The Toronto Raptors were unable to move into the draft Thursday. General manager Bobby Webster did his best to explain here:
Here’s a quick look at some of his quotes:
You probably have to ask the other teams to be honest. I think we had a few things early, a few things in the middle and a few things late. I think we thought they were close, but you don’t really know...I don’t think one player got traded tonight. I don’t know if something’s going on around the league and people are a little hesitant with personnel and just wanted to do draft picks tonight and we didn’t have a draft pick so we got shut out.
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‘We were thinking this has to be the first time in history that one actual player under contract hasn’t gotten traded. Maybe some uncertainty with salaries, where things are headed. I couldn’t really tell you right now. Ill probably have a better answer in the morning.
New head coach Nick Nurse was at the BioSteel Centre to discuss the draft beforehand, too:
Underwhelming day!
