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Hmmm ..... Camby or Haywood? Would ya? 
Not sure about Camby, but I think I'd be up to add Haywood to back-up Bargnani.
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Not sure about Camby, but I think I'd be up to add Haywood to back-up Bargnani.
Thoughts?
The more one watches the Raptors, the more one is convinced that the absolute best option for the team is to make a change prior to the Feb. 18 trade deadline.
Only then can the Raptors be taken as serious players in the post-season.
Given the many restrictions and limitations that exist in a climate of reduced revenues and basketball-related income, it’s going to be difficult to engineer the kind of move necessary to get the Raptors over the hump.
Even when Reggie Evans returns, which should be around the time of the trade deadline, the Raptors’ problems won’t all be solved.
Assuming Evans is able to come back and be that interior presence, defensively, there won’t be many nights when boxing out an opponent becomes problematic.
The need for an established wing player with late shot-clock abilities is obvious, but those kinds of athletic pieces aren’t readily available.
When a team can’t go athletic, it can go big.
The buzz around the NBA is that bigs such as Marcus Camby and Brendan Haywood might be had for the right price.
As of Saturday, the grapevine seemed to indicate that the Washington Wizards are more inclined to keep Haywood, a free agent this summer who makes about $6 million US.
Camby also is a free agent, earning roughly $1.5 million more than Haywood.
Only then can the Raptors be taken as serious players in the post-season.
Given the many restrictions and limitations that exist in a climate of reduced revenues and basketball-related income, it’s going to be difficult to engineer the kind of move necessary to get the Raptors over the hump.
Even when Reggie Evans returns, which should be around the time of the trade deadline, the Raptors’ problems won’t all be solved.
Assuming Evans is able to come back and be that interior presence, defensively, there won’t be many nights when boxing out an opponent becomes problematic.
The need for an established wing player with late shot-clock abilities is obvious, but those kinds of athletic pieces aren’t readily available.
When a team can’t go athletic, it can go big.
The buzz around the NBA is that bigs such as Marcus Camby and Brendan Haywood might be had for the right price.
As of Saturday, the grapevine seemed to indicate that the Washington Wizards are more inclined to keep Haywood, a free agent this summer who makes about $6 million US.
Camby also is a free agent, earning roughly $1.5 million more than Haywood.
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