3:00 pm EST: We hit it! Nothing. Things can trickle in late, but I doubt it. This looks like the trade deadline. The Raptors got under the luxury-tax line by trading away Agbaji, and they added a bit contributor in Trayce Jackson-Davis. A quiet trade deadline indeed, but nothing too surprising.
We now know the team going forward! Thanks for kicking it with me today. Time to go drink more coffee.
2:40 pm EST: Oh boy, we’re getting close now. Whew.
2:15 pm EST: About an hour left! Zubac just got traded to the Pacers. Whew. Nice fit there. They’re really loading up for next season. Raptors stay quiet.
1:40 pm EST: Nothing doing. I was just on the live pod with Samson and Tre, it was fun, you can watch below. I’m seeing a bunch of people commenting below about Taylor Houston’s reporting. I don’t know the person, but in general, trust reports from local guys or national guys with a history of breaking news. In my experience, there are more misses in reporting from local guys, who are local elsewhere, than hits. And again, I don’t know Taylor at all! Just, speaking in generalities here.
Gosh, things are so slow I’m commenting on anonymous reporting in the comment section.
12:10 pm EST: Aaaaaaaaaand, Shams says that Giannis is not being traded this deadline. Huh! Maybe other dominoes will start following, if teams were waiting for this one to be decided?
12:00 pm EST: Our live show is, well, live! I’ll be hopping on in about 30 minutes. For now, enjoy Samson. Meanwhile, Nick Richards is off the board, too.
11:50 am EST: The Raptors make the Ochai Agbaji-Chris Paul swap official. Meanwhile, I need to go walk my dog. Things are pretty, pretty quiet.
10:35 am EST: Ayo Dosunmu off the board. Dang.
9:00 am EST: I have updated the live blog and can now give some thoughts.
Who is even on the Bulls right now? My goodness they’ve done a lot. I don’t think too many teams around the East have upgraded. The Cavs are certainly healthier, though Garland is such an exceptional player when healthy that it would have been a tough trade to make. The Celtics lost Simons, who to me was more reliable this season than Vucevic. Of everyone, I think the Hornets actually upgraded in the most obvious way by adding Coby White. He was a big target for me for the Raptors.
There’s still a whole lot of day left, but despite the noise to this point, it does feel like the majority of trades have been aimed at future seasons, rather than this one.
8:45 am EST: I’m back! Woof. A morning.
Meanwhile, let’s get back into the swing of things. I’m here all day, so if you have any questions, feel free to shoot them my way! I haven’t heard anything buzzing, and it looks like the Domantas Sabonis noise has cooled recently. I think it’s quite likely the Raptors are done for now.
I’m linking all of Raptors Republic’s work on the deadline at the bottom of the page, as well as all the trades that have happened. There’s lots of reading to do on the trades to this point, and more theoretical ones, if you so desire!
6:40 am EST: We’re here, we’re tired, we’re ready. That being said, I’m actually not quite ready. I have to take the kids to daycare, walk the dog, then I’ll be here, tired, and ready. Let’s go.
It’s very possible the trade deadline just happened a day early. Darius Garland, James Harden, Jaren Jackson jr., Anthony Davis, Trae Young, Keon Ellis, Coby White, Jared McCain, Anfernee Simons, and far more have all been dealt already. Are there dominoes left to fall? The Domantas Sabonis rumours seem to be cooling, while the Toronto Raptors have already moved beneath the luxury-tax line and found a rim-rolling big (though undersized). Is Ochai Agbaji and Trayce Jackson-Davis all?
Do the Raptors have more to do? The team needs shooting, desperately. With Jakob Poeltl sidelined indefinitely still, it would be nice for the Raptors to roster someone over the height of 6-foot-9. Which, Jackson-Davis is not. But he does give the Raptors a rim roller and lob threat, which wasn’t currently on the roster. And Toronto already has a spacer and a defensive specialist at the big position, in Collin Murray-Boyles and Sandro Mamukelashvili respectively. If I were a gambling man, I supposed I’d wager that the Raptors are done. But anything can happen on trade deadline day.
So stick around. I’ll be back in a few hours. Have some coffee. Walk your dogs if you got ’em. Then come hang out.
Resources on the deadline:
- Grading the Trayce Jackson-Davis acquisition.
- The latest on the Sabonis trade rumours.
- A farewell to Ochai Agbaji.
- Explaining and grading the Agbaji-Chris Paul swap.
- What have all the trades to this point meant to the Raptors?
- Some trades the Raptors could make (still), and some more, and some more. And a piece arguing about the trade the Raptors shouldn’t make.
Trades that have happened to this point (excluding, by my own judgement, the ones that are too small to matter):
- The Clippers are trading Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers.
- The Bucks traded Cole Anthony and Amir Coffey to the Suns for Nick Richards and Nigel Hayes-Davis.
- The Lakers are sending Gabe Vincent and a second-round pick to the Hawks for Luke Kennard.
- The Wolves traded Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller, and four second-round picks to Chicago for Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips.
- The Warriors traded Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Kristaps Porzingis.
- The Hornets traded Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng, and three second-round picks to the Bulls for Coby White and Mike Conley jr.
- The Sixers traded Jared McCain to the Thunder for a first-round and three second-round picks.
- The Wizards traded Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, two first-round and three second-round picks to the Mavericks for Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D’Angelo Russell, and Dante Exum.
- The Cavs traded Darius Garland and a second-round pick to the Clippers for James Harden.
- The Celtics traded Anfernee Simons to the Bulls for Nikola Vucevic.
- The Pistons traded Jaden Ivey to the Bulls for Kevin Huerter and Dario Saric, as well as a pick swap.
- The Grizzlies traded Jaren Jackson Jr., John Konchar, Jock Landale and Vince Williams Jr. to the Jazz in exchange for Walter Clayton Jr., Kyle Anderson, Taylor Hendricks, Georges Niang and three first-round picks.
- The Blazers traded Duop Reath and two second-round picks to the Hawks for Vit Krejci.
- The Kings traded Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis to the Cavs for De’Andre Hunter.
- The Wizards traded C.J. McCollum and Corey Kispert to the Hawks for Trae Young.
