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Raptors trade
Bargnani
Linas Kleiza
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Kawhi Leonard
Stephen Jackson
Why Toronto?
We get rid of bargnani's contract and trade Kleiza since we will have a backlog at 3 if this happens. In return we get the SF we wanted and a 10 million dollar expiring contract. Raptors would have a total of 23 million coming off the books next offseason.
Why San Antonio?
They're already deep at the 3 so don't need all of them. Bargnani can be 6th man behind Duncan or start at Center. Then when Duncan retires they have a replacement. I think if there's any coach in the league that can can turn bargnani around its Greg Popovich. The spurs are made up of mostly Euro players aswell and being on a contender may encourage bargnani. The 10 million dollar expiring contract they're giving up is useless to them Because they're so far over the cap it wouldn't allow them to be big players in FA anyway
Raptors lineup
Lowry/Jose/Lucas
DeRozan/Ross/Anderson
Leonard/Fields/Jackson/McGuire
Davis/Amir/Acy
Valanciunas/Gray
Raptors trade
Bargnani
Linas Kleiza
Receive
Kawhi Leonard
Stephen Jackson
Why Toronto?
We get rid of bargnani's contract and trade Kleiza since we will have a backlog at 3 if this happens. In return we get the SF we wanted and a 10 million dollar expiring contract. Raptors would have a total of 23 million coming off the books next offseason.
Why San Antonio?
They're already deep at the 3 so don't need all of them. Bargnani can be 6th man behind Duncan or start at Center. Then when Duncan retires they have a replacement. I think if there's any coach in the league that can can turn bargnani around its Greg Popovich. The spurs are made up of mostly Euro players aswell and being on a contender may encourage bargnani. The 10 million dollar expiring contract they're giving up is useless to them Because they're so far over the cap it wouldn't allow them to be big players in FA anyway
Raptors lineup
Lowry/Jose/Lucas
DeRozan/Ross/Anderson
Leonard/Fields/Jackson/McGuire
Davis/Amir/Acy
Valanciunas/Gray
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