hefty contract, they might as well give Siakam the bag for the next 3 years.
Siakam,Thad, a protected frp and some 2rp for Lavine and Carter. Project 6’9” is done. Let’s build this team around Scottie, OG, Lavine and Rajakovic!
They might include Bozo Ball with the deal…
Unfortunately Siakam is expendable for Zack along with others but obviously no OG or Scottie can be included in that deal. And with OG set to renew his contract, that trade would give him some incentive to stay with us rather than walk like Van Vleet and Lowry did and we got nothing in return, and you know a lot of teams will be willing to throw OG big money to sign with their team. Also I think you have to seriously give Boucher a real chance, he has shown flashes of brilliance in some games showing he's capable of hitting threes and driving the basket and given a real chance maybe his consistency really soars, because we all know he rim protect and block shots with just about anyone in the league. Because if Boucher shines we would soon forget about Siakam. But we can't give away half the team and be in the same predicament in being a mediocre team that doesn't have complete starting lineup.
Get Dosunmu too.
Can’t trust a single player in this team. There was some hope last year. Lavine will be refreshing.
GTJ and Precious Achiuwa for Zach LaVine!
Zach provides better offense overall over Pascal while Pascal provides better defense overall over Zach. Zach career pt avg is 20.6 while Pascal is 17.1. Basically a 3pter. Which means you're not going to see a fundamental improvement with Zach on the team over Pascal, in fact youll probably see a drop off in overall performance.
Phili will move Heaven and Earth to get Pascal if he's available. Better than Lavine at both ends of the court, and gives Phili a chance to go to the Final.
Levine will end up in Laker land or Miami or Knick city.
Dennis Spaghetti-Os Schroeder needs to come of the bench, along with Poeltl. PG needs to get fined by the team for cutting his finger chopping up already cooked chicken.
People need a reason to buy tickets.. ticket sales will drop if no change… this is a business after all
I don’t get why people think Lavine will fit with Scottie any better? I think we can get role guys that fit better with our big guns.
Didn’t lavine kill is in the play in last year? I would be all over this
Nooooo
I like this guy he is so animated. Seriously, just make the trade. Maybe a change in GM and front office is also needed. The old system is no longer working.
we dont need to go down the derozen road again…. good scorer, bad defender, mid range assassin…. no thanks
You don't consider OG as a number 1 option in the future. OG deserve better. I would not blame him if he leaves.
I really believe that we are one player a way from being a contender. We just finished a crazy part of the schedule and almost came out 500 last night. If we get a player like zac and can keep the core intact, we have a solid chance of going deep. Let’s see what happens. They will want Grady and precious plus picks imo.
Siakim has to go and if this happens it will be siakim with Gary Trent Jr plus future picks for lavine.. that's the most obvious and he would be beastly with barnes
Make the trade as long as we keep pascal and og! Try to get rid of Schroder!! He dosen't try harder enough! See him take a full play off to lay on the ground under Bostons hoop 🤦♂️
YES LAVINE will be a
LAKER
LaVine doesnt want to play for Toronto