The Raptors re-signed DeMar DeRozan (5yrs/$145m) and added Jared Sullinger (1yr/$5m) and pn draft night picked up Jakob Poetl (#9) and Pascal Siakam (#27). They lost Bismack Biyombo (Magic), James Johnson (Heat) and Luis Scola (Nets). Not a lot to talk about there.
Johnson is a savvy veteran who is really fun to watch but doesn't play a lot of minutes. Scola, too, only added minimal veteran minutes and disappeared completely in the playoffs. Sullinger doesn't exactly replace either of those guys but he should match their minutes. I figured DeRozan was off to sunnier shores (southern Cali shores to be precise) but he chose the snowy tundra instead; DeRozan is one of those in-between stars: he occasionally dominates and looks silky smooth out there but just as often disappears and contributes not much at all, one could easily see the Raptors as lucky to keep him and just as easily see them as cursed by his payday. We'll see.
The Raptors starting five for next year should be something like: C Valenciunas, PF Carroll, SF Ross, SG DeRozan, PG Lowry with Noquiera, Caboclo, Patterson, Poetl, Sullinger, Powell, Siakam and Joseph off the bench. That's still a nice squad, still won't beat Lebron, but should be in the top four in the East.
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