Raptors GM targeting mysterious ‘big fish’
Bobby Webster dropped a little bombshell after the “trade deadline”… without naming names. friday, sur The Fan Morning ShowGM of Raptors thereby ensuring that the largest transaction attempted by Toronto did not even leak to the press: “The big fish we approached was not even mentioned.”
And if he refuses to go into detail, Bobby Webster specifically insisted on the reason for the failure: price. In the context of a rebuild, Toronto didn’t want to overpay: “We didn’t want to be in a situation where we felt like we were paying too much… The prices were a little high for us at the time.”
As a result, after considering more ambitious options, the franchise ultimately opted for a cautious recovery Trace Jackson-Davis from Golden State against two second-rounders, Broken Black and cash. A no-risk transfer that fits better with the Canadian club’s current philosophy.
Behind the scenes, several sources indicate that Toronto has also taken the temperature on interiors such as Dai’Ron Sharpe etc Goga Bitadzebut that the demands would be considered too high. Enough to fuel the mystery surrounding this “big fish” mentioned by Bobby Webster…
While we talked a lot about the track Domantas Sabonismaybe the Raptors tried to recover instead Jarrett Allen even Evan Mobleyfrom the Cavaliers, following the transfer of Darius Garland.
Finally, in the short term, the expected reinforcement remains realistic Jakob Poeltl. Hit in the back and absent for a long time, his coach Darko Rajaković expects the pivot before the All-Star break.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Ft | Pts |
| Brandon Ingram | 51 | 34:09 | 47.2 | 36.8 | 83.7 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 22.2 |
| Scottie Barnes | 52 | 34:29 | 50.3 | 30.6 | 81.3 | 2.2 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 19.3 |
| RJ Barrett | 29 | 29:23 | 47.9 | 33.8 | 70.1 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 18.6 |
| Immanuel Quickley | 50 | 10:30 p.m | 44.3 | 37.6 | 80.5 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 17.1 |
| Sandro Mamukelasvili | 51 | 22:42 | 52.7 | 38.4 | 75.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 11.4 |
| Jakob Poeltl | 21 | 25:17 | 69.3 | 0 | 59.6 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 9.7 |
| Collin Murray-Boiles | 42 | 22:29 | 55.1 | 34.8 | 63.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 8.0 |
| Jamal Shead | 53 | 22:18 | 37.0 | 32.6 | 76.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Grady Dick | 53 | 16:06 | 42.3 | 31.1 | 86.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| Jacob Walter | 43 | 18:10 | 43.5 | 34.3 | 80.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| Broken Black | 42 | 15:29 | 42.4 | 18.5 | 86.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| Ai Lawson | 12 | 8:55 | 39.0 | 36.4 | 100.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| Jamison Battle | 37 | 8:37 | 52.9 | 44.0 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| Aliyah Martin | 11 | 8:05 | 34.6 | 18.2 | 83.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| Jonathan Mogbo | 22 | 6:19 | 50.0 | 0 | 40.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Garrett Temple | 13 | 2:46 | 14.3 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Mo Bamba | 2 | 3:00 am | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Chucky Hepburn | 2 | 6:30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
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