The Toronto Raptors may choose to start the upcoming campaign with the same starting lineup from the previous one.
Considering how awful the Raptors were the previous season, it’s not a very outlandish thought. Before Jakob Poeltl tore a finger ligament and Scottie Barnes shattered his hand, their ideal starting lineup hardly had chance to play together. It’s possible to bring back Gary Trent Jr., and Toronto might allow that team to develop over the course of the entire season.
It is more likely that this summer will bring about adjustments, and the starting lineup will reflect those changes. What if those modifications were significant? After a spectacular offseason, let’s examine a “perfect” starting lineup—one in which the Raptors make the greatest possible trade-offs between performance and youth to add another star and improve at centre.
Agreeing to a new deal with Immanuel Quickley is the top priority this summer, though it won’t always be the first action that is made public and carried out. It is essential that the Toronto Raptors re-sign Quickley in restricted free agency this summer since they made him the focal point of the OG Anunoby comeback.
This should provide Quickley a significant amount of leverage, but the team’s restricted free agency leverage outweighs that. Early on, a reasonable bargain should be reached thanks to the opposing negotiating instruments. After then, the Raptors will maintain Quickley’s cap hold until the conclusion of their remaining business, maybe leveraging his low hold to sign other players or finalise trades, before officially signing the agreement.
