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As the Raptors stand right now, we are barely above a mediocre team. Our current roster includes:
Pg: Jose Calderon/Jarret Jack/ Leandro Barbosa/Marcus Banks
Sg: DeMar DeRozan/ Marco Bellinelli
Sf: Sonny Weems/ Linas Kleiza
Pf: Amir Johnson/ Ed Davis/
C: Andrea Bargnani/ Solomon Alabi/ Reggie Evans
By the start of Training Camp, Joey Dorsey could be signed as well.
The two dead weights on the roster at the moment are Banks and Evans, as together they make 10 million, and are almost completely useless. As it stands, we are also in possession of a 14.5 million dollar trade exception for the Bosh deal. If BC stays with the current roster, the playoffs look out of reach. But there are current things that could be done to make this into a playoff team.
The first is to trade a Jarret Jack or Jose Calderon, along with the contract of Evans or Banks, along with the trade exception to NO for Chris Paul and Emeka Okafor. It may seem unlikely for NO to take the deal, but they are trying to get rid of the large Okafor contract, and to clear much of their cap for their rebuilding would be a great benefit. And they could be flexible with trading Paul, as they are in no current shape to compete in the playoffs. This trade could also allow us to pursue other free agents to add to the team. We need to add a SF or SG role player to help complete the team, and there are many options available, for example Josh Howard or CDR from NJ. All these moves are unlikely to happen, and I'm just drawing up a possibility, but if these moves were to go down, the roster could look something like this.
Pg: Chris Paul/ Jarret Jack/ Leandro Barbosa
Sg: DeMar DeRozan/ CDR/ Marco Bellinelli
Sf: Sonny Weems/ Linas Kleiza/ Joey Dorsey
Pf: Amir Johnson or Emeka Okafor/ Ed Davis
C: Andrea Bargnani/ Solomon Alabi/ Reggie Evans
Just a ideal team draw up so don't go crazy.
Pg: Jose Calderon/Jarret Jack/ Leandro Barbosa/Marcus Banks
Sg: DeMar DeRozan/ Marco Bellinelli
Sf: Sonny Weems/ Linas Kleiza
Pf: Amir Johnson/ Ed Davis/
C: Andrea Bargnani/ Solomon Alabi/ Reggie Evans
By the start of Training Camp, Joey Dorsey could be signed as well.
The two dead weights on the roster at the moment are Banks and Evans, as together they make 10 million, and are almost completely useless. As it stands, we are also in possession of a 14.5 million dollar trade exception for the Bosh deal. If BC stays with the current roster, the playoffs look out of reach. But there are current things that could be done to make this into a playoff team.
The first is to trade a Jarret Jack or Jose Calderon, along with the contract of Evans or Banks, along with the trade exception to NO for Chris Paul and Emeka Okafor. It may seem unlikely for NO to take the deal, but they are trying to get rid of the large Okafor contract, and to clear much of their cap for their rebuilding would be a great benefit. And they could be flexible with trading Paul, as they are in no current shape to compete in the playoffs. This trade could also allow us to pursue other free agents to add to the team. We need to add a SF or SG role player to help complete the team, and there are many options available, for example Josh Howard or CDR from NJ. All these moves are unlikely to happen, and I'm just drawing up a possibility, but if these moves were to go down, the roster could look something like this.
Pg: Chris Paul/ Jarret Jack/ Leandro Barbosa
Sg: DeMar DeRozan/ CDR/ Marco Bellinelli
Sf: Sonny Weems/ Linas Kleiza/ Joey Dorsey
Pf: Amir Johnson or Emeka Okafor/ Ed Davis
C: Andrea Bargnani/ Solomon Alabi/ Reggie Evans
Just a ideal team draw up so don't go crazy.
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