The Toronto Raptors are firmly entrenched in the middle of the pack. This, by most accounts, is the worst place for an NBA team to be: not bad enough to receive good draft picks, yet not good enough to have postseason success.
It's the treadmill of mediocrity.
Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri is tasked with getting his new team off the treadmill, but it won't be easy. This is a roster devoid of any real stars, and the salary commitments are either too big (Rudy Gay) or too long (DeMar DeRozan) to have any real hope of returning fair value.
That being said, Ujiri somehow squeezed a future first-round pick out of the New York Knicks in exchange for Andrea Bargnani, a player who was deemed impossible to move by most. If anyone can fix Toronto's current situation, it's Ujiri.
To get the Raptors on the road to recovery, here are a few moves Ujiri might consider making.
Trade Rudy Gay
Rudy Gay's situation isn't all that dissimilar to what Ujiri went through in Denver with Carmelo Anthony. Gay has a $19 million dollar player option next season that ...
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Article written by D.J. Foster