The Toronto Raptors chosen to stand pat this season. But why could the Raps, a 48-win outfit, go?
Kyle Lowry obtained a market-rate contract of $48 million and four years, which promised the leader and pace-setter of the team would return. When the ink was dry on that deal, the Raps understood they could sit back and bank by the likes of DeMar DeRozan and Jonas Valanciunas , the latter having made his first All-Star Game last February.
Though the Raptors are, there’s still some youthful intrigue about the roster. Virtual unidentified Bruno Caboclo was the surprise pick of Toronto, and nobody’s quite sure how great that the 19-year-old Brazilian could become.
Lucas”Bebe” Nogueira, 22, joined the Raps via trade in June, and he’s another potential-packed potential. And though he is not near to being a major contributor to the floor, Nogueira is tackling the adjustment to his new team in stride, according to Eric Koreen of this National Post:”Regardless, you get the sense that if Nogueira was at the center of Siberia without a drop of Russian from his repertoire, he’d still be smiling, laughing and just generally being loud.”
In sum, the Raptors did a wonderful job of keeping up a status quo that is successful whilst injecting just potential.
And no, I can not explain why their odds are low as the Knicks’.

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