The recent management of the Toronto Raptors is difficult to understand. Masai Ujiri and his team let Fred VanVleet go for nothing and held off Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby long enough for them to lose their peak value. Among these debatable decisions is that of Bruce Brown, with whom they did not make it clear whether the intention was to transfer him or keep him after he arrived in the Siakam transfer. Now everything indicates that the plan will be to move him to get rounds and some interesting player in exchange.
The Raptors have a team option on his contract that, if executed, would extend him one more year for $23 million. The franchise is required to make this move before June 29. The most likely thing would be to renew him and look for a transfer for him. Although he is not in a hurry either. In these situations, in fact, it is not normal for the team’s intentions to be revealed so soon. Because it is normal for Brown to remain in Toronto until the market closes and offers skyrocket.
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The point guard is a perfect candidate to reinforce a candidate for the ring, but his salary complicates things for the majority who already pay luxury tax and are subject to the restrictions of the new agreement. The most logical thing given the circumstances is to think about him in the context of teams with a certain salary margin that are already competing (Piladelphia, Orlando, Oklahoma…), which could facilitate his departure this summer. What’s more, the Toronto Star suggests that the initial plan would be to move him on draft night.
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2024-05-17 15:23:56
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