Raptors Trade Update… Kings are READY to get Finessed | Raptors News

Raptors Trade Update… Kings are READY to get Finessed | Raptors News

We have a major Toronto Raptor trade update to discuss as there has been a lot of buzz and smoke about the Raptors even after Messiah Jerry’s let go from this Raptors team about more moves coming and Malik Monk has been one of those names that have been linked this entire off season. But now, especially with Messiah gone and Edward Rogers being a little bit more on the penny pinching side, there is a lot of buzz generating about a move happening in regards to getting the Raptors out of the luxury tax. Now, this isn’t something that has to come imminently as they can wait till this year’s trade deadline to make those final decisions. But given the latest developments regarding this Malik Monk situation and the Sacramento Kings not only making bad trades out there on the open market, dealing with Yonasunas for nothing as well, they are missing out on bad trades that aren’t even going through as they’re offering up Malik Monk for essentially nothing. So, we’re going to break down what these latest updates are, why the Toronto Raptors are in a position to make one of these moves, and frankly, what we should expect from this Raptors team moving forward in the coming weeks. So, lots of stuff to break down in this video. But folks, you guys have been crushing it, hitting the subscribe button as of late at that 38,000 mark. Our goal is 40. So, make sure you join this Toronto Raptors community if you want daily Toronto Raptors updates. So, hit that subscribe button, hit the button down below, and you won’t miss a single thing going on with this team. But what’s going on? What’s happening regarding this Toronto Raptor squad? As there’s been a lot of smoke the last couple weeks about one of these trades actually going down. So, uh, news came out from Mike Scatoto that the Kings are gauging the trade market for Malik Monk and a 2024 lottery pick, uh, and 2024 lottery pick, Devin Carter. Monk could help a contender add a scoring punch while Carter could have plenty of fans in the scouting community during last season’s pre-draft process. You know, a lot of people are excited about his ability to play out there on the basketball court. So, this is something that’s been going around. And then also, news came out following the Messiah Jury departure. The Raptors are still going to be looking at the trade market for RJ Barrett as well as Emanuel Quickley per Jake Fischer. And then this was all linked together when the Raptors were directly named uh as a landing spot for Malik Monk. As if a trade with the Phoenix Suns for Kevin Durant doesn’t end up happening, league sources tell Clutch Points that they have other targets in mind. The Raptors have demonstrated interest in acquiring Kings Guard Malik Monk in a potential trade with that interest dating back to last February’s trade deadline. So, there’s been some smoke over the past couple weeks about a Malik Monk deal going down and everything out there along those lines. So, why are we bringing this up again? Because Malik Monk is certainly a good basketball player. He has 17 points per game, four rebounds, 5.6 assists. And why am I of all people bringing this up when I started the RJ Barrett movement to try to keep this man on the roster. What’s going on here? Well, there’s something going on in terms of the Kings. They have a new front office right now that looks to be cleaning house with a lot of these role players and probably their star players as the off season goes along. And frankly, they are uh making some very very interesting decision as basically the Sacramento Kings made some moves yesterday bringing in Dennis Schroeder. They signed him in free agency and everything like that. But they got that. So they got D shooter for free. They knew that was going down and then news leaked. This news leaked they were willing to give up Malik Monk for basically nothing. As reported first on Monday night, this come from Brett Seagull. Uh the Sacramento initially had hope of sending Monk to Detroit in a signing trade that would have brought them Dennis Shruder to California Capital and created another opening for Kings backport to pursue Russell Westbrook. So basically the the Kings were willing to let go of Malik Monk for basically nothing because they could have got Dennis Shruder anyways. So that was happening regardless. Odettes shooter was going to the Sacramento Kings with the $50 million per year contract that the Kigs offered up to him which you know I guess he played well for the Detroit Pistons last season. So that is what it is. But they were willing to give Malik Monk in there for whatever so they could bring in Russell Westbrook who frankly on that team doesn’t make a whole ton of sense. Now, the Sacramento Kings GM Scott Perry has made some very weird decisions out there in the past in terms of looking for pieces out there on the squad and a couple days that have been floating around, you know, the the Kings is RJ Barrett because dating back to Scott Perry’s previous tener with the New York Knicks, RJ Barrett had a tight tight relationship there with Scott Perry as well as Emanuel Quickley. But R.J. of course is putting up better stats. 21 points per game, six rebounds, five assists. I’m not in favor of trading RJ Barrett, especially in a package like this. But the reason the Toronto Raptors are doing this is because they are touching they’re, you know, swiftly touching the luxury tax. And now big man at Rogers Communications, Uncle Eddie, Uncle Eddie, you know, uncle to Ben Rogers, you know, another media guy. It’s a he doesn’t want to pay the luxury tax, especially for a team that’s not great. And, you know, say what you want about Ed Rogers. I the team’s not going to be great. I see why ownership is coming from on that front, but there could be some pressure out there from the Toronto Raptors to deal away RJ and make a cost savings move. And essentially in a trade package to bring RJ Bear back to the Toron uh to RJ Bear going to Sacramento and then uh you know Malik Bunk coming here, you save about 78 $9 million which gives you a nice buffer away from that luxury tax threshold. So that’s why this buzz, that’s why this chatter is going around. Again, Malik Monk is fairly good at basketball, but I still prefer RJ Barrett. I know Advanced Stats are out there. They don’t like RJ Barrett’s game, yada yada yada. I’m still a guy that’s an RJ Barrett stand. So, that is what it is. But there’s also been some chatter in terms of a multi team trade. And this is where my eyes start percolating in terms of some moves happening because Balik Monk would be cool, but straight up for RJ Barrett, I’m not loving it. But if we are forced to make a capsaving move, there is a player that has been on my radar for a very, very long time, and that is uh Keegan Murray, who last season is certainly on a down year. He’s 24 years old, shot 34% of the three-point line, 39% of corner threes, but you know, 12 points per game, seven rebounds, 1.4 assists, and frankly, and one block and one steal per night. He’s a really, really solid defender and has been playing out of position for that King squad for a very long time. They’re making him play, you know, at 68, they’re making him play power forward, which isn’t his ideal role, isn’t his ideal position. Now, the Raptors are pretty loaded at guard, too. So, you know, with the Raptors, he might not be a good fit, but we know dating back to the Pascal Seakum era, this guy was untouchable in those Seakkum trade talks, which in hindsight is absolutely baffling that that ended up being the case. But, so we’re seeing these types of trade packages get thrown around now where it’s Oi and RJ Barrett going to the Kings in return for Lumalik Monk and Keegan Murray. Now, this completely how you value this trade is completely on how you value Kika Murray as a basketball player. An extension is likely incoming for him as well. So, there is that risk you’re handling at that point if you’re making one of these moves. Personally, I uh I mean, I don’t like the idea of dealing Oiabaji in this trade package whatsoever. I think he’s one of our more valuable young pieces out here on this team. 10 points per game, four rebounds. Hopefully can be extended at a reasonable number, but shoots 40% of the three-point line, 41% from the corners. Like Ochi Baji also brings it on the defensive end. He completely flipped the switch. When we were talking about Ochai, you had summer league last year. He really became a valuable role piece for this team moving forward. Now, this team does have a glut of those swinging positions. This trade wouldn’t specifically help it on that front, but you know, this is just the trade package that’s been thrown out there. I definitely, if I was Bobby Webster, will be getting on the phone with the Sacramento Kings to make sure that uh you you see at least what they’d offer for an RJ Barrett for these different teams because you you have that previous relationship. Maybe you could get again a bonus is not that someone I’m interested in after we brought in Yaka Purle, Dear Lavine. It’s not the greatest teams. Maybe a three-team deal where you get some assets coming back our way. I don’t know how you specifically make that work, but the Kings have been making some very questionable decisions under their new management. So, it looks like there could be an opportunity for the Toronto Raptors to finesse the Kings in any bit of trade. And let Bobby uh Bobby Webster uh set his tone out there on this Raptor team by making his first finesse to honor the Saiou jury. But let me know what you guys think about all this in the comments section down below. Do you think a trade’s going to happen? Let me know. I’m signing out. Cheers.

The Toronto Raptors have been linked in multiple trade reports lately and now there has been a recent development that is very interesting regarding Malik Monk. Ben Rogers breaks down the reports.

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