The sense from a handful of league sources is that the Raptors are likely to pick up the option, then turn around and deal Brown quickly rather than wait until the 2025 trade deadline.
The sense from a handful of league sources is that the Raptors are likely to pick up the option, then turn around and deal Brown quickly rather than wait until the 2025 trade deadline.
>Chatter around this week’s draft combine, though, is that Brown is still seen as valuable… and could bring a useful piece in return.
>Exercising the contract option — and the thinking is that they’ll do it only with a trade already in place — would also give the Raptors some financial certainty going into talks with Gary Trent Jr.
>The overwhelming feeling is that the Raptors won’t start the season with both Brown and Trent on the roster, and that Trent’s relative youth (25, two years younger than Brown) and shooting ability make him a more attractive alternative.
A note on future extensions:
>The Raptors are looking at a maximum extension for Scottie Barnes this summer, and it’ll cost them somewhere around $25 million a year to do a new deal with Immanuel Quickley.
>Not having to pony up around $6 million this coming season for a high draft pick will help the bottom line.
IHavePoopedBefore
Not waiting until the deadline? Doesn’t sound like us
bridge_tosomewhere
Right – so if Doug says this I guess we are letting both walk
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The tidbits on Bruce Brown:
>Chatter around this week’s draft combine, though, is that Brown is still seen as valuable… and could bring a useful piece in return.
>Exercising the contract option — and the thinking is that they’ll do it only with a trade already in place — would also give the Raptors some financial certainty going into talks with Gary Trent Jr.
>The overwhelming feeling is that the Raptors won’t start the season with both Brown and Trent on the roster, and that Trent’s relative youth (25, two years younger than Brown) and shooting ability make him a more attractive alternative.
A note on future extensions:
>The Raptors are looking at a maximum extension for Scottie Barnes this summer, and it’ll cost them somewhere around $25 million a year to do a new deal with Immanuel Quickley.
>Not having to pony up around $6 million this coming season for a high draft pick will help the bottom line.
Not waiting until the deadline? Doesn’t sound like us
Right – so if Doug says this I guess we are letting both walk